Christian Horner explains why Red Bull called in Max Verstappen for a pitstop just moments before Nyck De Vries' off caused a safety car in the AzerbaijanGP Full F1 story ⬇️
While the world champion made short work of passing Leclerc at the following restart, the timing of the pitstop meant Perez was handed a clear run to victory, whichQuestions were raised on why Red Bull would decide to pit Verstappen knowing there was a stationary car on track, especially on a narrow street circuit of Baku where safety cars interventions are numerous.
"At the time we decided to pit Max because he was starting to struggle a little bit with the rears of his car and Checo was obviously right up behind him," said Horner.In the short snapshot available of De Vries' stationary car, Red Bull hadn't spotted that thesuffered terminal damage because the Dutchman had clipped the inside Turn 5 wall and bent his front-left corner.
"From the glimpse that we got, all four wheels were on the car, he hadn't hit the barrier and the engine was running," Horner added."It looked like he'd select reverse and carry on, so you'd never expected that to go to a safety car."It was only subsequently on the replays that you were able to see his track rod was broken."
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