F1: Verstappen says Anti-Stall caused his poor start

Max Verstappen fell from eighth on the grid to 12th by Turn 1 after his car almost went into anti-stall mode.

He fought back through the pack, but spun while attempting a pass on Lando Norris on lap 40 for 4th place, forcing him to pit again and returning to the track in 13th.

Verstappen said: “Yeah I dropped the clutch and anti-stall, so I need to analyze why that happened, but of course, you lose a lot of spots.

“From there, I tried to pass a few people, some worked, but then you get stuck in a little bit of a train. Everyone has their tires up to temperature, so it’s really hard to follow.

“Then of course we were a bit lucky, some people had a few mistakes.

“We were in fifth, tried to go for fourth to pass Lando and, as soon as I got alongside him I braked, not even late, but I bottomed out because I was struggling already a lot there with bottoming and being offline it was probably even more bumpy

“So, as soon as I braked, the front wheels jumped into the air, and that was it, I just went straight on.

“I had to box again because of the massive vibrations, put new tires on and come from last back into the points.

“It’s not where we want to be, but it already of course starts from yesterday, you put yourself in a spot like that, and it can either work brilliantly, you can drive back to the front, or it’s very frustrating, like we had.”

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