Another masterful display and triumph from Max Verstappen ensured Red Bull finished the first half of the season, before the European ‘summer’ break, unbeaten after the Belgian Grand Prix.
The defending double world champion’s victory was his eighth consecutive success, his 10th in 12 races this year, and completed not only a hat-trick of Belgian wins, but also meant he has won every race in the last three months since teammate Sergio Perez’s victory in Azerbaijan on April 30.
SuperSport.com looks at three things we learned from the Belgium Grand Prix: Playful Verstappen toying with rivals The 25-year-old Dutchman is so dominant that he can still win from sixth on the grid after taking a five-place penalty.
He is on a different plane to his rivals to such an extent that seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton resorted to humour to highlight it. Referring to the 2002 Austin Powers film Goldmember, Hamilton accepted it all seemed too easy for Verstappen when he said that “he is having a smoke and a pancake. You know the film?”
During the race, Verstappen playfully bickered with his race engineer about tyre degradation and making a pit-stop to give the team extra practice.
Hamilton’s Mercedes team-chief Toto Wolff said: “He has all reason to be a bit cheeky…. Just driving around. On merit. Nothing else to say -– as much as it’s annoying. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said he was in awe of his star.
“What we are witnessing with Max is something you see once in a generation,” said Horner. Red Bull and Verstappen go next to his home Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
Another win on August 27 will draw him level with four-time champion Sebastian Vettel’s record of nine straight wins for Red Bull in 2013 and extend the team’s record to 13 consecutive season-opening wins and 14 overall.
Ferrari, Aston Martin, Mercedes and McLaren have taken turns in mounting a brief challenge to Red Bull in the opening 12 races, but none have been successful –- on Sunday it was McLaren’s turn to find mounting optimism dashed after two podium finishes.
Source: supersport
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