‘Broken’ Max Verstappen left with back pain from bumpy Imola F1 track
“My back, everything is hurting..."
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen says Imola’s bumpy surface left him feeling “broken” following his victory at thꦡe F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The Red Bull drive👍r held off a late charge from McLaren’s Lando Norris to return to winning ways at Imola, having b♔een defeated by Norris last time out in Miami.
Verstappen, strugglingꦺ with his hard tyres in the final stint, had to resist late pressure from a charging Norris, who finished less than a second behind the reigning world champion at꧅ the chequered flag.
While the battle with Norris was intense, Ve🏅rstappen said the biggest issue he faced was the track itself.
“I'm just broken from the bumps, to be honest,” Verstappe♒n explainedꦺ.
“My back, everything is hurting. It's not so much from thꦇe physical side of things, but just it was so bumpy out ther👍e.
“Already aftܫer like 20 laps, I could really feel my back. So 🍰I'm just looking forward to laying in bed. Maybe take some painkillers. And a massage, I don't know…”
Asked if ꦿhe had a specific problem in the final stint, Verstappen replied: “I just couldn't really get the tyres to work.
“It just felt like they were not operating in the right temperature window. And that just got woꦉrse and worse. So the last 15 laps for me was re💝ally like driving on ice.
“Tꦿhey were not responding anymore. So that's somethi♚ng that we have to analyse.”
Verstappen also had to ensure he made no mistakes after being pinged with a black and white flag warnin⛎g for tra💃ck limits.
One more excursion beyond the white lines would have resultไed in a time penalty t🦋hat would have ultimately cost the Dutchman the win.
“They [Red Bull]꧂ updated me, of course, with the track limits, to jus🐬t be a bit more careful from that point onwards,” he said.
“But the problem was also, I guess, in the beginning, I was understeering a lot on the Medium, and that was pushing me a bit ofꦉf sometimes if I missed the apex. So after that, on the Hard tyres also, just leaving a bit more margin.
“Of course, the last few laps when Lando was catching me it was a bit harder because I had to naturally re🌞ally use the track as much as I could.
“But weꦏ stayed within the lines, but definitely, it does require a bit more focus, of course. Every exit, you have to be really sure what you're doing.”
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