Nico Rosberg says Max Verstappen is "only getting started" with F1 success in warning to Lewis Hamilton
Verstappen, who wrapped up his second successive world title with four races to go, rounded off a record-breaking 2022 campaign with his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:15th victory of the year in Sunday’s season finale in Abu Dhabi.
The Red Bull driver’s commanding win at Yas Marina marked his latest flawless performance, having dominated the season on his way to becoming a two-time world champion in less than 12 months.&nbs﷽p;
And Rosberg, who beat then Mercedes teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton to the 2016 crown before retiring from th🃏e sport, reckons this is ju♌st the start of the 25-year-old’s achievements in F1.
“He is an incredible driver,” Rosberg told Sky Sports F1’s Any Driven Monday.
"I think it's easy to say even now that's he's going to be on⭕e of the best of all time, if you look at the statistics he actually even is now.
"He's a double world champion with all of the race wins that he has, more than [Fernando] Alons𒀰o.
"He's already one of the best o🔯f all time and I think, he's only gettin🅰g started.
"He's going to confirm that in the next decade, certainly. His level of driving is phenomenal and it🔜's great to witness that.”
Verstappen had to overcome a terrible start to the season as reliability failures in two of the first three races left him trailing Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc by 46 points in the championship after the Au༺stralian Grand P🌳rix.
H♑is and Red Bull’s response was nothing short of remarkable, while a succession of ♓costly retirements and blunders from Ferrari and Leclerc ultimately accelerated Verstappen’s charge to the 2022 title.
Rosberg described Verstappen’s performance as “one of the greatest driving seasons ever seen” in F1.
"We need to remember also, it's not like from the get-go this yea▨r his car was miles quicker than everyone else's," Rosberg added.
"The Ferrari was the quickest car in the beginning of the season aꦰnd still, he got this in🐓credible 15 wins and really destroyed the opposition in that way.
"If you look at the 🎃points, he scored 146 more than anybody else, it's unreal. It's one of the greatest dr🧸iving seasons we've ever seen certainly."
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