LN1 ππ§‘π₯ MV33 π¦ π π₯ CL16 πΉποΈβ‘οΈWanna yap F1 all day, but I just repost things. I have same bday as Lando π ATTENDING MIAMI & SILVER STONE GP '26
more info about the kart race:
Max will start at the back of the grid. The goal is to overtake all 100 opponents.
Max is not competing against other drivers, but against various Red Bull athletes, celebrities, and fans. He will also be able to communicate with them during the race.
andrea stella praised lando's world champion drive:
"i think he's driving at the level of a world champion. it's almost like i see lando stronger and stronger race by race. lando is capable of maximising the performance in qualifying trim. and then i think when you have conditions in which the car slides in the race, there's not much grip, then i think he's the master in these kind of conditions.
[stella was not concerned by the initial setback, believing that norris has found a level of belief that enables him to play the long game] i would say that definitely he is now expressing a higher level of assertiveness, the manoeuvre to pass antonelli today i think is a really good demonstration of that. he is demonstrating a higher level of self confidence and, this is interesting and i quite like it, the self confidence sometimes is not demonstrated by being the most aggressive.
sometimes you are self confident when you think like: you know what, i'm not going to have a fight now because i may lose in this fight, it's a very long race, see you at the end of the race'."
Not the way we wanted it to end. Hope you all still enjoyed the race, youβve been amazing all weekend. Thank you Zandvoort for all these truly special years π
with his Dutch GP victory, lando now has the 5th best pole to win ratio (of drivers with 10+ wins)
max verstappen 77%
fernando alonso 63%
michael schumacher 58%
lewis hamilton 58%
lando norris 55%
good companyπ
Stella: β"Lando was on top of his game, driving like the World Champion he is, and fully deserved this victory.β
βHe capitalised on what was available from the car and the tyres, managed some very difficult conditions extremely well, and produced some excellent overtaking manoeuvres.β
βI also want to recognise the work of the team on strategy. We extended the second stint to attack Andrea Kimi Antonelli and that worked well, so credit to everyone involved.β
AND THAT HE SAID.
ποΈ: "antonelli said that mercedes is not the fastest car anymore and mclaren is way too fast in zandvoort. and russell said mclaren is the team to beat. is that to put pressure on you?"
lando: "well, they're not going to say themselves, are they? they're not going to say that they're the team to beat, if they just got beaten today. so i don't think it's true. i think if i didn't get kimi when i overtook him, i don't think i would have won the race today. it's hard to say.
but i also know how good of a job i'm doing behind the wheel, and of course i'm never one to over-talk about myself, so normally i'm always the complete opposite. but for once i will give myself a little bit of credit that i feel like i'm doing a better job than everyone, and i think that can also make a difference. we certainly have a car now capable of beating them, even like we looked at yesterday in qualifying, but we didn't win yesterday, and we didn't really change much. but i worked a lot on my driving. i want to believe more than everyone else again, and we turned things around today.."
"it wasn't a lap that felt mega. but it was one where i committed a lot more through [..]
i don't have my delta on, so i don't know where i went quicker or slower, but it was a lap where i just thought i have nothing to lose and it paid off" ππ»
"i still believe it is possible. that's probably why subconsciously i made the decision to start training a bit earlier. when i get told i am nearly 100 points behind you don't feel like you are in it. compared to last year when i was 20-30 points behind.
i still believe i have a chance to defend my title but it's just not that i'm the main contender in the championship, first and second every weekend. there have not been many reasons to believe it is possible until budapest. obviously now it's a more genuine question"