Max Verstappen spent a season of his life beating Lewis Hamilton in the 2021 championship. The Red Bull driver finished either first or second in each race without suffering any damage to his car. Admittedly, in the fight for the championship against the 7-time world champion, Verstappen sometimes got a bit dirty.
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Former Formula 1 driver Stefan Johansson mentioned that Max was inspired by Michael Schumacher’s playbook in the fight for the title. But he claimed the Dutch driver took it to another level.
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Former F1 driver accuses Max Verstappen of crossing the finish line in 2021
As Stefan Johansson reports. art, the former Ferrari and McLaren driver claimed that Verstappen had taken driving rules to another level. He also praised the current generation of drivers for being fair but tough in wheel-to-wheel racing.
“The problem that we are currently on the right track is that Max has taken the Senna playbook and the Schumacher playbook to a whole new level. In general, I think there is a good code of conduct between drivers.
Most of the current generation of the new generation of drivers drive very cleanly, but hard. There have been some really great fights this year, but they’re not at the top and so for the most part it goes unnoticed. Nobody cares about the boys in fifth or sixth place, ”said Stefan.
Formula 1 F1 – Young Driver Test – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – December 14, 2021, Red Bulls Max Verstappen testing REUTERS / Hamad I Mohammed
“I’m not very optimistic about the changes on the part of the officials. Every year decisions about driving standards and their enforcement get worse, muddier with more gray areas.
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In certain cases this year, if Max gets away with what he got away with, it is, as Leclerc said, “Okay, good. If we race like that, then we have to race like that. ‘ said Stefan.
Well, Verstappen pushed the rules hard in the 2021 season to fight for the championship. But it’s interesting to see how the officials view the battles at the top of the grid differently from the battles in midfield. Hopefully there will be more consistency in the rules from the 2022 season onwards.
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