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Passionate about football from an early age, becoming a sports journalist quickly became obvious to Hugo. He will later discover a love for the NBA, before exploring other horizons like those of Formula 1 and the NFL.
Saturday, Max Verstappen was demoted to 17th place in the Sprint race of the Miami Grand Prix, after having received a 10 second penalty. The fault of a “Unsafe Release” which led to a collision with Kimi Antonelli in the stands. Helmut Marko tried to justify this Red Bull error, which he put on the account of absences within the staff of the Austrian stable.
-For the first time since Belgian Grand Prix In 2016, GP and Sprint included, Max Verstappen finished outside the points this Saturday during the Sprint race Miami. The Dutchman finished 17th, the fault of a penalty of 10 seconds which he received for a hanging with Some Antonelli In the stands, following a “Unsafe release”.
Marko is explained after the hanging Verstappen-Antonelli
« It was tight, but we knew that Mercedes was only four seconds behind “Said Helmut Marko at the microphone of Sky Sports F1. « You have to study it closely, but it doesn’t help us. Now it’s done. Normally, our stand stops are very good. But this time … “Added the advisor to Red Bull. « There were a few stops at the stand that did not go well. We have key people, who are always with us, but they had to miss races due to illness. And when people are replaced, stand stops immediately take more time. »
“There is nothing to blame Max”
Some Antonellifirst of the qualifying for the Sprint race, was logically very angry after this episode. The pilot Mercedes not want to Max Verstappenbut Red Bull : « I did the best to avoid Max but the error is clearly on their side. What is very important is that there is nothing to blame Max, because he just followed the order of the team. As soon as I saw him go out, I tried to avoid the accident, because it could have been very serious for the mechanics. So I’m glad everything went well. »
