Max Verstappen insists that he tried to avoid Carlos Sainz when the pair collided at turn 4 in the Bahrain Grand Prix. The clash left Sainz, who had been putting heavy pressure on P5 Verstappen, with a punctured tyre that forced him to pit. Verstappen pleaded his innocence, arguing that in the current cars you cannot see who or what is alongside you. “He tried to go around the outside and brake late,” Verstappen told reports in Sakhir, “and then I guess he didn’t see me anymore on the side because with these cars you are just blinded what’s happening next to you. “So I braked late and I saw he just turned into the corner so then I had to avoid the...
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