The Dutchman did not give any discounts
“Sometimes it seems that if you are overtaken the world will end. He doesn’t need these maneuvers”. The team principal of McLaren Andrea Star he stressed that from his point of view Max Verstappen exaggerated in his too extreme defense of the race lead from the attacks of Lando Norris.
In post-race interviews a journalist commenting on the race asked Verstappen why he didn’t let Norris pass the light anyway of the wide advantage in the championship. The Red Bull driver responded like this: “Could I have let Norris pass? I could have stayed home, I’m not running for P2”.
At Red Bull the race will be analyzed because the fight with Norris could have been avoided: “I think we were out a bit too long before the second stop and then there was the pit stop issue. The overall team performance was not what we expected and the strategy didn’t work well there. It was a shame, given the advantage we had. There are definitely some things we need to improve for next week and we hope to be able to work on performance, tires and balance.”
