Verstappen says that he first wanted to talk to Ocon Now

Saturday night after the Brazilian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen announced his intention to start a conversation with Esteban Ocon about the incident that occurred during the race. The Dutchman afterwards looked for the Frenchman and pushed him firmly.

"I just wanted to go see him and ask him why he did it," Verstappen said Monday in the television show Peptalk . from Ziggo Sport. "But the first answer he gave was:" I was faster than you. "And then with such a smile."

Before the surge, the Red Bull pilot had been sentenced to two days of service by the FIA ​​International Motor Sport Federation. It is unclear exactly what he must do exactly, but he must pay his sentence within six months.

"We do not know what that means," he said. "I'm going to look at what's going to happen with the team, we have six months left, I can not change anything, so I can talk about it for a long time, but it does not matter."

Verstappen has not regretted. pushing Ocon. "I do not like it, I just hate not winning, it hurts the most."

Verstappen thought the race was over

The Dutch were in the lead at the time of the incident. the race. With 27 laps to go, he was slapped by late Ocon, losing his first position to Lewis Hamilton.

"I do not think I can win after that," he said. "The floor was so damaged that I thought it was over, it was not ideal."

Verstappen must finally settle for second place. He gave a little more than a second to the winner Hamilton. After the disappointment he dominated.

"Ocon did not even say sorry"

"I tried to be positive," according to the Limburger. "But if you have a chance to win, second place is not good either, so I came across Ocon and he did not even apologize for what had happened and gave an opposite reaction. "

Verstappen was surprised. at the speed of his Red Bull. "In the first corners, we had a speed well above that of Mercedes and Ferrari, and we did not expect that either."

On November 25, the last Grand Prix of the season is scheduled in Abu Dhabi. Verstappen still does not know if he also has a chance to win. "If you look at Brazil, but I find it very difficult to estimate that now."