![]() ![]() There are times when Perez is frustrating and uninspiring – when he qualifies several tenths off pole, or struggles to P5 as Verstappen charges to victory, or when he goes quiet for a few months after a big win like Monaco. The most disappointing thing about the Red Bull controversy in Brazil last year was that Verstappen did not seem to care much for the relationship he had just jeopardised.įor as long as his F1 career lasts, he will never have a team-mate as good as Sergio Perez, who strikes the right balance between being fast enough to support Verstappen but never to offer a sustained threat. One lap to save the world? Max would drive it just like any other. It can give him quite a brutish air on occasion, but is appealingly old school. In an era in which elite athletes are encouraged to by honest about their doubts and shortcomings, you are often left with the impression that Verstappen would refuse to admit a weakness even if it was staring him in the face. An apparent immunity to pressure that characterised his season-long struggle against Hamilton two years ago. That Championship was secured in horrendous circumstances but had been inevitable from the day he first drove an F1 car as a 16-year-old in 2014.Īmong the most gifted natural talents to ever grace a racing car, Max continues to mature and blossom by the grand prix and has mostly eradicated the moments of impetuousness that occasionally compromised the earlier moments of his career.īy far his most arresting attribute, however, is his toughness. The answer in most cases – especially following an uncharacteristically scruffy campaign for Lewis Hamilton last year – would be Max Verstappen, winner of 26 of the last 46 races stretching back to the beginning of his maiden title-winning season in 2021. If you had to pick one to drive the lap that saved the world, who would it be? The debate surrounding the greatest driver in F1 – in the present day and of all time – is highly divisive at the best of times, but can usually be answered by the posing of a simple question. Here are the elements that make them the best team in F1 currently… Best driver Triumphant at all but one race in 1988, McLaren remain the team who came closest to achieving invincible status and it remains to be seen whether Red Bull can go one better in this 23-race campaign. That’s what George Russell believes after a Bahrain Grand Prix that left the rest of F1 deflated, the Mercedes driver suggesting Red Bull could feasibly win every single race this year. In a sport that routinely lends itself to long periods of dominance by one team/driver, at some point someone is going to go through an entire Formula 1 season unbeaten. ![]()
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