Red Bull teases Verstappen in Canada after victory: “One way or another the boys should be ashamed”

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Red Bull and its superstar Max Verstappen (25) wrote Formula 1 history at the Canadian GP: The Can team celebrated their 100th triumph and the Dutchman is now on the same level as Ayrton Senna (1960-1994) in terms of success.

“The Brazilian’s 41 victories were never a goal for me. Just as few as other world titles. When I became champion for the first time in 2021, all my dreams had already come true. Now the encores are coming,” said the Dutchman.

Verstappen hit the wall

It’s almost eerie how Verstappen remains grounded after 171 races and easily increases his balance. He doesn’t even know the word pressure. On Sunday he was almost bored out front, so towards the end he even hit the wall once: “I probably wanted to hit myself.” Incidentally, Vettel achieved the first Red Bull victory in wet Shanghai in 2009.

Bull running consultant Helmut Marko (80) about Blick: “One way or another, the boys should be ashamed. The only two who can get on Verstappen’s nerves are already over 80 together: Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton! »

Disappointing Perez

The rest fail or are just not fast enough: Verstappen teammate Pérez (6th) just can’t keep up and in the last lap Hamilton took the extra point for the fastest lap.

Russell, seen too quickly by many pundits as Hamilton’s killer at Mercedes, crashed brutally into the wall after lap twelve and had to retire shortly before the end with overheated brakes.

Second best Ferrari result

And then there is Ferrari, which continues to race hopelessly through the world as fourth in the World Cup. In any case, places 4 (Leclerc) and 5 (Sainz) with 22 points were the second best result in 2023. But these are not the expectations in Maranello, where there is constant progress (despite only one podium in Baku) .

The heroes are in different cars: Alonso, who will turn 42 in July, took the podium for the sixth time in Canada with the green monster of Aston Martin-Mercedes. “We’re close, maybe we’ll make it before the summer break,” said the strongest driver – 9.5 seconds behind Verstappen at the finish. Most recently he won in Barcelona in 2013 in a Ferrari.

And the qualities of Sir Lewis Hamilton (38) are increasingly emerging: the racing intelligence has already brought the 2023 World Cup into the top six drivers eight times. “The Mercedes will soon be ready for performance.” He is chasing his 104th GP win since 2021 Jeddah or 32 races. With a heart full of passion for his sport.

Source : Blick