Marko Hanželic
Max Verstappen has an eight - point advantage over Lewis Hamilton before the penultimate race of the season in Saudi Arabia, which will be in less than two weeks. The trend no longer speaks in favor of the Dutchman after it has Hamilton won the last two races in a row. No matter what, the Dutchman does not throw a rifle into the corn just like that: "The track in Qatar is much more colorful on the skin of a Mercedes," says the leader in the overall standings.
“If we knew it was going to be like that, we would definitely change something. But that was simply not our path, ” he says Verstappen. Mercedes, the 24-year-old points out, has finally shown his true face: "In the last races, even the ones I won, I had the feeling that they were really very strong."
V Austin, for example, was Red Bull at the beginning of the weekend he looked very bad and then he came back in much better shape but the race went all together still very close. In Mexico, a trail painted on paper on skin Red Bullu, Yippee Mercedes occupied the first row in the qualifications. But then it is Verstappen he could still win the race.
“There were a few races where we won points that I thought we wouldn’t. We just have to persevere, ” he said Verstappen. However, tickets for Red Bull before the end of the season they are not the best. Mercedes counts on a lot of points especially in Saudi Arabia, Hamilton but there he gets more in addition new engine, which he had already used in Brazil.
