Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft has defended 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen for his “over-aggress🐈ive” on-track behaviour, describing the Dutchman as♓ a “winner”.

Verstappen secured his fourth consecutive F1 drivers’ title in 2024, seeing off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’ late-season charge.

It was arguably💧 Verstappen’s most impressive season, given Red Bull’✤s struggles in the second half of the year.

Verstappen won seven of the opening 10 races, before claiming vi💛ctory in just two of the final 14.

Due to his points lead over Norris, Verstappen was able to go on the aggressive inཧ their wheel-to-wheel battles.

The Red Bull driver was hit with two 10-se🌸cond time penalties for aggressive driving in Mexico.

Croft was speaking at the Autosport International event 𝓀in Birmingham and engaged in a discussion witꦐh a fan.

Of Verstappen, the fan said: “He’s over-aggressive on track and he’sꩲ a petulant individual when it comes to other 🐟drivers.”

Croft replied: “You areꦅ entitled to ꧟your view, sir, and I’m not going to disagree with you.

“He’s over-aggressive on track, and🌺 he’s petulant to the other drivers… which probably makes him a winner and a champion. Now, do we like champions? Do we like winners? We all have our favourites. I get that entirely.

“But the thing about Max is that he does wౠhat he does to win and to be a champion, and Red Bull is paying him to win and be a champion, so he’s doing what’s expected of him. I have no problem with that whatsoever. I 𝐆like Max. I’ve always liked Max.

ౠ“I’ve liked him since he first droಞve in Japan FP1 [in 2014] because he’s got so much talent, and I appreciate the talents.”

Croft draws Schumacher comparison

Croft sees similarities between Verstappen and Michael Schumacher in how desperate they are to win in ꩲF1.

He feels 🦄Verstappen coul🧸d be appreciated more as he’s “a bit of a winner”.

“Michael Schumacher. We love Michael Schumacher. We love Lewis Hamilton,” he⛎ added. “They’re winners. They’re cha♊mpions. We love Sebastian Vettel for all those years winning four titles as well.

“He did what he had to do to win as well. And if his teammate got in the way of that, and was collateral damage, as it were… so be it, that didn’t matter. He was a😼 winner.

“May🌸be we just have to appreciate that Max is a bit of a winner𝓰. Maybe we should actually celebrate the fact that, for four years, he’s been at the top.

“Spain 2022 was the last time Max didn’t lead the drivers’ champions🌳hip. Imagine getting out of bed every morning, trying to keep yourself on top for nearly four years. That’s a hell of a toll.”