Mercedes and Ferrari snubbed as Max Verstappen names rival F1 team with ‘best driver line-up’
The Red Bull driver dominated the Qatar Grand Prix to notch up his 14th victory from 17 races this season on a weekend he also clinched his third world t🌠itle.
Verstappen was crowned after a second-place finish behind🎶 Piastri in Saturday’s sprint race, before cruising to his latest win in the grand prix.
Piastri took runner-up spot ahead of teammate Norris as a rejuvenated McLa෴ren celebrated their second double podium in as many days.
And Verstappen considers the McLaren duo to be a stronger pairing than the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell at Mercedes, or Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.
“I do think that as a team they are probably the most consistent, compared to the others behind u🐽s,” Verstappen said when asked if he feels McLaren are now Red Bull’s closest challengers.
“And I do t🐈hink they 💮have the best driver line-up out of all of them.
“So yeah, they are operating really well. And, yeah, it's going to be interesting to the end of the year, but al🍨so I think the start of next year to see where everyone is at.”
Th😼e Dutchman added: “I do think we had a bit more pace in hand if we really needed it but nevertheless, I don't want to take anything away from McLaren.
“They've been doing a great job and from🌊 us, we see that they are getting closer and closer. So we have to try and of course maintain a bit of a gap.”
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