Verstappen Chimes In On Pre-Race Incident At Las Vegas Strip Circuit

Tuesday, 21 November 2023 at 22:00

Updated at Wednesday, 22 November 2023 at 14:34

Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen shared his opinion on the potential cause of lap one 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix incident.

Las Vegas Grand Prix was a race packed with action, astonishing overtakes, and many collisions that mixed up the order multiple times.

While the race was more than any of the F1 fans could have wished for, there were some problems. One of the issues that came up after the race was a suggestion that an oil spill on the track might have caused the lap-one incident.

Multiple very experienced drivers like Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, and Carlos Sainz lost control of their cars going into turn one during the first lap of the race.

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This resulted in numerous collisions and even a penalty for the Dutchman, who took advantage of taking Charles Leclerc wide with him and made the overtake on the Ferrari driver. The three-time World Champion told the media:

"The oil spill was not ideal. It was from the classic cars, from the drivers’ parade so that's maybe something that we have to look into because that's a bit of a shame that that happens."

Verstappen said he already explained to Leclerc what happened at the start and reassured the Monegasque driver that he did not take him so wide intentionally.

"So I had to steer a bit left of it at the start. And yeah, after that of course we had that little moment. I explained to Charles what happened and also with the debriefing, I think that's something we do naturally."

Sainz who was one of the drivers that might have been affected by the oil spill told the media the incident was "unacceptable."

While Verstappen said this is something that needs to be looked at, he was in a positive mood after winning the race, and he might have taken the issue more seriously had it lost him the first position.