“He would never put me in danger,” Max Verstappen shows faith in race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase
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Max Verstappen after his Silverstone outing has delved into the issues that he faced during the race and has also given insights into how much he trusts his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase.
On lap 12 of the race, Max Verstappen damaged his side floor and was overtaken by both the Ferrari’s as it was found out that the Dutchman had damage on the side floor of his RB18.
Despite the issues with the car, the team asked him to keep fighting as they told him that the damage was not structural and it was safe to drive the car.
After Silversrtone’s setback, the 24-year-old has taken a hit on his lead in the Drivers Championship but still is 34 points ahead of teammate Sergio Perez.
While talking about Lambiase’s radio message, Verstappen said, “As soon as GP (Lambiase) says it’s safe to drive, I mean, he would never put me in danger.”
“I know when they tell me it’s bodywork damage, and we can see the losses in downforce, then it’s fine. I know there’s damage, but if there’s like suspension damage it’s a different story. Luckily, it wasn’t that.”
Max Verstappen on the piece of carbon fiber that cost him a podium finish at Silverstone
Max Verstappen’s race was compromised the moment he went over the carbon fiber that was left on the track, ironically by sister team AlphaTauri drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly.
Verstappen while stressing about it said,” I already spoke to Carlos, he said ‘what happened, you were just losing parts’ when I was in the lead.”
“When I jumped out of the car I had a look under the floor and the whole left-hand side underneath is completely ruptured. Like, everything is gone.
“Once I got into the lead after Carlos made a mistake, like a few corners later in Turn 5 there was a piece of carbon. But by the time I was there, it was on the racing line, I couldn’t drastically move left or right, so I tried to just hit it head-on, but instead, it just went into my floor and just destroyed everything.”
“It felt like a puncture because suddenly I had no balance, a lot of oversteer like the car was hopping a lot.”
“So then of course we decided to box, and even after that the car was just completely a handful to drive.”
The 24-year-old’s outing at Silverstone was not ideal when compared to the lofty standards that he has set this season but next up on the calendar in Red Bull’s home Grand Prix and in front of home fans, the Dutch driver would be looking to put on a show and right the wrong of the British Grand Prix.
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