The race ended in peculiar circumstances as a late red flag led to a standing restart with two laps to go. So ran a bit wide, but we had a good margin.” “I locked up a bit and didn’t want to flat spot the tyre completely. “I think I did the city a favour, I just cut the grass a bit more,” he joked. We were always there, waiting for the DRS to open up to have a chance to pass.”Īfter passing Hamilton Verstappen built up a healthy lead, but lost several seconds when he skidded off at turn 13. “I was careful because I had a lot to lose, they had a lot to win.Īfter that I think the pace of the car was quick, you could see that straight away. “But it’s something for the next races to take into account.”ĭespite losing the advantage of pole position at the start, Verstappen was always confident he would be able to take the fight to the Mercedes drivers.Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free “We had good pace, we passed them anyway,” he said. Revised racing guidelines were issued to drivers ahead of the 2022 season stating what they must do in order to be left room by a rival.Īfter the race was red-flagged for the first time, Verstappen was able to retake the position from Hamilton later using DRS. “It’s quite clear in the rules what you are allowed to do now in the outside, but maybe it’s not followed.” “From my side, I just tried to avoid contact,” he explained. Verstappen said he had to take evasive action because of the positioning of Hamilton’s car. Verstappen ran wide at the exit, and lost the position to his rival. Hamilton moved down the inside of Verstappen at turn three and did not move fully ahead of him as they reached the corner. The Red Bull driver started the race from pole position but was passed by George Russell at the first corner before coming under attack from the other Mercedes.
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