News Details

McLaren denies ploy to hold up Verstappen in Q3

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl says that there was no plan for Lando Norris to purposefully hold up Max Verstappen in qualifying to help protect Mercedes' drivers as suggested by Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko. Marko inferred in an interview with Austrian broadcaster Servus TV that a message from the McLaren pitwall in Q3 asking Norris not to do the fast-approaching Verstappen "any favours" was a ploy destined to impede the Dutchman in his efforts to beat his Mercedes rivals. At the time, Verstappen was on his final flyer in Q3, having seen his previous fastest lap - which would have been good enough for pole - deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 4. A...
Full Story »
3y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

McLaren denies helping Mercedes with Norris radio call

May 2 McLaren's team boss has hit back at Dr Helmut Marko after the Red...
3y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Brown: I'm still impressed by Seidl's focus and...

Zak Brown believes that Andreas Seidl has been instrumental in the...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Wolff denies Lowe's claims about 2014 season

May 1 Toto Wolff has vehemently denied claims that Mercedes secretly...
3y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Steiner denies Mazepin's father buying Haas

May 1 Gunther Steiner has denied that Haas will be sold to team driver...
3y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez confirms surprise split from Red Bull...

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has confirmed that he and Red Bull...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Gabriel Martinelli fails his audition as search begins...

enal do enough to beat Ipswich but are no closer to solving the problem of...
3h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Ricciardo boost revealed after team statement issued on...

Daniel Ricciardo has received a major boost amid... Read More »
5h ago from GPFans.com

Major Ricciardo boost revealed amid F1 RETURN talk

Daniel Ricciardo has received a major boost amid... Read More »
7h ago from GPFans.com

Ferrari takes great pride in response to title blows -...

A double-DNF in Canada was central to Ferrari’s... Read More »
3h ago from Racer.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.