Helmut Marko claims ‘Red Bull is back’ following Max Verstappen’ immensely crucial Sprint pole at US GP

Max Verstappen secured the pole position for the Austin Sprint race with an impressive time of 1:32:833.

Helmut Marko claims ‘Red Bull is back’ following Max Verstappen’ immensely crucial Sprint pole at US GP

Helmut Marko and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)

Max Verstappen has put the whole F1 paddock on notice with his ultra-impressive Sprint pole position at the 2024 US GP. He was not among the favorites coming into the ongoing three-day weekend, but with his recent pole, he has got the top teams worried.

The Red Bull team advisor Helmut Marko is immensely pleased with his driver’s exploits. Following the Dutchman’s pole, the Austrian declared that the Milton-Keynes-based outfit is well and truly back at the business end of the grid.

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Verstappen secured pole position for the sprint with an impressive time of 1:32:833.

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I would say Red Bull is back. Yes, Red Bull is back.

Helmut Marko via PlanetF1

During the practice session ahead of the Sprint qualifying, Red Bull had a decent outing with Verstappen. He managed a third-place finish but despite this, was not very high on the pundits list to secure the Sprint pole position. McLaren’s Lando Norris was tipped to be the favorite, however, to the surprise of many, he managed only a fourth-place finish in SQ3.

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Max Verstappen pleased with getting ‘off to a good start’ in Austin

While Helmut Marko has showered praise on his star driver, Max Verstappen himself has taken the time to share his feelings. The latter via his Instagram account, has shared his pleasure with securing the pole position for the 19-lap COTA Sprint race.

Max Verstappen (Via: Imago)
Max Verstappen (Via: Imago)

Nice one! We’re off to a good start here in Austin. Let’s keep pushing!

Max Verstappen via Instagram

Verstappen has the lights of George Russell and Charles Leclerc starting behind him in the Sprint race. From the start, the duo would be eager to makes moves going into Turn 1 at the COTA circuit.

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The dash from the lights to the first corner is quite a long one and in this phase, Russell and Leclerc could get the better of Verstappen. From the reigning world champion’s perspective, it will be in his best interest to get the perfect getaway from his P1 grid slot.