Infirmable, or rather, unattainable. This is what emerged from Saturday sprints in Austria with Max Verstappen who wins again. The Dutch pilot of Red Bull concludes before two o'clock Ferrari di Leclerc e Sainz.
Verstappen: “Thanks to the Ferrari battle I had no problems”
For the world champion there were no huge difficulties in management, especially considering what happened behind him. There battle between Leclerc and Sainz in fact it allowed Verstappen to extend and control the mini race on Saturday without huge problems.
"Great to see this crowd and lots of orange in the stands. The race was decent –Verstappen declared once the Sprint was over we had a good pace at the start, after which we were very close in pace to the Ferraris. Sprints should be like this, quite fun pushing hard from start to finish. They fought with each other at the beginning, so I managed to break away a little. But the pace was similar."
Focus on the race
And now, after scoring the first eight points of the weekend, it's time to do en plein. Difficult, but it goes without saying that this will be it the target of super Max: “I expect an interesting race and battle tomorrow. The race will be much longer, it will also be complicated for the tyres. The car is good, there are things to optimize, but overall we are competitive".
STATEMENT SOURCE: FormulaPassion