Explained: The problem Max Verstappen had to ‘nurse’ at end of F1 Italian GP
Two-time world champion Verstappen overcame Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz at Monza to become the first driver in F1 history to win 10 straight races, setting a new record in the proces🗹s.
Verstappen revealed after Sunday’s race that he had to “nurse a little issue” in the closing laps. The Dutchman was told by race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase to drop back from Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri in what wa🍌s described as being “quite an urgent request”.
Red Bull motorsport adꦚvisor Helmut Mar🅘ko confirmed the concern was related to rising temperatures in Verstappen’s RB19.
"It was about the temperatures, to avoid them from going up further," Marko said. "We had to keep some of the temperatures ๊w༺ithin a certain window.
"Max was 12 seconds ahead as well, so there was no reason to push or to take any risks. On the other hand, it waܫs alsౠo good because his fastest lap idea couldn't come up.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner added: "ꦚHe was managing some temperature issues, and we just didn't🎉 want to take any risk.
"It was a stinking hot day, and we🤡 had a couple of temperatures that were under control, but there's a bunch of cars ahead of [Pierre] Gasly and we just didn't want to run in dirty air.
“That's why we took it ꧒a little bit easier the last few laps.”
Verstappen’s 12th win from 14 races maintained Red Bull’s unbeaten start to the 2023 season and keeps him on trackไ to win a third consecutive world title by next month’💃s Qatar Grand Prix.
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