{"id":329064,"date":"2025-12-06T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/329064\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:09:11","slug":"george-russell-predicts-max-verstappen-games-as-zak-brown-declares-f1-title-game-on-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/329064\/","title":{"rendered":"George Russell predicts Max Verstappen games as Zak Brown declares F1 title &#8216;game on&#8217; \u2013 RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Russell believes Max Verstappen will intentionally back up the pack during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix if he retains the lead at the start of the race.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman starts from pole at the Yas Marina Circuit, ahead of F1 drivers&#8217; championship leader Lando Norris, with Oscar Piastri third.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/george-russell-suggests-max-verstappen-strategy-plan-for-f1-title-victory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: George Russell suggests Max Verstappen strategy plan for F1 title victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tZak Brown fires &#8216;game on&#8217; claim as Max Verstappen F1 title threat intensifies<\/p>\n<p>McLaren CEO Zak Brown has fired that it is &#8220;game on&#8221; for the F1 drivers&#8217; title in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, following Max Verstappen securing pole position.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen came alive in the final part of qualifying to comfortably beat Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole at the Yas Marina Circuit, by over one-tenth of a second.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/zak-brown-fires-game-on-claim-as-max-verstappen-f1-title-threat-intensifies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Zak Brown fires &#8216;game on&#8217; claim as Max Verstappen F1 title threat intensifies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SI202512060577.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMcLaren send firm title warning after &#8216;symbolic&#8217; qualifying session<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Stella has sent McLaren the clear message that the team &#8220;need to deliver&#8221; in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to ensure either Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri wins the F1 drivers&#8217; championship.<\/p>\n<p>The team-mates start the 58-lap race at the Yas Marina Circuit from second and third on the grid, with the third title protagonist, Max Verstappen, having secured pole position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/mclaren-send-firm-title-warning-after-symbolic-qualifying-session\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: McLaren send firm title warning after &#8216;symbolic&#8217; qualifying session<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tHelmut Marko reveals Max Verstappen conversation before Abu Dhabi pole &#8216;magic&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has revealed a conversation he had with Max Verstappen before he claimed pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time world champion delivered two sensational laps in the final part of qualifying to defeat both McLaren drivers to pole at the Yas Marina Circuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/helmut-marko-reveals-max-verstappen-conversation-before-abu-dhabi-pole-magic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Helmut Marko reveals Max Verstappen conversation before Abu Dhabi pole &#8216;magic&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SI202512060554.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLiam Lawson &#8216;hurt&#8217; by Racing Bulls planning: &#8216;It played too much into our minds&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Liam Lawson has revealed to being &#8220;hurt&#8221; by Racing Bulls&#8217; &#8220;conservative&#8221; approach to qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix due to a particular scenario it had on its mind.<\/p>\n<p>In an astonishing Q2 at the Yas Marina Circuit, the bottom eight drivers were covered by a remarkable 0.076s, from Oscar Piastri in his McLaren in eighth down to 15th-placed Lance Stroll in his Aston Martin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/liam-lawson-hurt-by-racing-bulls-planning-it-played-too-much-into-our-minds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Liam Lawson &#8216;hurt&#8217; by Racing Bulls planning: &#8216;It played too much into our minds&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFull starting grid for 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen will start his hunt for a fifth straight F1 crown from pole in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Two qualifying laps in Q3 were good enough for pole as the world champion beat both rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/full-starting-grid-for-2025-f1-abu-dhabi-grand-prix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Full starting grid for 2025 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on any of the Formula 1 action thanks to this handy 2026 F1 calendar that can be easily loaded into your smartphone or PC.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a class=\"btn btn--small btn--rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/add-the-2026-f1-calendar-to-your-agenda-with-one-click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tDownload the calender<\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Russell believes Max Verstappen will intentionally back up the pack during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix if&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-329064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-calendar","13":"tag-f1-live","14":"tag-f1-results","15":"tag-f1-standings","16":"tag-ferrari","17":"tag-formula-1","18":"tag-formula1","19":"tag-lewis-hamilton","20":"tag-max-verstappen","21":"tag-motorsport","22":"tag-racing","23":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}