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Verstappen and Perez swap speed for swings
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen and Checo Perez team up for three games of golf against TaylorMade professional golfer Michael Block in Qatar. Perez mastered the sport, which is new to him, fairly quickly. Verstappen does not really seem to have a clue what he is doing and sets his sights on the electric golf cart, proving he’s as quick behind the wheel of a golf buggy as he is in an F1 car.
Read my Lips Challenge
What do Buffalo Bills and Ricky Bobby have in common? Well, they are just two of the phrases Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda are trying to guess. In the Read my Lips Challenge, the AlphaTauri drivers take turns, with Daniel Ricciardo pronouncing names and words that Yuki Tsunoda must accurately interpret. Let’s see who can guess the most correctly.
Ferrari drivers in ‘don’t spill the water challenge’
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc took on the challenge of not spilling water or tearing toilet paper. They placed a cup of water on a roll of toilet paper and attempted to pull the paper without spilling the water or tearing it. Sainz had little luck, while Leclerc appeared to understand the game better.
The RB8 in speed showdown
The Red Bull RB8 is facing off against two incredible road-going hypercars – the Porsche 918 Spyder and a Bugatti Veyron! The 918 Spyder is powered by a 4.6-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine paired with two electric motors, while the Veyron features an 8-liter quad-turbo W16 engine. The RB8, driven by Red Bull’s reserve driver, Liam Lawson, is equipped with a 2.4-liter V8 engine that produces 800hp and is the lightest among them. So, will the F1 car sweep these hypercars to the side?
What it takes to be Verstappen’s race engineer
In the latest episode of Talking Bull, the Official Oracle Red Bull Racing podcast, Nicola Hume is joined by none other than three-time World Champion Max Verstappen and his race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, often known as GP. Max talks about his season, how he’s stayed at the top, and his relationship with GP both on and off the track.
