Max Verstappen credited with leading turnaround for Red Bull to become “a McLaren beater”
“So credit to them for turning it around completely on Friday night and coming here with a car that was a McLarenꦚ beater.”
Sky Sports F1 pundit Ted Kravitz has revealed that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen played a crucial role in Red Bull’s upturn in competitiveness during the Emilia🌌 Romagna Grand Prix weekend.
McL⭕aren dominated Friday practice, leading 1-2 finishes in both sessions.
Verstappen ruled out challenging for the win, pointing out that a McLaren overtook him during the race simulatiꦬons.
Verstappen and Red Bull came alive on Satu🌞rday after significant changes o🔯vernight.
The reigning world champi♚on narrowly missed out on pole, securing second🅷 on the grid.
Verstappen then♛ went on to win🎀 the race, making it a comfortable afternoon for Red Bull in their 400th F1 race.
Speaking after the race in his ‘Notebook’ shꩵow, Kravitz explained the role Verstappen and his engineers played in ꦓturning the weekend around.
“I asked Red Bull’s press guys, and I said who’s done it? Was𝔍 it the guys on the simulator? It might have been because of Rudy van Buren or whoever it was,” Kravitz said.
“It wasn🍰’t Sebastian Buemi because I think he’s doing Formula E in Japan. Who was it wh♏o turned this car around? But they said it’s the engineers here at the track, and it’s Max who turned it around.”
“Then Max said, after the race, when they said ‘Grande Max’, he said: ‘Yes, It was a very strong Saturday and Sunday’. He wasn’t kidding, was he? He didn’t care to mention Friday when the🌳y were🍃 all over the shop.
“So credit to them for turning it around completely on Friday night and coming here with a ca🐻r that was a McLareꦕn beater.”
Verstappen back in F1 title contention
Verstap𓂃pen’s second victory of th🎃e 2025 F1 season has put him back in title contention.
After seven rounds, he’s 22 points behind168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Oscar Piastri in the drivers’ championship.
Only Piastri has won more races than 🧔Verstappen this year.
Red Bu𒀰ll are🌼 expecting the flexi-wing clampdown to significantly impact the championship.
The FIA will impose stricter tests on teams’ front wings for the Spanish Grand Prix, which𝓰 could affect McLaren.
Verstappen is looking to win his fifth straight drivers’ title this y♋ear - s💯omething only Michael Schumacher has achieved previously.
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