Waiting for today’s race, with the green light scheduled for 15:00, the weekend of the Red Bull on its own circuit, even more after the affirmation of Max Verstappen in Sprint of the Austrian Grand Prix. The reigning world champion, already author of the pole position in Friday’s qualifying, then conceded an encore in the 24-lap test, resisting Charles Leclerc’s lunge at the start and extending over the Monegasque in the following laps.
As if that were not enough, the Anglo-Austrian team will also be able to enjoy the presence of Sergio Perez among the top five on the starting grid, thanks to the Mexican’s excellent comeback from 13th position – due to the penalty imposed by the Race Direction after having exceeded the track limits in Q2 – up to 5th place.
In all this, the one who expressed the greatest satisfaction was the Red Bull team principal, Christian Hornerloaded for the appointment this afternoon after the impeccable performances, or almost so far, of his two drivers: “It was great to get pole on Friday and win in the Sprint – he has declared – Max used the tires a lot to keep his pursuers out of the DRS zone. The stint was quite long, and Ferrari was saving the tires, but this is the strategy we chose; what you remove at the beginning, you recover at the end. Max handled it well and it was a pretty comfortable race for him. Checo was heavily penalized on Friday, but yesterday he made an incredible first lap: he recovered eight positions to come back 5th, just one point away from where we thought he should be. Today will be a fascinating race – he added – you can see that the Ferraris are fast, so we need another good start, a great first lap and to stay focused. The support we had here in Austria at the Red Bull Ring has been incredible, for the Team and for Max in particular, from the Orange Army. The fans from all over the world have been fantastic, but it’s nice to be racing at home and this prepares us for an exciting race ”.
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