Max Verstappen ‘surprised’ by pit lane investigation and slams F1's ‘imperfect’ impeding rules 

Max Verstappen says F1 needs another solution to avoid impeding after finding himself at the heart of an investigation following Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying. 
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB1
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB1

Verstappen, Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell and Aston Martin’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso are all⭕ facing a visit to the FIA stewards’ office after qualifying for causing big queues at the end of the pitlane as they headed out for their final Q1 runs at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 

The three-time world champion, who qualified third behiไnd the Ferrari duo, said he was “quite surprised” to have been called before the steward💎s. 

“Everyone is try☂ing to make a gap,” the 𒆙Red Bull driver explained. 

“I saw a car passing five cars behind me and then he trie🗹d to pass me as well but I’m just trying to make a gap out of the pit lane. 

“That is basicall༺y what everyone has been doing so I’m quite surprised. I think everyone then should be called up for impeding, because with these new rule, ever𓄧yone is driving very slowly in the pit lane. 

“I don’t think I did anything weird or wrong.”

Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-23 passes the stationary Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C43; Logan Sargeant (USA)
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-23 passes the stationary Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1…

Verstappen argued that the pitꦺlane is the only place drivers can safely create ꦿa gap for themselves before joining the circuit now that F1 has imposed a maximum time limit on all laps in qualifying. 

🗹“I think it’s all imperfect at the momenꦍt, so we need to come up, probably, with something else,” he added. 

“The thing I don’t understand is that everyone is trying to♌ find a gap in the pit lane, which is the only place where we can do so, so I don’t really understand how we can be impedingꦚ someone. 

“I think we have to be a little bit more lenient with that, knowing it’s a safe environment. It’s the only place we can🏅 make a gap. We drive out of the box and we don’t know what other people are doing. 

“So you are constantly then trying to judge a gap. You don’t want to start a lap within three or four seconds o🍌f someone, because that’s really bad for following, but then if we didn’t have this kind of minimum lap time, maybe you have some impeding into the last sector again. 

“Itꦜ’s just all quite toug𒈔h, to find a compromise.” 

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