Jos Verstappen is disappointed: ‘Ten Max points thrown away’ | Motorsport

sport">“I found Max’s third place very disappointing. We can all see that it was a difficult weekend for him. That starts with the car, which simply does not yet have the characteristic for its driving style. Max has far too little grip at the front axle. And precisely in Monaco, with all those tight turns, you need a car that turns very quickly. That was just difficult,” says Verstappen senior in his column on Verstappen.com.

sport">Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Pérez won in Monaco. Jos Verstappen had hoped that Red Bull had opted for the option not to bring in the Mexican, but the reigning world champion for a pit stop.

Third thanks to Ferrari error

sport">“Red Bull put in a good result, but at the same time exerted little influence to help Max forward. He owes his third place to Ferrari’s mistake at Charles Leclerc’s second stop. In that sense, the championship leader, Max, is not helped by the chosen strategy. It now completely fell to Checo’s side. That was disappointing for me and I would have liked to have seen it differently for the championship leader.”

sport">Verstappen continues: „ Pérez actually won the race through that earlier pit stop. The team can perhaps explain that as a gamble, but they had already seen at Gasly, for example, that the intermediates were the best option at that time.

“Remember that Ferrari has a better car at the moment, especially in qualifying”

sport">I would have liked them to have gone for Max, but of course I am not completely objective. I think there are ten points wasted from Max here. We really need every point, especially with the two retirements we’ve had. Don’t forget that Ferrari has a better car at the moment, especially in qualifying.”

sport">Max Verstappen is in the lead after seven races, despite two previous retirements. “Max was also unlucky in qualifying, because in his last run he was significantly faster on the road and on his way to second place, until the crash of Pérez,” says his father. “Then everything would have been different. I do wish Checo the victory apart from all this. Winning in Monaco is of course something special. Now the focus is completely on the next game in Baku and Canada.”

sport">F1 watcher Erik van Haren has just returned from Monaco and tells what he noticed.

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