max verstappen and Red Bull are having a amazing start to the season. At the moment, they have not given their rivals options to remove their position, not even to fight it. Everything indicates that they will revalidate both titles without problems… but also without emotion.
The dominance of the squire makes the viewer miss the great battles for victory, much tighter duels and races in which it is impossible to predict who will be the best or fastest. Something that has not happened since mid-2022, when Ferrari stopped making things difficult for the Austrians.
The Dutch driver understands that people are not so attracted to the way the season is unfolding, however, I don’t think it’s something new. “I understand, of course, that people get a little bored if only one team dominates. We have also seen it in Mercedes, we have seen it with Ferrari in the past, also with Red Bull“, Explain.
Dominating is fine, but so is competition.
Verstappen joined Red Bull in 2016, in the middle of the Mercedes era. That year of Brackley they only lost two races, but Max assures that he never thought that the rules should change. “It’s all about hard work and I appreciated what they were doing. It was impressive at the time, so I never felt that it had to be stopped.. What you have to do is try to work harder and try to catch up,” says the pilot.
With everything, despite valuing the ability of the teams to be the best above the rest, admits that he would like to have clearer rivals in the fight for the World Cup. “Sometimes it’s good to have good competition. I hope more teams can join in, even if you have a little problem or whatever, or can’t fully configure 100%. It would be good if there was another team to win,” he says.
Absolute leader, without losing motivation
the red bull has led 358 laps this seasonmore than double that of his teammate and more than 300 more than the rest of the pilots that enter the equation. He also accumulates 224 consecutive ledwhich places him 81 laps away from achieving the record that he currently holds Alberto Ascari with 305.
Is he favorite to regain the titleHowever, his competitive instinct is still more present than ever. “For me, there is probably even more motivation because you know you have a winning car. When you get to the weekend being P5 or whatever it is very good, but it’s probably less motivating than when you arrive at a race and you know you can win”, concludes the driver.
