D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Max Verstappen issuing an apology for Spanish Grand Prix crash

Max Verstappen has issued a veiled apology for his crash with George Russell in the Spanish Grand Prix.

The four-time world champion was hit with a 10-second penalty by stewards for causing a collision with two laps remaining.

Verstappen has now admitted his move 'was not right and should have not happened'.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Darcy water Graves and stalk hoosters with me, Max for
step and A. So did he almost apologize kind of?

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Maybe he said it wasn't right and it shouldn't have happened.
I don't know if he was referring to the accident
or the fact the team told him to give the
place back didn't like it. He said, we've got a
wee bit of a volcano about him. Max and see
getting pushed and pushed and mclarena faster. They've got a
better car, and he've got two drivers who are putting
it down, and he's got no support because Yuki Snoda

(00:30):
has found out exactly what Lim Lawson found out, which
is what the Mexican found out before him. That second
car is really hard, right, So he's getting no supports.
Max A stepping from the team and he's looking to
try and pick up what five consecutive world championships, and
that doesn't look like it's going to happen. Oscar Piastre

(00:52):
is one quick little peddler, so a lot of frustration.
He picked up some penalty points, he got knocked back
from where he finished. What was it eleven points or something.
He's got now throughout the season's only one point away
from a band, so he better just calm the farm.
But we love that about Verstapping because he has got

(01:14):
that fire and some people out there listening. Oh no,
and it's dangerous and he shouldn't be allowed on the road.
And there is a degree of that too. Just because
you don't like something, you don't go driving straight into
the side. And this is not the Northwest Motorway. We
are not we are not on wins talking now, doctor Roparta.
You can't get away with that. But if you look
at the great drivers of all time in Formula One,

(01:34):
there's something not quite right. They've got a bit of
a screw loose and they do things that are questionable
in the heat of the moment. You go back to
the Shoemaker days, who just drives into his own teammates,
win the championship, don't even think about it, smash. So
a bit of grief. But besides that, from the weekend,
it's great to see Liam Lawson doing the same thing. Yeah,

(01:55):
Liam Lawson, you know he's there all the other drivers
looking in the air. Winger is now going where he
because he's not afraid And look, he knocked a couple
of people got into a bit of stripe that he
didn't get pinged by the masters. He didn't break his car,
didn't quite get the result he's after. But he's showing
that I'm coming to get you, which is probably why
I read Bull sign him in the first place.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Exactly now, Mike Tindall, is it the helm of this
latest attempt to create a rebel rugby situation? But what
is the point why?

Speaker 2 (02:23):
I don't know. I'd like to find him. I haven't
got his phone number if anyone's got Tandall's phone number,
because he I hang around here for wadd and he's
out here with his Royal.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Missess for a while. If they were to create a
rebel rugby club competition, would that be Underworld rugby or
would that be separate in the past.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Well, it'd have to be well underworld rugby. Would the
world rugby would have to go dark? Because what would
happen is if the World Rugby weren't interested. This is
a rebel league. And look the lawyer behind it's the
lawyer for our l iv goal from the Indian Premier League,
so he's obviously got some big connections. But if they
say your fine, take that million dollars to play the game.
That is awesome, and then World Rugby go, you can't

(02:58):
play in the World Cup. This is not under our control,
so we're not going to let you play in the
World Cup.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
So you want to take them in the World Cup?

Speaker 2 (03:05):
You want no, no, no, because this is a series
where they have windows where they play internationals across the country,
across the globe at various stadiums like New Camp Late
really big.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
So I think that the trick he will be to
be outside of World Rugby's control so that you can
adjust the rules appropriately and make the game better. Because
the rules of the problem, well, the rugby is the problem.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
We always know. We all know that everyone's got a price,
and we found that was a billion dollars for top golfers. Right,
So if they try and do this and think they
can create another league, the players will not be allowed
to represent internacity out of joint. They go, fine, you're
not going to play it, but they do what you want.
You go over there, So what's the price.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
So it's going to be it's going to be ones
who have been through and are out of all black contention,
out of English.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
Or maybe the great hope, and they go, look we'll
get you, come and play for us.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
We're going to give you.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
This much money. See, but I don't, I don't know.
It's another shot. If anything, what it's doing is it's
setting a fire underneath world rugby or putting a boot
up there backside and going, don't be complacent.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Want Mike Tindall's number. Okay, well nine Garcia water Grave
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