Bojan Vrbnjak
The great series continues: For more than a year or more precisely 21 championship races Formula 1, Yippee Max Verstappen always scored points, moreover, was never worse than fifth place. These constant and brilliant results are also the main reason why this year after a good half of the season behind the second championship Valtteri Bottas it is only seven points behind.
Max Verstappen he won races in Austria and Germany, second in Hungary, third in Australia and Spain, fourth in Bahrain, China, Azerbaijan, Monaco and France, and fifth in Canada and England. That’s great, though not a record, because Lewis Hamilton From the race in Japan in 2016 to the race in France in 2018, he scored 33 consecutive rankings among the winners of points.
However, lately we have to honestly open our eyes and marvel: Verstappen has been racing as calmly lately as any veteran Formula 1, although he counts only 21. His boss Christian horner he is deeply impressed by his star’s performances. “Max raced in Hungary with a great deal of maturity. If it is clear to a racer a few laps before the end of the race that he is likely to lose the victory, then this is a big disappointment for him. However, Max realized the bigger picture. He understood our situation in detail, I can say that he read the race to some extent. A layman might think that we at Hungaroring have counted ourselves in strategy. This was not the case. And Max understood that."
In a lap on his way to the pits after the race, he answered on the radio Verstappen's racing engineer Gianpiero Lambiase: “Max, they took a risk and that risk paid off. You drove a great race. ” Max he replied in a calm tone: "Second place is still a great result and we scored a lot of points today."
Horner he continues: “Max has undergone a brilliant process of maturity, especially in the last twelve months. We now have four really exciting races behind us. If we keep up our growing form trend, and if the summit continues to converge, then we can already look forward to racing after the summer break. ”
