Guenther Steiner believes that Max Verstappen’s transfer on George Russell through the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix in the end made him a greater driver, including that “He’ll be much more unstoppable and extra medical”.
Verstappen crashed into the Mercedes driver after an earlier incident within the race when Russell made contact with the Dutchman on a race restart. The contact resulted in Verstappen working onto the escape highway earlier than rejoining the observe forward of Russell.
Pink Bull instructed Verstappen to provide the place again to keep away from a penalty, a call the four-time champion disagreed with. Whereas it appeared as if he was letting Russell move, he drove into the facet of the Mercedes earlier than letting him via.
Verstappen was handed a 10-second penalty, which dropped him from fifth to tenth.
“I feel that second made him conscious that he can not do these items anymore as a result of he loses too many factors,” the previous Haas workforce chief stated on The Pink Flags Podcast.
“So I put it down as studying. Clearly, you study by making errors. Studying is making errors, and I feel that made him higher as a result of after that one, he by no means did something silly. I feel he realized, and I feel that helped him going ahead.
“So clearly it price him on the time, however that price was an funding as a result of if he had continued to do it… I feel he obtained that and due to this fact perhaps he reacts to it as a result of now he realised after what he did, I should not have performed this.
Guenther Steiner
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“And clearly working into him saying ‘Oh if this would not occur’, perhaps it aggravated him as a result of I imply no matter he says or we are saying concerning the factors he missed, [it doesn’t change] his factors on the finish of the season.
“If it hadn’t occurred, would one thing else have occurred? We are going to by no means know since you can not replicate one thing which occurred earlier than as everyone knows, once more Captain Apparent right here speaking.
“For me, he noticed that he should not have performed that, however he realized to not do it anymore and he did not, so I feel he matured.
“He is even a greater Max Verstappen now than he was in Barcelona this 12 months. Scary to suppose and perhaps if he will get his mood in examine, he’ll be much more unstoppable and extra medical. A extra medical Max Verstappen is terrifying.”
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