2023-11-27 10:57:17
The season couldn’t have ended better for Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing: 54th GP victory for Max, his 19th in this fabulous 2023 season, in which Red Bull Racing only had to admit defeat once in 22 Grands Prix – Carlos Sainz won with Ferrari in Singapore.
Jos Verstappen accompanied his son to Abu Dhabi. The 51-year-old Jos, who competed in 107 Formula 1 World Championship races from Brazil 1994 to Japan 2003, looks back on the 2023 season: “This year is already very strong. In every race, Max was 100 percent there and didn’t let any setbacks bother him. Like at the Yas Marina Circuit on Saturday – the handling of the car was difficult in the third training session, but it went perfectly in qualifying. This is the strength of Max, but also of his racing engineers. They understand what he needs and that’s great.”
After 22 Grands Prix and 6 sprints, three-time champion Verstappen can now take a deep breath. Jos Verstappen says to his Sky colleagues: “For Max, winter means that he eats and drinks what he wants and that he can switch off from Formula 1. This is important to recharge your batteries. He wants to be left alone now and not talk about Formula 1. Training will be intensified again in mid-January.”
Jos Verstappen feels little of general Formula 1 fatigue: “Max is definitely not tired. But he is already happy that this season is over. It wasn’t easy, many of the team are a little sick because of the exertion, especially recently with five races in six weeks on three continents.
With regard to the 2024 season, Jos says: “24 races are too much for me anyway. I don’t know when it will be too much for Max. But he’s definitely fulfilling his contract.”
With Red Bull Racing that lasts until the end of 2028.
Abu Dhabi-GP, Yas Marina Circuit
01. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull, 1:27:02,624 h
02. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, +17,993 sec
03. George Russell (GB), Mercedes, +20,328
04. Sergio Pérez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +21,453
05. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +24.284
06. Oscar Piastri (AUS), McLaren, +31.487
07. Fernando Alonso (E), Aston Martin, +39,512
08. Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri, +43,088
09. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, +44,424
10. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, + 55,632
11. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), AlphaTauri, +56.229
12. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +1:06,373 min
13. Pierre Gasly (F), Alpine, +1:10,360
14. Alex Albon (T), Williams, +1:13,184
15. Nico Hülkenberg (D), Haas, +1:23,696
16. Logan Sargeant (USA), Williams, +1:27,791
17. Guanyu Zhou (RCH), Alfa Romeo, +1:29,422
18. Carlos Sainz (L), Ferrari, +1 Runde
19. Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo, +1 Runde
20. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, +1 Round
Final World Cup standings (22 World Championship runs, 6 sprints)
driver
01. Verstappen 575 points
02. Pérez 285
03. Hamilton 234
04. Alonso 206
05. Leclerc 206
06. Norris 205
07. Sainz 200
08. Russell 175
09. Plates 97
10. Stroll 74
11. Gasly 62
12. Ocon 58
13. Albon 27
14. Tsunoda 17
15. Bottas 10
16. Hulkenberg 9
17. Ricciardo 6
18. Zhou 6
19. Magnussen 3
20. Lawson 2
21. Sargeant 1
22. De Vries 0
Constructors’ Cup
01. Red Bull Racing 860 Punkte
02. Mercedes 409
03. Ferrari 406
04. McLaren 302
05. Aston Martin 280
06. Alpine 120
07. Williams 28
08. AlphaTauri 25
09. Alfa Romeo 16
10. Haas 12
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