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Sainz explained the Turn 1 confusion: “There was a white product on the asphalt, so I blocked it.”
Carlos Sainz finishes 6th in F1 Las Vegas GP The race got off to a bad start, much to his interest, after he crashed into a manhole cover on the first day and had a thoroughly complicated weekend.had One of the best cars competing for pole position and victory in Las Vegasa route where you can fight face-to-face. Verstappen. However, a 10-position penalty was imposed on this Sunday’s grid due to battery replacement due to damage caused by the sewerage incident, but this was the responsibility of F1 and the FIA, not F1. Sainzhis options went out the window.
Sainz could have started second, but now he will have to start from 12th. He attacked from the beginning and tried to escape from the inside. There was sepiolite, a white powder placed on the track to remove oil lost by Lewis Hamilton’s parade car. Carlos said the dust on the tires took away even more grip from Las Vegas’ already difficult terrain, leaving everyone with very little grip.
“The first lap was a bit of a draw because of the cold wheels. And then the oil patch that was on the inside of Turn 1. There was like a white product and all of us who went inside picked it up and I got to turn 1 and blocked it. It’s something to see. Having to drive through an oil area with a car that has all the oil left in it an hour before the race is something we need to improve on for the future. It was already difficult to start with cold tires and a very complicated Turn 1, but from there he put his head down and made a good comeback to limit the damage and work his way up from second to last to sixth. So it hasn’t gotten any worse,” Sainz said on DAZN F1.
After a difficult start, a ‘safety car’ due to contact between Russell and Verstappen gave him wings in the points battle. In the final race, the two Ferraris were faster on medium tires, but the pace lost on hard tires was more noticeable, and they made a comeback in 6th place.
“With hard tires, it’s always difficult for us. Today we had graining on the front and back… If there was no graining before, there was also graining on the back. “For us The tires were too hard and it was a very tough race.”he added.
Sainz’s review of the 1st Las Vegas GP
“That straight is going to be a little long. We got to the end of the straight pretty quickly, but when the wheels are cold, there’s a moment where you don’t know if the car will stop, it won’t… and then when you warm up the tires, The car stops, okay. For me, there was the 11-12 corner where Lando (Norris) crashed, which was very dangerous and will probably have to be readjusted a little bit for the future. The rest. , a circuit for racing rather than classification.”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Max Verstappen said that being the only Red Bull driver who can challenge McLaren in the 2025 Formula 1 season is more of an advantage than a disadvantage.
In 2025, the Milton Keynes team again tried to solve the problem of the second car. However, the experiment with Liam Lawson failed – after two unsuccessful weekends, the New Zealander was replaced by Yuki Tsunoda.
However, the Japanese racer has not been able to perform at a consistently high level. Red Bull therefore decided to move Tsunoda to the reserve driver role in 2026, betting on Isak Hajjar.
Verstappen was forced to face McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri alone in the second half of the season, launching a surprise comeback to the title challenge.
Although Red Bull does not have a second car in the leading group for a more flexible strategy, Verstappen believes his status as the sole favorite has helped him.
“When you are alone you can attack and be much more aggressive. I always prefer that,” Verstappen said.
“If we’re almost equal in speed then I can only wish them luck because then you’ll start to work out the issues between you.”
The four-time world champion also emphasized that Norris and Piastri regularly take points away from each other, while McLaren’s driver parity policy makes strategic decisions difficult for the team.
Therefore, according to Verstappen, he would always determine the hierarchy in the team.
“If I were the team leader, I would always clearly define numbers one and two,” the Dutchman said.
“Of course, the second driver needs to collect enough points to compete for the constructors’ championship. But there needs to be a hierarchy.”
According to Verstappen, it was the lack of such an approach that cost McLaren some of its strategic advantages.
“They lost some of their strategic capabilities because they had two equal pilots. Of course, we benefited from that.”
Source: Sport UA
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The season finale and Monaco’s failure will be shown. Where are the most overtakes in F1?
The Formula 1 2025 season was full of competition and transitions. Although fewer in number than last year and fans and drivers not always able to enjoy the action on track, there were still plenty of genuine overtakes.
On some routes there were very few, as expected. The fewest overtakes took place in Monaco; There were only four overtakes during the entire race. And most of them were at the season finale, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – 60th.
Below is the exact number of actual overtakes on each stage; this number does not take into account position changes on pit road during the first lap as the driver exits or exits the track. The chart only reflects actual overtaking on the motorway.
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The Verstappen Racing team has opened a new page in the history of the Max Verstappen racing program by signing an agreement with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport.
According to the agreement, the team will continue to compete in GT World Challenge Europe and will switch to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 car for the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup series from 2026.
Chris Lalham will continue to compete in Sprint Cup for the second consecutive season. He will be joined by Daniel Juncdella, who has extensive experience in GT3 and a strong background at Mercedes-AMG. The duo will compete in five Sprint Cup rounds at iconic European tracks.
Verstappen Racing will also compete in the Endurance Cup GT World Challenge Europe in 2026. Lalham and Juncdella will be joined by Jules Gougnon on five Endurance tours, including the legendary 24 Hours of Spa.
The team’s opponent will be Ukrainian Ivan Klimenko, who competes in the Silver class in the same championship.
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