Max Verstappen on Lewis Hamilton practice block: “It’s not the first time…”
Max Verstappen hꦗas reacted to the blꦓocking incident with Lewis Hamilton in FP2 at Imola.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen says it is "not the first time" he has been blocked by168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton after the pair's scuffle during second practice at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The 2021 title rivals clashed in FP2 on Friday at Imola w🦂hen a slow-moving Hamilton got in Verstappen’s way during one of the Red Bull driver’s fast la𒀰ps.
Hamilton appeared to immediately acknowledge responsibility for the near-miss as♚ he gestured a𒉰n apology to Verstappen, who cut in front of the Mercedes driver.
The pair did not𒅌ꦦ make contact but Verstappen was visibly irked by Hamilton’s driving.
"Itꦑ's not the first time,” he told F1TV. “You try to, of course, always stay calm about it. But yeah, it happened again.
"But at♋ the other en𒁏d, I don't want to really talk about it too much, because that's not our issue today.”
Verstappen was not the only driver who was annoyed by Hamilton's driving, with168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Fernando Alonso also taking aim at the seven-time world champion for a separate incident in the early stages of ๊FP2.
The Aston Martin driver complained🅠 over team radio: “Ha𒉰milton thinks that he's alone on the track!”
Verstappen endured an uncharacteristically difficult day as he struggled with his R꧋B20 throughout both sessions.
The reigning world champion and championship leader ended the day seventh and over half a second adrift of the pacesetting Ferrari driven by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc. Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez was only eighth.
Versta▨ppen admit🔯ted Red Bull were “severely off the pace” at Imola.
"A difficult day. Just difficult to꧃ get a good balance and just not really feeling comfortable in the car, moving around a lot," Verstappen explained.
"It's very easy to lose the car, so we have a few things that we have to look at because today definitely. Just bad, just not comfortable. Also the long run was rꦉeally bad.
“So definitely a few things that𓃲 we have to improve if we wantജ to be competitive tomorrow. Today we were just severely off the pace that we need to fix.”
He added: "I gℱuess it can't be worse than what we had 𒅌today, right?
“We will look at a few things that w🐭e can do better for tomorrow. But yeah, it looks a bit like the others took a bit of a step forward. And from our side just a bad day.’'
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