What went there yesterday wrong when Max Verstappen?

Posted on 11-05-2015 at 15:53 by ricardo – 50 Comments”

The stuurlui aan wal and in the reaguurderspanelen on AB – have the moderate raceprestatie of Verstappen in the Grand Prix of Spain, of course, already long and wide expanded, more fascinating is what the Toro Rosso driver himself has to say. We give the microphone is therefore to Max.

After his droomkwalificatie he started Sunday from the sixth position, immediately after the start for teammate Carlos Sainz. And yes, as the fanboys that we are, we saw Max all ready for a well-deserved place in the puntenveld. It ran for something else (must-read speech by @desjonnies HERE) and Max was in the race still further to the rear pressed. Felipe Massa went past him, Pastor, ” I have a half-wing enough’ Maldonado in his Lotus to fast for him, and also Daniel Ricciardo in his Red Bull car, not a party for Max. What remained was an 11th place.

What gives, Max? Why was the speed suddenly gone? To Verstappen.nl he gives text and explanation:

“My start was very good, but it was a very difficult race. After the first couple of laps I noticed right away that it didn’t go so well. I had a lot of problems with the rear tires, so I have no traction to be had. I had a couple of complete loss in power and had to perform a factory reset. The battery became empty and had to extra be reloaded, so therefore, I lost some speed.”

Also the traffic was not for him, and then Sainz Max over DRS’:

“After my last pit stop, I was four laps stuck behind Hulkenberg and Maldonado and then wear out your tires faster. And when I had to make for were times and Bottas, that was not ideal. They were at that time not much faster, so I was stuck behind them, when Sainz me over came with the help of DRS.”

Max’s second chance is about two weeks in Monaco.