๐จ | Carlos Sainz on the Bearman crash:
"We've been warning this kind of accident was going to happen.
"Here we were lucky there was an escape road. Now imagine going to Baku, Singapore, or Vegas - and having these closing speeds."
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Verstappen clears Lindblad at Turn 9 and is up to P6, five seconds behind Norris and on mediums compared to hards for the McLaren and Mercedes pair #F1#AusGP
Verstappen up to P13. He's making his way through the pack. The drivers are learning how to use the boost and overtake as they go along.
Verstappen up to P12 now.
Antonelli climbs up to P5.
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๐ฃ๏ธ Max Verstappen: โSometimes you're the underdog, sometimes you're dominating almost the whole season, that's something people probably don't like. That's not my problem. I'm here to win, and I'm trying to win every race, right? That's always the goal. Why would I feel sorry for success? That would be a bit silly.โ
โIt's better to be positively, letโs say, received. But the most important is that I'm true to myself, not to just look good to the outside. You either love it or hate it. I'm not there to make friends. I'm just myself. I'm always trying to be the same person on and off track.โ
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max about what GP means to him: ''it's been an emotional year. i don't want to go into detail but it's been tough but i'm very happy to be able to work with someone that passionate. of course he's my race engineer but i see him as my friend. we've lived through so many emotional things together and fantastic achievements.. yeah. i'm sure he was a bit emotional after the flag. so i'm excited to leave here and catch up with him, because it hasn't been easy at times for him.
i'm just very proud to be able to work with someone that good as well, also a proper example of someone that never gave up this season through the difficult times.''