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Max Festappen, who took five consecutive victories in the previous F1 Italian Grand Prix, widened the gap with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) to 116 points in the drivers’ championship.
Numerically, Max Verstappen will win the second F1 world champion at the next round of the Singapore F1 GP if he has another 17 points of difference.
Max Verstappen is also close to breaking the record for the most wins in a single season. With 11 wins so far this year, two wins in the remaining six races will equal the record shared by Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher.
“It is incredible what we are going through within the team,” Verstappen said of the current excitement of the winning streak following the victory at Monza.
“We are having a great year and it is important to enjoy it.”
“I think we faced different challenges on different types of tracks, but now the car seems to work on all tracks and we are very happy.”
Max Verstappen’s easy road to the 2022 F1 World Championship stands in stark contrast to last year, when he won his first title on the final lap after a tough season-long battle with Lewis Hamilton.
Red Bull Racing F1 team principal Christian Horner previously said that given the pressure of the 2021 title fight, “there wasn’t an ounce” that would make him wish Ferrari had fought deeper. “He said.
Max Verstappen started from 7th on the grid in the last three races, but Red Bull Racing outperformed Ferrari’s level of performance, catching up on each to continue the winning streak.
Max Verstappen says his current success is similar to his last year in karting, but repeating it in F1 is “very different in terms of emotion”.
“At that point, the goal is Formula 1. Obviously I like what I have achieved, but I think there is still a long way to go to get there,” said Verstappen.
“So the wave of excitement and what I feel is a little different. But my last year in go-karting was fantastic.”
If Max Verstappen secures the championship at the Singapore F1 Grand Prix with five races remaining, it will be his first crown since Michael Schumacher won the title with six races remaining in 2002.
