Verstappen finally feels healthy again after Zandvoort illness: 'It feels good'
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16:29, 03 Sep
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Kada Sárközi joined GPblog as an editor ahead of the 2023 Formula 1 season. He graduated with a BA in Sports Journalism in the UK and has covered Grands Prix and other F1 events live.
Max Verstappen finally feels healthy again after being ill during the Dutch Grand Prix. The four-time world champion is happy to feel well again.
Verstappen crashed out on Lap 1 of the Dutch Grand Prix. He explained that the impact was not bad for him when speaking to GPblog, among others. "I felt good in terms of the impact because it was the safer barrier. So that was the first time that I did that. Actually, did his job pretty well."
Verstappen was also ill at Zandvoort, but he is finally feeling healthy again. The Red Bull driver continued: "But yeah, I was very ill. You appreciate again once you're fully healed, how good it is to feel like that because the whole weekend in Zandvoort was awful. And even after Zandvoort for a few days, I was still not good, so it was actually really nice to have that week to recover and feel better again because it's been a very long time that I felt like that."
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Verstappen once again has a different teammate for the Italian Grand Prix
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Verstappen's full-time teammate, Isack Hadjar, will not return to racing this weekend after the wrist injury he sustained before the Dutch Grand Prix.
Once again, Liam Lawson will compete in the second Red Bull Racing car alongside the Dutchman. The New Zealander was told on Wednesday by the Austrian outfit that he will once again drive for them.
He explained: "So, for the last week, it's been sort of just waiting to see. Obviously, trying to give Isack the best chance as well for his recovery. But, yeah, I think in the back of my mind, I knew that obviously there was still a chance. But, obviously, only being on Wednesday, it felt quite late, but we had enough time to still do a simulator session and normal prep for the weekend."
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