Jos Verstappen

Verstappen finished third in the Australian Grand Prix to score Honda's first podium of the V6 turbo-hybrid era and its first F1 rostrum since Rubens Barrichello was third in the 2008 British Grand Prix.<br>He caught and passed Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari during the race and pressure Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes in the closing stages as well.<br>Asked by Motorsport.com how encouraging that race-long ...

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Verstappen ended Friday eight tenths off the pace in his Honda-powered RB15 but was still Mercedes’ nearest challenger despite his performance run not being completed on as low fuel level as usual.<br>On Saturday morning, ahead of final practice, the FIA revealed that Red Bull had completed a survival cell change.<br>The team has submitted its scrutineering declaration form, as the rules have ...

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The Frenchman, stepping up to Red Bull from Toro Rosso, says he will need some time to get up to speed, and hopes to learn as much as he can from his teammate in the meantime.<br>"At the moment it's clearly not the target, we don't have the same experience in the team, and also in F1," he said when asked about beating the Dutchman.<br>"I would say it would not be the right target to focus on him ...

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The Dutchman lapped the Australian Grand Prix venue with seven-time Supercars champion Whincup thanks to shared backer Red Bull, marking his first on-track experience in a Supercar.<br>The ride follows a close encounter with a Triple Eight Holden back in 2017, when Verstappen sat in Shane van Gisbergen's car during the AGP weekend.<br>Having Verstappen in the passenger seat of Whincup's #88 ZB ...

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Red Bull enjoyed a promising two weeks of pre-season testing at Barcelona with its new engine partner and did not suffer any notable reliability concerns.<br>It only lost significant mileage because of two separate Pierre Gasly crashes, with Red Bull and Honda both satisfied with the early indications of the manufacturer's reliability and performance.<br>Asked how the on-track work compared to ...

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Verstappen's Red Bull team will use Honda engines in F1 this season after finally splitting from long-time partner Renault.<br>Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com, Verstappen said his excitement to kick off the new Red Bull-Honda alliance started well before the two promising weeks of official pre-season testing at Barcelona that have just been completed.<br>"I was very excited to do the ...

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Red Bull had to repair a heavily damaged RB15 after Gasly shunted at the high-speed Campsa right-hander on the penultimate day of Barcelona testing.<br>The team flew in parts overnight to complete the rebuild and Verstappen was able to hit the track half an hour after the day start.<br>However, he completed just 29 laps before Red Bull needed to assess the car's gearbox, which had been changed ...

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Verstappen was involved in various incidents in a scrappy start to last season but a change in approach after his crash in Monaco set him on a run of 10 podiums from 15 races.<br>The 21-year-old still made headlines for other reasons as he regularly hit out at engine supplier Renault, but Marko believes Red Bull's switch to Honda and Verstappen's added maturity has made him happier.<br>"We had ...

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Verstappen has not troubled the top of the times in his RB15, ending his second day of testing fifth-fastest and one second slower than pacesetter Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso, which is also powered by Honda. <br>He lost time in the morning due to “small things” but racked up more than 100 laps to take his tally for the week to 237. <br>“I’m just very happy with the way we’re working ...

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Red Bull revealed its RB15 in a one-off livery on Wednesday and shook the car down at Silverstone on the same day Mercedes did likewise with its 2019 challenger.<br>Verstappen conducted driving duties for Red Bull, limited to 100km of running and the use of demonstration Pirelli tyres as the team used one of its two allowed promotional days for the year to get its first on-track experience with ...

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Red Bull has switched to Honda power units for 2019 after the Japanese manufacturer make good progress with sister team Toro Rosso the year prior.<br>However, more gains need to be made in terms of both power and reliability for Honda to score its first podium in the V6 turbo-hybrid era, let alone the first win.<br>Speaking in a Red Bull video published ahead of the launch of the RB15 on ...

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The programme has been running annually since 2017 and enables stewards from across various motorsport disciplines to gather and share their experiences.<br>Verstappen was handed a two-day public service penalty after shoving Esteban Ocon in parc ferme at Interlagos last year, which came in the wake of Verstappen being punted out of the lead by the lapped Ocon.<br>The Dutch driver carried out the ...

