max verstappen He is a two-time Formula 1 champion and leads the world championship after three races. his partner, Checo Perez, is second. Red Bull has been the strongest team to date and in Baku he hopes that the improvements of the rest will not tighten the grid any further.
On this rivalry between the two companions has been pronounced Valtteri Bottasremembering his time at Mercedes and leaving a more than unexpected criticism for Verstappen.
“Max is the type that is hardest to bear…”, has expressed the now driver of Alfa Romeo.
“I would say that he is in a situation quite similar to mine”, thus recalling his time with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, where he was clearly the second driver of the team,
“I would say try and don’t go into a spiral of trying too hard. You know, try and believe in your ability and do your thing. It’s easier to say that, but keep trying to improve,” he advised.
Within a week, in Baku, a new litmus test to see if Red Bull he leaves the championship between his two pilots. Everyone else will wear better. Among them, of course, the Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso He is currently the closest driver to Max and Checo.
The reality is that Verstappen has shown that he wants to win at all costs. And he doesn’t care about the atmosphere in the team. “I’m not here to be second…”, he said at the start of the season as Pérez took the win. in that celebration Jos Verstappen He was also very cold with the Mexican.
