Max Verstappen’s radio message foreshadowing Colapinto’s crash in Brazil.

Max Verstappen

This Sunday he triumphed in the anthology in the rain in Grand Prix of St. Paul from Formula 1. It was a track condition that he felt very comfortable in and he stated that It was the best of his 62 victories V Maximum. Although the 27-year-old Dutchman, who is aiming for his fourth crown in a row, had moments of anxiety and this was shown in a video that showed the difficult situation in which the competitors were running.

Pilot Red Bull He had a dialogue with his track engineer, Giampiero Lambiasein which he told him that “The red flag was necessary”

to be able to stop the race. The British coach reassured him by telling him that a virtual safety car had been ordered – a safety measure decided by the sport’s stewards.

Said the radio chat was at turn 30, two before. Franco Colapinto will face his Williams. The Argentine asked his team to replace the intermediate tires with extreme rain tires that have more grooves to drain water. However, the team asked him to stay on the track, and on the next lap they called him and gave him another set of intermediate ones, but with a temperature.

The Argentine had unlucky that the race was neutralized after all and he was unable to warm up the tires further, and when he wanted to get closer to the peloton in order to be with the rest of the riders at the time of the restart, he was hit in the penultimate turn of the track. Autodromo José Carlos Pace

from InterlagosV Saint Paul.

* Franco Colapinto accident.

After the 21-year-old runner from Buenos Aires was hit, competition authorities issued a red flag as heavy rain began to fall. But what would have happened if this decision had been made earlier, as proposed Verstappen?

The Dutchman told The risk of continuing to run in such conditions is reduced.. “It’s too dangerous”he shouted. It wasn’t just water on the pavement, but also poor visibility, and this video gives an idea of ​​how the riders behaved at that stage of the race.

Interlagos It is uneven and this leads to the fact that during rain, water falls from the upper part, where the main straight line and pits are located, towards the opposite sector, where the mixed contours are located. Paulista. For example, in the video you can see a small vision that the runners had through the on-board camera.

The engineer asked Max stay on the track and two laps later a red flag came out due to an incident with Colapinto. When the competition resumed, Verstappen continued his advance as he started from 17th and took the lead thanks to clean driving on a wet track.whatever suits you. He scored his eighth victory of the season and consolidated his position at the top of the championship. If you win again on your next date in Vegashe will attach his fourth scepter to the thread.