F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Max Verstappen refuses Red Bull team orders - “I gave my reasons”
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World champion Verstappen was forced to watch a Mercedes 1-2 as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell won at Interlagos, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton behind him.
Verstappen finished sixth, with teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez seventh, but only because the champion disagreed with his team’s plea to let Per🐼ez pass.
When Verstappen was later asked by his engineer why he ignored the order, he exclaimed: ꦇ“I told you already.
“Guys, don’t ask me again. Are we c🙈lear about that? I gave my reasons. And I stand by it.”
Perez said via his own team radio about Verstaไppen: "It shows who he really is."
Perez remains tied with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc in the battle for second in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standingsꦑ which is why Red Bull wanted him to earn extra points♒ in Brazil.
Verstappen was already upset after early contact with his෴ rival Lewis Hamilton left him needing to pit for a new wing, and facing an uphill battle.
Why did Verstappen ignore team orders?
Verstღappen claimed he could have qualified in second, had Perez not crashed and caused a red flag.
Christia🤪n Horner, the Red Bull team boss, denied that Perez had co🎃st his teammate.
Perez then won the Monaco Grand Pr💛ix the following day. It was, until now, the sole source of potential problems between Versta🐈ppen and his teammate in a year of glory for the Dutchman.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports fꦫor a decade coveri🎃ng everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
