Verstappen’s reflection on Alonso’s number of F1 titles

Max Verstappen He has the chance in Singapore to match Fernando Alonso’s 32 F1 victories at the age of just 24 (September 30, 1997) and also, he has first choice to win his second consecutive title and thus equal the number of crowns. of Fernando Alonso. When asked about it, the Spaniard praised Verstappen and he predicted more victories than the Asturian would reap after his second crown: “He still has a long way to go, he is 24 years old, but I wish him more luck than I had. Because I had those statistics at 26 years old and they are the same ones I have now. I’m sure with red bull it can only get better.” Max, hearing the words of the Spaniard, did not hesitate to respond and reflect on what Fernando said.

“Not bad,” Verstappen said of the possibility of equaling the Spaniard’s 32 wins in Singapore. “In F1 you need a bit of luck, and you need to be lucky enough to make the right decision and then have a dominant car for a long time, because… I mean, Obviously, if you put Fernando in cars that won other people’s championships, he would do the same. But that’s not how F1 works.”he tried to add.

“But in the end he won two titles, so I think he has done very well. And he is also a great person and a great personality for F1,” concluded Max in a Fernando Alonso who praised the quality of the Dutchman and made it clear that Max would be the “fair” champion of this course.

Alonso: “Verstappen deserves it”

“There’s not much fighting, is there? I mean, it’s going to be an important season because we’ve changed the regulations a lot, so it’s always going to be remembered for this new generation of cars. I think Ferrari has had very, very fast car, but Red Bull and Max stand out. Maybe there is no fight because Red Bull and Max Verstappen are better than others, but they don’t have a superior car because I think Ferrari is equal or better great,” said Alonso of Verstappen and its course is 2022.

“He fully deserves the title, they were the best team and the best driver. When they win, it’s not important, they will win. Here or in Japan”, and extended his explanation. “There are drivers who need more time, they need to study more data, they need all Fridays to study and compare with their colleagues and gradually take small steps until they 100% ready for qualifying. And there are others who are 100% in FP1. I think Max is one of them and it’s always been that way from the karts until now, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone.”

“That’s what I consider one of my strengths and that’s why I left Formula 1 in 2018, to try different things, because I thought my career wasn’t progressing, I was 10th or only 12th in Formula 1 every weekend. I like to challenge myself in different categories and different cars every weekend, and try to achieve different titles or victories in breed.”

“I’ll be looking forward to tomorrow in FP1: in the first five minutes of the session you can see that Max is 2.5 seconds ahead of everyone. They will slowly come back and then in qualifying they will be close to him. This happens at least on a small scale between my colleagues sometimes. On Friday I was ahead and then on Saturday and Sunday they got better and better. It’s ideal for Max or me, we want to have a wet FP1, FP2, FP3 and get into qualifying for the first time on a new track.”