Marko Hanželic
The driver Red Bull Racing was crowned F1 world champion for the first time on Sunday after overtaking his only title contender in the final round Lewis Hamilton and won on GP Abu Dhabi.
That means he has Verstappen now the chance to race next season with number 1 on its race car, as it is reserved for the current world champion, regardless of the permanent number system introduced in 2014.
Verstappen he has always raced at number 1 in F33, but said a few weeks ago that he would have preferred to use number 1 next year if he had won the championship. Now that it is after being rejected Mercedes protest clearly winning the title, he confirmed on Monday that he will indeed race with the number 1.
“It’s true, I’ll have number 1. Now’s the chance. This is actually the best number you can have. You never know if another such opportunity will arise,Said the 24-year-old Dutchman for the seventh force. The last one to have one on his race car was Sebastian Vettel, then also in Red Bullu.
