🗣 'Even though we were 1-2, it was very bad the visibility out there.' Sergio Perez reckons he lost sight of Red Bull F1 team-mate Max Verstappen to trigger their near-miss in the wet AustrianGP sprint race ⬇️
Saturday polesitter Verstappen complained of wheelspin off the line in the slippery conditions. This delay allowed Perez to dive up the inside into the Turn 1 right-hander.
That delay under acceleration allowed Verstappen to reel in his team-mate but as Perez moved more towards the right, the Dutch driver briefly clipped the grass to avoid contact.Verstappen’s initial reaction over team radio was: “He pushed me off. What the fuck”. The pair then had a discussion in the safety car garage and seemed to come away with some clarity on the incident as neither stoked the battle in their parc ferme interviews.
“A bit of a fight with Max and that obviously gave a position to Nico [Hulkenberg] which he was very strong in the first few laps, so it was quite hard to get by him.
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