“That was a critical misjudgement,” says Helmut Marko of Max Verstappen’s lunge on George Russell.
The Austrian has joined the rising record of these important of the Dutchman’s transfer which brings him to inside one penalty level of a race ban.
“Max abruptly accelerated and all hell broke unfastened,” the Austrian instructed Servus TV. “That was a critical misjudgement.
“He was already at odds with Russell,” he added, referring to quite a few encounters final season. “With incidents and unhealthy selections, feelings have run excessive.”
Publish-race Verstappen was unwilling to speak concerning the incident however the next day took to social media to confess that what he did was “not proper” and “ought to by no means have occurred”.
“Sleeping on it actually helped,” admits Marko. “Everybody goes their very own manner. When Max is in that temper, it is higher to depart him alone.”
By way of the potential race ban, which signifies that Verstappen should maintain out of hassle till a minimum of the very finish of this month, Marko is assured the Dutchman will behave.
“The punishment is acceptable,” he mentioned. “It will not occur that he behaves badly in Canada after which would not begin in Austria. He is a racer who is aware of his limits.
“The entire weekend was sobering for us,” he admitted. “Principally, we have been three-tenths behind with a automobile that was too sluggish.
“We thought we have been on a par, however we noticed once more that McLaren is vastly superior,” he added.
“We hope that our automobile will probably be aggressive once more in Canada. In the mean time, Max doesn’t have a automobile with which he can turn into world champion. However solely he can deal with it in any respect in the meanwhile. If every part suits, we’ll be simply as quick as McLaren.
“However that is solely each third or fourth race. McLaren is all the time there. We’re not giving up but, however it should be troublesome.”
