F1 German Grand Prix: Senna and Prost would have liked Kimi battle - Verstappen
Max Ve🙈rstappen has laughed off the controversy surrounding his defence of position from Kimi Raikkonen during the Hungarian Grand Prix, insisting famous sparring partners Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost 'would have liked it'.
The Dutchman was criticised for tactics he employed in keep🦋ing Raikkonen at bay during the final laps of the Budapest race with the pair making cꩲontact at Turn 2 as he came across the Ferrari before again coming close to blows at Turn 1 a few laps later.
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With Raikkonen lashing out at officials for not investigating his actions, other drivers have expressed their misgivings as well, with Sergio Perez saying it 🥀was 'a bit much' and Felipe Massa admitting it was 'on the limit'.
With a clarification on what is perm▨itted or otherwise when defending set to be raised at the drivers' briefing on Friday, Red Bull's Verstappen dismissed any concerns about his actions, saying such defence should be typical when you are fighting a key rival.
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"I think it was all pretty clear, there was nothing said from the stewards as well so I think I didn't do anything wrong," he expressed. "At the end of the day we are fightingဣ in the championship with Ferrari so it's not like you say 'thank you 𓂃very much, the door is open, you can go', because he didn't do it to me as well after the first pit stop.
"You are fighting and it's not🐼 like we are on a Sunday drive, that's how I approach the race because we are there🍎 to fight and we are there to score points.
Suggesting Senna and Prost would have appreciated the tౠoughness, Verstappen joked that reading criticism abo🧸ut his driving style 'fills up his day'
"I think Senna and Prost would have liked it as well. There was no front wing or anything next to my car and I don't think it was that dramatic. In the end you know it's very hard to overtake on that track, like you could see after my first stop I was on n♛ew tyres, I was behind Kimi, I couldn't get past so then I don't start to do crazy things. I don't go too optimistic into the braking zone and try to pass because there's just no way to get past."
"Everybody can have criticism can't they? It's nice, there are some stories weᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ have to read. It's OK. It fills up my day as well ♔so it's good."
