Ross Brawn says Max Verstappen is blossoming into a driver that reminds him of the great M🌳ichael Schumacher following his cool victory in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silveღrstone, the ninth of his F1 career.

In stark contrast, Sebastian Vettel – the man considered as the spiritual successor to Schumacher – saw an already dismal season♊ hit a new low en route to 12th, with Brawn saying Ferrari needs to take action now to help him rediscover his form.

While the disparity in performance between Mercedes and Red Bull has been wider than perhaps initially anticipated, Verstap🦩pen has nonetheless broken the title-winning team’s deadlock three times in five races now with second place finishes in Styria and Hungary, followed by his win at Silverstone.

Consolidating his arguable status as Lewis Hamilton’s closest rival in terms of raw like-for-like pace, the Dutchman’s against theꦯ odds win at Silveܫrstone earned praise from F1 Managing Director Brawn in his latest blog on F1.com

“Max was simply sensational at Silver😼stone. He reminds me of Michael Schumacher in many ways. When you listen t♕o his radio, he’s clearly got spare capacity.

“The limit of the car is not the limit of Max Verstappen. He is able to feel the subtlety of the car and res💎pond 🦄perfectly. I remember Max’s early days in Formula 1 where his speed was clear – he has now matured in to an exceptional racing driver.”

Raising a few smiles in the paddock by once again jokingly asking his engineer to take on plenty of water so he doesn’t dehydrate in the sweltering conditions, B♏rawn says Verstappen’s relaxed attit🌸ude is a reflection of his mature driving.

“I loved his radio, particularly when he said he didn’t want to “drive like a grandma” when the team asked him to manage his tyres. It shows huge c🍸onfidence and a relationship in the team, which is very strong.”

Though they have shared the same piece of track on numerous occasions over the years, Verstappen and Vettel could hardly be further p♔art at the moment as the latter’s torrid campaign slumped again on Sunday.

Finishing outside the pointඣs after a spin, Vettel hasn’t shown notable form in any of the six races so far this year, his points finishes limited to a sixth and a pair of tenths🦂.

As the former technical director of Ferrari, Brawn suggests the Scuderia needs to divert more of its attention to Vettel specifically 🦋to help him progress beyond what is the worst 💟lull of his career.

“It was another difficult weekend for Sebastian. When I met these situations in my career, I’d sit down with the driver one-to-one and understand what 🅷the issues are.

“Then you look at bringing people into the discussion, engineers, etc, that are g♎oing to be helpful to improve things. It’s going to be a measure of Sebastian and the team how they deal with the rest of the season.

“They clearly have a very frustrated driver, and they need to find wa꧙ys of keeping it together for the rest of the year for the interests of both of them. They need to try to turn a lose-lose into a win-win.”