The problems that Verstappen confronted in a tricky qualifying session on Saturday appeared to hold over into the Grand Prix, because the Dutch driver defined after the race that his automobile “was leaping round loads in all of the low-speed corners”.
“My wheels had been actually coming off the bottom,” he added. “Then after all you lose contact patch with the tarmac which you don’t need. That then prompted me to slip much more, overheat the tyres extra and there was no strategy to drive round it so the tempo was only a bit in every single place.
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“I needed to field after which it was only a bit unlucky I bought caught behind Alex and Lando. I used to be in that combat, George handed me, after which we really had good tempo, the 2 of us. We had been catching the leaders however then as quickly as I bought near George once more inside that window the place you have got the soiled air, due to the leaping that I’m coping with I’m sliding already fairly a bit.
“After which after I get near him I’m sliding much more and that simply tipped it over the sting the place it turns into fairly uncontrollable in the direction of the top of the race, which was very tough once more.”
