Max Verstappen admits he felt ‘provoked’ to take Qatar GP lead after grid penalty saga
Max Verstappen did not hold back his feelings over the Qatar GP grid penalty even after the Dutch driver won the race.
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Max Verstappen secured pole position for the first time in five months during the Qatar GP. However, the Red Bull driver was forced to start from second place, behind George Russell. Now, Verstappen has expressed his feelings over the grid penalty after pulling off a dominant victory.
The four-time world champion was handed a one-place grid drop for driving unnecessarily slowly which forced George Russell to avoid the Dutch driver. Max Verstappen did not hold back from criticizing the Mercedes driver after the race.
In the media session, Verstappen was asked if he felt provoked by the grid drop on Sunday. The 27-year-old agreed. So much so, Max Verstappen insisted that he just had to take the lead from Russell after Turn 1. The four-time world champion succeeded and went on to dominate the Grand Prix.
I think so, I was extremely set on being in front immediately after the first turn.
Max Verstappen said post-race
Q: can i say a provoked max is the best max?
— nini (@SCUDERIAFEMBOY) December 1, 2024
max: i think so, i was extremely set on being in front immediately after the first turn. pic.twitter.com/XFBYPRMlkD
Max Verstappen happy to win ‘on merit’ in Qatar
Verstappen took his ninth win of the season in Lusail. The Dutch driver was glad to win a dry race once again. Max Verstappen admitted that it had been a while since Red Bull had the pace to win purely on merit. Moreover, the reigning world champion insisted that he had nothing to lose as F1 heads to Abu Dhabi for the season finale.
It was very nice that today was a dry win, has been quite a while. It seems like we were finally back in that fight on pure merit. I have nothing to lose anymore, but I still want to try and win.
Max Verstappen stated
???️ | Max: It was very nice that today was a dry win, has been quite a while. It seems like we were finally back in that fight on pure merit.
— RBR News ???? (@redbulletin) December 1, 2024
I have nothing to lose anymore, but I still want to try and win.#QatarGP
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The Red Bull driver has shown impressive pace in the past few races. Verstappen and Red Bull will be looking to get a solid result in Abu Dhabi to clinch second place in the teams’ standings from Ferrari. However, this would be an uphill task.
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