The leader of the Formula 1 World Championship took a risk on his last qualifying lap and crashed into the wall. In Jeddah, the Dutch start from third place.
Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the Formula One World Championship, which will start third this Sunday in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the penultimate of the year, in the urban circuit of Jeddah, declared after qualifying, in which he ruined his last attempt – by risking too much and hitting the wall – that what happened was “terrible”.
“It was terrible,” said 24-year-old Verstappen, who leads the World Cup with 351.5 points, eight more than the seven-time English world champion. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); that this Saturday dominated the classification, raised his own all-time record of poles and he will start first in Jeddah, accompanied in the front row by his Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas.
“We were doing a good qualification, I knew the rhythm was there, “he explained Mad Max, a nineteen-time F1 winner, nine of them this season.
“I blocked and kept pulling butt, to finish the lap. Third place is disappointing, especially considering the lap I was doing ”, said the young Dutch star shortly after getting out of his car at the Jeddah circuit.
“The only good thing is that we know, at least, that the car is fast”, Indicated Verstappen, who crashed when he had partials to have signed the pole and that he does not know if his Red Bull gearbox is damaged.
“I do not know yet”; explained the Mexican partner Sergio Pérez this Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
“I don’t know what happened to me in qualifying; It was difficult to warm up the tires and I think I blocked; the car went behind me and that’s where it was all over. It was disappointing, it was terrible”, Said Verstappen, who, however, could be mathematically world champion this Sunday.
Among the options they are to win in Jeddah with fastest lap and Hamilton does not improve a sixth place; if he wins and the captain of Mercedes does not exceed the seventh; if he finishes second with the fast turn and the seven-time champion does not improve tenth; or if he is second and the British star does not score in Arabia. (D)
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