Red Bull has explained that concerns about rising temperatures were the trigger for the squad urging Max Verstappen to slow down in the final stages of Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman had opened up a solid lead towards the end of the Monza race, after biding his team early in the grand prix as he battled Ferrari'sBut his hopes of an easy cruise to the flag suffered a late blow when his team came on the radio a few laps from the chequered flag and urged him to back off and not get near a gaggle of backmarkers.
"It was about the temperatures, to avoid them from going up further," he explained."We had to keep some of the temperatures within a certain window. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said that there was no immediate danger to Verstappen because of the temperatures, but the decision to slow him was more based on what would happen if he started following other cars.Photo by: Andy Hone /"He was managing some temperature issues, and we just didn't want to take any risk," said Horner.
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