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.
Max Verstappen says his defensive moves against Lando Norris at the closing stages of the Austrian GP were undeserving of the “severe” 10-second time penalty that he got for causing a collision with the McLaren driver on lap 64. Verstappen had led the early and middle stages of the race comfortably, but a slow final…
Lando Norris failed to see the chequered flag at the 2024 Austrian GP after a late collision with Max Verstappen in turn three, which resulted in severe damage to the McLaren and relegated him to not finishing a race that he was so close to taking the lead. After a difficult first couple of stints…
Everyone was on mediums aside from Zhou Guanyu who went for hards. The Chinese driver started in the pits following set-up changes. Verstappen got away well, comfortably leading Norris. The McLaren driver had to defend hard against Russell up to turn 3. Lewis Hamilton cleared Carlos Sainz for 4th but took to the run off….
Max Verstappen was satisfied as the Red Bull man stormed to an eight pole position in the 2024 season, just shy of half a second ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris. Max Verstappen has secured his eight pole position of 2024, and his first since the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix last month, in dominant…
Q1 Max Verstappen was first out of the pits and logged a 1:06.054 to kick things off, with Sergio Perez just under 0.2s away. A 1:05.941 from Carlos Sainz saw the Spaniard break the 66s barrier to go fastest. However, that was beaten by 0.040s seconds later by teammate Charles Leclerc. Norris and Piastri managed…
The heat in Spielberg set the stage for an intense Sprint Race ahead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, and with an aborted start after the formation lap reduced the race to 23 laps. As the race began, Verstappen claimed the lead in turn one, leaving the McLaren’s of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to…
A baking hot Sprint Saturday in Spielberg saw all the drivers start the 24-lap race on the medium tyres off the line – and Alex Albon started from the pit lane after changing his set-up during parc fermé. The start was aborted after the formation lap, despite no obvious danger in sight, which meant the…
Christian Horner faced a barrage of questions in the team bosses press conference on Friday as Jos Verstappen once again made headlines with comments regarding the Red Bull Racing team principal. The Dutchman was due to take part in the legends parade at the Red Bull Ring, driving Sebastian Vettel’s RB8. However, he pulled out…
The championship leader took his first pole since the Imola GP with a brilliant performance, overturning his earlier practice woes. The home round for his team hadn’t started in the best way as Verstappen had stopped on the pit straight due to a sensor issue, but ultimately he was able to return on track right…
Max Verstappen reigns supreme once again, putting his Red Bull on pole position for the sprint race, his second sprint pole in a row, and eighth in his F1 career. The Flying Dutchman beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to pole position by just under a tenth in a messy end to Sprint Qualifying. SQ1 The start…
