Champion’s Luck: Verstappen’s win in Canada ruined by birds, could give Alonso advantage

Sometimes you need the luck of a champion. Being the fastest is not enough. There are days when fate has to smile upon you in order to achieve your goals.let them teach Max Verstappen.Initialization Canadian F1 GPThe Dutch driver reported to his team on lap 11 that his car had hit a bird flying over the track.At the end of the race, the pilot himself and Red Bull Team Principal Christian Hornerclaimed Verstappen won with 59 laps to go with the bird stuck in the brake duct. That might have abandoned him, but nothing happened. He had a good pace and was able to win.

Fernando Alonso would have scored the long-awaited victory if he had had problems33. Imagine what the Asturian would have thought when he heard that. Max He managed to win with the bird stuck in the brake duct. Especially when it happened to Fernando a few years ago. In 2021, alpinehad to retire on lap 33 bahrain A sandwich wrapper got into the brake duct during the race. “The sandwich wrapper got stuck in the rear brake duct of Fernando’s car,” the team said. Now, two years later, none of that happened to Max.

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“When we arrived it was still stuck in the car and it didn’t look so good!” Sky Sports F1’s Max Verstappen said. After winning, he lamented, “A mechanic has to take it off.” it was. A photo of a Red Bull mechanic holding a dead bird, taken from Verstappen’s car, confirmed Max’s statement and quickly went viral on social networks.

Horner knew that the bird could cost him a win and ruin Verstappen’s day, but he didn’t hesitate to ensure that: “The biggest moment for Max was hitting a bird that was stuck behind the right front brake duct for half the race.Mr Horner said. It seems puzzling that Max’s brakes didn’t overheat, but he suffered serious problems that would have forced him to break up with the date early. Red Bull continued to give Max wings, and Max took his sixth win of eight races over Alonso, who finished an excellent second in his Aston Martin.