In a very tight Q1, where anyone could be left behind if they didn’t set a good last time due to the continuous improvement of the track, trouble at the end of the first part of the ‘qualy’ was ensured. And it didn’t fail. In the last minutes, the traffic on the track was high and in a small group of cars formed in the preparation lap, Esteban Ocon took off some cars with a rather dangerous maneuver, and then went for the time leading Verstappen. The Dutchman probably didn’t like Esteban passing him on his warm-up lap and wanted to turn in front of him. Max didn’t hesitate and put the car into turn 1, when the two were on their last flying lap. There was trouble.
Max Verstappen overtook Esteban Ocon on the inside, under braking at turn 1. Esteban Ocon wasted a lap and was left behind in the final turn, unable to improve his time and eliminated from Q1 in 17th position . Max, for his part, could not improve, but he managed to get into Q2.
“It’s a joke, to be honest. Verstappen went into Turn 1 like a madman,” said Esteban Ocon, perhaps demanding a penalty from Verstappen for disturbing him in his flight.
And Max, for his part, quickly responded on the radio: “What a stupid idiot!” exclaimed the three-time F1 world champion.
Source: La Verdad
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