Christian Horner shouted ‘get him in’ at Max Verstappen’s race engineer during F1 Dutch GP rain chaos

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says he instructed his team to pit Max Verstappen when a late downpour threatened to spoil his win at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix. 
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix,
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Verstappen was cruising towards another home victory at Zandvoort when a heavy deluge sparked chaos in the closing stages, resulting in a red flag after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu aquaplaned into the barriers. 

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The Dutchman was not immediately convinced about switching to intermediate tyres as the rain st♚arted to fall. But Horner took matters into his own hands, ﷽revealing he shouted “get him in” at Verstappen’s race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase.  

“We were unsure what was going to happen with the w𒅌eather - was it a few spots, was it going to go through?” Horner explained. ꦜ;

“And at the 𓆏e🌳nd, I was shouting at GP: ‘get him in!”

Verstappen🥂 overcame both downpours to claim a record-equalling ninth consecutive victory, marking his 11th win from 13 races this season🦋. 

Race winner Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch
Race winner Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium. Formula 1 World…

Horner believes his team getting their strategy right in such challenging conditions was pa💯rtly down to luck, and partly risk-management. 

"I th♔ink it's a combination of the two," he said. "ඣThere were so many things that could go wrong.

"We saw calls being made early on 🐟where cars dropped out of contention, into contention. 

“But we've done eight pits🐷tops today and the team has nailed every one of them other than the one that Checo gave us about five seconds notice for. 

“So, it's been an incredible team performance."

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