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BERGER believes that there are no more excuses for VERSTAPPNA: "He no longer fights with blunt weapons"

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are fighting for the title this year, which is good news for Formula 1. According to Gerhard Berger, Verstappen is currently a racer with an advantage, but it is close.

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We finally have this year a real battle with Hamilton in Verstappen. The Briton has won seven championship titles and has dominated with in recent years Mercedes, while Verstappen with Red Bullom he could never really get close.

This year it has Dutchman finally a race car with which you can attack and it’s very good for sports. “We can now see that they are completely equivalent. Max is even slightly up front. But a lot more can happen this season, as it is very long," he said Austrian in a conversation on television Servus TV. According to him for Max no more excuses with a race car RB16B, which he has. “With Max and Lewis, we have two exceptional talents and they both have a technical package that is no longer free. Max has no blunt weapons, he has a very fast race car. It also has an engine that is no longer far away from Mercedes."

Gerhard Berger believes that there are no more excuses for Max Verstappn this year, as he no longer has a blunt weapon in the fight against Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes with the RB16B race car.

Former racer Formula 1 continues: “Red Bull has been looking for more engine power for two or three years. Honda did a great job over the winter and did its homework very well. There is a great opportunity to become world champions again. And Max plays the piano at all keys, and Lewis will make more mistakes under pressure than in the past. The team Red Bull it works flawlessly anyway. If you look at their pit stops, they set one record after another," Ends Berger.                              

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