Max Verstappen has agreed to cease competing in simracing occasions late at evening earlier than grands prix following his efficiency within the Hungarian Grand Prix, in accordance with Pink Bull motorsport marketing consultant Helmut Marko.
The world champion stayed up till 3am within the morning earlier than Sunday’s race as he helped Group Redline to victory within the iRacing Spa 24 Hours. Nevertheless he was ill-tempered all through the grand prix, repeatedly swore at his race engineer and completed two locations decrease than he began after colliding with Lewis Hamilton
Verstappen has beforehand been in a position to mix his late-night simracing and real-world driving efficiently. He received the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix earlier this 12 months after an identical early-hours simracing session.
Nevertheless Marko confirmed that following his efficiency final weekend Verstappen has agreed to not mix the 2 once more.
“Max Verstappen was somewhat thin-skinned this weekend, and naturally it didn’t take lengthy for criticism to come up – no surprise, since he spends half the evening taking part in simracing,” Marko advised Pace Week.
“I’ve to level out that at Imola, after a simracing session, he solely went to mattress at three o’clock within the morning – after which received the grand prix. Max has a special sleep rhythm, and he received his seven hours of sleep.
“His late-night sim session on the Hungary weekend solely occurred as a result of one in every of his group’s drivers dropped out. Nonetheless, we’ve got agreed that in future he received’t do simulations so late anymore.”
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Marko stated a number of the feedback between Verstappen and Lambiase throughout the race had been “inappropriate, to place it politely.” Verstappen tore into Lambiase after his engineer warned him to not over-stress his tyres following his second pit cease. “Don’t give me that bullshit now,” Verstappen raged. “You guys gave me this fucking technique, okay? I’m making an attempt to rescue what’s left. Fuck’s sake.”
Nevertheless Marko defended Verstappen over his collision with Hamilton, accusing the Mercedes driver of inflicting the contact. “I mentioned this with Verstappen: Definitely, his automotive’s wheels locked when braking, however he would have made the nook, so there was no query of him dropping management of his automotive. Max was forward, however Hamilton turned in, and everybody noticed what occurred then.”
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