Max Verstappen criticises ‘stupid’ fans for throwing flares onto F1 track
The start of Q2 was delayed when a red flag was flown after a fan threw an orange flare onto the track, while a similar incident occurred at the star☂t of Q3, however, this rolled into the pitlane and was covered by yellow flags down at Turꦚn 1.
A statement issued by F1’s governing body the FIA confirmed that a fan had been 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“identified and removed” by event security.
Fans are banned from bringing flares to the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dutch Grand Prix and have been in🉐structed to hand any in at the gates on arrival at Zandvoort.
After claiming pole position for his h💃ome race, Verstappen urged the crowd to resist throwing flares𒉰 onto the circuit for the rest of the weekend.
“It’s just very silly to do,” the Red Bull driver&n🔥bsp;said. “To hold flares already, it’s nice, of course therꩲe’s a limit to how much. But to throw it on the track is just stupid.
“I think the person who d🎉id that got removed. Just don’t do that - it’s not good for anyone, you get thrown out, you can’t see the race, and for us the session is stopped because it 🍨is dangerous, there’s stuff on the track, so you shouldn’t do it.”
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who missed out on pole by just ♈0.021s, praised the swift response by security at the event.
“It’s dangerous, so don’t do these type of things,” said Leclerc. “It’s good there was a reaction by the 🃏security guys and this shouldn’t happen.
“I don’t know if in the future we can do anything to avoid that. I don’t know exactly wheಌn it was thrown, but if a car is passing at that time it can create unnecessary risk, so hopefully it won’t happen again.”
Carlos Sainz, who qualified third, added: “I think it’s important to let the fans known when it⛎ is possible to use the flares and when it is not.
“I think it was goo🍸d tha꧙t they used them on the in-lap when Max took pole but not in the middle of the race or Lap 1 when we are in the middle of fights.
ꦯ“At 300kph, you don’t want this kind of distraction from smoke. Hopefully the organisation can do a good job in warning when it’s time is good to use them and when it’s not.
“Even more import𓄧ant, not to throw them onto the track.”
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