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Verstappen summoned over Russell incident in Qatar qualifying
Formula 1

Verstappen summoned over Russell incident in Qatar qualifying

By Miles Cooper November 30, 2024
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Formulation 1 world champion Max Verstappen has been summoned to the Qatar Grand Prix stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly throughout qualifying, during which he appeared to dam George Russell.

The Pink Bull driver who clinched his first grand prix pole since June’s Austrian Grand Prix, was on a gradual lap forward of a ultimate flyer – however Russell caught him by way of the Flip 12-13-14 trio of right-handers.

Russell needed to take evasive motion and rattled the gravel on the nook’s excessive line, which he was apprehensive had induced broken to the ground. He contended over the radio that it was “tremendous harmful”.

Verstappen contended that he had two vehicles in entrance of him, and was making an attempt to make sure he had a niche to start out his ultimate run on – and recommended Russell bought too “excited” to make a transfer.

“There have been two vehicles in entrance of me additionally making a niche, so I needed to make a niche. I knew that everybody was on a gradual lap, not on a push up.

Verstappen summoned over Russell incident in Qatar qualifying

Pole man Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing, George Russell, Mercedes-AMG F1 Workforce, discuss in Parc Ferme

Photograph by: Dom Romney / Motorsport Photos

“After which I feel George bought excited. He needed to move and get round. That is advantageous, I imply, everybody after all tries to get their place to have the absolute best begin to the lap.”

Russell responded, stating: “I used to be following my delta, and I did not wish to get penalised as a result of we had been instructed to comply with the delta.”

Talking in regards to the incident, Russell recommended that the dent to his preparations forward of his ultimate lap may account for the final word 0.055s hole.

“I ended up going by way of the gravel everywhere in the ground, so it felt like the ground was scraping over that curb and thru the gravel,” Russell stated of the incident. 

“So I hope it did not injury it. Possibly that is the explanation why we did not enhance. I do not know. Nevertheless it was a little bit of a furry one, two corners earlier than we began the lap.”

Talking in regards to the incident on Sky, Christian Horner defined that “that is an outlap the place they’re all warming tyres up. So it is not a timed lap. They’re all jockeying and pushing for place there.

“I imply [Russell] is pushing these corners to generate tyre temperature at that time, I feel his first sector was a good distance off.

“In order that they’re simply increase; I feel Fernando [Alonso] was in that little practice as effectively. It’s going to go to the stewards, however hopefully it must be all proper.”

Images from Qatar GP Dash Race & Qualifying

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