Livid Max Verstappen fumes at ‘stupid, ridiculous’ red flag timing
Max Verstappen 🍌takes aim at delay in bringing out red flag after Lance Stroll's Q2 crash in Brazil.
An angry168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen has questioned the timing of the red flag for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll’s crash after his shock Q2 exit at the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s Verstappen was dumped out in the second part of a chaotic and wet qualifying on Sunday morning with a time only good enough for 12th. With a five-⛎place grid 🎃drop for an engine change still to be applied, it means he is set to start the race from 17th.
Verstappen could not improve and any hope of advancing was wrecked when Stroll cras🍌hed his Aston Martin in the closing moments of Q2. The incident brought out the red flag, but Verstappen was critical of the “ridiculous” time it took tꦚo suspend the session.
“If a guy goes straight into the wall, it is a straight red,” Verstappen told Sky Sports ওF1. “I don't understand why you need to take 30, 40 seconds for a red flag to come out…”
When it was suggested to him it might have been to allow some drivers to finish their laps, Verstappen responded: “I don’t care in all h🍰onesty, it is so stupid to talk about. It’s ridiculous.”
Verstappen’s F1 title rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris stormed to pole position iꦰn Brazil, marking a blow to the Dutchman’s world championship hopes on a weekend he has already seen his advantage cut to 44 points over the McLaren driver.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horn🔯er echoed Verstappen’s frustration𒁃 about the delay in bringing out the red flag.
"It's hugely frustrating,” Horner told Sky. "A session like that there❀'s obviously a huge amount going on. We don't understand why it took so long for it [the red flag] to come out.
"It was obviously a big accident, one of the most danger﷽ous corners on the circuit, 40 seconds it took to throw the red flag. It's the second day in a row now that we have had very late calls, whether it was the VSC yesterday or the red flag today. The other red flags were all instantaneous.
"Very, very harsh but it is what it is and we've got to try and 𒊎fight back this afternoon.
"As soon as you have an accident like that it should 🎃be an immediate red flag. If they had red-flagged it immediately Max would have been 10th and he would haಌve had time for another lap.
"We woul🏅d like to understand the thinking of the race director to understand why it took ♕so long to throw that red flag."
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