Underestimated Max Verstappen ‘achieving 100% more than any other F1 driver’, admits Fernando Alonso

Max Verstappen’s achievement of utterly dominating the 2023 F1 season is being “underestimated”, Fernando Alonso believes. 
Alonso: Underestimated Verstappen ‘achieving 100% more than any other driver’

The Red Bull driver overcame losing the lead early on and survived a torrential late downpour that resulted in a red flag to equal 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel’s all-time record of nine 🌠successive victories 🧜at a chaotic Dutch Grand Prix. 

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Verstappen’s third consecutive victory at Zandvoort was arguably🧸 his most impressive, and marked his 11th win from 13 races this se♕ason. 

It is a result that sees the Dutchman extend his championship lead over Red Bull teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez to 138 points with nine races left.

Verstappen’s latest peerless performance prompted a rare admission from fellow two-time world champion Alonso - that another driver is doing a bet🙈t🌜er job than him. 

“It is u🅘nderestimated sometim💜es what Max is achieving,” Alonso said after finishing second to Verstappen in Sunday’s race. 

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands,
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand…

“To win in such a dꦍominant manner in any professional sport, it is so complicated.

“So, to be at the sa♒me level as him…obviously, we have a lot of self-confidence drivers in general! So I do believe that I can do good as well. I don’t know about Lewis, but me, yes! [Smiles]. And Lewis as well.

“Everyone needs to enter in a mood, in a state, that you feel connected wi﷽th the car. Day🦄s like today I felt that I was at my best, and I’m giving 100% of what I felt of my abilities in a racing car.

“But maybe in Spa I was not at that𒐪 level, or in Austria, or som💮ething else.

“You always feel that there is room to improve and you are not 100% happy with yourself, a﷽s I am today.

“Max isꦯ achieving that 100% more often than us at the moment, and [more than] any other driver.

“That’s why he’s dominating.”

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