Verstappen: "I didn't think I was driving too offensively at all"

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21:46, 16 Nov 2020

Max Verstappen doesn't believe he was too offensive during the Turkish Grand Prix. Many pundits had expressed their frustration with the Red Bull man, suggesting he was maybe too aggressive in his pursuit of Sergio Perez, where he eventually spun out.

"We really had a drama start, we're just doing something wrong there," said Verstappen in 'Peptalk' on Ziggo Sport. "We have too much vibration from the engine and therefore we have more wheel spin. You don't see that at a normal start, because the grip is quite high, but on tracks like this with this asphalt those problems do come to the surface I also had an anti-stall."

Verstappen did not think this was his worst race

"First of all, they are clearly not connoisseurs. Of course they don't know what was going on. After the race we found out that the position of the wing was seven degrees wrong. Normally you only change it by a quarter or half a degree, so I drove with a lot of understeer."

"I didn't think I was driving too offensively at all. I'm just doing what I've been doing for the last two years. Of course I've learned a lot. in the last couple of years, but I didn't think I was doing anything weird."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

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