Christian Horner praises ‘absolutely outstanding’ Max Verstappen for impressive growth as an F1 driver

Christian Horner was full of praise for Max Verstappen's incredible ability to keep growing as a driver in F1.

Christian Horner praises ‘absolutely outstanding’ Max Verstappen for impressive growth as an F1 driver

Christian Horner and Max Verstappen (Via: Imago)

Christian Horner claimed Max Verstappen’s best version is the one who continues to evolve. Horner reckoned that Verstappen’s ability to keep improving, learning, and adapting is what makes him an exceptional driver.

Christian Horner pointed out that Max Verstappen had been absolutely outstanding in his performance. Horner explained that what people had witnessed was a driver who kept improving and developing. Verstappen showed remarkable growth, refining his skills and adapting to challenges. Horner believed that the dutchman’s dedication to constant evolution was what made him stand out as an exceptional driver.

He's been absolutely outstanding. I think what you're seeing is a driver that just continues to evolve and continues to develop.
Christian Horner said
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Christian Horner remarked that the drives we were seeing from Max Verstappen were of the same high quality as those delivered by legendary drivers in the sport, like Ayrton Senna and Jim Clark. He emphasized that past generations of Formula 1 showed truly great drivers had a distinct level of performance. Horner believed that Max was showing this same level of excellence. He suggested that Verstappen’s driving skills and performances were on par with those of the all-time greats, indicating that was reaching a legendary status in Formula 1.

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You're seeing drives of the calibre that the greats in the sport were capable of delivering, the Ayrton Sennas, the Jim Clarks. You've only got to look through the generation and I think that’s what we're seeing with Max.
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Christian Horner showed sympathy to Sergio Perez after he got boxed by Esteban Ocon

Christian Horner talked about the sprint qualifying performance. He said it was a positive day for them and that Max Verstappen put in three great laps. However, it was a disappointing race for Sergio Perez, he couldn’t get a fair chance to set a good lap time as he was blocked by Esteban Ocon. Horner expressed that it was unfortunate for Perez, after he got boxed by Ocon, as it left him with no opportunity to show his best performance.

It was a positive day for us today and we saw three great laps put in from Max. Unfortunately, it was a disappointing run for Checo, especially after getting boxed in by Esteban, as there was no chance for him to get a representative lap.
Christian Horner stated
Sergio Perez and Christian Horner (via IMAGO)
Sergio Perez and Christian Horner (via IMAGO)

Before the third sprint qualifying session, Horner and team expected Checo to be in top five, which was disappointing. Despite this setback the track was favourable for overtaking, featuring several long straights l. Horner noted that, hot weather the next day would present challenges for all the cars on the grid.

Going into SQ3 we thought he would be top five, which is a shame. However, this track is good for overtaking with a few good long straights. It’s going to be very hot tomorrow so that should throw up some challenges for all the cars on the grid.
Christian Horner said

Certainly, Horner reckoned whatever happened to Perez was disappointing but Max Verstappen pulled a great race. Fans are eager to watch both the drivers dominate Red Bull’s home race on Sunday at the Austrian GP.

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