The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), mathematically, in two weeks, Formula One world champion – for the third year in a row -, who won this Sunday the United States Grand Prix, the eighteenth year, declared at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin (Texas) that his “50th victory” in the premier class “is incredible” and that he is “very proud” for that reason.
“I had brake problems throughout the race and because of that this Sunday was more difficult for me than the sprint on Saturday.“explains Verstappen, 26 years old, who equaled, by winning the COTA – starting from sixth position on the grid – his record of victories in the same season: fifteen. A record that can be improved in the four remaining races until at the end of the contest.
“Found it difficult to overtake from sixth place (on the grid)“said the Dutch star, who leads the World Cup with 466 points, 228 more than his teammate, Mexican Sergio Pérez, fifth this Sunday at the Austin circuit.
“I also do not want to destroy the wheels, so it is necessary to find a middle ground“said the super-sports predator from the Netherlands after signing his fifteenth victory in the course’s first eighteen races.
“The Victory 50 is something incredible“, indicated the ‘Mad Max’ after putting himself just one away from the fourth all-time mark in F1, held by the French quadruple world champion Alain Prost.
“This is something that makes me feel very proud. Now we continue. We will insist; and we go for more“Verstappen said this Sunday in Austin, after winning the United States Grand Prix.
Source: La Verdad
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