In Light of Max Verstappen’s Bold Statement on Dominating, Ex-F1 Driver Believes Red Bull Star Is Trolling

Sabyasachi Biswas | 31/08/2023
In Light of Max Verstappen’s Bold Statement on Dominating, Ex-F1 Driver Believes Red Bull Star Is Trolling

Max Verstappen has recently revealed that he likes to demoralize his opponents and win the races instead of going through multiple wheel-to-wheel tussles and then taking the victory. However, former F1 driver Johnny Herbert told CasinoSite that Verstappen might be bored and would want to see someone challenging him for the win, as per GP Blog.

Many might argue that the Red Bull driver has been ferociously dominant this season with no proper opposition and he might be bored of it. However, Verstappen himself has denied this claim as he likes to vanquish and crush the opposition. The champ explained, “My goal is to increase the gap to the competition even more.”

Nevertheless, Herbert, who was also a former F1 driver thinks that no driver would want to win without opposition. Having an opposition in the sport brings in excitement, and therefore, the result is sweeter as well.

Johnny Herbert showed competition concern for Max Verstappen

As Verstappen has been on the winning rampage, Herbert believes he would like to have some competition in the sport. Instead of ruling massively and disappearing into the distance, some fights would be “nice.”

Talking about this, Herbert mused, “As a former driver I would like to be pushed, tested, and challenged, I would like to race, I would not like to simply disappear into the distance. Sometimes it’s nice to fight.”

However, is Verstappen not bothered about his magnanimous success at Red Bull? While everyone is pointing out how a normal person would be bored, why is this different in his case?

Verstappen revealed he is not bothered by records, is he?

As Max Verstappen is inching closer to record after record, he said that he is not bothered about breaking them. He just wants to live the moment and race hard.

Notably, he also does not care if Red Bull will be having an unbeaten season in 2023. As per ESPN, all he cares about taking his third championship home.

However, there was a slight nervousness from him before the start of the Dutch Grand Prix. Verstappen is chasing the record of most consecutive wins by an F1 driver, but according to Christian Horner, it is normal as the Red Bull driver is ‘no robot.’

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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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