Purple Bull star Max Verstappen’s progress on the 2025 Mexican GP was halted by the late race digital security automotive introduced out by Carlos Sainz. The Dutchman got here out and invoked recollections of AD21 (Abu Dhabi 2021) in the course of the post-race interview when questioned in regards to the VSC.
Verstappen began the race in P5 and obtained as much as P4 after narrowly avoiding the barrier on the exit of Flip 1. Nevertheless, the Dutchman was the one driver within the High 5 on the medium tires and lacked tempo in comparison with these on the gentle tires.
Charles Leclerc went onto the medium tires for his final stint, whereas Max Verstappen was on the higher gentle compound. Consequently, the Dutchman caught the Monegasque by over 10 seconds and obtained into the DRS of the Ferrari with simply a few laps left.
Sadly for Purple Bull, on Lap 70, Carlos Sainz spun, parked up within the stadium part, after which his automotive caught on fireplace, which introduced out the digital security automotive. Consequently, the Dutchman, who was lining up a transfer on Leclerc, needed to accept P3.
Throughout the post-race interview, Max Verstappen was questioned about what he was pondering when the VSC got here out and whether or not he was annoyed, to which he replied,
“No, not likely. I imply typically the security automotive has been very good to me in my profession, so typically you win, typically you lose. It is the way it goes in racing. Would’ve been a bit extra enjoyable within the end- nicely, extra enjoyable for me than for Charles defending- however it could’ve been a enjoyable ending for everybody to observe!”
The Dutchman’s assertion in regards to the security automotive being good to him refers back to the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP, the place he battled Lewis Hamilton for the F1 title. The Briton was comfortably within the lead of the race and on his solution to the eighth F1 title when a late security automotive got here out.
Max Verstappen pitted for brisker tires, and the FIA allowed the lapped vehicles between Hamilton and the Dutchman to go. The race was restarted with one lap to go, and the Purple Bull driver made a go, gained the race, and his first ever F1 title.
Max Verstappen displays on his championship possibilities after the Mexican GP
Coming into the Mexican GP, Max Verstappen minimize down the hole to the championship result in 40 factors from over 100 after the Dutch GP. Nevertheless, the Purple Bull driver had a subpar qualifying, managing solely a P5 grid spot, and completed the race in P3, whereas Lando Norris gained and took the championship lead.
But, Verstappen was in a position to minimize the hole down by one other 4 factors, all the way down to 36 after the Mexican GP. When requested in regards to the title possibilities after the race, the four-time F1 champion mentioned,
“Statistically, sure. However we have now to win all the things any longer.”
“It’s a must to have excellent weekends, and we did not have that right this moment. So it may be a tricky problem,” he added
Lando Norris leads the championship from Oscar Piastri by one level after the Mexico Metropolis GP. With 4 races left on the calendar, Max Verstappen would want to outscore Norris by a median of 9 factors each weekend to take the title.
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Edited by Pranay Bhagi
