Analysis: What went wrong in red bull before confronting Max Vastapane George Russell

Max VerustapaneShortage of Oscar piastry Almost double in Barcelona. With three additional punishment points, he also faces the danger of a race ban. Is it wrong? There is a look at the clash of Vastapane with here George Russell And the mistakes of the red bull which happened before.

Verustapane saw a ‘normal’ in the Spanish Grand Prix on its way, which would have a normal result based on the speed of pure race. McLaren Even after the FIA ​​Clampdown on Flexi-Wings, he remained in a league of his own in Barcelona, ​​forcing the Red Bull to try something different. This different approach was a three-stop strategy. A legitimate effort, since the strategy is the next best weapon if a team lacks pure speed. It put the minimum pressure McLaren – As Andrea Stella later accepted – and allowed Vastapane to be hardened on each set of tires.

First mistake: Red bull’s tire choice – the worst of the three options

However, a late safety car was not part of the script of Red Bull. “This is unfortunate. Finally the security car certainly did not work in our favor,” Vastapane commented. He said, the Red Bull still had three options at its disposal when the Burn Meylander came out in the security car, and with the benefits of the Handsite, the team has chosen the worst.

The first option was to stay out on the softs, Verustapane was already on her RB21. This would give them the lead and therefore would have benefited the track position. Defending against both McClance can be almost impossible, but it would have given him a better chance to place third place. In addition, sofs were not even worn at that level. Verustapane beaten at the end of Lap 47, while the security car came out at Lap 55.

The second option was for the pit for a used set of sofs. “We had a set of only used softs, they were about six laps old. I adopted them on the grid.” “The summit was already gone from that tire.” Based on that, Red Bull incorrectly assumed that only the remaining new set – a set of hard tires – was the best way to go. Christian Horner said, “The security car came out at lap 55, which was probably the worst time in our strategy. Unfortunately, we had the only set of tires available, went on that three-stop strategy, a new set of hards.” “And therefore our feeling was that a new set of hards was better than an eight-lap, a heavy humiliated set of sofets.”

In the obstacle, it was the worst of the three options, as it proved extremely difficult to get a hard tires in a good operating window for the restart – nothing team should have surprised. In fact, before Vestapen, no other driver used the C1 tires in the race, indicating how much the teams wanted to escape from it. Was suffering from overstaire when he started Vestepane and was “a sitting duck” against his rivals, as Horner accepted. It marked the onset of all problems and was the first mistake of the race of Red Bull. Horner admitted, “In the handicides, you must have left him”, Horner accepted. “He must have been passed by two McClance, but would he have passed by Lakeler? It is all subjective. You never know. You make a decision with the information you have.”

But even at that time, based on the information of the red bull, the pit for the hards was suspicious. Obviously, there was no right option left after being committed to a three-stop strategy, but the team could have, and perhaps, it should be known how difficult it would be to get the hard tires working in a short term. Especially knowing that everyone avoided hard tires at all costs for the entire race. This compound can only be beneficial towards the end of a long time – but obviously there was not just six laps factor.

Second mistake: Why the FIA ​​felt that there is no need to give Verustapane back back

Red Bull’s second mistake was instructing Verustapane to return Russell. With the handcaste, it came out a wrong call – and once again, depending on the available information, the red bull and perhaps the better address should have been.

Horner said that after the race that fast communication from race control would have helped, but it only tells a part of the story. “It would be good, as a referee, as a race director, either to play or you need to be given back. “So I think it will be beneficial for teams, in that example, to make that call for a race director and say that you either give it back or you get a penalty, instead to try and another to guess what Steward is going to think.”

While sharp communication can help, this is definitely not a complete picture. All teams have access to racing guidelines, and Red Bull only took the wrong decision based on them. “We all looked at all slow and it was actually 50-50. Is George under the control of the car? Will he have made a corner? It seemed that he would have made a corner. So you call to say this, see, we need to give this place.”

Horner mentions the term “control” and is actually a decisive factor. The FIA ​​Steovers concluded that Russell had a level with the mirror of the front axle variantapane, which gives the right of space to the attacker driver, but only when the attacker driver remains under control of both his car and overtaking maneuver. This is why Steward concluded that Vastapane did not need to give back the place. “While the car was ahead of the mirror of the car 1 in the front axle apex of 63, the driver of the car 63 lost control of the car and collided with the car 1, widening it and forced into the escape road. Car 1 re -entered the track further than the car 1. The action,” Steveard explained.

It was also visible from onboard footage, especially from Russell’s car. According to the FIA, Russell was mainly at the mistake after an optimistic step, and – based on the onboard footage and racing guidelines – the Red Bull should have reached the same conclusion. It is worth noting that former Sports Director of the team Jonathan Wheatley no longer works red Bull And now SavePrincipal of the team. He is well known in Padocks to know the Rule Book heartily and to be a specialist in communication with race control.

Third mistake: Disciples boil, Vastapane admitted that “it should not happen”

Both these mistakes created great frustration for Vastapane, as heard on the radio. After changing the tire, Verustapane immediately asked: “What are we nonsense … what is this tires what is the fuck?” His race engineer Lambia replied: “This is a hard tire, Max.” When Vastapane asked why he was difficult, Lambis replied: “This was the only option.” As stated, it was not completely true because the red bull could live out or went to a used set of softes. When Vestapen asked if anyone else used hard tires during the race before that, the answer was: “Negative.”

Russell is being asked to give space, Vastapane’s frustration increased: “No, I was ahead, friend. What a fuck? Friend, I was ahead. He ran away from the road.” Still Lambis replied: “But this is the rule. This is the rule that we have to play. It is a shame, but it is a rule.”

This took Vastapane’s frustration to a boiling point as he hit Russell in 5. While the mistakes of the Red Bulls put them in that position, such steps, of course, can never be condoned – as Verustapen themselves have accepted themselves. Even with high running emotions, driving in opponents can never be solved any situation in motoristsports, especially not in Formula 1 – which serves as an example. The fine was an easy call for Steward. In 2017, Sebstian wettel 10-second stop-end-go penalty received for hitting Lewis Hamilton After an alleged break test behind the security car in Baku. As Vastapane accepted a statement on social media a day later, this step was “not right” and “it should not have been”. Horner said that Dutchman has apologized to the team during the re -debate after the race.

The result is that this Sunday has been expensive for both Vastapane and Red Bull. First, Dutchman has lost a large number of championship points, which could easily be avoided. The recent race was about the damage limit compared to McLaren. It worked well for him, because after eight race weekends in a car that has been slow for almost all of them Oscar piastry Only 25 points. In Spain, this deficit almost doubled.

Second, Verustapane obtained three more penalty points on his super license, increasing the total number of 11. The 12-point tally results in a race ban and the next two points will not end after the Austrian Grand Prix until 30 June. This means that if he wants to avoid suspension, Westopen cannot do any other incident on the next two race weekends. The dramatic end for the race of Barcelona, ​​two team’s mistakes and the preparation of the Versent by frustrations, were married, this title can have far -reaching consequences for the remaining of the battle – although Verstapane says that this is also not a title fight due to the difference in car performance.

Nevertheless, under the Spanish sun, last Sunday afternoon, there has been an expensive for both Vastapane and Red Bull in the 2025 season.