Max Verstappen says hitting the wall at Portier actually helped him on his way to victory in the MonacoGP. F1
Verstappen, who had comfortably led from pole all race, kept his head cool on worn medium tyres when a brief but intense rain shower spiced up the second half of what was shaping up to remain a lifeless Monaco race.
Verstappen's cause was further helped by Alonso pitting for slicks, the Spaniard taking a massive gamble to try and win the race instead of settling for yet another podium. According to Verstappen his wall tap actually helped arrest his slide as he fought to remain in control."I locked the rears and I couldn't get out of it, so it's just trying to control it with a bit of drifting," Verstappen said.
"The rain was coming, we didn't know really what was going on. The tyres were graining, it took a few laps to get through that graining phase and then the pace picked up a little bit but it was still very tricky to drive.
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