Max Verstappen played “smart tricks” with DRS to overcome Charles Leclerc
The reigning world champion came out on top of an intense battle with Leclerc to claim his first victory of the season in Jeddah after pulling off a l♊ate overtake on the Ferrari driver with four laps to go.
Both drivers tried to work the DRS overtaking zones to their advantage in a game of cat and mouse but Verstappen ultimately prevailed in the enthralling wheel-🗹to-wheel battle to cross the line in first place by just 0.🅘5s.
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"It was a 🐼really tough but a good race. We're battling hard in the fron🅠t and we just started to play the long game," Verstappen said.
"They were really quick thr💧ough corners; we were quick on the straight, but the tyres were wearing out quite quick around here.
"You could see the end I think, wﷺe had a little bit more pace, so I just tried to get by.
"It wasn't easy playing smart ꦿtricks in the last corner but eventually I managed to get ahead.
"But then even after that he wܫas con🔯stantly in the DRS and then with the yellow flags in the last lap, just knowing how much you should lift, whether it's allowed or not.
“It was tough, but really happy that ജwe finally k🎶ickstarted the season.”
Verstappen and L♍eclerc traded places as they tried to outsmart each other a🏅t the final corner, with the duo at one stage both suffering lock ups as they almost came to a complete stop in a bid to ensure they had the DRS boost along the main straight.
Having been outfoxed by Leclerc𒁃 during two earlier attempts to snatch the lead, Verstappen demonstrated patience to cleverly tuck up behind the Monegasque’s Ferrari coming out of the final corner and finally make a move stick at the start of Lap 47.
“It seems like once you get q🉐uite close, when you get within half a second, you actually can have a good exit," he explained.
"And I💖 think t🀅hat makes it a lot more tricky to actually do the pass, let's say in the last corner compared to last year, so it's a lot harder to plan your pass.”
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