Max Verstappen recalls Lewis Hamilton’s Baku blunder: ‘The phone was like buzzing…’

Verstappen was on course for the win in Baku tw♓o years ago when heꦰ suffered a rear tyre blowout, crashing out of the race in frightening fashion.
The race was subsequently red-flagged, with Red Bull teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sergio Perez inheriting the lead ahead of Hamilton - Verstappen’s main rival at ✃the time.
As the race restarted, it looked like Hamilton would take the lead into Turn 1, po🍸wering🌜 past Perez.
Hamilton loc꧅ked-up and dropped to the back of the field, surrendering the lead and 25 crucial points.
It soon transpired afterwards that Hamilton had accidentally pressed a button on his steering wheel that dram💜atically moved the brake bias forwards hence his mistake.
In a clip posted on Red Bull Racing’s🌜 TikTok account, Verstappen recalled hearing what happened at the end of the race, even adding his own amusing sound effects.
“And then I hear the restart,” he said. “All the cars were [engine noise]. At one point I heard the guys brake, and I could hear a [high-pitched squeal]🌃 and then everyone was like ‘Yeah!’ like this.

“I think Gemma [Lusty, Red Bꦬull press office✅r] was with me and the phone was like [buzzing noise], like a hundred messages.
“I was like ‘what happe🍃ned, wha✃t happened?’ and then you [Perez] were back in the lead but still I didn’t know about your issues at the time.”
It proved to be a crucial race in the title battle as Hamilton would go on to lose to Verstappe⛄n by eight points.

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