The race in analysis
We’re going to close our ticker at this point. But don’t worry: tomorrow morning we’ll be back with a new issue for you to deal with the other topics from Zandvoort appropriately.
At the end follows the hint again to our big video analysis of the Netherlands GP with Kevin Scheuren and Christian Nimmervollwhere the following topics were on the agenda this time:
– Did Mercedes cost Hamilton the win?
– Verstappen: title only a matter of form
– Ferrari: bankruptcies, bad luck and breakdowns
– Mick Schumacher: Does it have to be?
– Vettel: No understanding for time penalty
– The rest of the field in fast forward
– Questions from channel members from live chat
Have fun with it and see you tomorrow!
Ferrari: World title probably only mathematically possible
We briefly talked earlier about the 109 points that Leclerc is now behind Verstappen. “It’s a huge distance when you look at how many races there are left,” admits Mattia Binotto to ‘Sky’.
“Last time I said that we can only rely on ourselves and not on the others. That applies even more now that the gap has increased further,” said the team boss after the fourth Verstappen win in a row.
“It’s important for us that we concentrate on every race and try to solve the problems. From now until the end of the season, the mood is also important. Then we have to improve for the next season,” said Binotto.
With the designers Ferrari is already 235 points behind Red Bull.
Ralf Schumacher: Harsh criticism of Günther Steiner
The atmosphere between colleagues from Sky and the Haas team was not always the best this year. And according to the latest statements from expert Ralf Schumacher, that shouldn’t necessarily change either…
As part of the discussions about Mick Schumacher’s future, he says: “The most unfortunate role – as always – is played by Günther [Steiner]. He always manages to demotivate people and he doesn’t value what he has on the team.”
“Because he has two good drivers,” Schumacher clarifies and emphasizes: “If I were team manager, I would stick with both drivers.” Currently only Magnussen is set for 2023, Mick Schumacher’s future is unclear.
Norris: Almost got the maximum out of it
“Tough race,” reports Norris, but emphasizes that it was also “a good one” at the same time. “We gave everything. I think we had a decent pace. […] P6 would have been the best we could have achieved.”
He missed this result by just one position. His teammate ended up far behind – ten places to be precise. Ricciardo explains that after his Q1 exit on Saturday it was clear that it was going to be a difficult race.
He had the feeling that he had quite a bit of pace with the free ride. In the end he just got stuck in traffic. McLaren continued to lose ground to Alpine in the fight for P4 in the World Championship.
The French are now 24 points ahead.
Livestream
Don’t forget: it’s about to begin our big live analysis on the Formel1.de YouTube channel! Kevin Scheuren and Christian Nimmervoll have the following topics up their sleeves:
– Did Mercedes cost Hamilton the win?
– Verstappen: title only a matter of form
– Ferrari: bankruptcies, bad luck and breakdowns
– Mick Schumacher: Does it have to be?
– Vettel: No understanding for time penalty
– The rest of the field in fast forward
– Questions from channel members from live chat
Sainz: That’s really how it was with the unsafe release
“It was a very bad day,” dismisses the Spaniard and explains: “Everything that could happen to us happened to us.” You have to analyze that now, “because it cost us a lot of points today,” said Sainz.
To his uncertain release he says: “[Alonso] almost hit me because I had to brake because a McLaren[-Mechaniker] ran into my way.” That was what caused the allegedly unsafe situation.
“When the mechanics released me, Fernando was very far behind,” Sainz clarifies. The situation was triggered by the McLaren mechanic and not by him or Ferrari.
He also has no understanding for the punishment.
Warning for Tsunoda
We can now resolve that as well: Tsunoda received a warning for driving with a loosened seat belt. He had solved this when he parked the car for the first time. But then, as is well known, he drove on.
After all, there is no further penalty for the team because none of the wheels were loose and the car was not in an unsafe condition. In fact, there was a problem with the differential.
Here is the justification in full:
“While after a pit stop of car 22 the driver stopped the car due to the fact that he felt a wheel being not properly fitted, the investigation by the Stewards led to the conclusion, that in fact there was a problem with the differential. Therefor the car was not in an unsafe condition when released from its pit stop position.”
“However, during the hearing the driver admitted, that after stopping on track he was ready to abandon the car and started to loosen the safety belt, without unlocking it. After that he travelled back to the pits where the mechanics re-fastened the belts. It is not possible, to determine exactly to which degree the seatbelt had been loosened by the driver.”