Max Verstappen would not mind if two Grands Prix are held in Austria. The calendar for Formula 1 has to be adjusted considerably due to the corona crisis and the plan is to start the season with a double race on the Red Bull Ring.
“Of course I like to ride the Red Bull Ring. Hopefully we have two races there. I think it is a nice job and the last two years we have of course performed very well”, he means in conversation with the Austrian on Monday ServusTV on his victories in 2018 and 2019.
If the two Grands Prix can take place in Austria on July 5 and 12, this will probably happen behind closed doors. That would mean that Verstappen is not welcomed by thousands of Dutch fans, who travel to Austria every year.
“It is very special to see so much orange. Of course it is very unfortunate if there would be no fans when we are driving somewhere, but I think the most important thing at the moment is that we return to races for the championship as soon as the situation allows. “
‘I am fit and ready’
The season should have started in March, but the first ten Grands Prix have already been canceled due to the outbreak of the corona virus. Former world champion Nico Rosberg recently said that Verstappen would have the advantage if there are fewer races to run this year.
“Usually we are faster in the second half of the season, after the summer break. Hopefully we can make that step now,” says the Limburg driver of Red Bull Racing, who last year behind the Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas finished third in the World Cup stand, not really into that.
“The feeling with the car was good during the winter tests in Barcelona. We will see it when we are back in the car, hopefully it is in Austria. At least I am fit and we all want to go racing again. that is ready for. “
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