3 May, 2021
Sky Sports F1’s Karun Chandhok has hit out at Max Verstappen saying the Dutchman can’t blame others for his fastest lap being deleted at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have demonstrated that finally, the pair have the machinery underneath them to put on the show Formula 1 fans have been waiting for. A Verstappen-Hamilton title battle.
However, track limits have at times dampened this fight most obviously for Verstappen who lost an almost certain win in Bahrain and now a bonus point for the fastest lap in Portugal. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has already expressed his dissatisfaction with the FIA when speaking to Sky Sports Germany after the race:
TRACK INTERVIEWS
(Conducted by Paul Di Resta)
Q: Max, started third, finished second, you had a great jump on Lewis at the restart, you got in front but then you made a small mistake in Turn 14. How was your race.
Max Verstappen: Yeah, it was pretty decent. I had a good re-start and then I tried to put the pressure on Valtteri. At the end it think we just lacked a little bit of pace overall, so Lewis got by again and after the pit stop, the warm-up is super hard on these tyres, but I think once we settled in second you could clearly see that around here we were lacking a bit of pace compared to them. But still, second, fastest lap in the last lap…
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton overtook main rival Max Verstappen and Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas to win the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday and go eight points clear in the Formula One standings.
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