Rocquelin was part of Red Bull’s F1 setup until this year and was most notably 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel’s race engineer from 2009 to 2014.

Once Vettel left for Ferrari in 2015, he became Red Bull’s head of engineering, 🔯but earlier 🍰this year, he took on the role of head of driver academy.

Speaking on Eurosport France’s ‘Les Fous du Volant’ podcast, Rocquelin compared Verstappen to Vette𒉰l - two drivers he has worked with𒆙 extensively during his time at Red Bull.

“I think Sebastian was a more complete driver than Max when he arrived with us,” said Rocquelin. At the professional level, technique, mediation…he was trained at the [Michael] Schumacher ‘school’, w🎐ho was his idol.

“He asked a lot of questions, took a lot of notes and when he arrived with us he was very thorough. It’s no coincidence he won several titles. He was more prepared technically, mentally. I think Max maybe had more natu♛ral talent, that’s what he relied on💝 the most. But Sebastian was the most complete.

“Max has always been a boss. He has enormous self-confidence, he knows what he♎ wants and he is very direct. But I’ll be honest, Max is weak techni✅cally compared to other drivers we’ve worked with. I think he still has a lot of progress to make.

“He is a leader by his attitude, his results. But I think he can improve fro🧸m a technical point of view and in the way of developing the car.”

Rocquelin praised Verstappen for the way he has grown as a driver this ye𝓰ar compared to 2021.

"What struck me the most was that he has somewhat lost this 'desperate 💫h𓃲unger' that he had last year," Rocquelin added.

"He has matured. He has gained 🀅consistency. Winning the championship has given him a lot of confidence and he drives in a different way.

"We can't necessarily speak of a single trigger. It is something progressive, there were several stages. He started F1 very young with great ambition an🐓d perhaps not the maturity that went with it. He also started with💛 Toro Rosso, who perhaps had less stature and experience. Then the stages began when he arrived at Red Bull. 

"There was more confidence in the team, a good record, he was closer to his goal. He won a race immediately with us, which allowed him to take a step forward. Gradually, he won more races, and developed links 🧔with his engineers."