Max motivated: 'We need to stay on top of everything'

Published on 30 June 2021 by Niels Hendrix

Looking back at his dominant victory in the Styrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, Max Verstappen says: “To win our home race last weekend was a whole team effort and we can be very happy with that, but we cannot expect the same result easily this weekend. People will learn from what they didn’t do so well last week and also we have softer tyre compounds which could mix things up as well. We had a very positive race but there are always things we can do better and I naturally expect everyone to be closer this weekend as this is usually what happens when you have back-to-back races at the same track.”

The Dutch Red Bull Racing driver continues: “As a team we are focused on ourselves and I like that everyone is still pushing and wants to improve, as that is what Formula 1 and competition is about. It is very important to me to see everyone motivated and adding performance and from my side I will keep driving to the maximum each weekend so we can try and stay ahead. At the moment we have a very good package but we need to keep on top of everything as it is still a very long season.”