“Max is just Max,” says McLaren chief

McLaren brag Andrea Stella pointed retired that Max Verstappen makes a immense quality and that helium is the main crushed wherefore Red Bull is competitory again successful the conflict astatine the top.

Before the commencement of the play successful Singapore, astir analysts did not person precocious expectations for the squad from Milton Keynes. Traditionally, the Dutch operator did not radiance connected this track, but this clip helium amazed everyone. He took 2nd spot successful qualifying, which is his champion effect ever connected the streets of Marina Bay.

This season, the 28-year-old struggled to find the close feeling with the RB21 car, truthful helium practically dropped retired of the rubric combat already successful the mediate of the year. However, aft the summertime break, helium experienced a large turnaround and took 2 consecutive victories – successful Monza and Baku.

Stella, who had a engaged play himself arsenic Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris finished 3rd and 5th respectively, explained that Red Bull had astir apt recovered a "magical solution" that brought them backmost up to speed.

“I deliberation it’s absorbing for everyone to spot what Red Bull has been capable to bash connected a way similar this, for a mates of reasons,” Stella told the media. “The archetypal is that they were precise competitory successful Monza, and past successful Baku. We wondered if that was owed to the debased downforce and the smaller rear wings, and if that could beryllium replicated connected a way with much downforce and bigger wings.”

“The 2nd crushed is that they’ve had problems successful Singapore successful the past.”

Speed was a surprise

He added that portion their velocity was a surprise, helium wasn’t amazed they had it – due to the fact that they person Verstappen. “They look to person solved the precocious resistance contented and each the factors circumstantial to Singapore, but that’s not a surprise,” helium said.

Verstappen presently sits 69 points down Piastre with 7 races near successful the season. Stella concluded: “It’s Red Bull – an highly susceptible team, and Max is simply Max Verstappen. Nothing much needs to beryllium said, truthful it’s nary astonishment that they’re backmost successful the game. The combat is adjacent and interesting. You know, sometimes we would similar Formula 1 to beryllium boring, but that seldom happens. Usually everything is uncertain, tense, you person to judge the combat – and that’s what we’re doing.”