OhThe son of the Dutch racing world rushed to the finish line from the last steep corner and completed his premiere with supreme glory: the first race Max Verstappen On Sunday, at the home of Formula One in Zandvoort, Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas had their first victory in Red Bull.
Mo. -Priest at 4 pm; Sa. – so.18:00
“This is unbelievable. The expectations are too high,” he shouted into the microphone, bloody, sweating, and enthusiastic: “It has never been easy to let them down. So I am more happy. “King William-Alexander watched from below as the 23-year-old young man embraced the symbol of victory at the awards ceremony and was initially promoted to the position of titular chief pilot. In the drivers’ standings, Verstappen returned to the top with a three-point lead over Hamilton.
The race on the North Sea coast lasted more than 72 laps. It started in 21 years. This is the crux of Zandvoort. With a beautiful curve like a slope, the pilots are full of praise for the inclining turn, speed, and exhilarating driving feeling when going up and down. Likely: overtaking.
Two-to-one announcement
The slope is too narrow and the straights are too short, about 630 meters, for many wheel-to-wheel braking operations. So a long time after the start of the game.Verstappen is easy to draw Hamilton Just occupied the second place in front of Bottas. the rest? Keep away from Pierre Gasly in Alpha Tauri (4th place) ahead of Ferrari. It is too slow to follow the two best teams.
Therefore, fans look at vaccines, tests or rehabilitation in the stands to see if and how Mercedes is holding the Dutch darling in the tongs. With an outnumbered strategy: two pairs of announcements will be issued together. This is due to the game on the grid, Red Bull and driver Sergio Perez made a mistake. Due to a time error, the Mexican failed to enter the second round and retired in 16th place in the tactical game against Mercedes. However, Bottas completed his job as his third and first assistant.
Verstappen immediately countered Hamilton’s first pit stop. 3.6 seconds was too slow.Just go Bottas Take the lead, but lost the lead on the old tires. A gratifying loss of speed-from the perspective of the team leader. Because such a Mercedes is a maddening blockade running at full throttle in Zandvoort. The Finns allowed themselves to be lenient, not excessive, and not unfair, but from Verstappen’s point of view, it was time-consuming.
Look, in this driving race, Hamilton quickly appeared in Verstappen’s rearview mirror in full format. What should I do? Looking for happiness while escaping forward, he chased the steep curve in front of his house at a speed of 280 kilometers per hour, and used the slipstream of the silver arrow to pass by at a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour. Think about it and do it. People in the orange zone jumped up from their seats and cheered, while Verstappen took the lead in front of them on the Tarzan corner at the end of the home straight.
