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Horner reveals Verstappen error: We hadn't called him in to stop

Article To news overview © Getty Images/Red Bull Contentpool Christian Horner has explained that Max Verstappen's slightly slow pitstop was due to the team not being quite ready, as he hadn't actually been called in to stop. Verstappen was coming under pressure from Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, and dived into the pits on Lap 24 with the Mercedes close behind him. However, Verstappen's stop ended up being four seconds, almost double the expected time. Horner revealed this was due to the team not calling him in to pit at that point. "Fortunately, we were gearing up for the stop but then Max just comes in to the pit lane and we hadn't actually called him in at that point," Horner...
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