Max Verstappen lauded after Imola win: “He’s slightly better than the rest, isn’t he?”
Damon Hill believes Max Verstappen made the difference at Imola in his battle for th𒉰e victor🧸y.
1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill has heaped praise on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen followinꦺg his impressive victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Verstappen narrowly beat 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris at Imola to take his fifth victory of the campai☂gn.
It was arguably his most impressive performance of the year so far, particularly given McLaren’s outstanding pace at 🎃times t🌞his weekend.
Verstappen stormed to pole when McLareꦫn looked like they were the favourites, whi🥃le Norris’ race pace on the hard tyre at the end of the race was slightly superior.
Reflecting on Verstappen’s perform♏ance, Hill feels that Verstappen made the difference after Red Bull “hadn’t given him a dominant car.”
“He is paid a lot of money. ꩵHe should be working hard,” Hill said on Sky Sports’ F1 broadcast.
“Those ones provide more satisfaction. He knows that he𓂃 w🧸on that race, he got pole position. They hadn’t given him a dominant car.
“He’s slightly better than the rest, isn’t he? He had to use that talent toཧ win this race.
“G𝔍reat to see Lando as well. Somehow the stars are alig♐ning for this to be an interesting rivalry between these two, this season.”
Fo🤪rmer W Series driver Naomi Schiff noticed Verstappen’s “elation” after the race, something that hasn’t been common during Red Bull’s era 🐎of dominance over the last few years.
“The sound of Lando’🎃s frustration, and Max’s elation, goes to show that this battle is we༺ll and truly on,” she commented.
“It’s the happℱiest we’ve heard Max all year. They’ve been far too dominant for far too long and it’s great to see them under a little bit of pressure. Hats off ꦬto Max as well. At the end, he was under a lot of pressure. Lando was closing in on him.
“With the battery emptyin🧜g he was having to do things on a steering wheel himself, in that moment, with Lando being in DRS. That’s what we want to ♍see.
“At the beginning of th♎e race we thought: ‘Is he going to run away with it?’ With two more laps, we would have seen them battling it out.”
Hill added: “It ꩵbrings out the best of them. Like squeezing oranges, you’ve got to squeeze hard to get the good bits out! Youᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ could see Lando’s focus was much more intense.
“You could see him using the track. This is why I turned o♓n F1 to watch."
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