What Verstappen can mess up: He takes away from losing pole

At this moment, red bull did not fail in qualifying and put all the fuel that Max Verstappen had to take pole position in the Japanese GP. Max didn’t miss his final lap either, setting the fastest time despite losing a piece of his car mid-turn. But he made another mistake that put his pole in jeopardy. the dutch is about to cause a violent and very dangerous accident together Lando Norris in Q3, in the middle of the tire warm-up lap.

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The reigning champion warms up the tires in the final sector, on the straight before the final chicane. Meanwhile, Norris was coming up full throttle just behind and was suddenly caught by a sudden change of direction from the very slow Max. Norris pulled on reflexes and swerved, putting the left wheel on the grass at high speed, to avoid a collision that was extremely dangerous due to the difference in speed at which the two vehicles collided.

According to Verstappen, he did not change direction intentionally, but rather as a result of accelerating on cold tires, which caused him to lose the rear of the car. “I was driving very slow and I wanted to accelerate but my tires were cold so the car flipped. Lando wants to pass me and he has to avoid me. Fortunately nothing happened”, he said when he got out of his Red Bull.

In addition, Max placed part of the responsibility for the action in Lando’s hands, as he blamed Norris for wanting to pass him on the warm-up lap. “We’re all on a warm-up lap and we’re all creating our space. He wants to pass me before the chicane and he will speed up, his tires are cold so he has to avoid me. If you are a little more polite…everyone is looking for a way and no one is trying to pass before the chicane. When you try to overtake, you create those kinds of problems.”

investigation and reprimand

so, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris was called to testify Suzuka after classification. His mistake could have cost him pole position, but the stewards finally decided to resolve the situation with a reprimand, the first for Max this year.

If he is allowed by the grid positions, the red bull he could lose the pole because of his mistake. Last week he was gone because of a team failure and his reaction was to complain and say that something like that is not acceptable. Fate wants Max to realize that everyone can make mistakes from time to time, including him.