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The French driver completed his first full campaign in the sport last year, racing for Honda-powered Toro Rosso, before he was promoted to Red Bull Racing for 2019 after Daniel Ricciardo decided to leave for Renault.<br>Although Red Bull is convinced Gasly will be able to perform, team boss Christian Horner admitted the promotion came "faster than we would have liked".<br>Gasly reckons racing ...

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Verstappen won two races and finished fourth in the championship in 2018, and has been tipped by Hamilton and Vettel to mount a title challenge if he has the right package.<br>Horner, whose team switches from Renault to Honda engines for 2019 in pursuit of a championship challenge, said Verstappen would not be daunted by fighting much more experienced, successful drivers.<br>"I don't think he ...

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Red Bull has parted with long-time engine supplier Renault to switch to Honda in its bid to return to title-challenging form.<br>Honda made significant progress in 2018 but Verstappen told his official website he does not expect to match Mercedes and Ferrari for power at the start of the new season.<br>"I have only driven the new car in the simulator, which feels positive," said Verstappen after a ...

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Five-time grand prix winner Verstappen has spent a lot of time over the winter competing on online racing platform iRacing, joining forces with the crack Team Redline operation.<br>Having previously held the world record around the Montreal circuit in a Dallara Formula 3 car, last week Verstappen set the fastest time in the same machine on the Charlotte ‘Roval’ and the Brands Hatch Grand Prix ...

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Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen spent the first day of his public service punishment "observing stewards" at the second round of the Formula E championship, the Marrakesh ePrix, the FIA have confirmed. <br><br>A combative Brazilian Grand Prix involved race-leader Verstappen and the backmarker Force India of Esteban Ocon colliding mid-race, which resulted in a heated exchange of words between the ...

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Verstappen and Ricciardo were broadly equal in their time together at Red Bull from early 2016 to the end of last year, although Verstappen enjoyed a more impressive 2018 campaign overall. <br>He matched Ricciardo, who has moved to Renault for 2019, with two races wins but scored a further nine podiums and Marko believes Verstappen established himself as a "clearly" better driver.<br>“There is ...

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The Dutch driver spent Saturday observing the stewarding process at the event at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan, which was won by Mahindra Racing driver Jerome D’Ambrosio.<br>Verstappen was in Morocco at the request of the FIA to serve the first of two days of public service he was given after shoving former Force India racer Esteban Ocon in parc ferme at the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix.<br>Speaking ...

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Verstappen was handed two days of "public service at the discretion of the FIA" for the altercation with Ocon, which followed their collision during the Interlagos race.<br>The governing body has made the decision for Verstappen to visit the second race of the FE season as part of the educational philosophy it has regarding such incidents.<br>Motorsport.com understands that attending the FE race ...

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When footage emerged of Max Verstappen approaching Esteban Ocon after the Brazil race and giving him several pushes during a heated conversation, much of the social media reaction was somewhere along the lines of “you hate to see that” and “this is embarrassing for F1”.<br>Except, well, it isn't and you clearly don't – 'you' in this case being the general public, considering the rate at ...

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Abysmal reliability meant Ricciardo slipped to a distant sixth in the championship, 79 points behind Verstappen, after winning two of the first six races.<br>Verstappen outqualified Ricciardo 11 times in a row after the Aussie's Monaco triumph to comfortably win the intra-team battle 15-3 and end the year with an average qualifying advantage of 0.131s.<br>Ricciardo told Motorsport.com: “I am ...

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Ricciardo and Verstappen had almost three full seasons together at Red Bull following the young Dutchman’s promotion to the senior team after four races in 2016.<br>Though the duo had some intense on-track moments together, like battling for what turned out to be victory in the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix and crashing spectacularly in Azerbaijan this year, they got on very well ...

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The Red Bull driver grew increasingly frustrated with Renault over the course of 2018 and was particularly vocal once his team committed to splitting with the French operation at the end of the season. Verstappen regularly hit out at Renault over the team radio and in the media, while simultaneously talking up Red Bull’s 2019 engine partner Honda. "It was never my intention to put them ...

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The Red Bull driver grew increasingly frustrated with Renault over the course of 2018 and was particularly vocal once his team committed to splitting with the French operation at the end of the season. Verstappen regularly hit out at Renault over the team radio and in the media, while simultaneously talking up Red Bull’s 2019 engine partner Honda. "It was never my intention to put them ...

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