Max Verstappen revealed that he was told by Red Bull Racing to stop the attack in preparation for running out of fuel during qualifying for the F1 Singapore GP, and expressed anger that such a mistake “should not happen”. made it
Max Verstappen has abandoned his previous lap on instructions from Red Bull Racing and feels he has lost two chances to take pole position in Singapore.
Max Verstappen finished eighth after failing to set a time on his final lap. His rivals Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez both qualified on the front row.
Max Verstappen has admitted he was ordered to pit by Red Bull Racing after he nearly ran out of fuel on the final lap.
“I felt like that on the previous lap, but they told me to stop and I said I could do it, but on the last lap I was told to put it in the box, so what? I understand what happens, I ran out of fuel,” Verstappen told Sky Sports F1.
“It’s incredibly frustrating and shouldn’t happen. If you’re running out of fuel or not planning to do six laps, at least you can track it through the session and know what’s going wrong. We should have found that way sooner.”
“At the moment I’m not happy at all. Of course it’s always a team effort and I know I can make mistakes and the team can make mistakes but it’s never acceptable. Of course, we learn from it, but this is really bad. This shouldn’t happen.”
Despite having won the last five F1 races, including Hungary, where he started 10th, Belgium, where he started 14th, and Italy, where he started 7th, Verstappen won in Singapore due to track characteristics. Not optimistic about.
“It’s a bit like Monaco. It’s very difficult to overtake, maybe you can work out a strategy, but at the moment I don’t feel like thinking about tomorrow’s race,” said Verstappen.
“Once you get in the car you will always do your best, but at the moment I am very frustrated with what happened.”
“Go back to the hotel and think about other things”
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