Max Verstappen recalls Lewis Hamilton’s Baku blunder: ‘The phone was like buzzing…’
Verstappen was on course for 🐼the win in Baku two years ago 🎃when he 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 ofℱ Hamilton - Verstappen’s main riv♑al at the time.
As the race restarted, it looked lik﷽e Hamilton would take the lead into Turn 1, powering past Perez.
Hamilton locked-up and dropped 𝄹to the back of the field, surrendering the lead and 25 crucial points.
It soon transpired afterwards that H📖amilton 𒆙had accidentally pressed a button on his steering wheel that dramatically moved the brake bias forwards hence his mistake.
In a clip posted on Red Bull Racing’s TikTok account, Verstappen recalled hearing what h🍰appened 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 𝐆point I heard the guys brake, and I could hear a [hig✃h-pitched squeal] and then everyone was like ‘Yeah!’ like this.
“I think ♔Gemma [Lusty, Red Bull press officer] was with me and the phone was like [buzzing noise], like a hundred messages.
“I was like ‘what hap♏pened, what happened?’ and then✨ you [Perez] were back in the lead but still I didn’t know about your issues at the time.”
𓄧It proved to be a crucial race in the ওtitle battle as Hamilton would go on to lose to Verstappen by eight points.
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