Red Bull
Max Verstappen
“It was a perfect weekend and I think the start was key today. The pace wasn’t magic but we got a good start on the first stint and Charles got in the middle of myself and Lando which helped a lot and as soon as Lando was in clean air he was very fast. We just did the best we could and tried to manage our tyres in the best way possible even though they were overheating a bit. This performance was exactly what we need until the end of the season to fight for the title. The Team has done a great job, I’m having fun and it’s exciting for everyone. The performance of the car has been better and we need to keep the momentum going. We really maximised everything with the points and we need to continue having these perfect weekends until the end of the season. I am very happy to win again.”
Yuki Tsunoda
“Today was a great start and lap one once again, the first few laps were good, I had nice pace and managed to overtake a lot of cars. I enjoyed both races and had good confidence. I have scored points in both races this weekend so, overall, the weekend was positive. The pace today was ok, I could have maybe done a slightly better job with that, in the second stint especially. I have to keep scoring the points in the next few races and improve on the short runs in particular, as we have been struggling there. That has to be the focus now, I have to work on that and put it all together for the short run for Mexico and beyond.”
Laurent Mekies, Team Principal & CEO
"This has definitely been our strongest weekend in a long while. On a burning hot track, where we have found it tricky here in the past, Max kept extending the gap to his opponents in every session. If you see how tight it was on Friday, even though he was on pole for the Sprint, and then today, it was a substantial improvement.
"Once again, I want to thank everyone at the track and those back at base, who have been taking risks in terms of pushing everything to the limit, it’s uncomfortable, but the work they are doing is unbelievable and it’s paying off. They have unlocked so much from the car. We never took anything for granted, ultimately finding more and more performance as the weekend progressed.
"Max is driving at an incredible level and keeps raising the bar. We are going to continue with our approach for the upcoming races, starting by seeing how we can put the best possible car on track in Mexico. Yuki also enjoyed a strong weekend, especially today when he made up six places in the race, bringing home some useful points to add to those he scored in the Sprint yesterday.
"Finally, thank you and congratulations to our partners Mobil and Mobil 1 as we celebrate our 75th win together. It's been a strong and successful partnership and we look forward to celebrating many more together."
