Max Verstappen's applause greets Kimi Antonelli in Austin

Red Bull Racing's brief parc fermé clip draws roughly half a million first-day views, with viewers casting Verstappen as a proud parent.

Channel: Oracle Red Bull Racing Story of October 27, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 504,990 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (41,586).

Max watching Kimi 🥹👏#F1 #RedBullRacing #USGP

The handshake becomes a hug. Kimi Antonelli reaches the drivers gathered in parc fermé, where Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen welcome him before Antonelli and Verstappen step aside for a chat.

There is no clear dialogue to explain their exchange. Instead, Oracle Red Bull Racing's Short, "Max watching Kimi 🥹👏#F1 #RedBullRacing #USGP", lets the gestures tell it: Verstappen applauding beside the numbered podium blocks, the embraces, then a conversation amid the crowd noise and track announcements.

The clip drew roughly half a million views in its first day, about twelve times the channel's usual Shorts start. The comments supply their own affectionate interpretation, repeatedly comparing Verstappen's expression to that of a proud dad. That is the audience's running joke, not something either driver says.

It is a quieter companion to the team's other Austin uploads. While those celebrate Verstappen's podium finish and show his arrival at the third-place marker, this one turns the camera toward his welcome for another driver.

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The numbers

This parc fermé moment drew a much larger first-day audience than Red Bull Racing's usual Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

41,586

this video

504,990

subscribers

3,060,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

985,112,778

views per day

1,116,575

typical day: 899,042

the video

views

662,378

likes

12,257

comments

153

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

MotoGP

7,280,000

Monster Energy

3,640,000

Oracle Red Bull Racing

3,060,000

McLaren

2,560,000

FortNine

2,370,000

NASCAR

2,060,000

As of October 27, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.