Max Verstappen leaves the Sky Sports F1 pundit after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix dramas.
Max Verstappen was left unimpressed with Alex Albon during Abu Dhabi Grand Prix practice when the Williams driver pushed in front in the pit lane, before he later did the same to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell
Max Verstappen’s radio scolding of Alex Albon during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix practice left Sky Sports F1 analyst David Croft dissatisfied.
Following the first red light of FP2, there was a line in the pit lane on Friday. And after missing almost twenty minutes of running time throughout the session, everyone was eager to get back on schedule as soon as possible.
Williams arranged their drivers in a queue outside their garage, which is located at the end of pit lane. And as they pushed their way onto the track ahead of those who were waiting, neither of them was ready to wait for it to shorten.
Verstappen was furious as he was two cars behind. “Ah yeah, lovely, well done there,” he complained sarcastically, before asking his race engineer: “Can you please report that?”
Commentator Croft responded mockingly to that request, saying, “That’s the man who stopped for 12 seconds at the end of the pit lane in Singapore! Max, hurry up. Would you kindly report that? It’s a rehearsal, folks!”
Verstappen would also irritate Croft on other occasions throughout the practice. There was further hijinks in the pit lane as the session began following a later, shorter red light.
The Dutchman had no intention of hanging around for anyone else this time. At the pit lane exit, he very aggressively pushed his way past Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, just avoiding contact with the latter before slicing past Pierre Gasly.
Verstappen complained over the radio that he was being blocked before he was eventually able to head out on track and find some free air. Watching it unfold, Croft was again critical of the Red Bull racer’s impatience.
“To be fair, that is a little cheeky,” he remarked. His current goal is to overcome Pierre Gasly. Max, please stop. I don’t believe that’s necessary. I don’t understand the need for that; it’s just foolish.”
Carlos Sainz’s crash eight minutes into the interrupted session was the primary source of lost time. After passing over a hump on the track and entering the unclean air of a car that was traveling slowly ahead of him, the Spaniard lost control of his Ferrari.
Before the lesson could continue, the hurdles needed to be fixed, which took more than twenty minutes.
