“That was a critical misjudgement,” says Helmut Marko of Max Verstappen’s lunge on George Russell.
The Austrian has joined the rising listing of these essential of the Dutchman’s transfer which brings him to inside one penalty level of a race ban.
“Max out of the blue accelerated and all hell broke free,” the Austrian instructed Servus TV. “That was a critical misjudgement.
“He was already at odds with Russell,” he added, referring to quite a few encounters final season. “With incidents and unhealthy choices, feelings have run excessive.”
Submit-race Verstappen was unwilling to speak concerning the incident however the next day took to social media to confess that what he did was “not proper” and “ought to by no means have occurred”.
“Sleeping on it actually helped,” admits Marko. “Everybody goes their very own method. When Max is in that temper, it is higher to depart him alone.”
By way of the potential race ban, which signifies that Verstappen should maintain out of hassle till at the least the very finish of this month, Marko is assured the Dutchman will behave.
“The punishment is suitable,” he stated. “It will not occur that he behaves badly in Canada after which does not begin in Austria. He is a racer who is aware of his limits.
“The entire weekend was sobering for us,” he admitted. “Mainly, we had been three-tenths behind with a automotive that was too sluggish.
“We thought we had been on a par, however we noticed once more that McLaren is vastly superior,” he added.
“We hope that our automotive will probably be aggressive once more in Canada. For the time being, Max doesn’t have a automotive with which he can turn out to be world champion. However solely he can address it in any respect in the mean time. If all the things matches, we’ll be simply as quick as McLaren.
“However that is solely each third or fourth race. McLaren is all the time there. We’re not giving up but, however it should be tough.”
