Verstappen makes mistakes in Saudi Arabia: 'That's incomprehensible to me'

Ralf Schumacher is critical of Max Verstappen. According to the former Formula One driver, the Dutchman was not particularly smart in his overtaking attempts on Charles Leclerc in Saudi Arabia.

In the closing stages of the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, Verstappen had closed the gap to his rival and was able to attack. In his first attempt, however, he was fooled by Leclerc, who, as in Bahrain, let him pass in the final corner. In this way the Monegas could pass the Dutchman on the straight with DRS again.

A mistake by Verstappen

''With Verstappen, what stood out now was that in Jeddah he tried to overtake three times before turn 27, while Leclerc could then always catch him back with DRS on the straight. That is incomprehensible to me,'' said the German in his column for the German Sky Sports. According to Michael Schumacher 's brother, this shows that Verstappen also has something to learn.

''I am surprised though. I had the feeling that Verstappen had made a big step last year when it came to overtaking. However, he didn't do so well in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Helmut Marko said that Max had planned this way with his engineer, but I find that strange. In my opinion, he still has something to improve, because he almost ruined his tires in that attack,'' Schumacher concludes.