rFactor does not blame Verstappen after a critical remark: "We can imagine that"

"A 24-hour race is an assault on material, and a few things happened just like in a real race. Only not with a physical car, but with computers, steering wheels and internet connections", Marcel Offermans starts telling at Motorsport.com. The top man hasn't spoken to Verstappen or Team Redline chief Atze Kerkhof yet. "I'll try to talk to Atze for a while. What I've seen is that Max had some problems with his connection or his computer, so his frame rate was not good".

The Dutch developer of the platform helped Verstappen to optimize his computer before the start of the competition. "He had just purchased a new system. It could be that it wasn't completely in order yet," says Offermans, who also doesn't rule out that it had to do with the internet connection or a bug in rFactor's system. "I'll leave that in the middle because I don't know exactly."

Verstappen crashed into the wall after problems with its connection to the server, damaging Team Redline's car to such an extent that it couldn't continue the race. The eight-time Grand Prix winner then announced that rFactor could 'f*ck off'.

Offermans doesn't blame Verstappen. "Yeah. I'm fine in his role because I'm a simracer myself. So I can imagine you get emotional when things go wrong in a race like that. Then you flop out of everything. I probably would have done the same thing. He will probably nuance that in a week from now", he concludes.