The young Dutch star leads the World Cup with 332.5 points, fourteen more than Hamilton.
The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the Formula One World Championship, who after finishing second this Sunday in the Brazilian Grand Prix -which was won by the Englishman Lewis Hamilton- saw his advantage reduced to fourteen points, declared in Interlagos that they minimized “damage” and that he is “convinced that” they will fight back “in the next races.”
“Today we have tried everything; It was a great fight, but here we didn’t have enough pace, ”said the 24-year-old young Dutch star; Nine times victorious this year and leading the World Cup with 332.5 points, fourteen more than Hamilton, twelve years older than him.
“Even so, we have added good points,” said Mexican teammate Sergio Pérez, who was fourth in Sao Paulo this Sunday and prevented, by setting the fastest lap on the last lap, from Hamilton scoring the extra point for that reason.
“It has been fun and the truth is that today we gave it our all, but we simply did not have the necessary rhythm,” said ‘Mad Max’, who in Mexico had raised his ratio of victories in the premier class to 19.
“We still have a decent leadership and today it was about minimizing damage; something we have achieved. And I am convinced that in the next races we will be able to fight back ”, Verstappen commented this Sunday at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo, which, for the first time in the 48 editions held in Brazil, gave its name to the Grand Prix. (D)
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