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Drive to Survive Royalty Will Buxton Inspired Max Verstappen to Troll a Reporter With Just 2 Words

Published 03/07/2023, 9:45 AM EST

Max Verstappen arrived in 2023 with an even stronger zeal and craft. The sheer dominance of Red Bull during the entirety of the Bahrain Grand Prix had onlookers arrive at only one conclusion; it is going to be a Red Bull show through and through. However, a video from the archives has shown the Dutchman revealing his race-winning strategy. He channeled the F1 pundit Will Buxton, even before the inception of the ongoing season.

Will Buxton in Season 4 of DTS had said, “In Formula 1… if you finish in 1st position… [dramatic pause] …you will win the race.” This statement broke the internet with people having a riot in a meme fest. The usually camera-shy and quiet Max Verstappen doesn’t indulge in a lot of back and forth with the media. In a video posted on a fan account, we see the double-world champion using his repartee or perhaps recalling the Buxton way.

The interviewer asked Verstappen, “What’s gonna be the key to winning today?” To which in a nonchalant manner, Verstappen replied, “Finishing first”

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This isn’t the first time Verstappen has channeled a viral antic. At the Red Bull launch event in February, the reigning double world champion got involved in TikTok-like activity.

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At Red Bull’s recent 2023 livery launch event in New York on February 5th, drivers Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Perez, and Verstappen got involved in media interactions. One of them was their content creator, Elly. And to everyone’s surprise, the Dutchman performed a routine.

In a collaborative post with Red Bull Racing, Elly posted a reel video with Verstappen, performing a routine on Lola Brooke’s trending song ‘Don’t Play With It’. The six-second video had the caption, “2023 WDC or next TikTok star?😂”

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Anmol is an F1 writer at Essentially Sports. She is a Law graduate from National Law University, Lucknow, and currently pursuing PGD in Journalism and Mass Communication from Symbiosis. Being a Rallyist herself she began watching F1, the apex of motorsports, and eventually fell in love with the sport.

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Akash Pandhare

Drive to Survive Royalty Will Buxton Inspired Max Verstappen to Troll a Reporter With Just 2 Words

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