Verstappen rejects criticism after dominating Formula 1 races
Dutchman Max Verstappen, driver of the Red Bull team and leader of the Formula 1 World Championship, succeeded on Friday in achieving the fastest time in the second free trials of the Japanese Grand Prix, stage 17 of the international competition.
After recording the fastest time in the first tests, Verstappen returned to lead the second tests with a time of one minute and 30.688 seconds, while second place was occupied by Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, coming from Monaco, followed by British Lando Norris, McLaren driver, third.
The Dutch star, Max Verstappen, driver of the Red Bull team, rejected the criticism directed against him, after he imposed his dominance with his Red Bull team on Formula 1 car races.
Max Verstappen said, in statements to the Dutch “Zigo Sport” channel, on Friday: “I do not think that what is happening in the Formula 1 championships is necessarily a bad thing, because we are better than others, and whoever does not appreciate this is not a real fan,” stressing also that he He feels very comfortable about the very difficult race he ran in Singapore last Sunday, and explained, “There are others who performed better than us, and of course they deserved to win.”
After achieving 10 consecutive victories, which is a record, Verstappen settled for fifth place in the Singapore race, and his colleague Sergio Perez ranked eighth.
Verstappen can win the world championship title for the third consecutive season through the Qatar Grand Prix scheduled in two weeks.
Verstappen leads the overall drivers’ standings in the World Championship by 151 points ahead of his colleague Perez, who is in second place, seven races before the end of the season.
2023-09-22 16:50:30
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