.Max33Verstappen admits clobbering the Portier barrier helped him avoid a major disaster in the MonacoGP on his way to victory. Story:
for his patience by being able to switch straight to intermediates when the rain intensified on lap 56 of 78.
But Verstappen almost threw away the win by losing control of his Red Bull RB19 into the first right-hander of Portier, tapping the outside wall before gingerly heading into the tunnel. "The rain was coming, we didn't know really what was going on. The tyres were graining, it took a few laps to get through that graining phase and then the pace picked up a little bit but it was still very tricky to drive.
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