IMOLA, Italy — Crimson Bull boss Christian Horner feels Max Verstappen’s distinctive double victory in actual life and in a digital sim race over the weekend reveals the kind of competitor he’s.

Verstappen held off a charging Lando Norris to win the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix by simply 0.7s on Sunday.

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On the morning of the race, as he had on Saturday night after taking pole place at Imola, he had taken half in his Group Redline squad’s try to win the digital 24 Hours of the Nürburgring.

Group Redline accomplished that victory shortly earlier than Verstappen led the F1 grid away from pole place in the beginning of the race at Imola.

Requested if he had any considerations about Verstappen pulling double obligation, Horner stated: “No, as a result of he is mainly a racing machine.

“It is very often he is testing completely different set-ups within the night and this sort of factor. So it is commonplace for him to do this.”

Verstappen didn’t have a simple time of it in Imola, having to carry off Norris for the ultimate portion of the race.

On Saturday he matched Ayrton Senna’s report for eight consecutive pole positions.

Horner added: “He is had a really busy weekend. I believe Max this weekend, and also you heard what it meant to him, the pole place yesterday, he actually needed to dig very deep and the efficiency once more right this moment was a masterclass”.

Verstappen and Crimson Bull had seemed out of kinds in the beginning of the occasion, with the automobile wanting erratic all through Friday observe.

Horner stated Verstappen’s win was a credit score to your complete operation the reigning world champion has at its disposal.

“It was an enormous dive and that is why you need to by no means underestimate the broader group within the manufacturing facility, the simulator drivers,” Horner stated.

“Credit score the place credit score is due, the essence of group is with the ability to reply when issues aren’t going nicely and we managed to show it round. For those who anticipated this consequence on Friday, all the evaluation would have stated no approach however we managed to show it round and win the race.”