There continues to be a rather tense atmosphere in the house Red Bull even at the end of qualifications of the Grand Prix of Singapore, this time for the surprising track finale of Q3. When everything seemed in fact favorable to the pole position of Max Verstappenthe Dutch driver had to abort the final lap on the team’s orders due to a too low amount of petrol, which forced the reigning world champion to drop back to eighth position.
The renunciation of the pole has done nothing but send on a rampage Mad Max, author of a rather colorful radio team against his team for what happened in the final stages of the qualification. To increase the general disappointment, moreover, there were the considerations of the director of Red Bull, Helmut Markoin this case relating exclusively to the performance of the penultimate lap completed by Verstappen.
According to the Austrian manager, interviewed by Sky Deutschlandeven the penultimate attempt would still have been valid to jump to the top of the standings, with the round not completed by Verstappen for other reasons: “Our penultimate lap would have been enough for pole position – he has declared – but Verstappen stopped why he was too close to Gasly and could not have attacked on the last lap. In any case he should have finished the penultimate lap, because from our calculations he would have stopped the clock at 1: 48.5, and instead the pole went to Leclerc in 1: 49.4, almost a second slower. This means that things like this can happen to us too, however it is clear that eighth place in Singapore is a very difficult starting position for Max. Apparently rain is expected for tomorrow, and if that were the case, everything would still be possible. , but in case of a dry track this is like shooting in Monaco, and i overtaking is very difficult“.
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