F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Max Verstappen “has not forgotten” Sergio Perez’s “deliberate crash” leading to team orders refusal
Verstappen refused Red Bull’s request to allow Perez to pass him in the closing stages at Interlagos to claim sixth place, in a bid for the Mexican to claim second-place in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings.
His blunt and shoc▨king action to block Red Bull’s plan was payback for Perez costing him the chance to win the F1 Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year, De Telegraaf in🔯 Holland report.
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Perez crashed in qualifying 🍎causing a red flag, costing Verstappen a chance at p𝔉ole position. Perez then won the race.
But, acco꧙rding to the report, Perez late💮r confessed to team principal Christian Horner and consultant Helmut Marko that he crashed on purpose to cause a red flag.
Vers𝕴tappen “had not forgotten”, the report states.
Verstappen said "yes" to Sky Germany when asked if a particular incident had caused him to refuse Red Bull's orders. The reigning champion confirmed he would help Perez next we🀅ek in Abu Dhabi, if needed.
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🌺Red Bull could be seen in a heated debrief post-race in Brazil.
“We discuss these things internally,” Horner told Sky💖. “The drivers have spoken 🎐about it. They are very clear.
“I won🧜’t go into what we discussed behind closed doors. The drivers have shaken han🐽ds.
“We work as a team, we race as a team. Our priority is to ge🎃t Checo to be runner-up in the championship. Max has given us that c𓆉ommitment. If Max can help, he will do.
“We go into Abu Dhabi to do the best we can a🃏s a team for Checo to get second🎃 place.”
Perez is tied with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc on 290 points with one race left.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from America💎n sports, to football, to F1.
