THROWBACK: When Max Verstappen Took a Savage Jibe at Mercedes After Their Netflix Disaster
Add us on Google
THROWBACK: When Max Verstappen Took a Savage Jibe at Mercedes After Their Netflix Disaster
Add us on Google
Reuters
Formula One F1 – Dutch Grand Prix – Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands – September 4, 2021 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen poses with a tyre after qualifying in pole position Pool via REUTERS/Francisco Seco
Reuters
Formula One F1 – Dutch Grand Prix – Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands – September 4, 2021 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen poses with a tyre after qualifying in pole position Pool via REUTERS/Francisco Seco
German GP 2019 is remembered as one of the craziest races in F1 history. It was by far the best race since the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix. The weekend started off with Mercedes celebrating their 125th anniversary and 200th GP in F1. Although Max Verstappen will remember this race as one of the best victories in his career.
Watch What’s Trending Now!
But when asked what would he like to see in the Netflix Drive To Survive season 2? he picked the German GP. But the reason might differ from what you think for his pick.
WATCH STORY: Toto Wolff Swears, Valtteri Bottas Bares: Funniest Moments From Drive to Survive
Max Verstappen takes a dig at Mercedes’s German GP disaster
Netflix’s Drive To Survive has helped in the sport’s growth. It has brought in new fans and put the sport on a global map. The crew follows a team on any particular weekend and films them.
When asked which episode of the show he was most looking forward to, Max replied,” Hockenheim. Because I think they were following Mercedes closely right in Hockenheim. So I would like to see that episode.”
The German team had brought on a special livery to celebrate 125 years. They had gone retro in the race suits and the performance on the track also looked dominating. They started the race 1-2 and looked ominous, but all it started to go wrong after Leclerc’s crash.
Behind the safety car, Hamilton crashed into the last corner and damaged his front wing, and came into the pits. The pit stop was over a second and put him back in P5. Then he got a penalty for not following the instructions while entering the pit lane and then he spun. Bottas crashed while chasing Stroll for p3.
“[The crash] was just a mistake,” added Wolff. “Many others made the mistake, Leclerc crashed, and many others crashed. Overall, it was for us a bad day, it was for the drivers a bad day. It simply could not go much worse.”
“It shows that you shouldn’t fool around with stuff, you should concentrate on the job,” he said. “We’re not superstitious, but we believe in karma. It’s a day to learn,” said Wolff.
Mercedes got just two points from the race and was the laughingstock of the paddock for that weekend.
What do you remember from the German GP 2019? Let us know.
READ MORE: What is the tow in F1?
