FEATURE
M
ax Verstappen’s drive at the
Brazilian Grand Prix must go
down among the best ever,as
the Dutch teenager delivered a thrilling
performance to claim third place at
the chequered flag having been down
in 15the place with less than a dozen
laps remaining in the race.
Red Bull team chief Christian
Horner said, “It is one of the best
drives I’ve seen in Formula 1, his
recovery was amazing. We gave it a
go on the intermediates, it was the kind
of call that could have won him the
race, but the rain got heavier.”
“We put him on extreme wets and
said let’s go for it. From the moment
he got going after that restart he was
determined to get on that podium. He
was looking for the grip, he has done
a lot of karting and was using that
experience and those lines.
“He was absolutely fearless in
pretty horrific conditions. It was an
amazing drive and he deserved that
podium and the reaction from the
crowd,” added Horner.
From the start Verstappen was on
it, clinically ambushing Ferrari’s Kimi
Raikkonen and claiming third place into
Turn 1 when the field was released.
Then a little later in the race
Verstappen he went around the
outside of Mercedes driver Nico
Rosberg through Turn 3, on the wettest
part of the track, with a clinical move
that defied belief.