“That was really brutal, the way my team-mate tried to overtake me," Zuber complained afterwards, "It caused severe damage to the whole right side of my car. I am frustrated, as I absolutely wanted to score points and had already reached sixth place when my team-mate's mistake destroyed everything."
The double retirement left Zuber sixth overall in the points leaving Barcelona, with Maldonado back in a share of tenth, courtesy of the two-point bonus he scooped for Saturday's pole position.
It could have been worse for Zuber who, having had to jink around his stranded team-mate at the start on Saturday brought home a welcome podium first time out. At the start of the warm-up lap, he hadn't been able to select first gear, and took some time before moving off, before eventually retaking his allocated starting spot. Having then avoided Maldonado, he locked up into turn one, giving himself tyre-induced handling problems for much of the race.
“Even though I say it myself, it was a great manoeuvre, instinctively drawing to the right to pass Maldonado," he said of his start, "Unfortunately, though, my front tyres locked massively prior to the first turn, which caused flatspots that bothered me throughout the race as we only could change the prepared rear tyres at the pit-stop. Then there was so much traffic [in pit-lane] that I couldn't drive off as planned, and Senna was able to squeeze past me.
“But to score points at the first race and conquer a podium place is very good. The team did an excellent job. and we saw that we are fast. Now I'll put my foot down hard once more in Istanbul, ride a full attack and see what it adds up to in the end.”
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