For Max Verstappen, it’s not about records. It’s about winning. The Red Bull driver could do both at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday as he looks to etch his name in the Formula One record books.
Max Verstappen - The Canadian PressMONZA, Italy — For Max Verstappen, it’s not about records. It’s about winning.
Vettel set the consecutive wins record in 2013 with Red Bull during its first dominant era — when he won four straight titles — and Verstappen remembers how astounded he was as a teenager when he saw the German driver achieve that feat. Last weekend’s victory increased his huge championship lead to 138 points as he races toward a third straight world title.
“Well, I mean, everyone, of course, has their own opinion about these kind of things,” Verstappen said. “But for me, I’m not — I was never — in F1 to try and prove that I belong in between other people’s names ..." The team is chasing a record-extending 15th straight win on Sunday — including last season’s final race — and has more than double the points of second-place Mercedes.
Pérez’s two victories came in the opening four races but the Mexican driver’s season has imploded since then and he was an astonishing 1.3 seconds behind Verstappen in qualifying for the Dutch GP, despite having the same car.
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