![]() "Luckily the first two or three laps of that stint, I had already quite a big gap, so I could just manage it to the end.” "We had the soft tyre to the end which seemed to overheat a little bit more than I thought, so it was a bit more difficult to keep the pace up. "Because of the safety car, everyone was back together," Verstappen reported. The safety car for Kevin Magnussen's retirement came at just the right time for him to make his sole pit stop of the afternoon, and he blasted away at the restart as Norris and Lewis Hamilton fought it out over second place. “I think the last ten, 15 laps on that stint, we were nine seconds in the lead again which I think was very good.” “Once I’d passed Lando, it took me a few laps to cool down the tyres, and after that I think we had good pace,” he continued. "At least it made it a bit more exciting, I had to push for it," he added. But then he actually came back again in the DRS, so he had a lot of pace today. “We’ll look into that because I think the last few starts were actually a lot better and today wasn’t that great. and it felt like I was doing that also in the start, which wasn’t very good," he said. He was soon able to retake the lead on lap 5 and never surrendered it again during the rest of the race, but he had been impressed by the McLaren's pace today. "But it wasn’t straightforward today," he said, following a race in which he lost the lead at the start to the fast-starting Lando Norris starting from alongside him on the front row in the McLaren. Read also: Verstappen wins British GP, Norris and Hamilton on the podium.“I mean, 11 wins in a row for the team, I think that’s pretty incredible. “Of course I'm very happy that we won again,” Verstappen told the mediain parc ferme after the end of the race. It was also Verstappen’s 29th back-to-back classified finish, tying Daniel Ricciardo for the longest run by a Red Bull driver.Īnd by taking the bonus point for fastest lap along with pole position and race win, Verstappen took his eighth hat-trick weekend of his career tying him with Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel for fifth in the all-time list. Verstappen's 11th consecutive podium finish means he is now tied for the fourth-longest run in history. 21-race 2016 F1 calendar approved, Austin TBC.COTA boss unsure of F1's true support for USGP.BBC confirms it is dropping F1 coverage, Channel 4 steps in.Ecclestone: No ad breaks key to Channel 4 F1 deal. ![]() Ecclestone casts more doubt on 2016 USGP.Alonso in favour of expanded F1 championship.First Azerbaijan Grand Prix in jeopardy?.Elimination-style qualifying to be introduced in 2016.F1 not ready yet for new qualifying, admits Ecclestone. ![]()
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