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2023 Formula One World Championship
2023 Austrian Grand Prix
Round 9
Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Austria
Sunday, 2 July 2023
Max Verstappen will be looking to become the first racing driver to win the
Austrian Grand Prix four times when he takes part in this weekend's race.
Most recent race
The Red Bull Racing-RBPT driver is unstoppable at the moment having won the Canadian Grand Prix on June 18 - making it four consecutive victories this season.
Verstappen started on P1 and he was able to maintain his lead until the end of an entertaining race which took place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Formula One title ambitions
The Dutch-Belgian racing driver is placed at the top of the World Drivers' Championship standings having accumulated 195 points from seven races.
Verstappen is 69 points clear of second-placed Sergio Perez of Red Bull Racing-RBPT as the duo goes head-to-head for the 2023 Formula One World title.
Why Perez could win the 2023 Austrian MotoGP
The reigning Formula One world champion will be returning to one of his favourite tracks, Red Bull Ring where he has won three races in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Verstappen is also in great form at the moment having won four races in a row - Miami Grand Prix, Monaco Grand Prix, Spanish Grand Prix and Canadian Grand Prix.
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What did he say?
“Of course, to tie with Ayrton is something incredible. I’m proud of that, but of course, I hope it’s not stopping here, you know – I hope that we can keep on winning more races.”
“Not worried but you are alert because you keep checking: is he catching or not? What do I need to do, because at the beginning of the race when he pass Lewis [Hamilton of Mercdes], OK, let’s see what his pace is and then initially it was quick and then I could manage my pace around it."
"And then on the hard tyres, I think the beginning was good, like I was creating a bit of a gap but then I started to struggle with my tyres a little bit so it’s constantly just talking to your engineers, seeing of course on the pit board what’s happening," he added.
"You can’t relax too much, and especially today with the tyres being so cold, you have to be on it all the time, especially also here a street circuit. A tiny mistake is big lap time lost or you’re in the wall.”
2022 Austrian Grand Prix results
Winner: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
Runner-up: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Third-place: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
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