Max looking forward to Brazil: 'I expect a similar close battle'

Published on 10 November 2021 by Niels Hendrix

Looking back at the Mexican Grand Prix, we ask Max how it felt to be on the top step of the podium there again. Max says: “It felt really good to win in Mexico. As a team it almost couldn’t have gone any better for us. It was great to have Checo up there with me and that’s what we want, we have to keep on pushing. I really didn’t expect qualifying to go how it did but I always knew the car would be good in the race. We had a pace advantage and I was able to manage it to the end of the race.”

What are your expectations for the Brazilian GP? Max: “Heading to Brazil, it’s difficult to say how competitive we are going to be. In 2019 we won the race but it was a close battle all the way through and I expect something very similar again this year. Let’s see what the weather forecast is going to be because that can impact the performance quite a bit. It’s also a sprint race this weekend; I tend to do well in the sprint race but then get bad race results so let’s try and turn it around.”

Red Bull Racing are one point behind in the constructors championship. What would it mean for the Red Bull to win it? “It would mean a lot to Red Bull to win”, says Max. “We of course work for both championships so to get those points in Mexico was amazing. Checo has been on fire for the past few races. For now, we are taking it race by race and we just need to keep pushing.”