Max Verstappen lined up at the start leaving the pit lane ten seconds before closing. Ferrari team principal, Binotto: “I don’t know what they were doing in the garage before the start. Maybe it’s about the petrol temperatures. I can only trust the FIA controls.” Why the suspicions about Red Bull
Luigi Perna
23 May 2022 | 14:10 (edited May 23, 2022 | 16:55)
In F1 the devil is in the details. And what happened yesterday in the Red Bull garage, before the start of the Spanish GP, made the rivals suspicious. Starting, of course, with Ferrari. Why did Max Verstappen get the green light from his team so late, exiting to go to the starting grid when there were only 10 “to the closing of the pit lane? The question found a possible answer after the race, when Mattia Binotto was questioned about arcane. “I don’t know what happened – said the team principal of the Maranello team -. I can imagine it had something to do with the temperatures of the gasoline in the tank. “
