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Abu Dhabi GP, Max Verstappen extremely relaxed

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Max Verstappen this year, after the Dutch Grand Prix on Aug. 31, his home race, was 104 points behind McLaren&#8217s Australian Oscar Piastri, and after the one in Sao Paulo on Nov. 9, two races ago, he had 49 from McLaren&#8217s other driver, Britain&#8217s Lando Norris. Now, however, he is only 12 behind Lando and four ahead of Piastri.He is therefore on the verge of completing a legendary comeback and arrives at the final round of the Formula 1 World Drivers’Championship season extremely relaxed, as he himself said in the press conference on the eve of the decisive three days of the season.

Martino DavidiHannah Schmitz: the decisive woman behind Max Verstappen’s comeback

The images of Hannah Schmitz: the decisive woman behind Max Verstappen’s comeback
The 40-year-old Red Bull’s engineer played a key role in the Dutch driver’s season
Hannah Schmitz is the Red Bull team’s strategy manager
often behind the victories and resounding races of the four-time world champion are his tactical insights
Hannah Schmitz, married and mother of two, contributed decisively to Verstappen’s 2021 sprint victory over Hamilton in Abu Dhabi
And also this year, considering that the World Championship title race will close in Abu Dhabi, he can make a great contribution
Hannah Schmitz has been called the'"secret weapon" of Max Verstappen
Schmitz started working for Red Bull in 2009
Over the years he has taken an increasingly prominent role in the team
His quick thinking and the lucidity of his decisions are invaluable to the Austrian team
In Qatar she celebrated together with Verstappen on the podium because she was the one who guessed the right strategy

Verstappen is 12 points behind Norris with one race to go in the F1 World Championship

“I spent some’ time with my daughter – said Verstappen -I thought about some things for GT3 for next year, I also thought about some things for my sim racing team, planning for next year. Pretty simple things before I got here. I’m very relaxed, I have nothing to lose. I’m enjoying the fact that I’m here, but for me it’s not even a matter of being here-I’ve been enjoying the second half of the season, working with the team and how we’ve been able to turn around difficult moments. We went from debriefing after the race, feeling very disappointed and frustrated with the performance, to just enjoying it, smiling and having these wins again. It’s great, so I’m content with it”, Max continued.

“For me everything here is just a bonus, as well as being here fighting for the title. That is also what makes it all very easy for me. We’ll just try to have a good weekend, but even then it won’t be all in my control, so I guess I’ll just try to enjoy it. Overall, I’m very proud of the season we had, how we were able to recover even in the second half. We will just try to have fun until the end, but to always choose one significant moment in particular or anything better than the others is always difficult”, concluded the winner of the last four world championships.

Max Verstappen with his triumph in Qatar touched 70 Grand Prix wins in his Formula 1 career. This year he won 7 of them, starting 7 times in pole position and setting the fastest lap in the race 3 times.

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