Laurent Mekies acknowledged that the Sprint qualifying for the Chinese GP was not ideal for Max Verstappen. Shortly after the session, the Red Bull boss came on the radio to apologize to the four-time Formula 1 champion.
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The Austrian team had a difficult qualifying session in Shanghai. While the Dutchman will start only from eighth place in this Saturday’s race, 14, Isack Hadjar lines up only in tenth, on the fifth row of the pack.
The gap from Verstappen to pole-sitter George Russell was no less than 1s7. Therefore, after the checkered flag, the official came to speak on the radio with Max.
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“Sorry, Max. Much to learn. The weekend is still long, we need to learn from this session. Let’s try again,” he said.
Furthermore, Gianpiero Lambiase, Verstappen’s race engineer, also came to say that the result had nothing to do with the skills of the four-time world champion.
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