After Losing the Extraordinary Record, Sebastian Vettel Immediately Praised Max Verstappen for His Latest Accolade

Sabyasachi Biswas | 05/09/2023
After Losing the Extraordinary Record, Sebastian Vettel Immediately Praised Max Verstappen for His Latest Accolade

After the latest win at the Italian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen became the first-ever driver to have ten consecutive race wins in Formula 1. The Red Bull driver broke the long-standing record held by Sebastian Vettel in this regard. Now, Vettel took the opportunity to congratulate Verstappen and praise the young driver for his achievement, as per De Telegraaf.

Vettel held this record since 2013 when he won nine races in a row. The German driver was with Red Bull as well back then. He started winning races from the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix and didn’t look back from there.

The four-time world champion ended the season with nine wins in a row. However, the record came to an end after Nico Rosberg won the season opener in Australia in 2014. The record was unbroken all these years until Verstappen crossed the finish line in Monza.

The defending champion has been extraordinarily dominant this season; winning 12 races out of 14 races. With that, he is inching closer to his third straight title. Acknowledging all of this, Vettel congratulated Verstappen on this.

Sebastian Vettel congratulated Max Verstappen

According to Erik van Haren of the De Telegraaf, Vettel took no time to congratulate Verstappen on breaking the former’s record. This has come even after the Red Bull driver broke the record that stood for almost a decade.

Admittedly, Verstappen was happy with the outcome in Italy too. Rating his performance at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, he put up a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, where he wrote, “A 10/10 performance today @redbullracing.”

Interestingly, it was time to rejoice for Red Bull too as they were on a 15-race winning streak. The Austrian team has been unbeatable since the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix when George Russell took the surprising win for Mercedes.

Verstappen will break many records, believes Vettel

Along with congratulating Max Verstappen after the former broke his record, Sebastian Vettel has also claimed that the two-time world champion will go on to break more records in his illustrious F1 career.

With 47 wins already, there are chances that the Dutchman might become the driver with the third most F1 wins in a few races. Notably, he will only need seven more wins to beat Vettel’s record, until recent risks.

As things stand, the Red Bull driver is speeding his way to clinch the third consecutive world title as Red Bull looks ever-dominant and unstoppable coming into the 2023 F1 season.

Post Edited By: Shreya Sanjeev
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Sabyasachi Biswas

Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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