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Compliments for Verstappen and Perez: 'That's quite difficult to execute'

08:35, 12 Dec 2021

byGPblog.com

Max Verstappen will start from first on the grid at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He owes that spot in part to Sergio Perez, who sacrificed himself to help his teammate in qualifying.

The Mexican is 28 points behind his rival Valtteri Bottas, preventing him from finishing third in the world championship. In qualifying, he therefore decided to help Verstappen by giving him a tow, so that the Dutchman had enough speed to secure pole.

NOS' Louis Dekker believes it was impressive what Perez showed to the outside world on Saturday afternoon. "Perez has sacrificed himself nicely to give Verstappen some wind," he stated. "That's quite difficult to execute, but they did that very well. It was nice teamwork."

Tyre strategy can make the difference

Jan Lammers, who was interviewed in the same article, thinks that it will come down to tyre strategy. As Verstappen will start on the softest compound, he will be a lot quicker than Hamilton in the early stages. However, the Red Bull Racing driver will have to pit sooner, while the Briton is expected to be able to last longer.

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4 Comments

pepo109 12 December 2021 at 09:53+ 544

Oh man, how sweet it would be to silence those Loulou-butt-boys for once and for all.... Especially ultimate whiners Malik, Shaka, VeganWarrior and StateOfPlay; does not get worse than these, must be one and the same whiner with four accounts as i think of it
GO MAXXXXX!!!!!!

Bruce Jay 12 December 2021 at 11:11+ 447

Yet you Max fan boys can do nothing but call a Knight ridiculous putdown names. Says a lot about you.

Bret 12 December 2021 at 08:42+ 43891

He was on his time without the tow. So it was not needed at the end. Plus tow was 0.2 which wouldn't make a difference. On his second try, supermax had another 0.1 upon his delta without the tow.