Max Verstappen: record year, but he’s still behind Michael Schumacher’s 2004
One statistic keeps the Kaiser and his best Ferrari still ahead of the unbeatable Dutchman.
One statistic keeps the Kaiser and his best Ferrari still ahead of the unbeatable Dutchman.
The team principal of Mercedes spoke on the possible battle between the two great rivals in the 2021 World Cup.
The Monegasque driver was ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine).
“It’s already a record that he survived two and a half years with Max Verstappen,” admitted the Austrian manager.
On this weekend at the Hungaroring, the world champion’s stable could equal one record and beat another.
“His test times were front row,” admitted Red Bull’s team principal.
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The Dutchman paid compliments to the McLaren driver, who undermined him not a little in the early laps of the British GP.
The two old rivals brushed up against each other at a very delicate moment in Siverstone qualifying.
“I don’t think he did it on purpose, but the FIA will be the judge,” the Mercedes driver admitted.
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The Dutchman knew the Kaiser very closely when he was a child: “I have wonderful photographs from those years.”
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“There was a bad moment after Turn 1, but fortunately we managed to hold the car,” admitted the Dutch driver.
The Dutch driver beat his teammate and Ferrari’s Spaniard by more than twenty seconds.
The Red Bull driver had come under investigation for causing Magnussen to possibly slow down during qualifying.
Red Bull’s world champion Dutchman will start in front for the sixth time this season; Ferrari’s Monegasque is just 48 thousandths off and will start on the front row. Third is the other Red Bull of Carlos Sainz.
Speaking to the British media, the Red Bull Dutchman responded sharply to the statements of his Mercedes rival.
“He said we were the fastest on the track in Canada, but that is absolutely not true,” he stressed.
“I don’t know if we will be more dominant here than what we saw in Canada, we will only find out on the track.”
“Opponents hope that we will take a facade by falling out of favor, but I firmly believe in the fact that within the stable there is the determination necessary for this mission to turn into a success as well.”
“We have made big progress, but Max’s lead is still too big,” the Mercedes team principal admitted.
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