Max Verstappen (3./2.)
Verstappen didn’t want to talk too much about the collision with his opponent, but he had words of praise for Pirelli.
“I do not want to talk about it. I was just surprised that he started turning just as I was passing by. There was no way to pass. I drove into the timed lap, he had just finished it. It is a pity that there has been contact.
I completed two rides on a new prototype from Pirelli. I felt good about it. I did better in the second set. I have no comments, “said Verstappen.
Lance Stroll (15./19.)
Stroll also considers contact unnecessary and unfortunate. He is said to have said everything with Verstappen and both riders are fine.
“Yeah, the contact in the first turn was unfortunate. I don’t think he expected me to go to the second timed lap, I didn’t expect anyone to race with me in the first turn. He let me pass in the last lap of the previous lap, I thought he wanted to keep his distance. On the starting plane, I therefore focused on various things on the steering wheel. As I looked up, I focused on the turn and didn’t expect anyone to be next to me.
We were with the commissioners, we said it to each other, there is clean air between us. Everything is OK. Otherwise, it was a difficult day, the grip was poor. The track is cool, but the surface isn’t exactly my cup of coffee, “admitted Stroll.
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