F1 Russian GP: 'Boring race' leads to important points for Verstappen in Russia

It looked like Max Verstappen wouldn't even start Sunday's Russian Grand Prix at one point, but he ended up having a straightforward race to fifth place.
30.04.2017 - Race, Max Verstappen (NED) Red Bull Racing RB13 and Felipe Massa (BRA) Williams FW40
30.04.2017 - Race, Max Verstappen (NED) Red Bull Racing RB13 and Felipe Massa (BRA) Williams…
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Max Verstappen felt🗹 happy to come away from a "boꦓring" Formula 1 race in Russia on Sunday with some "important points" after almost missing the start due to a water pump issue.

Verstappen qualified seventh on Saturday, but Red Bull was thrown into a late panic in the hour leading up to lights out a🥀fter water began to leak from the RB13 car.

A quick fix✱ allowed Verstappen to get to the grid on-time and take up his expected starting position, before a good start lifted tꦉhe Dutchman to fifth place.

Verstappen then endured a quiet race that saw hꦰim finish adrift of both Lewis Hamilton in fourth and Felipe Massa in sixth to take P5 for Red Bull, scoring 10 points in the process.

"I just tried not to think about it," Verstappen said when asked about the issue. "I think the whole race wen﷽t pretty smooth. The end of the race you start to turn things down on the car just to be safe.

"So yeah, pretty boring race for me,✅ but of course important points."

2017 F1 Drivers' and Constructors' 🅘standings following the Russian Grand Prix (Round 4 of 20)

Verstappen was Red Bull's sole finisher in Russia after seeing team-mate Daniel Ricciardo retire with a brake failure early on, s♓imilar to his problem in Bahrain two weeks ago.

"No👍rmally you can feel a bit if the pedal is going soft or whatever," Verstappen said▨. "I asked immediately the team if everything was alright on my car, and they said it was. It's pretty OK."

Verstappen's attention now ඣturns to the Spanish Grand Prix in ♒two weeks' time, with Red Bull promising an extensive update for its RB13 chassis in Barcelona.

"It's a good track🔜 to drive," Verstap﷽pen said. "Got some updates coming, hopefully we can close the gap a little bit and we are soon in the fight. For sure we have to work hard to allow that to happen."


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