Verstappen matches best result after long run on softs

14 comments on “Verstappen matches best result after long run on softs”

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   wificats (@wificats)
   26th October 2015, 0:57

   Verstappen was mighty today; so assured and creative, yet sensible in his moves. I was particularly impressed by his defence from Raikkonen in the braking zone, pressuring him without making contact, yet almost interlocking wheels.

   For once, the cliché of ‘I can’t wait to see him in a better car’ need not apply, as we know that he’s going to get one sooner or later, and that time is not an issue when he’s this young. Instead, we should just enjoy the fact that driving the Toro Rosso means he is involved in more battles than he would be if he had a faster car.
   1. 

      Kenneth (@godius)
      26th October 2015, 1:37

      I agree with you. This race of his showed us how good of an all round driver he is. It was impressive from him how he managed his option tires for 28 laps to the end. So he got tire management skills of Perez and is able to combine it with proper wheel to wheel racing.
   2. 

      Sander (@)
      26th October 2015, 12:22

      It is almost scary, his tire/break management, defending and overtakes look like he’s been in F1 for years, hope he stays at Toro Rosso for another year, he can gain so much more from another year of mid-field battles and he’s just 18, more than enough time left to shine.
2. 

   René (@pagan)
   26th October 2015, 1:35

   Hear, hear!
3. 

   Dynamite Clock (@dinaveer)
   26th October 2015, 5:30

   4th place well deserved. Period.
4. 

   JohnBt
   26th October 2015, 8:39

   Have to give credit to this young lad who’s been performing very well for his debut and Jackie Stewart must not keep on saying the cars are easy to drive but someone has to drive it eh.
5. 

   ColdFly F1 (@)
   26th October 2015, 11:26

   I don’t understand why Verstappen did not pit during the final SC period.
   His gap to BUT (TR could not know that he would stop as well) was roughly the same as the gap between HAM and VES before the SC. HAM pitted and rejoined well before VES, thus VES could have done the same (stay in front of BUT/ALO).
   It would probably not have made a difference in the final standing, but he would’ve been on fresh tyres and stayed closer to the top 3 (now he was lucky that the guys behind him drive into each other and did not make up sufficient ground).

   Also, unclear to me why TR did not take the 5sec penalty for SAI during his final pit stop. He would’ve rejoined in exactly the same position (NAS & RSI were 1 lap behind) and then he could have kept his well deserved 6th finishing position!

   I guess this shows that TR is not as mature yet as the big teams re. their strategy calls!
   1. 

      Jaques
      26th October 2015, 11:41

      I thought it weird as well Verstappen didn’t follow Vettel into the pit. Ultimately it didn’t matter, Vettel would have been faster regardless and Perez while underhindered in his pursuit never was a danger. Still, his tyres were plenty old and it would have been safer to pit.

      As for Sainz, you are not allowed to take your penalty during a SC.
   2. 

      Mr win or lose
      26th October 2015, 11:44

      I guess it’s not allowed to take a time penalty during a safety car period. But I did expect Verstappen to pit under yellow too. Probably Toro Rosso wanted to split strategies, but they were lucky indeed that they didn’t lose a 4th place.
      1. 

         peter
         26th October 2015, 14:28

         Same as in russia!

         I still don’t get why they did’nt call him in during SC2. If so, Max would have restarted with fresh tires behind both mcHonda’s, instead he restarted on old tires just in front of the mcHonda’s. Stopping during SC2 would have offered one more significant strategy option for the end of his race.
   3. 

      nImr0d
      26th October 2015, 13:46

      I think Torro Rosso had a great strategy for Max. To me it would make sense the team decided not to let him change tyres during SC as their focus perhaps was more on controlling the cars behind Max (older tyres) instead of attacking the Ferrari and Benzos in front of him (fresher tyres / not realistic). So they probably intended to consolidate his 4th position. Max is able to manage the tyres very well and the SC-periods helped as well. Once again he did an *amazing* job!
   4. 

      To the Max !
      26th October 2015, 15:05

      At the first SC pit stop they let Sainz go first and Verstappen later (which wasn’t costing Verstappen much), and if they would have done the same with the SC2, Verstappen would have ended behind a few other cars.

      I heard the team radio of Toro Rosso say right at that time to Verstappen that his tyres were on the limit, but it could be done. And I think the decision was done in favour of getting the maximum amount of points for the team, so Sainz got favoured to go first again.

      During commentating they said that the option tyres would last only 19/20 laps and maybe 25 when pushed in some cases (riding behind the SC for some laps helped made it work too). I think it shows great confidence of the team in how well they think Verstappen can manage his tyres to go for such a risky strategy.
6. 

   Pedro Côrte-Real (@pedrocr)
   26th October 2015, 14:11

   So Kimi has once again mismanaged his outlap into a spin? You’d think he’d have fixed that issue after doing it a couple of times already but it seems like it’s here to stay.
7. 

   Albrecht
   26th October 2015, 14:57

   Verstappen is such an exciting driver, can’t wait to see him in RBR, hopefully with a decent PU. Sainz is also very good, but he needs to stop destroying the car before the race.

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