Max Verstappen sympathized with Charles Leclerc, who lost his podium chance due to a spin at the F1 Emilia Romagna GP.
Max Verstappen dominates Imola’s weekend. In addition to pole position, sprint race wins and Grand Prix wins, he also earned fastest lap bonus points, earning 34 points, the highest point since the Emilia Romagna GP weekend.
Expectations for Max Verstappen’s title are that championship leader Charles Leclerc, who was chasing second-placed Sergio Perez, spun off at the chicane of Variante Alta on lap 53 and touched the wall to the front wing. Was further boosted when it was damaged.
Scuderia Ferrari called in the pits to replace the front wing, and Charles Leclerc returned to the track in 9th place, but recovered slightly from there and finished in 6th place.
Max Verstappen said he benefited from Charles Leclerc’s mistakes, but said he could understand Leclerc’s error, which caught Sergi Perez on a dry truck and took more risks than his rivals.
“Misses are easy to make. He was pushing hard to fight the Czech Republic, but it’s a pain for him,” said Max Verstappen.
“I think he knows for himself. You don’t have to hear it from anyone here.”
“It’s still a very long championship. It’s not great because we’ve scored so many points, but he can’t change that from now on, and he didn’t do it intentionally.”
As a result, Max Verstappen narrowed the gap with Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ championship to 27 points. Imola’s weekend is almost perfect. His only mistake was when Leclerc took the lead at the start of the sprint.
Max Verstappen, who had retired twice in the first three races, said he was surprised at Red Bull Racing’s dominance in Imola’s race due to the lack of pace against Scuderia Ferrari in the previous race in Australia.
“The start of the season wasn’t great in general, so I needed a good weekend. I didn’t expect it to be, but it’s great to have one,” said Max Verstappen. Told.
“As a team, it’s 1-2, and it’s also the biggest point.”
“We managed the race without making mistakes. The team made the right decision by switching from intermediate to slick tires and then controlled the race.”
“It may look easy on TV, but you still have to focus and avoid bark markers. It’s easy to get off the line, lock, run over wet patches and off course. TV “
“We managed it and the car handling was really good. We knew in yesterday’s sprint qualifying that the car had a good pace.”
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