Verstappen reacts to nefarious crash with Antonelli that cost him valuable points in the title fight
17:08, 29 Jun
Updated: 17:31, 29 Jun
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Max Verstappen commented on his Austrian GP, which lasted only one lap due to an unfortunate Turn 1 collision with Kimi Antonelli. The incident cost him a significant number of points in the championship battle against the two McLarens.
After a tough qualifying session yesterday that saw him start from seventh on the grid, Max Verstappen paid the price for having to start in traffic at the Austrian GP, becoming the victim of a collision with Kimi Antonelli that forced him to retire on the opening lap following the aborted start.
Speaking to the GPblog among others about his race that lasted just one lap, the four-time world champion commented: ''We had a good start, so that was already a nice improvement from, I think, the last two races where I was not particularly happy with it, with the start''.
A weekend to forget for Verstappen
''Then in turn three the race was over. Because at that point I didn't know what happened. But yeah, we had quite a bit of damage in the car, really turned off. I guess unlucky a little bit yesterday in qualifying and unlucky today in the race''.
''But of course, if you look at the weekend, we were not where we wanted to be, I guess guess in terms of pace and we have to try and analyze that and hopefully have a little bit of a more positive weekend next week''.
He then added: ''I just asked what happened because he was the only car that was there with me with his wheel hanging off. Of course I saw the footage one once I came back''.
''It happens you know I mean every driver has made a mistake like that everyone has made a mistake I mean, it's of course very nice, but for me it was already case closed anyway''.
''Of course it's not what you want. At the end of the day, I'm the most disappointed about it. But at the end of the day, that's racing as well. We've had a lot of great moments here, so we've got to live in spoil for that as well. Sometimes that's the case''.
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