The Zandvoort weekend obtained off to a rocky begin for the younger Italian driver, who made a mistake on Friday that price him the primary 60 minutes of the session. In qualifying, he was knocked out once more in Q2, setting the eleventh-fastest time, whereas Russell secured fifth.
Then got here the race mistake, occurring at a time when Kimi was really exhibiting sturdy tempo and climbing the standings shortly.
A expensive misjudgment that didn’t escape Jacques Villeneuve’s consideration, who, talking in regards to the Italian’s weekend on Sky Sports activities, didn’t maintain again together with his harsh phrases.
Max Verstappen has had Gianpiero Lambiase as his race engineer at Crimson Bull Racing for a few years. Their longtime expertise recurrently results in amusing moments on the board radio.
“In the event you would inform me proper now, like, it is advisable swap race engineer, I feel that is a really tough factor to just accept simply due to when you might have a great relationship along with your engineer”, Verstappen mentioned in a Crimson Bull Racing video.
”I nearly need not converse as a result of he is aware of precisely what I want or need from the automobile. And I feel you may hear it on the radio. In fact, we now have our fiery feedback right here and there. I feel it really works rather well for us, however apart from that we… Yeah, in very tough conditions within the race, I feel we will at all times get essentially the most out of it.”
