Max Verstappen wants to win the world championship with “three races to go”, in a blow to title rival Charles Leclerc and the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Red Bull star Mark Webber claimed the team would “dominate the championship” as their car can “do everything”.
He praises Christian Horner’s team for having a car which has an “answer for anything at the moment” while writing off anyone else to clinch the crown in November. Webber told The Guardian: “Red Bull will continue to dominate this championship.
“They have a car that is very good on downforce levels, on all compounds of tyre. It’s like a tennis player on all surfaces or a golfer on all holes, short, long, chipping, putting, driving, the Red Bull can do everything.
“Red Bull have pretty much an answer for anything at the moment, Max could wrap it up with three races to go.”
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Russell scored just 64 points behind Verstappen as his consistent top-five finishes puts him among the mix. Hamilton lay further back, 98 points behind but with the season not even at the halfway stage anything can still happen.
Verstappen backs this up, claiming the championship table can “switch around very quickly”. He also called on Red Bull to not get comfortable, warning the team was “not the quickest” in Canada despite winning the race.
After the race in Montreal, the Dutchman said: “It’s still a very long way. I know the gap of course is quite big, but I also know that it can switch around very quickly. I mean [after] race three I was 46 behind, so we just need to stay calm, we need to focus and we need to improve because today we’re not the quickest.”
