“How much of it is Max Verstappen?” F1 pundits want to see him win in another team
Does Max Verstappen need t📖o win for another F1 team to prove his greatneಞss? Karun Chandhok has suggested so.
Former F1 driver Karun Chandhok is keen to see 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen “drive for somebody else” to prove he can win in another team lik𒁃e other all-time greats hav♎e.
Verstappen stormed ᩚᩚᩚꦐᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚto his fourth victory of the 2024 F1 season in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix to extend his championship lead to 25 points.
Given Red Bull’s dominant form, Verstappen is the heavy favourite to secure his fou⛎rth consecutive drivers’ title.
Verstapp🧸en has won all of his races and titles with the same team in incredibᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚle fashion.
However, compared to other F1 legends such as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes and McLaren) and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher (Benetton and🐻 Ferrari), they managed to win for different teams.
Chandhok - 😼who raced in F1 between 2010 and 2011 - posed the question of how much of Red Bull’s success is ൩down to the brilliance of Verstappen.
“More and🤪 more, I’d like to see him drive for somebody else,” he said. “I’d like to see. He’s at one with that car🦩, could someone else jump in and do it? If he went to Mercedes…”
Chandhok added shortly after: “The all-time greats have won in more than on🌌e team. Schumacher, Fℱangio, Prost, Lewis.”
Verstappen’s immediate future seemingly lies with Red Bull given his contract doesn’t run out until 202ౠ8.
But Verstappen has been linked consistently with Mercedes as a💎 possible Hamilton replacement.
1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill thinks Verstappen s💦hould be keeping tabs on Ferrari rather than Mercedes.
“If I was him, 🌊I’d be interested to see💞 where Ferrari will end up, rather than Mercedes.
“With Max in the car, and with whatever🌳 else he can bring🐻 with him.”
Chandhok replied: “You think, for 2027, after Lewi🎃s?”
Hill concluded: “A s♎igned piece of paper is not💙 worth a signed piece of paper anymore. He can have the pick of whatever he wants.”
“Almost indestructible”
Verstappen’s laꦓtest triumph means he’s won exactly 50 per cent of all races since F1 last raced in China back in 2019.
Hill des✃cribed Verstappen as “almos🌸t indestructible”.
“People are already talking about him as being established as one of the great Formula 1 drivers of all time,” he said. “I can’t argue 🔴with that. He’s got the equipmenꦛt - but he’s got the equipment because he was so blindingly, obviously quick and aggressive and competitive.
“Mentally, he knows where he’s at. He doesn’t need much help. And he’s got a great team. He’s almost inde🧸struཧctible.”
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