Loss of Max Verstappen’s ‘fiery passion’ will be key clue to F1 retirement
Marti♋n Brundle thinks h꧟e there will be a telltale sign when Max Verstappen is ready to retire from F1.
Martin Brundle has pinpointed a telltale sign which he reckons will signify that168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen is “getting ready to retire” from F1.
Reigning world champion suffered his first DNF in 43 ra🧔ces - a run stretching back two years - at the Australian Grand Prix when a brake issue struck in the early stages.
Verstappen was visib꧋ly frustrated when he got out of his Red Bull car in the pits and appeared to mouth that something was “stupid” towards one of his mechanics.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner came out in defence of his star driver’s reaction to his rare retirement, saying: “obv๊iously, a driver is going to be frustrated when he gets out of a car from a retirement.
“I think he's been very gracious with the team and all of the mechan🌺ics. It hurts eve🐻rybody in the same way. It's a matter of learning from it. We've had two years with no mechanical DNFs which has been remarkable.”
And ex-F1 driver Brundle reckons any loss of Ver🗹stappen’’s “fiery passion” will be an indication that he is ready to hang up his helmet.
“Despite his incredible run of successes Verstappen was initially very angry that his car had fai🌠led,” Brundle wrote in his column for .
“When 🐭the adrenaline washes away he has become good at managing these moods now, but if he ever loses that fiery passion in the heat of the moment you'll know he is getting ready to retire.”
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz capitalised on Verstappen’s DNF by leading home a Ferrari 1-2 ahead of teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc in Melbourne.
A𝔉nd Brundle suspects Ferrari would have been victorious even if Verstappen hadn’t retired.
“The big question is whether 🐼Ferrari would have beaten Red Bull anyway,” he said. “Sainz had already overtaken Verstappen but the RB20 was ailing.
“Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull would only finish fifth, some half-minute behind, before the virtual safety car intervened on the last lap, but he apparently had some aerodynamic damage having earlier shown ver🃏y good pace.
“McLa❀ren kept Ferrari remarkably honest with their race pace suggesting Verstappen would have been right in there.
“We'll never know the answer to the question of course, but my gut feeling all the way through was that it was Ferraꦅri's day.”
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