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Jos Verstappen about preparing Max: "Don't need to advise him"
- GPblog.com
Jos Verstappen is in Abu Dhabi to hopefully celebrate a big party on Sunday after the 22nd Grand Prix of the season. Until then he will let Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing do their own thing as much as possible. Verstappen sr. has no doubt that all matters are being prepared and analysed extremely well.
Jos tells Sky Sports that his son will do everything he can to win the last race of the year in Abu Dhabi. "I don't have to advise him, he has the right people around him to know what to do." The former Formula One driver goes on to say that it is important to work very hard to get the car as fast as possible and then fight to finish as high as possible in the race.
Jos Verstappen has also noticed that rival Mercedes has been quite fast in the last couple of Grands Prix. Hamilton has been on top of the podium the last three Sundays. The 49-year-old Dutchman does not look much at the German team's W12 in the run-up to the race in Abu Dhabi. The focus is mainly on preparing the RB16B.
Clear mission Verstappen
"I know they [Max's crew] tried to do everything possible to make the Red Bull car as fast as possible. The only thing he has to do is win the race," he hinted. Should Verstappen cross the line first at the Yas Marina Circuit, as he did last year, it will be his first world title and his tenth win of the 2021 season.