Former F1 team boss says Max Verstappen “would win even with a tractor”
H꧋igh praise for Max Verstappen from his former boss.
Ex-AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has joked that Max Verstappen is so quick that he c♋ou༒ld win a Formula 1 race driving a tractor.
Tost cited Verstappen’s speed in Emil Frey Raci�ꦯ�ng’s Ferrari 296 GT3 at Portimao as proof that he can outperform the competition in any machinery.
Asked if the four-time champion’s recent F1 results are down to having a car that has been tailored to his style by Red Bull, Tost told : “Max Verstapp𝔍en would win even with a tracto♏r!
“For example, last year Max did a test with a Ferrari GT race car. He was immediately two seconds 𒁃faster than the rest. Max has a feel for speed, incredible vision, incredible𝔉 vehicle control, and an incredible feel for a car – no matter which one.
“He would therefore immediately get along wit🔥h any Formula 1 car. Of course, he will then fine-tune the car to best suit 🗹his driving style.”
Tost has identified two key strengths of Verstappen, as the Dutchman begins to st🍎ake his claim among the 🎐greatest F1 drivers of all time.
“Max is a very special driver. Firstly, his natural speed is superior to the others. And secondly, he is so mentally strong that he can implemen🍒t his supernatural talent at the decisive moment.🐼 That is what makes him so superior,” he said.
Tost’s team Toro Rosso ran 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen in F1 in 2015 and the ea༺rly part of 2016, with the t✱hen-teenager scoring two top-five finishes with the Faenza-based squad before graduating to Red Bull.
However, Tost said he knew Verstappen was destined for great things even before he had stepped into a formula car in the🦄 Europeꩵan F3 in 2014.
“He already stood out in karting, at the European Championship,💖” recalled the Austrian, who remains a consultant for 🅰Red Bull.
“Then 💟came the rainy Formula 3 race at the Norisring. Max drove so confiden𒅌tly that it seemed as if the others were parked.
“That reminded me of Michael Schumacher, who was just as dominant in a rainy Formula Ford race at the Salzburgring in 1987. I was working for [Schumacher’s] future manager, Willi Weber, at the time and imm𓆉ediately told him: ‘You have to take him. You can't go wrong!’”
