In an interview with the British channel Sky Sports, the former F1 driver Jaime Alguersuari made some interesting reflections on the two-time world champion Max Verstappen who is in the middle of another F1 campaign with almost no competition. He emphasized the natural talent he had, the intense preparation he received from his strict father Jos since he was a kid in karting, and was quick to say that the two other champions on the F1 grid, with the same car, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso“I don’t think they beat him.”
“Nobody beats him… He’s in a state of flow, making it easy. He’s not even pushing. Of course, the car is very fast, but I can say… I’m very, very sure that if you put Lewis in that car or Fernando or whatever driver you want, I don’t think they can beat him,” Alguersuari explained.
Alguersuari examines Verstappen’s childhood, and the influence of a very tough father like Jos Verstappen. “To see the performance and the current state of Max at this moment we have to go back to the karting days and analyze that. Because everything happens for a reason. And Max has a special talent. He was born with a special talent, but talent is not enough. To be the best driver in the world, talent is not enough. Talent has to be worked on, talent has to be trained. Talent has to be worked for, big time.”
“And Max has something that no one else has. He has a preparation and an education that no one else has. A tough and rigorous preparation from the karting stage, and no one else has had it.”
“He’s at Genk, testing more than anyone on slick tires, wet tires… he can go out on a wet track on slick tires and train like that. His father is very involved in his karting program, tuning his engines, just doing it, with a very strict mentality to perform at a very, very high level. Winning is not enough,” a self-philosophy that suits Ja.
“If you look, it’s a very similar promotion or it’s a similar mentality to Red Bull, their junior team, where winning is not enough. That’s what happened when I was at Toro Rosso, adding and beating Michael Schumacher, and scoring six points in a race or doing eighth, ninth or seventh, which is a win for us. But for them, all the press was happy enough, even my team with the whole team. s were even congratulating us on our achievements. results, but for Helmut it’s just fine, ‘that’s what you should do’. So that’s the mentality Jos and Max have in mind,” recalled the former Toro Rosso driver.
Source: La Verdad
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