Max Verstappen and Red Bull They continue to be the reference in the Formula 1 and this Friday the three-time world champion achieved pole position for the sprint race of the Miami Grand Prixwhich will be held this Saturday in advance of the main competition that will be on Sunday on the street circuit that surrounds the Hard Rock Stadium. In the midst of that joy and also surprise because the 26-year-old Dutchman did not expect to finish ahead.
The situation of Red Bull, the world champion team that has been crushing in the last three seasons. Your boss, Christian Horner, has still not managed to get out of the scandal due to her co-worker’s complaint for alleged inappropriate conduct and coercive behavior. Although the team-manager was acquitted, he is still involved in the issue.
In addition, the Austrian team announced the departure of its chief designer, Adrian Neweyby 2025 and rumors suggest that it will become Ferrariwhere he already confirmed his arrival Lewis Hamilton. They both know each other from the time of McLarenwhen the seven-time world champion was 13 years old and began to be sponsored in karting by the Woking squad.
While Verstappen He spoke about his plans and for the moment conveyed peace of mind to his team. “My future is with Red Bull, right now”he stated in an interview with Telegraaf. Despite being on Mercedes’ radar, he maintained that “I understand that Toto (Wolff) is interested and optimistic, but again, all I can say is that I want to stay in the team.”
The possibility of leaving first arose with the scandal of Horner. His father, Jos, a former F1 driver, stated that if the team-manager did not leave the team was going to implode. However, Max insisted that he will stay “because I have faith in this project. But deep down, you don’t know what will happen in the future.”
For now the Dutchman did again what he knows best, which is to drive an F1 car and this Friday despite expressing his discomfort at not having the best pace in qualifying for the Sprint race, he also took advantage of the fact that his closest competitors such as Charles Leclerc could not squeeze the most out of his Ferrari. The Monegasque had a particular episode in free practice since he spun, his car was crossed and it took him several minutes to adjust it to continue on the track. One of those who had to wait for him was hamilton that on the radio he told him ironically, “Charles, take the time you need”.
Others who had problems were the Mercedes drivers, himself hamilton and his partner George Russellwho They could not reach the third and final qualifying cut and they didn’t make it into the top ten. This Saturday in the Sprint race they will start Russell eleventh and Hamilton, twelfth.
It was so Verstappen He had the best record for this Saturday’s competition and will look for another victory. It should be remembered that once the sprint race Qualification for the main competition on Sunday will take place.
This is the sixth date of the season with the championship leader Verstappenwith 110 points and leads his teammate by 25, Sergio Czech Perez.
