Former F1 team boss says Max Verstappen “would win even with a tractor”
High praise for Max Verst♍appen from hꦬis former boss.
Ex-AlphaTauri team principal Fraꦬnz Tost has joked that Max Verstappen is so quick that he could win a Formul💦a 1 race driving a tractor.
Tost cited Verstappen’s speed in Emil Frey Rac🐟ing’s Ferrari 296 GT3 at Portimao as proof that he can outperform the competition i𒁃n any machinery.
Asked if the four-time champion’s recent F1 results are down to having a car that has been tailored to his style by Red Bull, Tost told : “Max Verstappen wo🥂uld win even with a tractor!
“For example, last year Max did a test w🦄ith a Ferrari GT race car. He was immediately two seconds faster than the rest. Max has a feel for speed, incredible vision, incredible vehicle control, and an incredible feel for a car – no matter which one.
“He would therefore immediately get along with any Formula 1 car. Of course,✱ౠ he will then fine-tune the car to best suit his driving style.”
Tost has identified two key s♔trengths of Verstappen, as the Dutchman begins to stake his claim among the greatest F1 drivers of all time.
“Max is a very special driver. Firstly, his natural speed is superior to the others. And secondly, he is so mentally str♛ong that he can implement his supernatural talent at the decisive moment. That is what makes him so superior,” he said.
Tost’s team Toro Rosso ran 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen in F1 in 2015 and the early part of 2016, with the𒁃 then-teenager scoring two top-five finishes with the Faenza-based squad before graduating to Red Bull.
Howꦚever, Tost said he knew Verstappen was destined for great things even before he had stepped into a formula car in th🥂e European F3 in 2014.
“He already stood out in karting, at the European Championship💛,” recalled the Austrian,𝔉 who remains a consultant for Red Bull.
“Then came the rainy Formula 3 race at the Norisring. Max drove so confidently that it seemed as if the oꦓthers were parꦰked.
“That reminded me of Michael Schumacher, who was just as💮 dominant in a rainy Formula Ford race at the Salzburgring in 1987. I was working for [Schumacher’s] future manager, Willi Weber, at the time and immediately told him: ‘You have to take him. You can't go wrong!෴’”
