When Max Verstappen achieved an unprecedented tenth consecutive victory, the war of words between Red Bull and Mercedes broke out again on the sidelines.
2023 is already a record-seeking journey for the Red Bull Racing Team: In addition to the 14-game winning streak since the beginning of the season, Max Verstappen has also written an unprecedented ten-game winning streak since the Miami GP in May, which triggered the Red Bull Racing Team. A war of words between the two teams with Mercedes.
Among them, in addition to the Mercedes team leader Toto Wolff’s sour statement that “Verstappen’s record is a Wikipedia entry that no one will read”, veteran Lewis Hamilton also said that Verstappen has not encountered a teammate strong enough to compete during his career – —He met Fernando Alonso in his rookie year, followed by Heikki Kovalainen who had already focused on Japan, 2009 world champion Jenson Button, and Nico Rosberg who retired after finally winning the championship from him in 2016. , Valtteri Bottas, who is a green leaf but has certain abilities, and George Russell, the future leader of the Silver Arrows.
This prompted Button, who worked with Hamilton at McLaren from 2010 to 2012, to give his opinion.
“Lewis has indeed met many strong teammates, but I think the pressure of being a teammate with Max is even greater.”Button said via “Sky Sports”“I think the biggest reason is that the design policy of Red Bull Racing is to put his characteristics first, or Max can properly control Adrian Newey[Red Bull車隊技術總監督]Designed racing car. “
“Adrian Newey’s car is simply a world-class car that says, ‘If you reduce the front downforce, you will sacrifice some speed, but it will be easier to drive.’ But Max’s idea is, ‘I will do my best to show the original design intention of the car.'” I think his high self-requirements are something that many drivers find difficult to match.”
“Max, Lewis and Fernando are what I think are the best drivers in the field today. Although I hope they can spark more sparks on the field, F1 is a field where technology takes the lead, so I want to pay tribute to the Red Bull Racing Team. The performance for a period of time has been quite outstanding.”
Although Verstappen’s current teammate Sergio Perez has won two victories this season and has a chance to win the best annual runner-up in his career, the 33-year-old Mexican driver’s performance is far inferior to Verstappen’s and his contract expires next year. As he began to think about his future, rumors continued to spread on the sidelines that the young team leader Lando Norris, who had a very harmonious relationship with Verstappen, would switch to the Red Bull Racing team in the future. In a recent interview with the F1 website, Norris also revealed that this possibility was not is zero.
“From my point of view, Max can perform at a similar level no matter what kind of car he drives. Although the results will be slightly different, they shouldn’t be too different. I was thinking at that time, ‘What if I can be a teammate with such a person? It will be fun,” and I also want to see where I can match him, so I’m open to that.”Norris said.
So Button had a suggestion for Norris, who had not yet made a decision:
“Ultimately, if you want to be a world champion, you have to beat the best driver in the field. One of the reasons why I decided to leave Brawn Racing and join Team McLaren was that I had to face the challenge of Lewis Hamilton.[Norris]You have your own ideas, and the best option is undoubtedly to find the car that suits you best. “
“Instances in recent years have shown that most drivers cannot adapt to the Red Bull car as well as Max, so switching to the Red Bull team is definitely not an easy decision to make. This year Norris does not have a car strong enough to win, and I am afraid it will be the same next year, so his The choice becomes one of two: if he thinks that the Mai team has hope in the future, he should stay with the Mai team, otherwise he must become Max’s teammate.”
2023-09-12 00:10:52
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