Max Verstappen not afraid of the pole Mexico. The 811 meters that separate the starting grid from the first corner make the first starting position a double-edged sword. Max would start first, but with no slipstream from his rivals, while Russel (2nd) and Hamilton (3rd) would go all out. Verstappen he knows how difficult it is to keep that first position in turn 1 from his own experience, from last year. In 2021, boots first out, hamilton 2nd and Verstappen, 3rd. At the first corner the Dutchman stole the wallet from the two Mercedes and took the lead, while the ‘poleman’ Valtteri was overtaken by his teammate Lewis.
However, Max seems to care. He thinks he has enough armor to defend himself against the silver arrows: “I don’t think our top speed is bad enough to defend us from those chasing us in the slipstream. We have to focus on that and , if we have a good race pace, it will be a good fight. We will try to be first at turn 1. I think that with the car we have today, tomorrow it will not be bad”.
The Dutchman wants to defend his starting place, and also the good performance of his race car. However, this time he will not face Ferrari, which further weakens the tires. He will do it against Mercedes, who also take care of their tires and have very good race pace. No wonder Max says that in the race there can be a good fight.
All this, after Max revealed that he was able to improve the speed compared to FP3 with a change of balance in the car in full qualifying: “During the session we cannot change the car but we can change what is allowed in balance and at At some point we found the balance. I started everywhere here except the pole, and we won races. It’s always important to start well here.”
Russell: “The two cars above give us the option to do something new”
Behind him, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton will go all out.
“I wanted pole because the team deserved it. The car has been performing very well. Points will be awarded tomorrow and we will try to win,” said the former Williams. “We started second and we’re both in the top three. The pace in the long run is similar to what Max has. It’s reasonable and having both cars there can give us an option to make new to the strategy,” he added. George, betting through the various attacks of the two Mercedes, tries different strategies. For this reason, ‘Checo’ Pérez, who plays at home in fourth place, has to be important again. That Red Bull could fight different strategies with its two drivers to counter Mercedes’ attacks could be important.
Pérez: “We are in the fight”
“Tomorrow we are in the race. It’s a shame what happened to us and the problems we had in qualifying, because I think we can fight for pole position. We were competitive enough, but it was a blind qualifier and without information from the steering wheel. It was necessary I have to do everything manually, and sometimes I get lost. I don’t know where the braking balance is or anything”, complained Pérez, who will fight to return this Sunday: “Tomorrow everything can happen in the first corner , but there is a career ahead.”
Hamilton: “3rd is not a bad starting position”
“I think it’s a good result and it’s not a bad position to start from tomorrow,” warned Hamilton, hungry for victories. He has won at least one race every year since 2013, and this course, with 3 appointments to go, his counter is at zero. He wants to end that streak in Mexico.
Source: La Verdad
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