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Max Verstappen had already complained about the unreliability of his Honda engine after its breakdown last weekend.
“I think it definitely can’t get any worse than Monza!” The Red Bull driver said after he had to park his car on lap 30 due to an engine problem.
What the Dutch could not know a week ago: it got worse! Because at Mugello, the still-running engine ensured that he lagged far behind shortly after the start, before Kimi Raikkonen pushed him off the track. The end reached him in the first round. The 22-year-old reacted accordingly annoyed. (DATA CENTER: Formula 1 Drivers Classification).
Also at Ferrari there is still a bad mood. Charles Leclerc (8th) and Sebastian Vettel (10th) finished together in the points for the first time in five races. But that had less to do with his own performance and more to do with the fact that seven of the 20 drivers who had started were eliminated over the course of the race.
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Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 1st place:
“It was like three races in one day. This track is incredible, it was also hot. It was incredibly difficult today, especially at the restarts. It was very, very difficult to be fully focused all the time. It was not easy to keep Valtteri behind me. He was fast all weekend. And at the beginning I was behind him too. “
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), 2nd place:
“I’m disappointed. I had a great start to the race. Then I was able to hold my position. In the second outing I lost it. But I’ll keep pushing. At some point it has to work for me.”
Alexander Albon (Red Bull), Platz 3:
“It was very good. It took me a bit of time to get on the podium. It was difficult, I had to work a lot. But I am very happy, now I can take a deep breath. I was hoping the race itself would be a little worse.” . In high-speed corners, more adrenaline flowed through my body than anything else. I did most of the overtaking maneuvers on the long straights. It’s fun to drive here. “
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), eighth place:
“We were too slow, it wasn’t much more. We didn’t have the pace. I made a good start and got into the best possible position. The two Mercedes moved away, so I had fresh air. But I had to keep fighting the car so long.” .
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), tenth place:
“Of course I would have liked to have earned a little more than one point at the end, but there wasn’t much else. We just didn’t have the pace in the race. That was all that was possible, even now with the engine modes.” where everyone is in a certain way oriented the same way, that’s our maximum. Of course, that is very sobering. Sometimes the Williams was faster. I think we just didn’t have the grip, especially after the first few laps, or we didn’t really have anything in the race – to really attack. Today there weren’t many cars that were slower than us. Of course that’s difficult for us, but we still try to take everything with us. “
about the massive crash after the first reboot when Bottas was in the lead
“It’s just unnecessary. As a leading racer, you have to be clear about these things. If you want to wait, you have to wait a long time and then accelerate, but not stop and go. It’s like being on the freeway. Five, most likely ten. vehicles behind you have an accident. Fortunately, they were all unharmed. “
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Max Verstappen (Red Bull), fails:
“Already in the formation lap I almost wore out the engine. It was probably the same problem as in Monza. Because it felt similar. I started well and caught up with Lewis. But then I couldn’t accelerate any more and lost speed. Contact with Kimi just happens. It doesn’t matter. It happens when you find yourself in a situation like that. I probably wouldn’t have been able to finish the race anyway. “
of current problems with your engine
“As I was driving to the grid, I felt that something was wrong. The car was not idle and on the warm-up lap I went into the anti-lock program. That is not normal. Especially since it is now the second It has happened times in a row. For the moment, I’m sick of it. “
