MONTREAL — Max Verstappen mentioned he has little interest in Crimson Bull finishing an unbeaten season if he wins his third championship this 12 months.
No F1 group has received each race in a calendar season however the dominant nature of Crimson Bull’s seven victories this 12 months has led to hypothesis they are often the primary.
Verstappen already appears to be like nailed on to retain the championship after opening up a 63-point lead over Crimson Bull teammate Sergio Perez.
The Dutchman, who would go joint fifth with Ayrton Senna on the all-time winners’ listing together with his subsequent victory (41), mentioned he isn’t inserting a lot significance on the group profitable all the pieces.
When requested if he would care about going unbeaten, Verstappen mentioned: “No.
“Final 12 months was already fairly loopy with 15 wins. So long as I win the championship that is crucial factor.”
McLaren’s 1988 group received 15 out of 16 races, whereas Mercedes received 19 out of 21 in 2016.
Verstappen mentioned each these examples present why it’s so powerful for a group to win all the pieces throughout the 12 months.
“If you happen to have a look at how we’re performing, sure [we can] – however it’s very unrealistic. There’s all the time issues that can go improper in a season that’s generally out of your management. I am not considering that’s attainable.
“Once you have a look at it realistically with how fast the automobile is, sure. I feel there was just one 12 months the place McLaren was near this, it was one race. And that was much less races than now.”