The Formula 1 He is heading to Austin for the first time in two years, the circuit where Mercedes reigns. With the exception of one race, the team has won all of them at the Circuit of the Americas since 2014 and in the eight events held in Austin, Lewis Hamilton has been the champion five times.
However, Mercedes should not be trusted, as it was the season of Max Verstappen, who has performed positively in Austin: he finished third in 2019, second in 2018 and fourth in 2017. Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen all took the podium in 2019.
Hamilton, who is six points behind Max Verstappen, has refused to admit that there will be races in which Mercedes will be second to Red Bull. What follows, however, is the Grand Prix of Mexico, where Red Bull has won twice in the last five years.
“It’s important to win every race in some way, you know, maximizing our points, that’s our goal for the next six races. It’s going to be incredibly difficult and there will be times when maybe we can get them (from Red Bull) and I don’t like to assume that Mexico isn’t going to be strong, but they are usually very strong in Mexico. “
The British pilot spoke of a growth in the interest of the United States Grand Prix within the American public and recalled his first race in 2007 at Indianapolis.
“I think we knew from the beginning that there was great potential here. My first race was in 2007, but I have already been to a NASCAR race, I have been to an NFL game, an NBA game, I have seen what it is like, here they are crazy about sports ”.
In the last race in Turkey, Verstappen couldn’t keep up with Hamilton. At the Istanbul circuit, Red Bull achieved a double podium finish when Sergio Pérez finished behind Verstappen and the Dutchman edged out Hamilton in four of the last five Grands Prix. In the constructors’ championship Red Bull is 36 points behind its rivals.
“I mean, I am not worried, because there is nothing you can do about it. But we have to focus on our side. I think there are some things we can do better, and we learned a lot again in Turkey.”
The Dutch pilot Max Verstappen He is not mortified for winning the Formula 1 championship and he assured that the fact of winning the title does not change his life.
“To be honest, for some it does change your life, but for me not. Of course that is my goal, and I will always try to do my best, but it will not change my life in terms of how I live it or what I’ll do it later, “he declared Verstappen on a visit to ExxonMobil.
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