There are also 369.5 points next to Verstappen and Hamilton complex, however, thanks to several victories Red Bull his pilot keeps first place.
It’s not the first time Red Bull has had to fight for the World Cup title in the final race of the season, and Christian Horner says they roll into the field with their heads raised over the weekend in Abu Dhabi.
“There’s absolutely no problem with that, we’re going through that as a team. We arrive in Abu Dhabi with the same score, but we are ahead due to the number of victories. Who would have thought earlier this year that we would have a chance to win the world championship in the last race in Abu Dhabi, after 21 races, in an intense battle with Mercedes? I think as a team we would have given up half our arms for that! ” Horner said. “And I think you guys see the dominance of the last 7 years.”
“This will be the first time since 2012, and it was with Sebastian in 2010 that rival teams cut him into the final race of the year by fighting for the individual world title. There will be no problem with team morale before the last weekend. We had a crazy race on Sunday, we took second place and managed to get to the top, and we were in the lead again for quite a bit of the race. ”
Horner also pointed out at the weekend’s Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia Hamilton was the luckier.
“Luck is on Lewis’ side right now. Ocon drove through his first wing at the start, then walked over to Max. So he rides his luck. ”
Red Bull team boss says it is not a question of who will be the competitor of the year in 2021.
“Max is a fighter, and if there’s a racer who deserves the world title, that’s it Max Verstappenbecause Mercedes had a better car, ”the Red Bull boss explained.
“He drove outstandingly. Enough to see, Valtteri [Bottas] how close he was to Lewis this year. For me, Max is the racer of the year. You deserve to win this championship. I think it’s outstanding the way he drove during the year. ”
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