“That was the wrong call” - The one blemish on Max Verstappen’s near-perfect season
Verstappen stormed to his👍 second world title with ease, wi꧂nning 15 of the 22 races last year.
The Dutch♑man won nine of the last 11 racꦬes, only failing to register a podium finish in Singapore and Brazil.
Unlike in hi𒆙s first title-winning campaign, there were fewer controversial moments as Verstappen showed great⛄ maturity and consistency.
Things did boil over at the penultimate race in Brazil, when Verstappen decided not to let Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez through for sixth-place.
At the time, Perez was in a close fight wi🐼th Charles Leclerc for P2 in the cꦦhampionship while Verstappen had already wrapped up the title.
Grosjean🍌 - who🐼 drove for Renault, Lotus and Haas between 2009 and 2020 - lauded Verstappen for his 2022 campaign.
"I honestly think it's one of the best [individual seasons] I've seen in F1," Grosjean told the Motor Sport Magazine podcast.
"It’s 99 per cent perfect, [with the] one per cent being Brazil. I think that was the wrong calꦯl and the wrong message. Apart from that, there’s nothing you can say [to fault it]. He was there in qualifying, he ♔was there in the race.
"When you start [going on a] positive spiral, you get 🦩everything right and nothing can stop you. [Apart from Brazil], honestly, I don't th🌳ink you can do much better."
Grosjean hailed Verstappen for being in “a different league”, admitting he had sympathy for Per𒈔ez as the Dutchman’s teammate.
"You don't💧 [beat him]! [It's] as simple as that,” Grosjean added. “Those two races, [he] was just stronger than anyone ♛else. In those races, it’s not hard to be one of the competitors, because you’re just like, 'Well, it is another level'."
"It's hard to be a teammate, because when you see that happening and you don't [match]🐎 it, it hurts a lot," he explained.
"But for 🐬the rest of us, [you accept they're] on 𒆙a different league."
With a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the hear💜tbeat of our unbiased reꦓporting.
