Max Verstappen has revealed that Sebastian Vettel texted him in the middle of his winning streak, predicting that the current Red Bull driver would break the record for consecutive F1 wins.
Reflecting on qualifying, he said: “It was quite slippery out there, so it was easy to make a mistake or whatever. Especially on the new tarmac, so sector one and three were quite slippery, and especially on the intermediate at the beginning to get the temperature in and get going, so it was a bit difficult and it took a few laps to get it into a rhythm and the tyres up to temperature.
“But it was still very tricky conditions in Turn 1 and 2 at the time, with just one proper dry line, so it was easy to make a mistake. “Then of course we had a bit of a delay and Charles had his moment, so at one point the dry line was becoming a bit wider and that helped a bit. So you still had to get out of your comfort zone a bit on that final lap because it’s still not dry everywhere, but luckily the lap was good.”
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