“P2 is a better place to start”– Why Max Verstappen didn’t give tow to Sergio Perez for pole position boost

Tanish Chachra | 28/08/2022
"P2 is a better place to start"– Why Max Verstappen didn't give tow to Sergio Perez for pole position boost

Max Verstappen didn’t give tow to his teammate Sergio Perez, unlike Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to Carlos Sainz, which allowed him a pole position.

The Belgian Grand Prix race will be a tactical battle between Red Bull and Ferrari. At the same time, Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez are set to battle from the first row. The other two drivers, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc are vying from P14 and 15, respectively.

Thus, a blockbuster race is on the cards. However, during the Q3, Leclerc gave a tow to Sainz, which allowed him to sit on the pole position. On the other hand, Verstappen didn’t do the same for his teammate.

After this, several F1 fans questioned why the Dutchman didn’t provide the same to Perez. The Red Bull boss Christian Horner rationalized this situation.

According to him, the P2 is a better place to start in Belgium. Therefore, he thinks the Mexican was already in an ideal position, and nothing extra was needed.

“History has shown us with Sebastian a few years ago, Daniel Ricciardo and even Max that at the start, with that run up the hill, the tow is very powerful with the DRS closed,” Horner revealed in a press release from his team.

“We discussed ahead of time and agreed that tactically, P2 may be a better place to start,” he continued.

Also read: 24-year-old Charles Leclerc admits Ferrari didn’t take Qualifying seriously despite obvious gap to Red Bull star

Max Verstappen can still win the race

After Yuki Tsunoda’s recent announcement of getting a new power unit, which will force him to start from the pitlane, Verstappen has been promoted to P14 for the race start. Meanwhile, Leclerc would be starting from P14.

But Red Bull has been extremely fast on both straights and the corners. Thus, it’s been predicted that the 2021 world champion would be winning the race in Spa.

With the race only a few minutes away, anything can happen, but the recent track record between the two teams has shown Red Bull to have more consistency. So, Verstappen is deemed to be the favourite to win on Sunday.

Also read: Red Bull boss taunts his $50 Million a year star Max Verstappen during the Belgian Grand Prix’s FP3

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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