Verstappen Shares First Thoughts After Summer Break As Race Week Begins

Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen shared his thoughts about the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix following the 3-week summer break.

Max Verstappen went into the summer break with a comfortable lead of 78 points in the drivers' championship ahead of Lando Norris in second place.

While the lead is comfortable, the Dutchman certainly seemed to feel like the battle for the title was far from over during the few interviews he made before going on holiday.

The 26-year-old expressed concern about Red Bull's pace as he pointed out he didn't have the fastest car for several weekends preceding the break.

His main goal was to motivate all the members of the Austrian team to figure out what might be wrong with the RB20 so they could bring home both Championships at the end of the season.

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It won't be clear whether Red Bull was able to make that progress until the qualifying session and the race at Circuit Zandvoort this weekend. However, all that wasn't the Dutchman's focus as he shared his initial feelings after the summer break:

Two F1 drivers have already managed to win in front of their home crowd this season - Charles Leclerc in Monaco and Lewis Hamilton in Great Britain. Verstappen will be hoping to join the club this weekend.

While Red Bull's results before the summer break didn't look very promising, Helmut Marko suggested the team had more performance than they could have shown due to various circumstances. Verstappen added:

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