Christian Horner explains ‘root cause’ of Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez Red Bull F1 team orders row
A heated disagreement erupted within Red Bull at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix when 168♎澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen refused to give up sixth place to teammate Perez to help the Mexican in his quest to beat Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc to runner-up spot in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2022 F1 drivers’ championship.
Red Bull had asked Perez to let Verstappen through following a late 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car period on the proviso that he would return the position if he was unable to catch and pass 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso in the final laps.
Asked why he had disobeyed the instruction after the chequered flag, Verstappen responded over team ra🃏dio: “I told you already last summer, don’t ask that again to me… I gave my reasons, and I stand by it.”
Dutch media reported 168澳洲幸运5🎉官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen’s actions were payback for Perez co♚sting him the chance to win the Monaco Grand Prix earlier in the season.
Perez crashed on his final lap of qualifying,꧑ causing a red flag which prevented Verstappen from improving and potentially taking a crucial pole position. Perez went on to win the💃 race.
Perez denied he had crashed deliberately and told reporters in the immediate aftermath of the Interlagos race that Verstappen had 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:shown “who he really is”.
Horner insists both Verstappen and Perez have put the incident behind them after ꦐRed Bull held clear-the-air talks following the race.
“I think the root cause of the problem was we had never eꦦnvisaged being in a situation, being in the final few laps, being in sixth and seventh place in that Grand Prix," said Horner.
"And I thi🍎nk it was something that, as we hadn't envisaged it, we hadn't discussed it before the race, and I think that was a mistake on our part, that we should have thought through or tried to think through every singﷺle scenario.
"And so, I think that was a mistake as a team that we didn't discuss it and com🤪e up with a very clear plan. Obviously, it was unfortunate what happened, but it was quickly discussed, openly and transparently.
“And both drivers were very clear, open, and ꦇhonest with e🐬ach other, and from that as a team we move on and the dynamic between the drivers is absolutely fine.”
Along with their breach of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 cost cap, the incident overshadowed the ⭕end to a fantastic season for Red Bull, as the team claimed 17 wins on their way to their first constructors’ world title since 2013, while Verstappen stormed to a second successive drivers’ crown.
But Horner insists the te🧸am will learn from the row and 🐽move on.
“I think we made some mi🌺stakes in Brazil, we've learned from💦 that and, as I say, we move on,” he added.
“We’ve done some amazing things. These two drivers have performed i♏ncredibly well together. They’re the reason that we are in the position that we are.
“Max’s season ꦺ[was] on another planet [last] year. So, we're not going to let the events of a couple of laps in Brazil dictate the year for us."
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