F1Weekly Podcast # 891

NASIR AND THE HOST ARE HANGING ON TIGHT THEY KNOW MERCEDES WILL GO ON THE ATTACK IN AUSTRIA BUT LET’S GET REAL…MAX COULD BE UNSTOPPABLE!!

MAX VERSTAPPEN Q&A

In France you scored a career hattrick in taking your third clean sweep of pole position, race victory and fastest lap. Just how good was last weekend?

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 us so did you expect to be so competitive?

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 our home track, the Red Bull Ring. What are you expecting?

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.

STATS & FACTS

• Red Bull Racing has scored three consecutive victories for the first time in the hybrid era
• Honda Racing has won three races in a row for the first time since Ayrton Senna won the opening four races of the 1991 Formula One World Championship
• Max scored a career hattrick at the French GP after taking pole position, race victory and fastest lapThe upcoming Styrian and Austrian Grands Prix present an opportunity to win consecutive races on consecutive weekends at the same race track – a feat no Formula One driver has ever accomplished
• With third place at the French Grand Prix, Checo scored back to back podium finishes for the first time in his career
• The 2021 Styrian Grand Prix takes place on 25-26-27 June, dates that only Red Bull Racing has won races on, with Daniel winning the 2017 Azerbaijan GP on June 25, Sebastian winning the 2011 European GP on June 26, and the 2010 European GP on June 27.

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