F1, Ferrari: Frederic Vasseur candid about Max Verstappen

Frederic Vasseur sends an indirect message to Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen è the compulsory favorite for victory in the 2024 F1 World Championship but the Dutchman's main rivals, Ferrari in the lead, are hoping to put big obstacles between the reigning world champion and what would be his fourth world title: confirming that they want to put pressure on Verstappen è Frederic Vasseur, team principal of the Rossa.

"I think we are getting a little bit closer to him,‖ Vasseur told 'Motorsport.com' -I don’t want to say that we put pressure on him in 2023, because that’s not true. There were, forò, moments when he was not flying, like when in Singapore we managed to win thanks to Carlos Sainz".

"It è not fair for anyone to have doubts about his 2023 season, Max has had an outstanding season – then added the boss of the Ferrari pit wall -. He was fighting with Perez in the first 2-3 events, then è he was on another planet". The figures, in fact, speak for themselves: as many as 19 Grand Prix wins out of the 22 disputed, to which he added 4 successes out of 6 Sprint races.

Verstappen will begin his chase for a fourth consecutive world title still alongside Sergio Perez, confirmed at the wheel of the second Red Bull: the Anglo-Austrian stable will still be the team to beat, although Ferrari and Mercedes have already promised battle for the season that will start in Bahrain in early March.