Max Verstappen says it’s important for him and Red Bull Racing to enjoy the current F1 successes as he approaches his second F1 world championship.
Max Festappen, who achieved five consecutive victories in the previous round F1 Italian Grand Prix, expanded the difference with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) to 116 points in the drivers’ championship.
Numerically, Max Verstappen will win the second F1 World Champion at the next round F1 Singapore GP if he has another 17 points difference.
Max Verstappen is also close to breaking the record for most wins in a single season. He has 11 wins so far this year, and two wins from the six races to go would match the record shared by Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher.
“It’s amazing what we’re going through inside the team,” Verstappen said of the current emotion of the winning streak after winning at Monza.
“We’re having a great year and it’s important to enjoy it.”
“I think we’ve had different challenges on different kinds of tracks, but now the car seems to work on all tracks and we’re very happy.”
Max Verstappen’s easy road to 2022 F1 world championship is in stark contrast to last year, when he won his first title on the final lap after a hard-fought season-long battle with Lewis Hamilton.
Red Bull Racing F1 team principal Christian Horner previously said that given the pressure of the 2021 title fight, there was “not an ounce” that would have made him wish Ferrari had put up a bigger fight. “It has said.
Max Verstappen has started from 7th or lower on the grid in the past three races, but Red Bull Racing have outperformed Ferrari’s performance level, recovering from each one to continue their winning streak.
Max Verstappen says his current success is similar to his last year in karting, but repeating it in F1 is “very different in terms of emotion”.
“At that point, the target is Formula 1. Of course I enjoy what I have achieved, but I think there is still a long way to go to get there,” Verstappen said.
“So the wave of excitement and what I feel is a little different. But my last year in go-karting was great.”
If Max Verstappen secures the championship at the F1 Singapore Grand Prix with five races remaining, it will be the earliest crowning since Michael Schumacher won the title with six races remaining in 2002.
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