Despite its monster lead in the drivers’ championship, Max Verstappen believes that Red Bull Racing cannot allow itself the slightest misstep after the summer break.
Max Verstappen started the summer break with an 80-point lead over Charles Leclerc in the championship standings, with eight victories in the first thirteen Grands Prix.
If it is difficult to see how the F1 2022 title could escape the Dutch driver, the latter nevertheless wanted to warn his team against any excess of optimism.
“Of course, it’s a good leadadmet Verstappen. But we can’t have too many days like the ones we had on Saturday in Budapest. And even in the race we had a few little issues with the clutch and the upshifts, which wasn’t great to drive. »
“Overall, of course, winning is good, but we have to keep working, trying to improve things. »
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A feeling shared by Christian Horner, his boss at Red Bull Racing. “Of course the rankings seem favorable to ushe comments, and it’s a great way to start the summer break. But there are still a lot of races to be done after the restart. »
“Ferrari are fast, Mercedes are coming back into the game. There is still a long, long way to go in this championship, in addition to a sprint race. So we don’t take anything for granted. There are still a lot of races to go and they are very different circuits. »