Max Verstappen: Successful the Championship was an unbelievable second and I am so pleased with what we’ve got achieved as a Workforce and of myself too. This win actually means rather a lot to us and being a four-time World Champion is one thing I by no means thought attainable. I need to thank everybody a part of this success for all of the help this 12 months, what a season we’ve got had. There have been tough moments however we caught collectively, by no means gave up and got here again stronger, and that is what makes the season so particular. Seeking to Qatar, we’re nonetheless targeted for this race and it will likely be a busy one being a Dash. After all the season shouldn’t be over but and we nonetheless need to preserve the momentum going and produce residence as many factors as we will for the Workforce, so deliver on the subsequent two races.
Sergio Perez: Las Vegas was optimistic in that we had the tempo within the race and it was good to see us having the ability to be extra aggressive all through. For the ultimate two races, we have to make qualifying work and get the automotive in the best window on a extra constant foundation, in order that we might be beginning the place we ought to be on race days. Qatar holds completely completely different challenges to Vegas, so it’s going to he fascinating to see how the automotive performs on the floor right here, in completely completely different temperatures. The Dash format means we lose day trip on monitor however I’ve been on the manufacturing unit with my Workforce this week to verify we’re as greatest ready as we might be to hit the bottom operating on Friday.
Stats & Info
• Max grew to become solely the sixth driver in Components 1 historical past to have received the Drivers’ Championship on a minimum of 4 events.
• Max’s fourth title was the eighth received in a Pink Bull Racing automotive, surpassing Williams’ whole and taking the Workforce into fourth. Because the Workforce entered F1 in 2005, no constructor has received extra Drivers’ Championships.
• Checo will look to make his 280th Grand Prix race begin on the Losail Circuit, he’s at the moment ranked eighth all-time in historical past.
• Ultimately 12 months’s Qatar GP, Max achieved one in all his 5 ‘grand slam’ victories by successful from pole, main from begin to end and setting the quickest lap.
• This weekend can have the sixth and last dash race of the season. Max is probably the most profitable driver within the historical past of the format, amassing 110 profession dash factors (46 greater than the next-best driver).
