Incredible image that of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen perched on the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. Halfway through the Grand Prix as they came out of a pitstop which could be improved upon at the 24^e and 26^e laps respectively, the Dutchman and the Briton found themselves at the same height on the track at the start of the chicane.

Placed outside then inside, the Red Bull then mounted on the vibrator to finally hook up the Mercedes with its right rear wheel, thus finishing its off-track race and placed on the Hamilton single-seater. ” He left me no room », Says Verstappen on his return to the paddock. The seven-time world champion, obviously very angry, has not yet communicated on the subject.

Beyond the dramaturgy of the scene – given the impact of the maneuver at the world championship – it is the violence of the shock that calls out. Without the protective halo, Hamilton would have taken the rear wheels and the flat bottom of Verstappen’s car head on. Impressive !