Jul.12 (GMM) Max Verstappen has revealed he has been grappling with “visibility issues” ever since his enormous crash at Silverstone in 2021.
On the top of their ultra-intense world championship battle, a faucet from Lewis Hamilton at immense velocity despatched the Pink Bull driver spearing into the obstacles.
Verstappen, now a triple world champion, was briefly hospitalised following the 51G sideways impression, and he now reveals: “For the reason that crash, I’ve been fighting visibility issues.”
The Dutchman informed Pink Bull’s German-language web site that his visibility is now most affected “on undulating programs or these with a number of promoting boards alongside the facet of the observe.”.
“On this race, I wasn’t simply battling in opposition to Lewis, but additionally in opposition to blurry photographs,” Verstappen stated, recalling his win in Austin a number of months later.
“It was like driving a speedboat at 300kph. I’ve by no means stated this earlier than, however for a number of laps it was so dangerous that I significantly thought of turning the automotive off,” he added.
“The one factor that helped was concentrating on my respiration whereas Lewis was respiration down my neck.”
