Despite his comprehensive dominance in the last 14 races, Max Verstappen At the start of the Singapore Grand Prix he was unable to demonstrate his best version. Not only was the Dutch driver not in the top positions in all training sessions in Marina Bay, but he also failed to advance to Q3. In addition, the Red Bull driver was ordered to testify before the stewards for three different investigations and a few hours ago he learned of his sanctions.
Max Verstappen He suffered complications with the RB19 at the Marina Bay municipal facility. The Red Bull racer was well overtaken by Ferrari and will have a challenge ahead of him if he wants to continue his winning streak. During qualifying, Verstappen was involved in three investigations over a pit lane situation, an incident with Logan Sargeant and an interference with Yuki Tsunoda. However, the FIA decided not to penalize him with placings for Sunday’s race.
In this sense, Max Verstappen He will maintain eleventh place at the start of the Singapore Grand Prix. Although the Dutch driver did not receive any placings, he received two warnings and Red Bull has to pay a fine of five thousand euros for the incident with Yuki Tsunoda. In any case, the Austrian team will have to come up with a good strategy for Sunday, considering that both drivers were absent from Q3.
He admitted his mistake
After Red Bull’s frustrating classification in Singapore, the reigning world champion did not hesitate to admit his mistake to the AlphaTauri driver, he was hardly consulted by the press. The pilot from the Netherlands assured that his maneuver was wrong, but that he could only see Tsunoda when he was directly behind him.
“That was not good. I didn’t see it because I was on the radio when it happened. I only found out he was there when (Tsunoda) was right behind him. Actually, that sums up our qualifying: It was very hectic and chaotic,” admitted the Red Bull Racing driver when speaking to the media after qualifying at the Marina Bay race track.
