The final laps of the United States Grand Prix have been under the banner of great competitive tension for Max Verstappen, then graduated winner of the Austin stage. The Dutchman of Red Bull, in fact, has gradually lost his advantage over Lewis Hamilton in the last laps of the race, with the Englishman from Mercedes recovering 9 seconds from his exit to the pits thanks to a better strategy. However, while arriving in the exhausts of the rival, The Hammer he never took the opportunity to attack him in extremis.
Furthermore, two laps from the checkered flag, Verstappen and his team took a big risk with the dubbed by Mick Schumacher, which even cost a loss of three tenths of a second. Regarding this episode, which did not have any consequences on the success of Mad Max, the team principal of Red Bull, Christian Horner, commented on the approach to dubbing of the German: “In strategies it is very difficult to take into consideration the riders in the rear – analyzed the British manager – we had already lost time behind Tsunoda, and with Schumacher it was quite complex in the last two laps. I feared it could also cost us the victory, as he kept Max behind him for the whole sector. Fortunately, the DRS opened on the straight of the finish line, which allowed Verstappen to recover ground from the first corner, even if at the pit wall it was stressful to witness those moments ”.
Interviewed by Sky Deutschland at the end of the race, Schumacher himself explained his version of the facts on what happened in the final stages of the US GP: “In the end he took the DRS from me on the last lap – specified the German of Haas – and so this was crucial. After all, I cannot vanish into thin air, I too have to do my race, and he won it anyway ”. At the end of the race, Verstappen also recognized the contribution offered by Michael’s son of art with the DRS, which proved to be important in maintaining leadership over Hamilton.
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