He confirmed that "Red Bull" is on the right path to reap more victories in "Formula 1".

Verstappen: The first title at "Yas Marina" ... a warning message to competitors in 2021

"Red Bull" driver, Dutchman Max Verstappen, revealed that he was applying great pressure towards winning his first title in the "Etihad Airways Grand Prix" race, which took place the day before yesterday at the Yas Marina circuit at the end of the World Prix racing championship. "Formula 1", for the current season, represents an early warning message to competitors in 2021, "that we have a competitive car that is capable, in the coming year, to achieve more victories."

Verstappen said, in press statements after the coronation ceremony, that “the keenness to score the fastest lap in the qualifying trials on Saturday, and to follow a successful strategy with the team in the Sunday race, were behind my first victory at the Yas Marina Circuit, which has always witnessed the dominance of cars ( Mercedes), over the past six years, so that this victory came as an early message to competitors in the coming year, that we are up to the challenge in being able to reap more victories. ”

He explained: “Following the pressure method, throughout the course of the (Yas Marina Circuit) race until the last laps, it allowed me to achieve my first victory over this circuit, and the second for me this season, during which I suffered many withdrawals due to various problems, but winning a circuit fit perfectly. The chief of the Mercedes team cars, which has been crowned consecutively since 2014 in the Etihad Aviation Prize race in Abu Dhabi, reveals that we are on the right track in giving the team a competitive car for the next season, whether in terms of the remarkable development in the performance of the engine, or the bodywork, especially That there will be no drastic changes to cars in the 2021 season.

He added, "The 2019 season is the best in my career, although I ran very difficult races, and I believe that the competition will continue next year with the (Mercedes) duo, whether world champion Lewis Hamilton or Finnish Valtteri Bottas."

He continued: “I was close to finishing second place in the world championship of drivers, but the problems that I faced, especially mechanical, and my having to withdraw from several races in the 2020 season, deprived me of the ability to achieve this, and my remaining third in the championship standings by a difference. Little about Potas ».

The title of "Yas Marina" was won by Dutch driver Max Verstappen with his second victory in the 2020 season, following his title in the "70th Anniversary Celebration" race that he achieved at the British Silverstone this summer, and the tenth in his professional career that the Dutch started in 2015, despite his victory in a race. "Etihad Airways Grand Prix" in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen settled for ending the 2020 season in third place in the general ranking of the drivers' championship, with a score of 214 points, nine points behind the second place that went to the Finnish Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, while the lead went with a seventh world title. In favor of Britain's Lewis Hamilton, with a total of 347 points.

• “Using pressure throughout the race allowed me to win.”

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