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SAO PAULO — Formula One champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull will start this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix in pole position, with his teammate Sérgio Perez lagging in 9th position at Interlagos after Friday's qualifying.
Uh oh. Fernando isn’t happy about the suggestion he could soon be Max Verstappen’s teammate…
Ever since Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll took control of Aston Martin, things have broadly been on the up at the venerable British automaker, particularly in motorsport. From recruiting two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to overhauling the entire Formula 1 team and supporting a healthy GT racing program, Stroll has done his part to ensure that the company is a force on the track as well as the streets. Today's announcement that the Aston Martin Valkyrie will compete in the World Endurance Championship, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as IMSA in 2025 places strong emphasis on that.
We first saw the Aston Martin Valhalla in concept form all the way before the pandemic in 2019, back when it was called the AM-RB 003. Positioned below the halo-spec Valkyrie, it's a 998-horsepower hybrid monster with three electric motors and a fire-breathing twin-turbo V8. It's been a long road to production, but Aston Martin is finally showing us the final version of the car. And by the way, only 999 of the carbon-tubbed supercars will be built, with production starting in 2024.
Max Verstappen has secured his 50th race win at the 2023 United States Grand Prix. In a Grand Prix dominated by pit stop and tire strategy, Verstappen held on to the win after a late charge from Lewis Hamilton who got within 1.8 seconds of Verstappen on the last lap.