Max ahead of Austrian double header: 'Nothing is guaranteed'

Published on 23 June 2021 by Niels Hendrix

After the thrilling race at Paul Ricard, we reflect wit Max Verstappen on his weekend. In France you scored a career hat trick in taking a clean sweep of pole position, race victory and fastest lap. Just how good was last weekend? Max answers: “It was an amazing weekend and it always feels good to get pole position, but to win was a great result. I’m super pleased with that, and we won the race on strategy. I hope now we can keep this up for the rest of the year. Everyone at the track and in the factory is working flat out and now we just need to keep pushing to win more races this year.”

Historically, Circuit Paul Ricard has been a weaker track for Red Bull Racing so did you expect to be so competitive? Max: “No we didn’t as Mercedes have been so strong there in the past but we are seeing that every race weekend is different in terms of competitiveness and you never know where you stand until you’re out on track. You never know what the others are capable of so we didn’t expect this result which makes it even more satisfying. It was a great team effort from everybody, you can see everyone is working very well together and it’s just a great team of people here.”

The next race of this triple header is at Red Bull’s home track, the Red Bull Ring. What are you expecting? Max: “I’m really looking forward to Austria because of course it’s like a home Grand Prix and the opportunity to have two races makes it even better. It’s always nice to race here and we’ve had good results at the Red Bull Ring but nothing is ever guaranteed. We have to again set up the car well there, read the conditions and react to them. I don’t know what the weather will be like but for sure I’m expecting it to be close again. We’ll find out when we get there but hopefully we can have two very good weekends.”

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