Ahead of the first Formula 1 weekend of the 2025 World Championship, Max Verstappen addressed the media at the Albert Park paddock on the Thursday of the Australian Grand Prix. Topics discussed included the the RB21, the new rookies and what it takes to prepare for another title fight.

Are Oracle Red Bull Racing in good shape for the 2025 season? ‘€’It’€’s positive. I guess we’ll find out more this weekend and after it. We’€’ll try to do our best and we already found a few areas that we can work on after the pre-seasons test.’€’

Does that mean the RB21 is an improvement on last year’€’s challenger? ‘€’Naturally, there is an improvement, but I think I’ve said it before; there are still things that we want to improve on and do better now. This is of course also a different track to Bahrain so it will feel a bit different to drive the car here.’€’