Ferrari’s Frederic Vasseur confident “mega” Max Verstappen will make mistakes when under pressure

Verstappen enjoyed a remarkable F1 2023 campaign, winning 19 of the 22 races.
It was a record-breaking year for Verstappen, who secured his thi🀅rd consecutive drivers’ chꦜampionship with ease.
Verstappen was often untroubled at the front of the grid on race day given the RB19’s significant performance advantage over the rest of the fi𝐆eld.
It was a perfect season from 𝓰Verstappen, however, Vasseur believes if the Dutchman is put under🌌 more pressure next year, he will make more mistakes as a result.
“There is no doubt on the fact that he was dominating all the se♐ason,” Vasseur said in Abu Dhabi.
“And the only issue for us is that, as everybody, he will do more mi🎉stakes when he will be under pressure.
“But nobody was able to put him under pressure this season except us at the last two or three events, or except Carlos [Sainz] in🍸 Singapore.
“And it’s where he started to do some mistakes, or perhaps Red Bull did some mistakes in terms of setup. We were too far away to p♕ut this kind of pressure on th💮em.”

Vasseur was quick to prais𒀰e Verstappen thoug♔h, saying he was “on another planet” in 2023.
“I thi🅘nk it is not sure that someone has a doubt on thi✨s, he did a mega season,” he added.
“He was✅ fighting with Checo in the first two or three events and then he was on another planet.
“Clearly, he didn’t do a mistake all se🐎ason, and when he 𓃲struggled in quali, like in Jeddah, it was due to a mechanical issue. And then he was always there, always making good starts, no contact. The only one was Vegas [with George Russell].
“But I think we are getting a bit closer to him, we are…I don’t want to say putting him under pressure because it is not true, he was not under pressureꦡ [in Abu Dhabi]. But he was a bit more under pressure than he was in Zandvoort, or in some other events when ♏he was flying.”

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