iotar__ wrote: ↑09 Jul 2017, 12:49
Godius wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 08:58
A Dutch reporter asked Verstappen what happened at the start of FP2 in Austria:
http://www.ziggosporttotaal.nl/fragment ... 0-mp4.html
Q: So FP2, it took 16/17 minutes before you got out there, what was going on?
Max: Well I pushed the brake just before I wanted to drive off, tire warmers were off and the car was on. But I told the guys that there is something wrong with the brakes. So we stopped and they checked it,
and it turns out the cable for the rear brakes wasn’t attached. So I didn’t have any rear brakes. I’m glad I checked before I went out there.
Do you think that the team or person responsible for this non story/biggest tragedy in motorsport asked Verstappen why he ended up spinning into gravel on his Q3 lap instead of being two places higher on the grid which was very much possible?
Trying to gain sympathy and attention complaining about the third best car in F1 or as Helmut Marko would put it: biting the hand than feeds
The reporter asked why he had to abandon the run and he answered honestly. Perhaps he could give a "political" answer, but I prefer honesty. I didn't find it in any way resentfull towards the team, he didn't dwell on the possible consequences the mistake could have had. If anything they joked that the responsible mechanic had to buy him a beer after the race, which to me seems like the proper response to this mistake.
Mistakes can and will happen in every team. It is a non-story, or an anekdote at most. And that is how VES and the team seem to treat it. The team seems to be pretty well balanced, talk about tensions within the team seem to more based on wishfull thinking form the likes of the Sainz family, than on the actual situation.
This interview was before Q so I have problems figuring out how you think he could have commented on his spin which happend later. For his spin he stated that he was too early on the trottle so unforced error, (which will probably cost him a couple of beers).
