Martin Brundle overheard Racing Point driver Sergio Perez at some point during the Spanish Grand Prix asking his team about his tires. “That’s the upside-down world,” said de Sky Sports F1-commentator.
“That was really the low point of the race for me. The rules also stipulate that the drivers do their laps without assistance. In my view, this example encourages restricting such radio traffic to messages related to the driver’s safety. or with the hot, rotating, lubricated parts. “
Opposite the radio traffic of Racing Point were the on-board radios of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, which the purist in Martin Brundle did enjoy: “It was very interesting to see that Verstappen and Hamilton actively worked out their own strategy. Hamilton did this through a to refuse a set of soft tires, which proved to be right. “
The message from Verstappen was more like ‘I know you have some fresh rubber lying around and I want some of that now’. He later added a message that Red Bull should not focus on Mercedes, but on the goal of getting to the black and white checkered as quickly as possible. “
He continues by praising his fellow countryman Hamilton for his triumph: “Hamilton was in a class of his own, drove almost intoxicated in the round, as he typed it. He was so in focus that he did not even realize that he was on the last lap. was busy.”
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