Max Verstappen has lamented the delay from the race
director in bringing out the red flag after he was unable to set a final flying
lap.
It took more than 30 seconds from Lance Stroll’s crash to
the red flag being shown which sent both Red Bulls out in Q2.
Max Verstappen furious with late red flag call in Brazil
Verstappen was in P12 and was right behind Stroll when the
Aston driver crashed at Turn 2 and so would have expected the red flag to come
but F1 race director Niels Wittich opted to delay the call which allowed the
likes of Lando Norris to set a flying lap and move safely into the top 10.
Verstappen was not so fortunate and as he approached sector
three, the red flag was finally shown by which point there was not enough time
left for the session to be restarted.
Visibly furious, Verstappen described as “bulls**t” when
speaking to Sky in the media zone.
“The car hits the wall, it needs to be a straight red,” he
said. “I don’t understand why it needs to take 30, 40 seconds for a red flag to
come out. It’s just bulls**t.”
Verstappen was told by the interviewer that they were trying
to let some cars finish their flying laps to which he said the whole situation
was “ridiculous.”
“Honestly, I let it go,” he said. “It’s so stupid anyway to
talk about. It’s ridiculous.”
Verstappen will start P17 in the race having taken a five-place grid penalty for a new engine.
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