Helmut Marko: Max was upset

      Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko did not comment on Verstappen's incident with Leclair at the restart, and explained the collision with Russell as disappointment.…

      Helmut Marko: "We had to take risks to have at least some chance. And that risk was three pit stops. Unfortunately, the safety car pulled out on the last leg, and we only had a set of Hard tires left, which was completely unsuitable for these conditions, especially when the rubber had not warmed up yet.

      If you take risks, you can lose. At the restart, Max felt that he had no grip on the track on these tires, and almost lost control. And then there was the Leclair situation. I don't want to go into details.

      A clash with Russell? Max was driving in front for a long time, and then because of the choice of tires.… As I said, we had no other choice, we didn't know that this tire would perform so badly during the warm-up stage. Max was upset, which affected his actions."