The F1 teams at Nurburgring circuit saw the brining in of safety car as the race was closing towards end. At this juncture, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen complained about the speed of the safety car and raised concern about low tyre temperatures.
The restart with only 11-laps to go was Verstappen's last shot at getting past Hamilton. However, Hamilton managed to keep his pace and bagged pole position.
Team Red Bull's Formula 1 boss Christian Horner believes that the DAS system gave Lewis Hamilton enough traction at the end of the Eifel GP. Horner says that DAS system was designed to help the drivers place heat onto the front tyres which made a lot of difference in terms of pace.
"I think because the safety car waited so long for the field to catch up and was going so slowly, the tyre temperature was a big issue," he said.
"And I think that Mercedes with their DAS system are perhaps able to handle that perhaps better than we were.
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"The restart was a little tricky, Max managed that well, and then it was fairly straightforward to the end of the race."
Despite losing the opportunity to present the team with a pole position, Horner mentioned that the Nurburgring witnessed another great performance from Verstappen who is at the verge of taking lead.
"Yeah, it was a very solid drive. He nicked fastest lap at the end of the race as well. He was gentle on the tyres at the beginning of the race.
"And really Max and Lewis, at one point, they were over 50 seconds ahead of [Daniel] Ricardo in P3, and were closing on lapping P4. So it's a very dominant display.
"But it feels like we have made progress this weekend, we have got a little closer, I think, to Mercedes here. And obviously great to get that second place again.
"I think particularly sector one we looked all weekend like we had the upper hand. Sector Three was our weakest sector in comparison, but I think generally it's been a strong weekend. I think we have made progress. So that's definitely encouraging.
"As I said, there were areas of the circuit here that we were equal to, or better than, the Mercedes."
