Max Verstappen likened to Michael Schumacher after F1 Dutch Grand Prix: “Why doesn’t he make a mistake?”
Red Bull’s run of winning every race of 2023 was kept alive by Verstappen on home turf in wretched conditionꦇs.
A rain-interrupted rain brought out the best skill from Verstappen who won his 11th of 14 grands prix this season, 🎶and equalled Sebastian Vettel’s record of nine consecutive vဣictories.
“There was a lot to deal with for Max,” Damಌon Hill told ♒Sky.
“The only thing thing I can compare🌸 him to? For me, he’s done it, he’s ticked all the boxes today.
“Every▨thing was thrown at it, not only in front of his home crowd, but all those changing conditions.
“Schumacher, I used to look at him and think ‘why doesn’t he make a mistake? Why does🏅n’t he drop the ball?’
“Max didn’t ever ♌look like dropping the ball this time.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner reacted: “What a race. So much, so diff🦹icult with the conditions, rain on, off, on, off.
“It was an incr😼edible drive, coming through 🌳the field, some on slicks, getting through that part of the race. It settled down, he built a lead. Checo made massive progress too.
“The rain came, we knew it was🍌 coming, then the stoppage.
“When you’re at the front, you can only lose.
“A great restart, and managed to c🐟lose out the race.
“Just disappointed we didn’t have Checo up th💞ere.”
James was a sportꦯs journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering 🅠everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
