News, views and updates about four-time F1 World Champion Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver will be in a Red Bull car in 2025 as he looks to secure a record-equalling fifth consecutive Drivers’ Championship.
First to hit the track in today’s rainy qualifying session, Lando Norris finished in P5 but will start P4 for the Belgian GP due to Max Verstappen’s grid penalty. Despite finishing in pole position, Verstappen will start the race on the sixth row, whilst his teammate will line up on the first, in P2. When…
Sergio Pérez reflected on his qualifying session at the Belgian Grand Prix, where he secured P3, which translates to P2 on the grid due to Max Verstappen’s penalty. Speaking about the session, Pérez shared his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities ahead. “Yeah, it was very tricky at times. Obviously, as always, you know, in…
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen clocked the fastest lap in qualifying with a 1:53.159, 0.595s ahead of a distant Charles Leclerc in this year’s qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. However, he will start 11th after suffering a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his alloted engines for 2024. Speaking after qualifying, the 3-time world champion…
Qualifying kicked off at Spa in very wet conditions following heavy rain that started in FP3. Q1 Championship contender Lando Norris was first out, posting a 1:58.894. However, a 1:57.411 from Piastri saw him beat his teammate by almost 1.5s, with Hülkenberg splitting them. On his first flier, a 1:56.003 from Max Verstappen put him…
Final practice for the 2024 Belgian GP got underway in very wet conditions around Spa-Francorchamps, as the rain hit the circuit just minutes before the session started. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was the first car out on track, unsurprisingly sporting a set of the green-walled intermediate tyres – and immediately found conditions difficult, running…
Cloudy skies met the drivers and teams for the start of second practice for the 2024 Belgian GP, as most drivers headed out on the medium tyres for their opening runs, with penalty-bound Max Verstappen continuing his strong form from FP1 to lead the opening runs, a tenth of a second clear of Lando Norris…
Not even time to go out on track for the first session that penalties are already lining up ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen will be taking a 10 – place grid penalty for changing the ICE, while Yuki Tsunoda will be starting from the very back of the grid: multiple new components…
Following a clash between the Red Bull and Mercedes drivers at the Hungarian GP, the stewards’ have claimed that Hamilton could have done more to avoid contact with Verstappen. Due to the team’s strategy calls throughout the race, Verstappen was exposed to an undercut from Hamilton on two occasions. On lap 63 of the race,…
Max Verstappen is known for being vocal with his radio messages to his Race Engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, often causing a bit of a stir due to the witty remarks they exchange.However, the series of eyebrow-raising exchanges during the Hungarian Grand Prix raised questions on the relationship drivers have with their pit wall. Speaking during media…
Red Bull brought a significant upgrade to Hungary, hoping to offset their weaknesses and enhance performance. Max Verstappen’s weekend-long frustration suggests that it did not deliver the improvement the team had hoped for. After missing out on pole and qualifying third, Verstappen remarked: “With all those updates it’s still not good enough. (…) I was…
