C.every weekend Max Verstappen records his incredible talent behind the wheel on the track. He is the fastest, but he is also skilled. During the first half of the season, The Dutchman has won ten of the twelve races, eight of them consecutively. He is on his way third championship while he does not stop breaking recordsbecause it is capable of dealing with everything that is put in front of it.
Although it is true that the RB19 is unbeatable at the moment, the pilot is also partly to blame for everything that the Red Bull team is achieving. In this sense, Marko Helmutadvisor to the Austrian team, He is clear about Verstappen’s potential behind the wheel.
Max had an incredible maturation process
A mature and winning pilot
“Max is unique in every car. The 2020 Max cannot be compared to the 2023 Max. It has gained tremendous sovereignty. For me, the master of reading the races was always Lewis Hamilton, because of how he takes care of his tires. Max has now matched him or may be even better, because it is faster. There was an incredible maturation process” he highlights.
In the race he has only been surpassed by his teammate, Czech Prez, twice, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. While, in qualifying he also proves to be the fastest, although there his rivals have had a better opportunity to take his place.
Max Verstappen on the podium at the Belgian GP after finishing first
The pilot accumulates seven pole positions out of twelve possible this season. All in all, Marko is so confident in his qualities that he believes he could qualify first even with a less competitive car. “If there are good conditions, you can put an AlphaTauri or Haas, which is more of a qualifying than a race car, on pole position”assures.
However, in the long run, Marko believes that Verstappen will not be happy in one of those teams, because he is a driver with a winning mentality: “It’s hard to say how long I’d have the motivation to fight in an AlphaTauri. Max is different. One day he’ll come along and say, ‘Thank you, that’s all.'”.
