Bojan Vrbnjak
Max Verstappen is in this year’s championship Formula 1 re-introduced a little more tension. With the victory at VN 70th anniversary of Formula 1 in Silverston, is a racer Red Bull Racing ended dominance Mercedesa in the 2020 season.
His secret to success? Verstappen is with the first set of tires hard mixtures stayed on the track until 26th round and thereby gained a decisive advantage. While both racers Mercedesa, compared to the first race in Silverston, of softer tires dealing with blisters, is Verstappen pressed with all his might. Nico Rosberg, world champion of the year 2016, is for German television RTL praised the young Dutchman. “Max fought back and didn’t accept that the Mercedes were invincible."
Max: I’m not going to drive a Mercedes like a grandmother
Over radio communications is a racer Red Bullbut he also said: “I will not simply drive a Mercedes like a grandmother.And that he was Verstappen really at will, he proved with a special after the race emphasis on health their mechanics. He is on the way to the pits after the race by radio jokingly said: “Are you all well hydrated? Are your hands disinfected too? They were definitely wet in this race."
Those jokes Verstappen over the radio they are hint to the team manager Jonathan Wheatleywho team with their hygiene instructions keeps active. Verstappen says: "The atmosphere here is very good. I love the people I work with and that’s why we sometimes joke as well." Can I Dutchman s 30 points behind za Lewis Hamilton now interfering in the championship? “In fact, we are still too slow compared to Mercedes. We had a good strategy today and the softer tires worked great for us. But usually mixtures are not so soft,”He said after the race Verstappen.
Helmut Marko, sports boss Red Bull Racing, is for colleagues F1-Insider.com issued by: “There is no longer a big goat in our chassis, but there is still a small worm in it. But we always said that for us the championship is not over yet. We must not forget that we could also win the first race in Austria in terms of speed." Austrian looking forward high temperatures at the next race in Spain, which will be this weekend. “It is around 34 ° C in Barcelona at that time. Then come two Italian races. Even there, temperatures could be high. That's just a plus point for us," so Marko.
