“Schumacher was all the time helped by his teammate”

Dutch driver Tom Coronel believes that Max Verstappen just isn’t helped by his teammate, which was not true for Michael Schumacher. Whereas talking on the RacingNews365 F1 podcast, hosts Joris Mosterdijk, Coronel, and Ruud Dimmers hailed Max Verstappen as the most effective driver on the present grid.

Whereas discussing Verstappen’s unimaginable milestone of 14 wins in a single season, the trio revealed how the Dutchman must win the final two races to equalize Schumacher when it comes to proportion. Coronel then claimed:

“He can even take that proportion. This competitors this yr is way more durable than in Schumacher’s interval. Schumacher was initially all the time helped by his teammate. Rubens Barrichello was very clearly second fiddle. That isn’t the case right here. If Perez leads the best way, he offers him not completed, whereas previously the whole lot was placed on Michael Schumacher by Ross Brawn and Jean Todt. ‘Huppatee, apart’.”

Dimmers additionally made a comparability between Schumacher and Max Verstappen. He concluded that the Dutchman is slightly higher below all circumstances:

“Like Schumacher, Max has one thing that makes him higher below all circumstances. The draw back that Schumacher generally had was that if he might grow to be champion he drove dragons of races: he struggled with pressure, let the automotive stall on the grid, we noticed ferocious overtakes. And with Max that is simply all gone in the intervening time. Max, after all, additionally had moments final yr impressed by pressure and the place tempers generally rose slightly larger than was proper. However Max is probably somebody who can break all data, solely then it’s a must to be a bit fortunate with the automotive.”

Max Verstappen clinched his second world title in a row in 2022. The motive force received 10 races final yr however broke a number of data as he received the Mexican GP as his 14th race this yr.

Purple Bull boss believes Max Verstappen’s achievements should be acknowledged extra

Purple Bull’s Christian Horner claimed that driver Max Verstappen’s achievements usually are not as acknowledged as they need to be. Claiming that he’s doing one thing particular within the sport, he believes the Dutch prodigy was fiercely dominant this yr.

Horner, whereas chatting with RacingNews365, was very praiseworthy of the 25-year-old’s marketing campaign this yr:

“We have had the years of Mercedes dominance, however now we noticed maybe essentially the most spectacular marketing campaign from one particular person. He received essentially the most races and on prime of that two dash races and never all of them from pole place. He needed to do it. racing and combating for and searching again on the yr you’ll be able to solely conclude that it was a superb season.”

Purple Bull’s RB-18 had a shaky begin at first of the yr. Nevertheless, the automotive saved bettering with upgrades as Verstappen proved to be monumental.