Is Lando Norris’s victory in Miami just a coincidence in F1? The track will give us comfort already in view of the next round in Imola, where Ferrari will try to excelbut from this point of view there is full conviction on the part of Red Bull than the Dutchman’s second place Max Verstappen it was just “a road accident“.
Talking about a second place as a negative result may seem decidedly forced, but not so much if we consider what Max has achieved in the last three years in particular. In this regard, the Team Principal of the Milton Keynes team, Christian Hornerhad his say on the matter.
The British manager gave an explanation for Verstappen’s less sensational performance than usual: “TOWe had difficulties throughout the weekend, but Max’s pace was still good. The contact with the bollard, however, caused a lot of damage to the lower part of the car“, Horner revealed. “Net of the damage, therefore, second place was a decent result. The weekend was positive for us because we scored more points than anyone else in the constructors’ classification and so that’s fine.“.
Talking about the problems at the bottom: “A good part around the left rear was damaged and it didn’t help: Max lost a lot in Turn 1, almost two and a half tenths there alone. At the end of the race the surface was not as we designed it and therefore it was damaged“. So, was it the fund that prevented Verstappen from winning? We’ll see how he goes in Imola.
