Max Verstappen was not satisfied with Mick Schumacher in the closing stages of the United States Grand Prix. The Haas F1 driver was shown blue flags, but it took a while for the 22-year-old German to make way. Christian Horner was concerned when he saw Verstappen stuck for a moment.
“We lost a lot of time behind Yuki [Tsunoda] and then Mick Schumacher was quite expensive on the final laps. I thought that would cost us the win because he stopped Max for the whole last sector “, Horner is quoted by Motorsport.com. Schumacher himself says, however, that he” cannot disappear out of nowhere “.
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Fortunately for Verstappen, a DRS was available on the straight. He was from Schumacher at the detection point within a second. “That gave Max a little breathing space in Turn 1. But it certainly stressed the pit wall even more,” he explained.
The current world championship leader has driven 136 Grand Prix in the premier class of motorsport in his career. Horner is asked if this was Verstappen’s best race of all time. “I think it’s up there. I think he mastered the race incredibly well. Of course we didn’t have a good start, but we were able to take the win back.”
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