Pink Bull group principal Laurent Mekies revealed that the group opted for a daring strategy forward of the Brazil Grand Prix qualifying session after struggling since arriving on the circuit.
Sadly for the Milton Keynes outfit, the danger didn’t repay. Max Verstappen certified in sixteenth along with his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in nineteenth.
“Clearly, no person anticipated one thing like that,” Mekies defined to Sky Sports activities F1. “We’ve been sad with the automotive since just about once we received right here, and also you heard our struggles by means of the apply session and dash however nonetheless, we have been on the level the place we couldn’t battle for the win however we may battle with the group simply after.
“And it is truthful to say that we took some extra threat earlier than qualifying to attempt to see if we may put the automotive in a greater place and it clearly went the other way. So, that is the place we at the moment are. It is typically the worth you pay once you take a threat, you can’t all the time go your approach. It is painful however it’s one thing we will study from and enhance.”
The group chief confirmed that the strategy was daring, claiming “that is the best way we go racing, and typically it hurts.”
Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing
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“We did take some dangers, we did change considerably the automotive as a result of once more that is the form of threat you must take if you wish to give your self an opportunity to place the automotive again in a window the place it may battle for one thing larger than the place we have been this morning,” Mekies added.
“As we mentioned it went the other way so now we’re the place we’re however no I might not say it was horrifying, it is daring adjustments, we have now been daring in our strategy for a very long time, that is the best way we go racing and typically it hurts.”
After the dash race, Verstappen argued that he was in “no man’s land” as he could not sustain with these forward of him and, throughout grand prix qualifying, he complained of grip points.
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