Max Verstappen recalls Lewis Hamilton’s Baku blunder: ‘The phone was like buzzing…’

Verstappen was on course for the win in B🅰aku two years ago when he 💦suffered a rear tyre blowout, crashing out of the race in frightening fashion.
The race was subsequently red-flagged, with Red Bull teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez inheriting the lead ahead of Hamilton - Verstappen’s main rivജal at the time.
As the race restarted, it looked like Hamilton would take the lead into Turn 1, powering pas💫t Perez.
Hamilton locked-up a✤nd dropped to the back of the field, 🌱surrendering the lead and 25 crucial points.
It soon transpired afterwards t𒁃hat Hamilton had accidentally pressed a button on his steering wheel that dramatically moved the brake bias forwards hence his mistake.
In a clip posted on Red Bull Racing’s TikTok account, Verstappen recalled hearing what happened at the end of the race, even adding his ow𓃲n amusing sound effe♓cts.
“And then I hear the restart,” 𓆏he said. “All the cars were [engine noise]. At one point I heard the guys brake, and I could hear a [high-pitched squeal] and then everyone wasಞ like ‘Yeah!’ like this.

“I think Gemm🐻a [Lusty, Red Bull press officer] was with me and the phone was like [buzzing noise], like a hundred messages.
“I was like ‘what happened, what happened?’ and then you [Perez] were back in the lead but still I didn’t know🍌 about your issues at the time.”
It proved to be a crucial r🌊ace in the title battle as Hamilton would go on to lose to Verstappen by eight points.

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