Verstappen went for fastest lap despite warning: 'Knew it could be done'

Why settle for 25 points when you can take home 26? That was Max Verstappen 's idea when he made a successful attempt to set the fastest lap to his name in the closing stages of the Spanish Grand Prix.

If it had been up to Gianpiero Lambiase, Verstappen would not have gone for the fastest lap. This was because the race engineer did not want the driver to take an unnecessary risk, especially given the warning he had received for overshooting track limits. Verstappen himself thought otherwise.

"I kept it within the white lines, just went a bit faster on the lap so I didn't do anything wrong," Verstappen told GPblog and others during the press conference. "They don't know how much pace they have in the car. When they tell me 'this is the fastest lap, don't bother'. I knew I could do it, just had to keep it within the white lines."

A discussion on the subject need not be expected from Verstappen. "This is something we can laugh about. I was laughing about it with Marko after the race I'm pretty sure they're quite happy," said the two-time world champion.