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Maldonado: Verstappen incident "scary"

Pastor Maldonado admitted that the spectacular moment he had on the pit straight while chasing Max Verstappen in the Austrian Grand Prix was "scary", and says that it was triggered by a loss of downforce as the DRS was open. The Lotus driver got crossed up when running behind Verstappen, but he managed to hang on to the car and went on to finish ahead of the Dutchman in seventh place. "For sure it was a bit scary," he told Motorsport.com. "It was before the braking point, so I managed to recover the car in the best way. "I had the DRS open, and because of the DRS, I lost the car. "It was difficult. Following a car here is always tricky, it's a fast track,...
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