The world champion showed his annoyance to the Argentine for a slow maneuver in the middle of the fast lap. Ironically, he raised his thumbs and applauded him.
He Monaco Grand Prix of the Formula 1 It began in an exciting way on Friday, especially in the second free practice, where Franco Colapint did not reaped a good result with his Alpinehe left good feelings when he found rhythm and even had a crossing with the current world champion Max Verstappen.
In the middle of a fast lap, Verstappen ran into collapth rolling slowly on the race line, a dangerous situation in a layout of characteristics as narrow as Montecarlo.
The Dutch could not hide his anger and reacted with irony: He raised his thumb and dedicated a sarcastic applause From his Red Bullmaking clear his discontent with the Argentine maneuver.
This type of incidents are not new to El Pilarense, who had already had a crossing with the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda in Icola for a similar situation. Although in this case there was no contact or intervention of the commissioners, Verstappen’s gesture was clear as to show the discomfort of the world champion.
On the other hand, Monaco is known for the difficulty of managing traffic during free and classifying sessions, so this type of encounter is usually frequent.
Even so, for a pilot in full adaptation process such as Colapinto, errors like this should be rapidly corrected if you want to stay as one of the options for the future of Formula 1.
The Argentine will return to the tracks this Saturday with the third free practice and the classification at 7.30 (Argentine time) and 11 in the morning, respectively.
Monaco 1 Monaco Grand Prize schedule
Saturday May 24
- Free practice 3: 7.30 (Argentina) / 12.30 (Monaco)
- Classification: 11.00 (Argentina) / 16.00 (Monaco)
Sunday May 25
- 78 laps race: 10.00 (Argentina) / 15.00 (Monaco)
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