Max Verstappen has misplaced his third place within the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Dash for a Digital Security Automobile infringement when racing Oscar Piastri.
Verstappen was driving too rapidly when the late VSC ended over the past lap of a dramatic Dash in Interlagos, received by Lando Norris, so has been given a five-second time penalty which drops him to fourth behind Charles Leclerc.
It means the Dutchman is now 44 factors forward of Norris within the Drivers’ Championship with 4 races, plus one Dash, remaining within the 2024 season.
After the marshals moved Nico Hulkenberg’s automobile out of hurt’s means, Verstappen was attempting to pre-empt the inexperienced flag to get by Piastri as they battled for second, with each drivers accelerating all the way down to Flip 4.
Simply because the Digital Security Automobile totally ended, Verstappen braked and didn’t overtake Piastri however was below the delta when the race resumed below inexperienced flag circumstances.
What was Verstappen attempting to do?
Sky Sports activities F1’s Bernie Collins instantly after Verstappen was famous for a VSC infringement:
“After we see the VSC is ending, so do the drivers. They do not know precisely when it is ending.
“They have to second guess in the cockpit. We know it’s between five and 10 seconds.
“They attempt to intention for zero on the sprint when it ends. We noticed him speed up on the straight, attempting to pre-empt the inexperienced gentle, however possibly he went too early.”
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Max Verstappen was happy with the efficiency of his Purple Bull earlier than he discovered about his penalty
Sky Sports activities’ Nigel Chiu in Sao Paulo:
“Anyone who plays the F1 game will know when a VSC is ending, you want to be accelerating and getting your delta as close to zero as possible.
“However, once you’re doing that, it’s totally straightforward to go below the delta and due to this fact obtain a penalty.
“Imagine you’re driving a car. If you have to slow down, then accelerate when allowed to go flat out again, that will be slower than someone who has been accelerating for a few seconds and can keep their foot on the throttle pedal when you get back to green.”
Sky Sports activities F1’s stay Sao Paulo GP schedule
Saturday November 2
5pm: Sao Paulo Qualifying build-up
6pm: Sao Paulo GP Qualifying
8pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday November 3
3.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Sao Paulo GP build-up
5pm: THE SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX
7pm: Chequered Flag: Sao Paulo GP response
8pm: Ted’s Pocket book
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