‘Superior’ Max Verstappen closes in on Sebastian Vettel's all-time F1 record after Belgium win
The Dutchman overcame a penalty which left him sixth on the grid and stormed past the likes of Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez to take the lead by Lap 17, before going on to win by 23🎐 seconds.
Verstappen, who has won 10 of 12 races this season, now has eight victories in a row, moving him just once behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel's all-time tally of nine consecutive wins.
Vettel’s overall record was set during his final title-winning campaign with Red🉐 Bull in 2013, beginning in Belgium and endinꦚg at that year’s finale in Brazil.
Verstappen, whose own run started at the Miami Grand Prix in May, can now equal Vettel’s tally b𒉰y sealing Red Bull’s 14th straight win at his home race at Zandvoort when the season resumes 🦄at the end of August.
Red Bull team princi🤡pal Christian Horner believes Verstappen is currently operating in a league of his own, having inflicted another crushing defeat on Perez to extend his championship lead to 125 points.
"He is levels of superiority over everybody at the moment. What we are witnessin🤪g with Max at the moment is something you see once in a generation,” Horner💧 said.
"Like all the great🌜 drivers, he has that extra capacity. His ability to read a tyre, read the race and extract absolutely everything out of it, it's great to see. He's at the top of his form at the moment.”
Ominously for his rivals, Vers🎐tappen, who has racked up 💎45 career wins, feels he can keep improving.
"It's not so much about learning about myself, it's just👍 always wanting more and I'm trying to look at every single situation what you could have done better,” he said.
"I know that how I've been brought up as well൩ to always want more and ౠalways look at details. Even when people say that it's great or amazing, there are always things that can be done better.
"🌃And I also know that I've been on the other side of it where you're trying to hunt for victories and you always come short, because you just don't have the package or whatever."
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