We would have had a fair shot at the win Mercedes boss blames VSC for team s loss at Dutch GP
We would have had a fair shot at the win - Mercedes boss blames VSC for team s loss at Dutch GP × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix News
Our @PET_Motorsports Interns ask @LewisHamilton their questions.
114290What motivates and inspires you to be the best you can be… Our @PET_Motorsports Interns ask @LewisHamilton their questions. https://t.co/OnFnGLBxvI "Max was conserving tyres, so he wasn't killing the tyres and the tyres that came off his car were still in pretty decent shape. That gave us the confidence to go back onto the soft tyre. But the Virtual Safety Car couldn't have really come at a worse moment. That's at the point we had to convert." Verstappen said that Mercedes were probably a bit quicker when he was on hard tyres, and the gap could have reduced after the VSC period. He said: "I think the gap was still big enough to manage it to the end. But they would have definitely gotten a lot closer than I think the 11-and-a-half seconds it was at the time."
We would have had a fair shot at the win - Mercedes boss blames VSC for team s loss at Dutch GP
By Charanjot Singh Modified 07 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Mercedes had a shot at winning the Dutch GP. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff feels the team was robbed of a chance to fight for the win at Zandvoort last Sunday because of an ill-timed VSC (virtual safey car). Red Bull's Max Verstappen was leading the race and was due to make a pitstop soon when the VSC gave him a free pitstop, which allowed him to coast to a comfortable win. Talking about the impact of VSC on proceedings, Wolff said that according to their simulation, Lewis Hamilton could have had a shot at a win. The Englishman eventually finished fourth. "The simulation says that Max would have come out eight seconds behind us with 20 laps to go," said Wolff. "He would have probably pitted on the hard at the time, and, I think, we would have had a fair shot at the win. The race planner said the win is on. Tight, but on. It would have said about six laps from the end. It was very close." Contrary to what the Mercedes boss said, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said that Verstappen was saving his tyres and aiming to switch to soft ones for the last stint of the race. According to Horner, the VSC was ill-timed for the Red Bull driver as well, as the team was not sure about the hard tyres. He said: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team@MercedesAMGF1What motivates and inspires you to be the best you can be…Our @PET_Motorsports Interns ask @LewisHamilton their questions.
114290What motivates and inspires you to be the best you can be… Our @PET_Motorsports Interns ask @LewisHamilton their questions. https://t.co/OnFnGLBxvI "Max was conserving tyres, so he wasn't killing the tyres and the tyres that came off his car were still in pretty decent shape. That gave us the confidence to go back onto the soft tyre. But the Virtual Safety Car couldn't have really come at a worse moment. That's at the point we had to convert." Verstappen said that Mercedes were probably a bit quicker when he was on hard tyres, and the gap could have reduced after the VSC period. He said: "I think the gap was still big enough to manage it to the end. But they would have definitely gotten a lot closer than I think the 11-and-a-half seconds it was at the time."