‘Superior’ Max Verstappen closes in on Sebastian Vettel's all-time F1 record after Belgium win
The Dutchman overcame a penalty which left him sixth on the grid and stormed past the likes of Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez to take the lead by Lap 17, before going on to win by♉ 23 seconds.
Verstappen, who has won 10 of 12 races this season, now has eight victories in a row, moving him just once behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel's all-time tally of nine consecutive wins.
Vettel’s overall record was set during his final title-winning ca꧃mpaign with Red Bull in 2013, beginning in Belgium a♋nd ending at that year’s finale in Brazil.
Verstappen, whose own run started at the Miami Grand Prix in May, can now equal Vettel’s tally by sealing Red Bull’s 14th straight꧑ win at his home race at ℱZandvoort when the season resumes at the end of August.
Red Bull team princip﷽al Christian Horner believes Verstappen is currently operating in a league of his own, having inflicted another crushing defeat on Perez to extend his championship lead to 125 points.
"He is levels of superioཧrity over everybody at the moment. What we are witnessing with Max at the moment is something you see once in a generation,” Horner said.
"Like a🅠ll the great drivers, he has that extra capacity. His ability to read a tyre, read the race and extract absolutely everything out of it, it's great to see. He's at the top of his form at the moment.”
Ominously for his𝔍 rivals, Verstappen, who has racked up 45 career wins, feels he can keep improving.
"It's not so much about learning about myself, it's just always wanting more and I'm trying to look෴ at every single situation what you could have done better,” he said.🙈
"I know that how I've been bro𝓡ught up as we🦩ll to always want more and always look at details. Even when people say that it's great or amazing, there are always things that can be done better.
"And I also know that I've been on the other side of it where you♌'re trying to hunt for victories and you always come short, because you just don't have the package or whatever🦂."
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