how little was missing to see both Red Bulls out on the first lap of the Austrian sprint. Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez had it in the initial meters of a test in which they almost ended up in the garage in a succession of actions that sparked the anger of both on the radios of the energy drink team.
Because Verstappen, who did not go wrong, saw how the RB19 it was slipping more than usual. That’s where Checo took advantage, putting the car in to start leading the race. The two-time champion did not like the play, who accused the Mexican of having pushed him out.
It was returned to him in turn 3, with an action in which both almost stopped in the middle of the asphalt to avoid colliding. That made Lando Norris almost wear them, and that Fernando Alonso He had to go outside to avoid climbing on top of Nico Hulkenberg.
The result, Verstappen leading and Pérez behind the German de Haas in third, but it could have been a double, or triple, KO in three turns that left both pointing at the other.
Everything moved at the end of the test, in which both they talked for minutes about what happened before speaking to the press.
And Pérez was very clear: “I think Verstappen has gotten angry. I haven’t seen him in turn 2, he was just trying to protect. Then I returned the position to him.”
He had a curious way of returning his position, but Max did not remain silent either: “He has closed me, but we talked later and he told me that he couldn’t see because of the spray”.
It seems that it rains less, but who knows if a similar situation is repeated between the two drivers with the most dominant car in the World Championship. In the race, in the long race in Austria, complicated… Well, Pérez, as is already a habit, he could not get past Q2 and will start in the lower middle zone of the grid.
