Two weeks after his retirement in Australia, Max Verstappen has already returned to success by winning the Japanese Grand Prix in style. The Dutchman once again showed that without any mechanical incident, he is simply the strongest this season, to the point of killing Mercedes’ hopes after just four races.
Doubt is not a word familiar to Max Verstappen. Forced to abandon Australiathe Dutchman set the sights this weekend by dominating his competitors head and shoulders at Suzuka. Pole position, final victory, best lap in the race… The three-time reigning world champion won everything and he reminded us who was the boss. On the side of Mercedes, This is Wolff has already given up his arms.
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“No one is going to catch Max this year”
The boss of the German team no longer believes it. For him, it will not be possible to catch up Max Verstappen. « No one is going to catch Max this year. His driving and his car are impressive. You can see how he manages to manage his tires… To summarize, the rest of the season will now consist of a fight to be the best of the others. I hope we can close the gap with the McLarens and Ferraris in order to fight for second places. It will be like this this year, and it was already like this last year “, declared one This is Wolff fatalist at a press conference. For his part, Max Verstappen maintains the suspense.
However, the season is not over according to Verstappen…
« I don’t know, the season is still long. I don’t prefer to think too much about the rest of the season and rather take the races one after the other. I know that certain circuits we will be less favorable, but it is true that when we know that we are fast on a track, we must take advantage of it and collect as many points as possible. “, told Max Verstappen.
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