.As the 2024 Formula One Championship approaches, Gerhard Berger has finally settled the debate over which racer—Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton—is superior.F1 great Gerhard Berger discussed who he believed was the better driver, Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen.
With seven wins and eleven podium places thus far in the 2024 Formula 1 Championship, Verstappen, 26, is now dominating the standings with 313 points.The Belgian-Dutch driver still has three sprint races and six Grands Prix left before the year is out to extend his lead. It appears improbable that Hamilton will be able to challenge Verstappen for this year’s championship with Mercedes with just 174 points left to play for—assuming he wins every event remaining.
While Verstappen appears to be superior to Hamilton when it comes to sheer driving skill, history books show a very different picture. The 39-year-old, along with Michael Schumacher, owns a record seven Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles. He also holds the record for the most victories, podium finishes, and pole positions. Verstappen, on the other hand, has won the Formula 1 Championship three times in a row. By the end of the 2024 season, he hopes to win a fourth championship with Red Bull, barring a late charge by McLaren’s Lando Norris that would narrow the 59-point margin between first and second. Former Ferrari driver Paul Berger has boldly declared Verstappen the greatest driver of all time.The 65-year-old acknowledged in an interview with Auto Motor und Sport: “He considers where you can pass and where you can’t.
This was a tool that none of Schumacher, Hamilton, or (Ayrton) Senna had. It’s evident that Max is in the right place at all times. In a duel at the beginning, in the first corner. Nothing that could be done better than him, in my opinion. Max Verstappen is most likely the greatest Formula 1 driver we have ever seen because of this.” Even with the Austrian’s compliments, Verstappen still has a ways to go before he can be listed among the greats of all time, ahead of the likes of Schumacher and Hamilton. Naturally, the 26-year-old won 19 of the 22 Grands Prix
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