A success in three moves, the one achieved by Max Verstappen in the first Miami GP in F1 history. The Dutch home Red Bull, with his third success of the season in as many races completed, first took off Carlos Sainz at the start; then passed Charles Leclerc during the first stint and finally resisted the Monegasque’s attacks in the last phase of the Grand Prix, after the Safety Car entered following the Norris-Gasly contact.
A success, that of the reigning world champion, made even more special by the difficulties he suffered on Friday, when an infinite sequence of problems had kept him in the pits for practically the entire second session. All the joy of Verstappen, his Lambiase track engineer and the team principal Christian Horner they emerged in radio communications right after the checkered flag. An exchange of compliments that also brings back the calm between the team and the driver, after yesterday’s teases by the # 1 of Milton Keynes.
Lambiase: “Vittoria Max, what a recovery! P1, fantastic “.
Verstappen: “Yup! What the f ** k you guys. This was nice. Tough, but it was really beautiful ”.
Horner: “Well done. You really did the job. Overtaking and those last ten laps after the Safety Car entered. Well done for handling everything. and you took the quick turn. Well done”.
Verstappen: “Great job guys. Nice recovery from the beginning of the weekend. We can be proud of this ”.
Lambiase: “How do you feel?”.
Verstappen: “I think I need to drink. And I think you need a drink too ”.
Lambiase: “Don’t underestimate what you did without having miles to go on Friday. Amazing to have learned everything so quickly, well done. The management of the front right in the first stint was remarkable “.
Verstappen: “Yes, those mediums were really fun to drive.”
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