Max Verstappen (Red Bull), renowned leader of the Formula One World Championship, who won the Canadian Grand Prix this Sunday, the eighth of the year, He said at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal, where he achieved number 100 in his team’s history, that this victory was “something special and incredible”.
“I am very happy, because the race is not that easy to win“, commented Verstappen, who at the age of 25 equaled this Sunday the 41 victories of the Brazilian Ayrton Senna -winner of three World Cups for Brazil-, surpassing only four drivers in all history; and clearly points to third title in a row.
“I had to fight hard with the tires, we were sliding a lot from one side to the other.”comments the new sports idol from the Netherlands, who this Sunday achieved his sixth victory in the first eight races of a World Cup -scheduled for 22- that he is now the leader with 195 points, 69 more than his teammate, the Mexican Sergio Pérez – sixth this Sunday-, and with 78 on the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), who finished second in Montreal, where the Asturian double world champion signed his sixth podium of season.
“I expected a race like this, more or less; but it is difficult in the conditionsto keep the tires at the right temperature,” he explained.
“But we won again“added the Dutch super-predator.
“Getting the 100th win for the team was special and incredible. This is a really good thing, but we are also working hard to achieve all these achievements“Verstappen said this Sunday after winning at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal.
Source: La Verdad
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