168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen has been labelled as “clever” for landing a “direct hit” with his jab at F1 rivals McLaren.

After claiming an unlikely victory from pole positi🧸on at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, Verstappen quipped he would have won the race more comfortably had he been driving McLaren’s car.

Red Bull’s four-time world champion resisted a race-long challenge from the McLaren’s of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri to record a fourth straight win at Suzuka.

After closing to within a point of Norris in the drivers’ championship, Verstappen cheek🐽ily joked: "I don't even want to think about if I'd been in th🐲at other car [McLaren]. Then you wouldn't have seen me!"

Verstappen’s remark dꦅrew a♑ response from both of McLaren’s drivers in the build up to the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Norris invited Verstappen to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:test his McLaren following the Dutchman’s comments𒊎 about the competitiveness of 𒉰the MCL39.

“I have a lot of respect for Max but I also know some things are not true, he can come and test our car any day that he wants and I’ll be excited💞 to see the disappointment on his face afಞter he gets out,” Norris responded.

Max Verstappen bait catches Martin Brundle’s eye

Former F1 driver turned commentator Martin Brundle reckons Verstappen successfully rattled his rivals with his remark,🐈 which Brundle believes had a double motivation behind it.

"So it was twofold," Brundle told Sky Sports F1.

It was to give his team [Red Bull] a hurry up and tꦕo poke the two McLaren drivers. Direct hit, because they both went on the defensive.

“Risky strategy, because wha𝓡t Max is saying there to the 1500 people back at base, who've just given him a race winning car: 'Your car's not very good', and that can demotivat♎e them.

"But then both McLaren drivers... Certainly Lando, sort of said a bit the same thing about his car: 'well have a go in it, you'll be disappointed, Maဣx.’

"So they shouldn't have bitten on that one, I don't think. And it was quite clever psychology from 🀅Max.”

Brun♛dle also analysed McLaren’s much-criticised strategy last✤ time out in Japan.

“Completely different race here [in Bahrain], ไwhere you can build a tyre adva✅ntage by staying out longer and having fresher tyres at the end of the race,” he said.

“It was two aga🐻inst one atﷺ Suzuka and they may well have that again here with other teams as well.

“Should they hav🔜e tried to destabilise Red Bull and done something a litter different? I think they probably should have, yes. The problem you’ve got there is they’ve got two drivers up for the World Championship.

“It’s a problem they’re going to have to manage𓆉 all through this ꦉseason and probably the next few seasons indeed. Do you want to disadvantage one of those?

“Because if you do that swap or bring Lando in early,𒁏 put him in traffic, lose a little bit of time and then there’s a Safety Car, L🍸ando is back in seventh and he’s not no longer leading the World Championship.

“It’s very easy to sit on the sofa going: ‘Do that, do this.’ But you can look a bit fool🦩ish quite quickly.”