The last time Max Verstappen crossed the finish line first was almost four months ago, but in Austin the long period without victories came to an end, so the Red Bull Racing driver was of course genuinely happy with the success in the sprint on the American circuit. By the way, of the 16 sprints that have already taken place in the history of the championship, 11 of them were won by him.
Max Verstappen: “It’s not that bad! It seems the old days are back! I’m very happy with today’s result, although if you look at how the whole race went the Ferraris were very fast, but for us the main thing is that we can really fight on the track again.
Usually we have to look in the rear-view mirrors and act carefully, but today we were able to build the race in our own way because we had a good pace.
You’re saying I won 11 out of 16 sprints? So it’s probably because I don’t like them! (laughs) If there is a sprint in the weekend program, there is always too much fuss.
In these conditions it is difficult to achieve optimal settings, but I think in all recent cases, when there were short races, our car had the right balance from the start. On weekends like this the pressure is always a little higher, but fortunately for us it worked out.”
Source: F1 News
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