Verstappen must stamp out mistakes, says Red Bull after his costly accident
Max Verstappen has admitted that he needs to stamp out costly mistakes, such as his practice accident that denied his Red Bull Racing team a potential 1-2 finish in Monaco.
The Dutchman hit the barriers hard at the Swimming Pool section after initially clipping the inside barrier and breaking his steering. The damage was sufficient for him to miss qualifying, denying the Red Bull team a potential frontrow lockout after both cars had looked unbeatable around the Principality.
Team head Christian Horner said: “This place bites hard and he [Max] got bitten hard in a session that doesn’t really count for anything. He’s in a car capable of winning this grand prix, and that will hurt him because you don’t get many chances to win Monaco. He needs to learn from it and stop making these errors. I hope [this crash forces him to learn], because I don’t know what else will.”
Helmut Marko added: “I think he [Max] is not patient enough. He wants always to be the fastest, but the result is only when you cross the line. He needs to be more patient, judge the situations better.”
Verstappen, who fought from the back of the grid to ninth, said: “Deep down I’m disappointed as we could have had much better if I hadn’t made the mistake. I have learned throughout my career that it is easy afterwards to say it could have been like this or that, but I have to look at myself.”