After Verstappen and Aston rider Lance Stroll suffered severe crashes at the end of the race last time in Baku when their rear left tires sagged while running on the main straight of the track, Pirelli said the problem was related to the tire’s running conditions. , although “the prescribed initial parameters (minimum pressure and maximum ceiling temperature) were adhered to” for every cadre.
This indicated that the tires on the track may have been running under the minimum required pressure, although both Red Bull and Aston insisted in separate statements after Pirelli’s investigation that “no car fault” had contributed to the problems.
At the side of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who said at the press conference before the French GP this weekend in Paul Ricard: “I don’t think Pirelli is to blame”, Verstappen defended his team’s actions.
He said, “Of course they said they didn’t have gauges during the race, but we gave them our tire pressures and they were within the limits they set.
“If these limits are not right, there is nothing we can do about it, we just stick to what is possible within the rules.
“If that means we have to put the pressure up, we will – everyone will put up the pressure.
“But they say they don’t have the right measurements, but we gave them to them after the race and it turned out that we didn’t do anything wrong.
“Besides, Aston Martin didn’t do anything wrong.
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR21, crashes during qualifying
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
“So they can’t blame us. I think you have to look at yourself.
“And we are here and of course we are happy to help with everything.
“You started pressure on Friday [in Baku] until Saturday, so that means something.
“Maybe it wasn’t enough. We’ll definitely put pressure on here, and hopefully that’s enough. “
Verstappen also said he was “personally not” satisfied with what he called Pirelli’s “vague” statement on the tire damage in Baku.
“It was just a little vague to me what came out of it,” he said.
“But the only thing I can say is that, from our side, I think the team did everything as it should have done.
“They followed all of the guidelines with tire pressure and such. So there was nothing to be found there.
“I don’t really understand… I’m sure we’ll be putting more pressure on here this weekend. I am 100% sure we will.
“It probably has something to do with what happened in Baku, but it would also be nice to know if it is related to the tire pressure.
“[Pirelli should] just pronounce it – it would be a little easier to understand [if that happened] and i think the explanation we got so far [wasn’t enough] because the team didn’t do anything wrong. “
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