the dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) stated that winning this Sunday the Miami Grand Prix Formula One was quite placid and came to solve a weekend full of mishaps which, he assured, must be resolved in order to compete with the Ferraris for the rest of the Formula One World Championship.
The one from Red Bull went from less to more in this grand prix, after on Friday could only do a few laps in the first few sessions of free practice and only a mistake on his last lap of Q3 prevented him from reaching pole position.
“We have problems to solve,” he acknowledged at a press conference after a Friday that he described as “terrible” and that prevented him from knowing better the newly opened track in Miami, and the situation of his partner, Sergio ‘Checo’ Perezduring the race.
The Mexican had problems with the sensors that made it impossible for him to have all the power of his car at his disposal, which made him lose seven seconds in relation to the Spanish Carlos Sainzwho was third ahead of ‘Checo’.
“We have to make sure the car is reliable,” said Verstappen, who indicated that for him “everything went well, but It could have been the other way around.”
“We have to have a weekend without problems,” the reigning world champion asked his team.
Verstappen, who started from third position, closed the gap in the World Cup standings against the Monegasque charles leclerc (Ferrari), who this Sunday was second after starting from pole position.
the dutch now has 84 points, by 104 of the French7 points less than before the debut of the Miami Grand Prix, the fifth in the World Championship.
“It was a great recovery. I didn’t know what to expect, but we had a very good start, and I was able to keep up with Leclerc’s pace.”who, when he began to have problems with his front tires, was able to overtake him and get a sufficient lead, he said at a press conference.
This quiet race was only threatened when the safety car came out with a dozen laps to go, allowing Leclerc to close in again and take advantage of the situation to attack him for a couple of turns.
“The safety car didn’t help in the end, otherwise we could have driven it in a controlled way, but that of course made it more exciting”, he indicated. AND