Lance Stroll officially called for an investigation by the race commissioners against Max Verstappen, whom he accuses of having embarrassed several pilots by slowing up excessively in the last turn during the SQ1 of the Sprint qualifications of the Miami Grand Prix.
The quadruple world champion has slowed down in the final sequence, forcing his teammate Yuki Tsunoda to brake brutally, which has caused him to waste precious time. The Japanese pilot missed the checkered flag of just over a second and was eliminated the relegation to 18th position.
Also released from the first qualifying phase, Lance Stroll, 16th, expressed his frustration after the session. The Canadian believes that he has lost about five tenths because of Verstappen’s maneuver, finishing only 0.114 second from Liam Lawson, the last qualified for the SQ2.
Verstappen is already under an investigation for not having respected the Delta Time instructions imposed by the race director. The FIA will now have to determine if the Dutch has broken other regulations during this sequence.
« We had traffic throughout the turn, Verstappen was completely in the middle of the track in the last turn Said Stroll. “” We have lost three or four tenths right there, and it is expensive in time, the tenths fly away. I hope they will investigate, because if everyone does that and rolls on the race line, it is not very fun for those who are in the attack phase, but we will see what will happen. »
