Drama weekend for Red Bull? Verstappen under investigation for this in FP3
As in Imola, Red Bull's team is not having a strong weekend in Monaco so far. The Austrian racing stable is searching for speed and optimal settings. What adds to this now is that Max Verstappen will be examined by the stewards after the third free practice session for a moment in FP3.
In the third free practice session, Verstappen seemed to have found some speed. He fell just a little short of matching Charles Leclerc's time. The Dutchman eventually closed the session in second place. The question is whether Red Bull Racing can find some final improvements in the next few hours before qualifying.
Lots of traffic in Monaco
The street circuit in Monaco is, of course, very narrow. Several drivers suffered from traffic and complained about it on the team radio. FP3 saw mostly qualifying runs. In this, it is important to be able to create a gap to drive this lap without traffic.
At the end of the third free practice session, a moment by Max Verstappen was noted by race control. Namely, the Dutchman was driving unnecessarily slow. This will be investigated by the stewards after the session. It remains to be seen whether the triple world champion will receive a penalty for this. He will visit the stewards at 14:15 local time (13:15 BST).
This article was written in collaboration with Olly Darcy
No idea what Max thought he was doing there. Going slow IN the tunnel and forcing a driver around the outside. That does deserve a penalty. Russell was also driving slow on the tunnel exit, whilst not as bad as what Verstappen did, should also get a penalty. That's the one place in Monaco, no driver should be going slow. No radio comms through there to let you know of oncoming cars. Imagine that in quali! Accident waiting to happen.
It has been pathetic since years. The reason many, including myself, have him on ignore.
No, the reason YOU have me on ignore is because you don't like it when someone who can match and beat you in an argument has a different opinion than you do and can point out the flaws in our argument. I notice also your mission to tell everyone you have me on ignore. The 'many' you refer to are trolls, which suits me fine. And you've got some balls to comment on things you apparently can't read. Get your facts in place before you judge people.
Do I hate Russell also? I think both Max and Russell should have got a penalty. Just because I say something that doesn't look like I'm drooling over or adoring Max, doesn't equal 'hate'. It's a trend for idiotic RB fans to assume this all the time. They can't computer anything else. What did my post say that was so bad? That Max deserved a penalty for slowing on the racing line in the Monaco tunnel? What's so bad about that to justify your pathetic post? Learn to cope with criticism of those you love.
Lol.Max never slowed down in the monaco tunnel but he deserves it more then Russel. You never saw fp3 and call me a troll. As i said. It's getting pathetic and i don't understand why you are not banned. Your hate is becoming scary.
It's a shame my reply will be too long for you to read, but I'll write it anyway. I didn't say no-one. I was referring specifically to you. You have shown thus far that all you want to do is troll. Then you got confused when I referred to you as a troll after you trolled. Let me explain something to you. Let's say you watch a movie. But at one point in that movie, you get a text and go to look at that text. You miss 10s of the movie and in the 10s you miss something that you later comment on that relates to the moment you missed. Then the person you explain that to, tells you that you didn't watch the entire movie. Are they correct? You said I didn't watch FP3. You made this bizarre assumption because of one thing I said from that session. You were wrong. Regardless of what I said about Max, it does not prove that I didn't watch FP3. Max always deserves a penalty and he always gets away with it. Russell slowed at the end of the tunnel and blocked Norris who then made a radio call about people being idiots. That WAS Russell and slowing in the tunnel deserves a penalty. For the Max one, I saw what seemed to be Max's Red Bull slowing on the inside of the tunnel, whilst another car had to go around the outside. I was on my laptop at the time so I just glanced up at it. Straight after that, the notification popped up that Verstappen would be investigated for impeding. So naturally I assumed that was Max in the tunnel. If I was incorrect, then so be it. But it doesn't mean I missed FP3. Whoever it was on the inside of that tunnel, deserves a penalty. Once again, I know it's not something you will never accept because you can't comprehend it, but it's not hate. I do dislike Max, yes. But it's not hate. Hate is NOT required to criticise someone. Do you hate me? :)
44-7x legend is so smart.no 1 is on his level.i think you are the 1 that needs help. Ok. I slow it down for you. Max verstappen NEVER slowed down in the tunnel,Max slowed down on the MAIN STRAIGHT. Bud the great and smart 44-7 legend is saying in 5 or 6 comments that he saw it all and also saw that max deserved even more a penalty then Russel for something that NEVER happened. Yes i call that blind hate and i think it's scary.
Of course I call you a troll. Why wouldn't I when all you have done is troll. I watched every second of FP3 as I do all sessions, every F1 weekend. No, what you don't understand is that it isn't hate. You're just saying it is and then being a drama queen based on that assumption. Why is my opinions on Max's driving, 'hate'? Explain that. And if you're scared, then you might need to seek professional help in some way. There is nothing for you to be scared of. No you're just cooking up some drama for yourself. You clearly need that to push your agenda. I say go for it - let it all out. What does Max deserve more than Russell btw? You didn't say. Oooh yeah.... quick reminder.... don't forget, in your next reply, to again used the word 'pathetic' and state again that it's 'hate'. :)
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