Is Schumacher a credit or not? Red Bull resented Mick for blocking Verstappen, saying it could ruin the title

If you had to choose one of the most special drivers at the F1 American Grand Prix, I think Haas' Mick Schumacher could be elected.

In the penultimate lap of the race, Mick, who was caught up in the title battle between Verstappen and Hamilton, caused a lot of discussion. As the two were about to enter the final lap of contention, Mick appeared in front. But the snared Mick did not immediately give up his position, but led a few corners in front of Verstappen, and after "accidentally" giving Verstappen the DRS, Mick spared the two drivers. But it was Mick's somewhat delayed concession that caused strong resentment from the Red Bull Racing Team.

In Horner's view, Because Mick's blocking wasted a lot of Verstappen's time, he was very worried that he would lose the championship because of it.

'It was very difficult to incorporate the lap drivers into the strategy, we lost time at Kakuda before and then the last lap was with Mick Schumacher as well.'

"I thought it would ruin our victory because Mick blocked a whole time." Horner was very unhappy with the German boys.

"Luckily we got drs on the straights at the starting point, which allowed Max to take it a little bit more easily. But the people in the pit lane were very nervous. ”

Marko said: "I don't understand why Schumacher didn't give up the position immediately, we think it cost Max 0.6-0.8 seconds. ”

Verstappen was also in a bit of a hurry to ask Mick to give up his position via radio. But in Mick's view, things are a completely different situation, at least he helped Verstappen directly.

"The end result was that he got drs, so I don't think I had any effect on him."

"Actually, I can't disappear out of thin air, I'm also driving on the track and have to finish my own race. Of course I tried not to cause trouble for Max. He won the game. ”

Objectively speaking, although Mick was trapped at the time, he was actually not as fast as the previous race in this race, and it was not easy to find the right way to give way in the face of continuous bends. To say that the blocking, Hamilton did not significantly close the distance with Verstappen at that time, so the blocking effect was not obvious. If there is an assist, Verstappen was lucky enough to get the DRS available on the straights. So many people think that even if Mick is useless, at least it is not wrong, and it really should not be blamed by Red Bull.

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