Ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean says reigning world champion Max Verstappen has been extra “at peace” this season, however nonetheless shows the identical “partaking” driving that has earned him the admiration of many.
After his controversial title battle with Lewis Hamilton final 12 months, Verstappen has been in a league of his personal this season, and completely unassailable within the second half of this 12 months’s marketing campaign, securing his second world championship with 4 race to spare.
Whereas Pink Bull’s RB18 has served as the right praise to Verstappen’s excellent expertise, Grosjean believes that the Dutchman himself has developed as a driver within the wake of his first coronation.
“We already knew that Max is a particularly gifted driver, however I feel his first world title has given him much more confidence and quietness whereas racing,” stated the previous Haas F1 driver on Sky Sports activities podcast Any Pushed Monday.
“Since he’s World Champion he simply extra at peace, he simply drives the way in which he does drive, which is a really engaged method of driving that I like and admire.
“They’re dominating laborious this 12 months. Hopefully Pink Bull can have a bit extra bother sooner or later with groups like Ferrari and Mercedes, as a result of as a lot as it’s enjoyable for Max, it isn’t good for the present if just one automotive wins each time.”
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Grosjean famous that Verstappen, as gifted as he was when he graduated to F1 in 2015 as a seventeen-year-old teenager, suffered his justifiable share of on-track incidents as a result of his lack of expertise.
“It’s one thing Max has realized through the years,” defined the Andretti Autosport IndyCar charger.
“He went by means of the junior courses in a short time and entered F1 tremendous early.
“However you possibly can have all of the preparation you need, if you get to F1, it’s nonetheless F1, it’s nonetheless more durable, after which the remaining, it’s nonetheless totally different and there may be extra concerned.”
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