“He’s driven some great races and he’s maturing and got quite a reasonable amount of experience now. “If you look at his season, it’s been very, very strong,” added Horner. He led the most laps but fell back to P5 after his pit stop. The Dutchman put in arguably his best drive of this season in Russia as he raced from 19th on the grid to fifth by lap eight. “That was a tough outcome for him and since that point he has driven incredibly well.” “That hurt him quite badly because he’s obviously extremely quick in Monaco – right up until the point he crashed! “Really since after the Monaco Grand Prix,” Horner told Sky F1 when asked about Verstappen’s improved form. He has outscored his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo to move ahead of him in the standings and claimed five podiums including the Austrian GP win. Since that weekend, though, the Dutchman has been on a charge. Not only was the accident similar to his 2017 Monaco crash but it was his sixth incident in as many races. Verstappen came in for a great deal of criticism when he crashed in practice at the Monte Carlo street circuit. You can't be WWE - we don't want to be scripted content.Max Verstappen’s Monaco Grand Prix practice crash was the turning point in his season that’s according to team boss Christian Horner. Entertainment follows sport, not the other way around. "I remember people crying foul when it was us. And if it takes a long time, then it takes a long time. "As long as you comply with the regulations - technical, sporting and financial - we just need to say, well done. There have been questions within F1 as to whether governing body the FIA should legislate to try to halt Red Bull's domination, as they did at the end of 2020 when a rule change for the 2021 season affected Mercedes more than other teams and led to a ferocious title battle between Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, with the Dutchman eventually coming out on top after winning the controversial season finale at Abu Dhabi.īut Wolff said: "If a team dominates in the way Max has done with Red Bull, then fair dues. "In sport, very rarely things like this happen and it's a golden moment for him and certainly a golden moment for the team." We shouldn't detract from that in any way. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said: "You have to recognise and applaud what Max is doing at the moment. "To not do a single mistake over two seasons is just mega." "It's easier to not make mistakes when you have a margin on the others, but even in these kind of circumstances he is able to manage a situation very well. But the most impressive for me is that Max - it's not just about the last 10 races, it's about the last two years - I would say he didn't make a single mistake in the races. "I think they need to screw it up themselves in order not to win this season," Wolff said.įerrari team principal Frederic Vasseur said: "They always had mega pace - from Monza to Monaco, they were performing and this is impressive. In a second answer on Verstappen he added: "By the way, that record, I would think it's a good one, because it's perfection."Īnd he said that he expected Red Bull to go on to win every race this season, barring an error. However, Wolff did admit that Verstappen's success "shows a great driver in a great car competing at an extremely high level". "I don't know how many races we won in a row. They were irrelevant in our good days at Mercedes. Wolff said: "For me, these kinds of records are completely irrelevant.
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