Bahrain cooldown room conversation proves Max Verstappen’s control over F1
F1 Bahrai𒀰n Grand Prix cooldown room conversation gave an indication about Max Verstappen's calmness

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen hinted that he knew was happening between other drivers in the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, during a glimpse into the cꦺooldown room.
Red Bull driver Verstap𓄧pen cruised through the 2024 season-opener to register his first victory꧋, and continue where he left off last year.
Teamma🐈te Sergio Perez was second in an ominous indicator ▨of Red Bull’s ability.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz j🔯oined them on the podium, while Charles Leclerc was fourth.
Verstappen said to Sainz in ✨the cooldown room afterwꦛards: “Not a bad race, right?”
Perez asked: “It was close with Charles?”
Verstap꧂pen asked: “You had to pass him two times?”
Sainz overtook his Ferrari teaꦚmmate on Turn 1 whe♏n Leclerc was struggling for grip.
Leclerc, who had started from pole position, ꦰlater found himself ahead of his teammate. But Sainz slipped🌃 past again to confirm his own podium.
The fact that Verstappen knew about the Ferraris battling behind him was a key clue a⛦bout the dominance he enjoyed in Bahrain.
Sky Sports commentator David Croft noted: “‘You had to pass him two times’ - was Maxꦏ watching the rest of the race?
“Has he got a monitorܫ? Has he got Sky Go in his car?”
Martin Brundle replied: “Earlier on he said ‘I saw that one’. He had obviously been wꦉatching on the big screen.”
Crofty said: “He looked as comfortable there as ൩he did asking if were okay before the race, as he did for 57 laps during it!”
Verstappen looked tot🧸ally unruffled in the cooldown room afterwardsܫ.
The cooldown room has been jokingly referred to as the ‘Verstappen podcast’ becaཧuse Max is joined by various guests every weekend.
B♍eginning 2024 as he means to go on, Verstappen will be eyeing a fourt൩h consecutive F1 championship and has made a brutal start.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports💝 for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.