Verstappen recounts start scare and radio trouble after first Singapore GP win

After his first Singapore Grand Prix victory, Max Verstappen said the start briefly made him think: “Here we go again.” The engine did not make the sound he normally expects when the lights came on, he told Viaplay, though he said he still got away reasonably well.

He described the start as just good enough, but not as it should be. Verstappen said he squeezed Charles Leclerc enough to stop the Ferrari driver braking late, and that Red Bull should look into what had gone wrong.

The radio worked only one way, he said: Verstappen could hear the team, but they could not hear him. A driver sometimes wants to ask a question or relay information, he said. “Fortunately, Gianpiero Lambiase said 90 percent of what I wanted to ask,” he added.