Verstappen vows to leave 30g crash behind him

Max Verstappen says he has left his huge Monaco shunt behind him, as the Toro Rosso rookie fully focuses on this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix where he plans to make “a few overtakes”.

The 17-year-old starred around the Monte Carlo streets, pulling off bold passing manoeuvres on several rivals before careering into the back of Romain Grosjean’s Lotus as the pair squabbled over P10.

As a result, Verstappen will have to undergo mandatory FIA medical checks on Thursday in order to be given the green light to race at Montreal.

“Without a doubt it was my biggest crash,” he said on his official website. “The impact was 30g.

“You just see the barrier come towards you and you're thinking 'I really have to brace myself'. You know you're about to crash.”

“But that crash is behind me now. There's nothing I can change and everything is said and done.”

In the immediate aftermath of the crash, Verstappen quickly accused Grosjean of brake-testing him, but race marshals eventually decided to hand a five-place grid penalty to the Dutch teenager.

“It means I'll have to do a few overtakes,” adds the FIA Euro F3 graduate.

Having never raced at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Verstappen travelled to Red Bull’s headquarters at Milton Keynes, where he spent a one-day session inside the simulator to get to grips with the Île Notre-Dame venue.

“It's mainly to help Toro Rosso with the car's set up and to prepare myself for the race. All went well. I did a lot of laps. Montreal is a fun track, you get close to the wall quite often.

“Anything can happen in Canada with a high chance of a safety car. With the right strategy and pace I see potential”.

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