Exactly one day after the victory of Lando Norris and to an unexpected performance by Ferrari in Dutch Grand Prix, Joseph Verstappen gets back to being talked about. The reason is his consideration for the team that made his son, Max, a three-time champion.
Despite still being the leader of the championship, the teams - especially McLaren - have filled the big gap for 2023. Red Bull, in fact, seems to have dropped in performance and now it is Lando Norris who gives more than 20 seconds to the Dutchman who, in the constructors' category, he doesn't have the help he hoped for from Sergio Perez. Something we never expected last year.
Jos Verstappen, Red Bull at risk of title?
That Red Bull whether he is at risk of title is difficult to confirm, as he is still leader in both rankings. However, Max's father is of this opinion, Jos Vesrtappen.
The former driver was not kind to the Anglo-Austrian team Christian horner, there seems to still be friction between the two due to events at the start of the championship.
“Maybe I shouldn't say this, but I will anyway. The fact that we have to go back to the car from earlier this year says it all. At the moment they don't have the paperwork in order. I think they should take a good look at themselves in the mirror" is what the Verstappen great said at the The Telegraph.
Harsh words, but they highlighted the facts. McLaren and the giant steps have led the papaya team to leave their opponents behind, between flying lap and race pace.
If we look at the last GP, the Dutch one, Lando Norris he edged out a good 4 tenths in Q3 and more than 22 seconds from Max. A "Verstappen-like" McLaren is what we would say, if we think about last season and the results of the reigning champion himself.
«The fact that Verstappen will win the title again this year is not a certainty – he added – Max is doing everything he can every weekend to gain the greatest number of points available. We'll see, but it's not a certainty."
According to what we read above FormulaPassion, Max Verstappen he hasn't won in 5 games and, statistically, the last time a driver won the F1 title with such a long streak of races without success was in 2012, when Red Bull won with Sebastian Vettel at the end of a duel with Fernando Alonso's Ferrari, which was only resolved to the last race.
