Verstappen’s thoughts on Alonso’s number of titles in F1

Max Verstappen He has an opportunity in Singapore to match Fernando Alonso’s 32 wins in F1 when he was only 24 (30 September 1997).of Fernando AlonsoWhen asked about it, the Spaniards admired Verstappen And he predicted that the Asturians could have more success after winning the crown for the second time. “He still has a long way to go. He’s 24 and I wish him more luck than I do because I’m 26 and have those stats and they’re my is the same as we currently have. surely red bull Max listened to the Spanish and reflected on what Fernando had said, and did not hesitate to reflect.

“Not bad,” said Verstappen of his potential to match the Spaniard’s 32 wins in Singapore. “In Formula 1 you need a little bit of luck. You need luck to make the right decisions and have a dominant car for a long time because… Obviously, if someone else had Fernando in a championship-winning car, he would have done the same. But that’s not how F1 works.”added emphatically.

“But he ended up winning two titles, so I think he did very well. He’s a great guy and a great guy for F1,” concluded Max. Fernando Alonso He praised the quality of the Dutch and made it clear that Max would be the ‘fair’ champion of this course.

Alonso: ‘Verstappen totally deserves it’

“There wasn’t much of a fight, I mean we changed the regulations a lot, so it’s going to be an important season, so for this new generation of cars it will always be remembered. Ferrari are very, very “It was a very fast car, but Red Bull and Max stood out. There was no fight, probably because Red Bull and Max Verstappen were better than the others, but I think Ferrari is equal or better, so They didn’t have that good car,” Alonso said.of Verstappen And its course 2022.

“There was no fight because Red Bull and Max were better, but they didn’t have that good car. Ferrari is the same or better.”

Fernando Alonso

“He totally deserved the title. They were the best team, the best driver. It doesn’t matter when they win, they will win. Here or in Japan,” he explained at length. did. “We have drivers who need more time, we need to study more data, we have to analyze everything on Friday and compare it to our teammates, and we’re going little by little until we’re 100% ready for qualifying. You have to take small steps. And some players are 100% in FP1. I think Max is one of them, and he’s been that way since Kurt, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone.”

“That’s what I consider to be one of my strengths and the reason I left F1 in 2018 to try something else because I thought my career wasn’t progressing. Every weekend. , I was 10th or 12th in Formula 1. I wanted to challenge myself. Every weekend I drive different categories and different cars, trying to win different titles and races.”

“I’m looking forward to FP1 tomorrow. We can see that Max is 2.5 seconds ahead of everyone in the first 5 minutes of the session. They’ll slowly come back and close in on him in qualifying. It can also occur on a smaller scale between teammates. On Friday I was way ahead and on Saturday and Sunday I am getting better and better. Ideally for Max and me, FP1, FP2 and FP3 would be wet and we would like to qualify for the first time on a new track.”