David Coulthard demands it has been clear since he was young person that Max Verstappen was a “special” ability, as he lauded the Dutch driver for his “super impressive” exhibitions this season as well as the “consistency” of his Ruddy Bull group.
Verstappen has been in glorious frame in 2023 having won 12 of the 14 races so distant this season. He as of now sits at the best of the driver’s standings, driving group mate Sergio Perez by 145 focuses, as he looks to seal his third sequential title.
And ahead of the Italian Terrific Prix – where Verstappen won a record 10th continuous race – Coulthard uncovered what it was approximately the “exceptional” two-time world winner that has awed him the foremost this season.
“Max has continuously stood out through all the lower Equations. Ever since he arrived in Equation 1 and won his to begin with Fantastic Prix – I think indeed some time recently he was 18 – you know you’re observing somebody special,” Coulthard told Formula1.com.
“This was something you may have recognized once you saw Michael [Schumacher], Ayrton [Senna] or any of these folks. What is super amazing is the development he has got at 25.
“I know Lewis [Hamilton] had made a comment that he does not have intense group mates. To begin with of all, that’s not the case, and moment of all it’s not really approximately who your group mate is, it’s almost who your competitors are, and his greatest competitor so distant has been Lewis.
“And they have been mind boggling within the way they have gone wheel-to-wheel, and performed, and truly conveyed a few extraordinary comes about. Whether you’re a Mercedes fan, a Ferrari fan, it doesn’t matter.”
He added: “This don brings extraordinary drivers. Lewis is an uncommon driver, Fernando [Alonso] is an remarkable driver, Max is an extraordinary driver, and typically fair the realities.
“And in hold up we have Charles [Leclerc], Carlos [Sainz], Lando [Norris], George [Russell], and the list goes on. These folks have appeared awesome potential but are however to win numerous races and championships.”
Coulthard moreover saved laud for his previous group Ruddy Bull, who as of now hold a 310-point lead over Mercedes within the championship. They are on their way to winning a 6th constructors’ title in their history and the Scot is nothing in the event that not awed.
Inquired who might demonstrate to be the greatest challenger to Ruddy Bull and Verstappen’s position of royalty moving forward, Coulthard answered: “Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, Charles and Carlos and George of course. Ferrari on the off chance that they get on best of the issues.
All of these groups are extraordinary groups. Lewis has appeared his family. Seven-time world winner, may have been nine times, could’ve been 10.
“The realityis he’s got that, he’s marked for another two a long time, he has got the starvation, he has been extraordinary all the way from karting to where he is presently, and presently we are going see what Mercedes deliver him as a car.