The secret of three consecutive victories for Max Verstappen in Montreal perhaps resides in the croissants of a business in the L’Île-Bizard district.
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For 10 years, the Nicolosi family has been baking pastries and pastries for the Red Bull team during the Canadian Grand Prix.
“The team members really like the croissants in the morning, they order boxes and boxes of them,” Jeremy Nicolosi said last weekend.
The son of Tommy Nicolosi, owner of the Pâtisserie Boulangerie île Bizard, estimates that 60 to 80 croissants are delivered every day to the Red Bull neighborhoods, or around 400 for the entire GP. Moreover, there were only two or three left when the Newspaper.
Coincidence or not, Verstappen enjoyed success at the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit. Excluding his first season with STR (15e place in 2015) and a retirement in 2017, the 26-year-old Dutchman has always ranked in the top 5 (races canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19).
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Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Respond to all requests
While his father manages operations in the west of the city, Jeremy has been making sure everything runs smoothly on Notre-Dame Island for three years. He must live up to the service offered by his family for more than a quarter of a century.
“Whatever they want, we provide it. We really want them to be satisfied. We are given a list and we will find what they want across the city,” Jeremy said.
“Florian [Fellner, responsable des fournisseurs alimentaires chez Red Bull] said we offered the best service of any Grand Prix around the world. That’s quite a compliment. I was in shock!” Jeremy pointed out.
Like a family
Watching the Quebecer greet people in the environment of the powerful F1 team, we understand why he feels like he is part of the Red Bull family.
“On Sunday, we take advantage of it a little more to spend time with the team because we have less work,” said the man whose passion for F1 is only growing.
“The atmosphere is incredible and meeting people who come from all over the world is a privilege,” he points out. Few people are lucky enough to have a pass. I’m very grateful.”
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Tommy Nicolosi in front of his business on Île Bizard.
In catimini
Jeremy can say thank you to his father, whose Canadian GP adventure began in 1997, the year Jacques Villeneuve was crowned world champion.
A great F1 fan, Tommy Nicolosi loved Ferrari and he dreamed of walking in the paddocks.
“My father went fishing. He contacted all the stables to offer his services. He had managed to enter the site without a pass to speak to people and hand over his business card. He probably gave croissants to security guards! laughs Jeremy. It’s impossible to do that today.”
Tommy Nicolosi started with the Williams team. At one point, all the teams were his clients. Today he focuses on Red Bull and we bet Verstappen doesn’t want to share this secret with the other drivers.
