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Red Bull: Verstappen now “so good” at reading F1 races

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Red Bull says Max Verstappen’s supremacy in being able to read a race has been key to his clinical delivery of victories in Formula 1 this season.

While the world champion squad’s rivals have all closed in over the course of this season, Verstappen has always appeared to have enough in hand to fend off anyone who looks on the verge of an attack. It was a story repeated at last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, where McLaren’s Lando Norris looked like being able to threaten Verstappen in both the sprint and the main race – before the lead Red Bull was able to stretch its legs.

” Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images Christian Horner, Team Principal, Red Bull Racing Horner thinks that Verstappen is now reaping the rewards for knowledge he gained during previous seasons – even when he was being beaten by the then dominant Mercedes team. Asked when he saw Verstappen develop this ability to perfectly judge his tyre management, Horner said: “2019, I think it was during that period he really, really stepped it up. “Then ’19 into '20 to a degree.

 

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