the dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) said winning the Formula One Miami Grand Prix on Sunday was pretty calm and came to resolve a weekend full of setbacks that, he assured, must be resolved to compete with Ferrari for the rest of the Formula One World Championship.
The one from Red Bull has been less in this grand prix, then on Friday he could only do a few laps in the first free practice sessions and only one mistake on his last lap of Q3 prevented him from reaching pole position.
“We have problems to solve“, he admitted at a press conference after a Friday that he described as” horrible “and that prevented him from getting to know the newly opened Miami track better, and the situation of his partner, Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, during the race.
The Mexican had problems with the sensors that caused him not to get all the power of his vehicle at his disposal, which left him seven seconds in relation to Carlos Sainzwhich ranked third ahead of ‘Checo’.
“We need to make sure the car is reliable“, said Verstappen, who indicated that for him” everything went well, but it could be the opposite “.
“We need to have a problem -free weekend“, the current world champion asked his team.
Verstappen, who started in third position, closed the gap in World Cup standings against Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), who finished second this Sunday after starting in pole position.
The Dutchman now has 84 points, up 104 for the Frenchman7 points less than before the Miami Grand Prix debut, the fifth at the World Championship.
“This is 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.“, that, when he started having problems with his front tires, he caught up with him and gained enough advantage, he said at a press conference.
This quiet race was only threatened when the safety vehicle came out with a dozen laps left, allowing Leclerc to close again and take advantage of the situation to attack him a few laps.
“The safety of the 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 said.
Source: La Verdad
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