Jad Mallak, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

Verstappen insists it is important to nail the next three races

Verstappen: Important to nail the next three races

Max Verstappen arrives in Mexico on a high, after winning in Austin a fortnight ago, and believes it is important to nail the next three races of the upcoming triple header. Verstappen was speaking in Red Bu... Read More...

Andreas Seidl says McLaren have no time to let down their guard.

Seidl: There’s no time to let down our guard

McLaren's Andreas Seidl admits there's no time to let down their guard, as they head into this week's Mexican Grand Prix looking over their shoulders, with a resurgent Ferrari chasing them hard to third in the ... Read More...

Stewart: Both of them are perhaps overdriving

Triple Formula 1 World Champion, Sir Jackie Stewart, called for the two title contenders this year to be cautious, claiming that both of them are perhaps overdriving. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are lock... Read More...

Helmut Marko says Max Verstappen needs to win two more races to secure the championship

Marko: We have to win at least two more races

Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko revealed that, with the Formula 1 Championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton being so close, the Dutchman needs to win at least two more races to stand a ch... Read More...

Christian Horner thinks that confidence is behind Sergio Perez's improved form

Horner: With Perez, I think it’s confidence

Sergio Perez has been on an upward trend in the last couple of races making two podium appearances in a row, and his boss Christian Horner thinks that confidence is the reason. Although 2020 marked one of Pere... Read More...

Carlos Sainz was not happy with how Drive to Survive portrayed Ferrari

Sainz: We were just going through a rough patch

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz admits that Netflix series "Drive to Survive" has played a role in increasing Formula 1's popularity Stateside, although he isn't happy with how his team was portrayed in it when they wer... Read More...

Verstappen win the 2021 United States Grand Prix

Marko: One of the best races I’ve seen from Max

Red Bull consultant Dr. Helmut Marko, is no doubt, Max Verstappen's biggest fan, singing his praises after that amazing Austin win, saying it was one of the best races he's seen from the Dutchman. No one can... Read More...

Hamilton: It was going to be a rollercoaster ride

It is fair to say that Lewis Hamilton hasn't experienced such a stern challenge for the Formula 1 World Championship as this year's, but he admits that he expected it to be a rollercoaster ride with Max Verst... Read More...

Honda Chief Masashi Yamamoto talks Max Verstappen, relations with Red Bull, leaving F1, but feels Honda will be back in F1 in the future.

Yamamoto: I think Honda will return to Formula 1

Honda F1 boss, Masashi Yamamoto, admits it is disappointing to be leaving Formula 1, while fighting for the title with Red Bull, but feels that Honda will return to the sport. After years of struggling with Mc... Read More...

Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton is calm despite defeat in Austin

Button: Lewis is calm

The 2021 United States Grand Prix was expected to favor Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, but it was Max Verstappen who left Austin a victor. However Jenson Button believes Lewis is calm despite the setback. Butt... Read More...

Nico Rosberg describes Max Verstappen as a giant after his win at the 2021 US GP

Rosberg: Max is a giant at the moment

Nico Rosberg is conflicted about who he thinks would be the 2021 Formula 1 World Champion this year, his former teammate Lewis Hamilton whom he knows well? Or Max Verstappen who he feels is a giant at the mom... Read More...

Austin Takeaways: Verstappen’s Tyre Masterclass

What a weekend Austin served! I say weekend because the dramatic buildup to the race warranted a mention. From Mercedes being dubbed the race favourites, to their early signs of dominance, only for the perfor... Read More...

Max Verstappen won the 2021 US GP under extreme pressure from Lewis Hamilton

Verstappen: Pressure was on for the whole race

Max Verstappen was able to deliver the goods on Sunday for the 2021 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, but it was no easy task as the Dutchman felt the pressure was on for the whole race. But the outcome wa... Read More...

Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second in the 2021 US GP behind Max Verstappen

Hamilton: Red Bull just had the upper hand

Lewis Hamilton did all he could to try and win the 2021 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, but had to settle for second admitting that Red Bull just had the upper hand. The seven-time World Champion was ag... Read More...

Lando Norris thinks he could've done better after finishing eighth at the 2021 US Grand Prix

Norris: I could’ve done better

Lando Norris was not his usual brilliant self at the 2021 United States Grand Prix, outqualified by his teammate and finishing eighth on the a day where he could've done better. The only exciting part about No... Read More...

Sergio Perez finished third in the 2021 US GP

Perez: The hardest and longest race of my life.

Sergio Perez was an excellent third in the 2021 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, but had to survive what he labelled "the hardest and longest race of my life" to achieve this result. The Mexican had to take... Read More...

Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth at the 2021 US Grand Prix

Ricciardo: On paper fifth is really good

Daniel Ricciardo delivered a strong performance in the 2021 United States Grand Prix, outqualifying his teammate, and outracing one Ferrari, to finish fifth, something he thinks is really good on paper. With F... Read More...

Max Verstappen takes pole at Austin for the 2021 US Grand Prix

Verstappen: I still fully expect it to be tough out there

It was clear from qualifying for the 2021 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, that it would be risky to bet against Max Verstappen getting pole, which he duly did but still expects it to be tough. The turnar... Read More...

Author Jad Mallak