Second and satisfied. For Max Verstappen It was a better Saturday afternoon than expected, with 2nd position in the Sprint Qualifying, the 2 points gained over Hamilton and above all the certainty of starting tomorrow in front of everyone by virtue of Bottas’ penalty to be served on the grid.
Stitches are always handy
In hot weather, the Dutch Red Bull commented on the 18 laps of the mini-race: “It’s great to be back to see the Italian fans who have a special passion for motorsport. As far as I’m concerned it went better than expected, we went into second position taking home 2 points that are always convenient and tomorrow we will start from pole. The Mercedes are very fast, I gave everything to stay close, it will be interesting tomorrow. Top speed of McLaren and Mercedes? We have configured our car to have good speed on the straight, I’m not worried about that, even though we know that Mercedes has a very good pace throughout the lap. Tomorrow we will try “.
