Verstappen is excited for Turkey: "I have heard that the kebab is very good!"

Max Verstappen is looking forward to the race weekend at Istanbul Park. The young Dutchman has never driven there before.

"I'm looking forward to visiting another new track and they are definitely making the season even more exciting. It’s a place I’ve never been to before and I’m not sure how many of the other drivers have raced there either, I think that even if they have been there before, it won’t give them a massive advantage as it was a long time ago. I’m excited to try the local food, I’ve heard the kebabs are pretty good!" he says in Red Bull's preview.

About the circuit: "It’s definitely a fast track. I’ve driven it on the simulator and the whole track is very enjoyable. I think it will be a good track to overtake on, there are so many straights and the corners are quite wide, so you can take quite a few different lines through them which is always interesting. Hopefully, I won’t need to overtake too much though!"

300th race for Red Bull

Red Bull will compete in their 300th race in Turkey and Verstappen is happy to have been able to contribute to the success of the team. "It’s a great achievement for the team and pretty cool to know that Ole, my front end mechanic and also one of our strategists, Will, have been at the team from the start. Also, I can’t believe Ole and Christian have never missed a race weekend, that’s pretty impressive over 16 seasons!

He looks back briefly on his outburst at Imola. "It is what it is and there was nothing we could have done to change the outcome of the race from our side. I’m just trying to stay as close to Mercedes as possible and push them to the last race. The pit crew have been amazing all year and the stops have been so good that it can help us gain an advantage in the race. I think we have had the fastest pit stop at every race so far which is pretty impressive."