Max ahead of Abu Dhabi: “I don’t actually want the season to end”

Published on 17 November 2017 by Niels Hendrix

Max Verstappen looks ahead to the last Grand Prix of the season, next week in Abu Dhabi: “We will of course try and end the season with a strong result in Abu Dhabi. Last year was actually quite a good race after skipping a pit stop following a spin at turn 1, it was hard to manage the tyres to the end of the race but we did it and finished fourth.”

“I would say that my favourite part of the track is at turns 2 and 3, the fast left, right. It's also very cool driving underneath the hotel and racing in the darkness with all the lights. The final sector at Yas Marina is actually quite technical so you have to be really precise there, but it should also be our strongest part of the track. There are quite a few overtaking opportunities to make the race interesting, before the long straight at the hairpin and then at the end of the straight under braking for the next chicane section.”

“Abu Dhabi is the last race on the calendar, but I don't actually want the season to end. I'm really fired up at the moment and I just want to keep going. The nice thing will be to spend some time with friends and family over the winter break and then I will look ahead to January and get back in to training before it all starts again.”