“I said ‘OK if you don’t leave me space then we’re just going to collide’...' F1
Lewis Hamilton has only himself to blame for losing the Sao Paulo Grand Prix win, says Max Verstappen, after their crash at a restart cost both drivers position.last year’s title protagonists were at it again at the Interlagos circuit
Attempting to snatch second away from Hamilton, Verstappen tried to pass around the outside at Turn 1 leading to contact as both refused to give an inch through into Turn 2.The stewards declared the reigning World Champion to have been at fault, slapping him with a five-second time penalty.“I went around the outside at Turn 1 and I just felt it as soon as I was going next to him, he had no intention to leave me space,” said the Red Bull driver.
But while Verstappen went into the moment with the ‘we’re going to collide’ mindset, he insists his intention is “never to crash”.
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