Verstappen and Hamilton don't really understand the changing Track Limits in Bahrain

During the race there was a strange message for Max Verstappen. He should make more use of the exit lane at turn four because the competition was doing the same. Verstappen still doesn't understand how that could happen, while Lewis Hamilton is unaware of the problem.

Track Limits. It is a solution for the immense run-off strips that characterize the circuits of Hermann Tilke and that cause a lot of fuss. Can you cross that line or not? In Bahrein it all became even more unclear. In the first free practice it was allowed, in the other practice and qualification your lap was taken away, but in the race it was allowed again. At least, as long as you didn't do it too often and you certainly weren't allowed to overtake outside the track. Do you still get it?

''Throughout the race I was told that people were going wide so they told me to do the same because you do gain lap time doing it, so I did, and then at one point they told me not to do it any more. I don’t know'', Verstappen clearly showed his incomprehension in the press conference.

''In qualifying it was not allowed, your lap time got deleted and so I don’t know how it got to the point where people were doing it without getting warnings but at the end of the day, when I was fighting Lewis, I went outside of the track limits, so I think quite quickly the race director was onto us to tell me to give the position back to him and that’s exactly what I did,'' Verstappen said.

''Yeah, I think it’s a difficult one. It was very confusing. Most tracks we’re not allowed to put four wheels outside the white line but this weekend on that particular corner we weren’t allowed to on Friday. In actual fact you could go two wheels outside the line but you can’t go past the blue and white kerb, but in the race you can, and that is what had been written so going into the race then you can…'' said Hamilton. The Briton made good use of it, but doesn't quite understand the rules uncle.

''But it’s quite a different corner when you have to do one or the other in terms of approach, and it is faster when you can go out, but then whatever is the boundary when you are overtaking? You’re not allowed to overtake off track but halfway through the race, they basically changed their minds and all of a sudden you’re not allowed to go outside that white line, which is fine for me. It’s actually… I think it’s faster in the end for me, it helped me look after my tyres actually, so I’m grateful for the call and ultimately it meant that Max wasn’t able to overtake off track'', the Mercedes driver concludes.