{"id":293333,"date":"2023-10-06T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293333"},"modified":"2023-10-06T10:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:39:39","slug":"max-verstappen-planning-to-party-night-before-qatar-gp-as-rivals-given-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappen-planning-to-party-night-before-qatar-gp-as-rivals-given-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen planning to party night before Qatar GP as rivals given hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Max Verstappen sent offer to quit Red Bull and join F1 rival keen to be his team-mate<\/h3>\n<p>Max Verstappen has admitted he is planning to party the night before Sunday\u2019s Qatar Grand Prix if he clinches the F1 world title on Saturday. The Red Bull genius is 177 points clear at the top of the Drivers\u2019 Championship standings and will win his third consecutive title if he secures a top-six position in Saturday\u2019s Sprint race.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen has been in incredible form once again this season and has won 13 of the 16 Grands Prix. And landing his third title is now nothing less than a formality. But the 26-year-old has offered his rivals hope of at least overcoming him in Sunday\u2019s main event on the Arabian Peninsula after signalling his intentions to enjoy himself on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen took his place in front of the media in Lusail on Thursday to preview the Qatar Grand Prix. And after being asked if he and Red Bull had any plans to celebrate on Saturday night should he be crowned world champion after the Sprint race, he replied: \u201cSaturday night? It\u2019s hard, but we\u2019ll find a way. Then we\u2019ll see what happens on Sunday. Nothing crazy. There\u2019s still a race that we want to win on Sunday, of course, but we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen was then quizzed over whether he had ever attended a party the night before a Grand Prix in the past. And he remained tight-lipped on the follow-up question as he told reporters: \u201cEven if I had one, of course, I wouldn\u2019t say so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive F1 news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Read more&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Daniel Ricciardo left Liam Lawson &#8216;really confused&#8217; in nervous Qatar GP wait<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/4997538.jpg?r=1696586930085\"><\/p>\n<p>Verstappen still has six race weekends to wrap-up the title and match the achievements of his girlfriend\u2019s father Nelson Piquet as well as F1 icons Jack Brabham, Sir Jackie Stewart, Ayrton Senna and Niki Lauda. But the blockbuster star insisted he isn\u2019t nervous about the task at hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019m] shaking,\u201d he joked. \u201cNo, I mean it\u2019s fine. We are having of course an amazing year and we just come into this weekend and we want to win again. I know that if I win or whatever I [need to] achieve on Saturday, then I win the championship. But I think we\u2019re very focused on the main job anyway &#8211; just to have a good weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you&#8217;ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Lewis Hamilton alarm bells raised as Helmut Marko drops Red Bull driver hint[INSIGHT] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Lewis Hamilton keeps his cards close to his chest over Mercedes upgrades[DETAILS] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>David Coulthard tears apart &#8216;nonsense claims&#8217; involving Hamilton and Verstappen[QUOTES] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/4997546.jpg?r=1696586930164\"><\/p>\n<p>And Verstappen doesn\u2019t think Red Bull will struggle for pace in Qatar. \u201cI think we normally should be quick here,\u201d he added. \u201cBut again it\u2019s only one practice session. So it\u2019s about making sure that once we hit the ground running, that the car is in a good place, a good window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut normally yeah, it should be a nice track for us. We just want to have a good weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/f1-autosport\/1820719\/Max-Verstappen-Qatar-Grand-Prix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen sent offer to quit Red Bull and join F1 rival keen to be his team-mate Max Verstappen has admitted he is planning to party the night before Sunday\u2019s Qatar Grand Prix if he clinches the F1 world title on Saturday&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Max Verstappen planning to party night before Qatar GP as rivals given hope - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappen-planning-to-party-night-before-qatar-gp-as-rivals-given-hope\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Max Verstappen planning to party night before Qatar GP as rivals given hope - 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