The racing incident on the first lap of Saturday’s sprint in Baku between Max Verstappen and George Russell, who attacked the two-time world champion but somewhat overestimated the grip level with not quite warm tires, became one of the main topics of the Azerbaijani race weekend.
There was contact between the cars, but Max didn’t give up the position, although the remaining 16 laps were driven by a car, the right pontoon of which had a gaping hole.
After the finish he approached George to present his claims to him, and a somewhat nervous dialogue took place between them, and Verstappen promised his opponent to repay him in kind on occasion.
This story was interpreted in its own way by the popular comics artist who hid under the nickname Lollipopman, who has more than one hundred thousand subscribers in social networks.
In his style, he portrayed Max and George exchanging pleasantries, but added one more phrase to this scene, which became key. So…
Max Verstappen: Hey friend! My side pontoon! You made a big hole in it!
George Russell: The tires were cold, nothing to do about it.
Max Verstappen: Well, expect the same from me next time!
George Russell: Sorry, but I don’t have side pontoons.
Here it is worth adding the comment “Curtain”.
Indeed, at Mercedes in the second season, the so-called concept of “zero pontoons” is used, ie on their machines these important elements are unusually narrow, although of course they are also on the W14. But these side pontoons aren’t nearly as pronounced on the sides as they are on other teams’ machines. Admittedly, it seems that Brackley is already ready to abandon such a concept, since it was not effective enough, but that’s another story …
Source: F1 News

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