Verstappen reveals SURPRISE reason for dramatic Miami collision

Max Verstappen has given his perspective of a key collision during the Miami Grand Prix.

The race started with a dramatic lock up from Sergio Perez, causing contact with Carlos Sainz and his teammate Verstappen.

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Perez was lucky to avoid a more dangerous incident, with all three drivers remaining in the race.

Whilst there was no suspected damage to Verstappen’s car, after the race he stated the collision had caused a scratch to his diffuser.

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Alongside the first lap incident, Verstappen made an uncharacteristic mistake at the Turn 14/15 chicane, hitting a bollard.

The incident caused a Virtual Safety Car with a marshal going onto the track and retrieve the bollard.

Verstappen pitted after the VSC ended, concerned for his front wing but no lasting damage was found.

However, a full safety car was thrown a few laps later following an incident between Logan Sargeant and Kevin Magnussen.

The safety car allowed Lando Norris, who had not stopped yet, to enter the pits and come out ahead of Verstappen for the lead of the race.

Holding off the Dutch driver after the safety car restart, Norris extended his lead to finish 7.6 seconds ahead of Verstappen.

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When asked what happened at the Turn 14/15 chicane, Verstappen gave a humorous response to striking into a bollard.

“I didn't like it, so I decided to take it out and test the durability of the front wing as well,” he said during the post-race press conference.

“So that's a crash test done. Yeah, there was no damage. The cone was out of the way for everyone, so it was basically a free-for-all after that.”

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