Max Verstappen Reacts To Insane Lead At The 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

Max Verstappen has spoken about winning the opening race of the season.

Max Verstappen has won the first race of the 2023 season at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The Red Bull driver has reacted to taking the top of the podium as the 2023 season kicks off. During his post-race interview with [name], Verstappen explained:

That was a very, very good first stint where I basically made my gap. And from there onwards was all about just looking after the tyres because you never really know what's going to happen later on in the race.

"So we just wanted to make sure that we had the right tires and in good condition as well.

"So yeah, of course very happy to to finally also win here and in Bahrain.

He was further asked about the issues he had during the race regarding the downshifts of the RB19:

"Nothing, nothing big just little, little things, you always want to fine tune so I think they're quite easy to get on top of."

Jedda is next, how is Max feeling about that?

"I think we have a good good race package. I mean, of course it will depend a bit race to race but we can definitely fight with this - also big thank you to the team you know over the winter what they've done, again, to give us such a quick race car again."

The next important F1 date of the season is the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix on 17-19 March.