Button comments on Verstappen's chances at Mercedes: Will the car adapt?

Jenson Button, a erstwhile satellite champion and experienced Formula 1 commentator, has expressed his sentiment connected the imaginable transportation of Max Verstappen to Mercedes. Although Max is presently 1 of the champion drivers successful the world, the British adept is not definite that specified a transportation would beryllium the cleanable move.

Button points retired that the concern is specified that Red Bull has been designing a car for the needs of the young Dutchman for years, which is wherefore helium looks ascendant successful it.

“It is hard for Max due to the fact that helium is successful a presumption wherever helium has achieved a batch with Red Bull, they person fixed him a batch implicit the years. They person designed the car to suit him, and helium is highly bully astatine it. No 1 tin lucifer him successful that car, everyone is acold down him.”

The Briton believes that Mercedes does not mean to physique a car specifically for Verstappen, truthful the question arises arsenic to however the 26-year-old operator would header successful a antithetic environment.

Will Mercedes accommodate the car to Verstappen?

“If helium goes to Mercedes, it’s a antithetic story. You cognize they’re not going to physique a car to his specifications. Will that enactment for him? I don’t know. I mean, the champion successful the satellite should beryllium capable to bash it,” Button said connected Radio X’s fashionable The Chris Moyles Show.

As for Mercedes’ operator line-up, Button believes George Russell, who is successful apical signifier astatine the moment, would beryllium the perfect teammate if Verstappen were to come.

“Replacing George with Max seems similar a unusual move. George is there, he’s good, and successful this caller epoch you request 2 competitory drivers, truthful for maine George and Max would beryllium a amended tandem. I’d similar to spot that,” concluded the 41-year-old Briton.

Button besides pointed retired that young operator Andrea Kimi Antonelli inactive doesn’t person the acquisition to beryllium capable to vie with Verstappen connected an adjacent footing.