Formula 1: Mateschitz "would have loved it" - Red-Bull now wants a record

Red Bull is not lacking in goals in Formula 1, even after the death of company founder Dietrich Mateschitz and winning both world titles this year.

Formula 1: Mateschitz "would have loved it" - Red-Bull now wants a record

Red Bull is not lacking in goals in Formula 1, even after the death of company founder Dietrich Mateschitz and winning both world titles this year.

Now the point is that Max Verstappen also manages the 14th victory of the season and becomes the sole record holder, announced motorsport consultant Helmut Marko in the Austin paddock. "And of course second place for Checo (Sergio Perez) in the World Cup," he said on Sky.

At the upcoming race on Sunday in Mexico City, Perez, who is currently third in the World Championship, should be particularly motivated - it's the personal home Grand Prix for the 32-year-old from Guadalajara. Going into the third to last race of the season, Perez sits just two points behind second-placed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

Verstappen now wants the sole record

Team-mate Verstappen had already crowned himself the new champion in Japan, on Sunday he celebrated his 13th win of the season at the US Grand Prix, tying the record held by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, both in Ferrari in 2004 and in the Red Bull in 2013 won 13 races in one year. In addition, Verstappen and Perez (4th in Austin) made the first title in the constructors' championship perfect since 2013 and an eight-year Mercedes era.

"It was a race that he would have loved to see," said Verstappen after his gala performance in Austin about the late Red Bull founder Mateschitz. After an eleven-second pit stop, Verstappen had crowned a race past Leclerc and Austin record winner Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes with victory. As sad as Saturday was, "we are so happy and proud of what Red Bull Racing has achieved thanks to Dietrich Mateschitz," said Marko, his hair still wet from champagne on the winner's podium and with tears on his face after Mateschitz took part on Saturday had died at the age of 78. "This (victory) is for Mr. Mateschitz. Thank you Didi," the team wrote in its press release after the race.

The fact that Red Bull should continue to be managed in the spirit of Mateschitz was also confirmed by the new agreement between the in-house broadcaster Servus TV and Formula 1: On Monday, the motorsport premier class announced that Formula 1 would be free to air and live on up to and including 2026 Servus TV will run.

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