Verstappen hurts Vettel after Shanghai qualifying

“It is an unwritten rule that you drive behind each other in the final qualifying section. But Vettel overtook me and the two Renaults also passed. From now on I’ll just screw up their qualifying sessions too,” said the Red Bull driver from the Netherlands.

Vettel countered the 21-year-old: “The team told me that I only have a ten-second buffer. So I stepped on the gas. If everyone had done that, we would all have made it over the line.”

As a result of the skirmish, third place in the World Championship Verstappen crossed the start-finish line at the Shanghai International Circuit too late for a final time hunt, as did his teammate Pierre Gasly (France) and the two Haas drivers Romain Grosjean (France) and Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) no longer had the opportunity to improve their starting position for the 1000th Formula 1 race on Sunday (8.10:XNUMX a.m. CEST).

Verstappen starts from fifth place, behind Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas (Finland) and world champion Lewis Hamilton (England) as well as the Ferrari duo Vettel (Heppenheim) and Charles Leclerc (Monaco).

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Verstappen hurts Vettel after Shanghai qualifying

Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen (21), known for his intransigence, loudly criticized Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel after qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix.

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