Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen reckons he actively forced Carlos Sainz into the mistake that cost the Ferrari driver the lead and eventual victory in Formula 1\u2019s 2023 Italian Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen reckons he actively forced Carlos Sainz into the mistake that cost the Ferrari driver the lead and eventual victory in Formula 1’s 2023 Italian Grand Prix.Polesitter Sainz launched strongly to maintain the lead into the first Monza chicane and he then repeatedly defended well against front-row rival Verstappen during their early DRS battles down the main straight.
But on lap 15 of a shortened 51, Sainz locked up during the big Turn 1 braking zone to compromise his apex and the tighter line then delayed his corner exit to allow Verstappen to challenge under power. The Red Bull RB19 driver held his line around the outside of Curva Grande before cementing first place into the second chicane on his way to a record-breaking 10th consecutive GP victory.Verstappen reckoned he forced Sainz into this decisive mistake. He said: “We had good space. I think we were good on the tyres. But they had a lot of top speed. It was so hard to get close and get a move on into Turn 1. So, I had to force them into a mistake.
“Luckily, it came at some point where he locked up, and then I had better traction, of course, out of Turn 2 and basically from there onwards, we could again do our own race.” Verstappen, who radioed on lap four to say he could see Sainz was already struggling to manage his rear Pirellis, eventually headed a Red Bull 1-2 overThe defending two-time champion added: “I was just trying to stay patient. It was still a very long race. I could see them struggling a lot with the rear tyres. So, I just had to pick my moment.”
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