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FIA Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen enjoyed his first track action of 2022 in an alpine day out with Austrian ice speedway star Franky Zorn, taking to the track in the driving exhibition hosted by the GP Ice Race circuit at Zell am See Airport. Verstappen savoured being back in a race car for his first laps since winning the F1 Drivers’ Championship at Abu Dhabi in December, while Zorn popped wheelies and slung his motorcycle to extreme angles around the curves. Although he’d never driven an F1 car on ice before, the Red Bull Racing star sped through a circuit built out of ice on specially designed spiked tyres, with his helmet and race car carrying the number ‘1’ for the very first time. // Max Verstappen of the Netherlands an Franz Zorn of Austria seen during the GP Ice Race in Zell am See, Austria on January 24, 2022. // Predrag Vuckovic / Red Bull Content Pool
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FIA Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen enjoyed his first track action of 2022 in an alpine day out with Austrian ice speedway star Franky Zorn, taking to the track in the driving exhibition hosted by the GP Ice Race circuit at Zell am See Airport. Verstappen savoured being back in a race car for his first laps since winning the F1 Drivers’ Championship at Abu Dhabi in December, while Zorn popped wheelies and slung his motorcycle to extreme angles around the curves. Although he’d never driven an F1 car on ice before, the Red Bull Racing star sped through a circuit built out of ice on specially designed spiked tyres, with his helmet and race car carrying the number ‘1’ for the very first time. // Max Verstappen of the Netherlands an Franz Zorn of Austria seen during the GP Ice Race in Zell am See, Austria on January 24, 2022. // Predrag Vuckovic / Red Bull Content Pool
The start of the 2022 season is around the corner. Every F1 team and driver has already begun the preparations for the new season. Red Bull and Max Verstappen did a promotional event ahead of their car launch. The world champion took the RB8 and drove the car around on the ice track.
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Verstappen was impressive while handling the car on the ice. The Red Bull social media team uploaded the video of the Dutch driver driving the car.
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As reported by Sky Sports, Max had mentioned that he would use number one in his car for the 2022 season. He had mentioned that there aren’t many opportunities when you get to put that number on your car. He joked that he hopes he won’t be going back to No.33 anytime soon.
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“How many times do you get the opportunity to swap? Number 1 is the best number out there, so for me, it was very straightforward to pick the Number 1. Hopefully, of course, Number 33 doesn’t come back next year,” said Max.
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Max Verstappen of the Netherlands in the RB 8 and Franz Zorn of Austria on an ice racing bike perform during the GP Ice Race in Zell am See, Austria on January 24, 2022. // Predrag Vuckovic / Red Bull Content Pool
Max also revealed that the 2022 cars would be different from the previous years. “It looks a bit different, but at the end of the day, it’s still a Formula 1 car. At testing, we can do a lot of laps and get a lot of information about the car, which is important. I’m looking forward to it,” said Verstappen.
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It would be special to see number one written on the car of Max Verstappen next season. The Dutch driver would hope to keep that number for a few more years and dominate the sport like Hamilton and Schumacher. The last time a driver raced with this number written on his car was Sebastian Vettel in 2014. How do you think Verstappen’s title defense will pan out?
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