Video: Max Verstappen clashes with Lance Stroll in training Portugal | Motorsport

sport">Verstappen had a problem with the Canadian just before. The Limburger had just started a fast lap and thought Stroll would go off the gas after a (aborted) lap, but instead the Racing Point driver also kept pushing. In the corner the two touched. Stroll ended up in the gravel and was unable to continue.

sport">Verstappen did not have a good word for Stroll about the on-board radio: “I don’t get it. Is that guy blind? ”, Said the Red Bull driver. “He messes up his own round and then decides to mess up my round as well. No respect.”

sport">According to Racing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer, Stroll was supposed to do two ‘push’ laps, keeping him on the gas. Szafnauer also stated that the Canadian had not seen the Dutchman, although that seems stiff given the situation.

sport">Verstappen recorded the second fastest time in that messy second practice, which had also been halted for some time due to the fact that Pierre Gasly’s (AlphaTauri) car was on fire. Only Valtteri Bottas was more than half a second faster on the softest tire. The Finn had also been the fastest in the morning session in Portimão. His teammate Lewis Hamilton did not get further than seventh fastest, partly due to all the interruptions. In the first half hour of the training, the drivers tested the prototype tires from supplier Pirelli for 2021.

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