McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has likened Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen to a horror film villain as he admitted the staff by no means believed the Dutchman was out of the championship operating.
With the ultimate two rounds of the 2025 Formulation 1 season starting this weekend in Qatar, Lando Norris leads the drivers’ standings by 24 factors, with team-mate Oscar Piastri and Verstappen in a tie behind him. This hole between Norris and the reigning champion turned tighter after the Woking staff was disqualified for extreme plank put on on the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Talking on The Sports activities Brokers podcast, Brown admitted that Verstappen’s relentless pursuit of perfection has meant that McLaren by no means thought they have been protected.
“He is like that man in that horror film that proper as you suppose he is not coming again, he is again. So what an unbelievable expertise he’s. He by no means makes errors. He seizes each alternative.”
Lando Norris, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Picture by: Mark Sutton / Formulation 1 by way of Getty Pictures
He added, “We have by no means thought he was out. You recognize, after we have been, I believe at a 104-point lead on Max, persons are like, ‘oh, this can be a executed deal.’ We have by no means thought it was a executed deal. And right here we’re.”
The disqualification after final weekend’s race underneath the brilliant lights of the Strip, compounded by Verstappen’s potential to grab each alternative, has meant the championship continues to be broad open. However Brown is eager to take a look at it as simply one other kink in a protracted, profitable season.
“And that is sport. You recognize, what number of sports activities have we seen? I do not know in the event you adopted the World Collection. That seemed prefer it was over till it wasn’t. So I simply suppose, that is why we do not get too upset about anybody factor.
“It is simply, it is sport. You study, you reside, you go once more. Worrying about Vegas at this time shouldn’t be going to make us sooner tomorrow.”
Whereas Norris is forward within the standings, each Verstappen and his Australian team-mate are firmly in rivalry. And with the ultimate dash race of the season on the Losail circuit, there are many factors available.
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