Vettel was ‘optimistic’ with Verstappen pass – Horner
Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons Sebastian Vettel’s attempted pass on Max Verstappen in the Japanese Grand Prix was “optimistic”, adding a collision was “inevitable”🗹.
The pair tangled at Spoon as they battled over third place during the early stages at Suzuka, with Vettel sent spinning to the rear of the field after a late lunge resulted in him hitting th🌸ꦑe side of Verstappen’s Red Bull.
Both drivers blamed each other but Horner felt the stewards’ decision 𓃲to judge the clash as a racing incident was the “right result”.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons Sebastian Vettel’s attempted pass on Max Verstappen in the Japanese Gr🌌and Pౠrix was “optimistic”, adding a collision was “inevitable”.
The pair tangled at Spoon as they battled over third place during the early stages at Suzuka, with Vettel sent spinning to the rear of😼 the field after a late lunge resulteಞd in him hitting the side of Verstappen’s Red Bull.
Both drivers blamed each other but ꧟Horner felt the stewards’ decision to judge the ꦡclash as a racing incident was the “right result”.
“I think it was a bit op𝄹timistic and I think the right result from the stewards happened,” Ho✨rner told Channel 4.
“I think he came from quite a way back and 𓃲it is quick thereཧ with no big breaking in the corner and with Max you know he is not going to give an inch so the outcome unfortunately was inevitable when that happened.
“You could see a few bits came off so aerody🌺namically we lost a reasonable percentage of load so he had to move his tools around to try to compensate for that.
“It wasn’t ideal but he had enough in hand and enough pace at the end of the race to s🔜urprisingly challenge Valtteri [Bottas] on the different tyres.”
Verstappen had earlier received a five🏅-second time pe💦nalty for returning to the track in an unsafe manner as he forced Kimi Raikkonen wide coming out of the final chicane on the opening lap.
Horner said Red Bull accepted the penalty but felt there was little in the incid🐼ent, describing it as “six of one and half a dozen of the other”💙.
“That kind of thing when it goes to the stewards can go either way,” he explaine⛦d.
“You can argue it is a racing incident as he locked up, ran wide and rejoined the track. He probabꦆly isn’t aware where Kimi is at that point to be honest with you. It is one of those things, we accept the penalty.
“He is focused on rejoining the track and getting going again. He is probably not aware of Kimi and as you can see he is not looking in his mirr✃ors at🔯 that point and then Kimi arrives so it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.
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