Helmut Marko cleverly gives a squirrel reference in Max Verstappen’ pursuit of ‘picking up’ points in title fight

Max Verstappen has so far managed to amass 354 points in the 2024 driver's championship.

Helmut Marko cleverly gives a squirrel reference in Max Verstappen’ pursuit of ‘picking up’ points in title fight

Helmut Marko and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)

Max Verstappen managed to finish ahead of Lando Norris at the 2024 US GP. This is very important for the former in his pursuit of the fourth world championship. Seeing Verstappen’s COTA exploits, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has interestingly referenced a squirrel.

Helmut Marko has talked about a squirrel’s knack for picking up every nut it finds. He has done this in relation to Max Verstappen‘s pursuit of amassing maximum points in the remaining races of 2024.

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As things stand, Verstappen is only 57 points ahead of Lando Norris with five races remaining.

Max is a bit like a squirrel. They pick up every nut they see lying around. When it comes to World Championship points, Max has the same philosophy.

Max Verstappen via The Telegraaf

Looking at the reaction of the 81-year-old, he has very cleverly explained Verstappen’s hunger for achieving the best possible. The 27-year-old did not have the best weaponry underneath him COTA but it was important for him to finish ahead of Norris, and this is exactly what he did with a hard-fought P3 finish.

F1 pundit ‘shocked’ over McLaren’s antics in Lando Norris and Max Verstappen’s COTA tussle

While Helmut Marko has fascinatingly applauded Max Verstappen, the whole paddock has been going gaga over the latter and Lando Norris’s COTA fight. Several esteemed personalities have already had their say on it.

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)
Lando Norris and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)

The latest to join the list is the renowned F1 pundit Peter Windsor.

There was always going to be an argument about that [overtake]. Lando had the quicker car, his tyres were newer by six laps. He still had a couple of laps to go. He was in DRS all the time. Lando would have got him, I’m sure, by the end of the race. I’m absolutely shocked that McLaren didn’t do that

Peter Windsor via GPBlog

Norris could have had the chance to overtake Verstappen, had he been advised by the McLaren pit wall to give up third place after his overtake. However, the papaya outfit didn’t do what should have been done and later the Brit was smacked with a five-second penalty.

The fight for the driver’s world championship has turned out into an all-out brawl between Norris and Verstappen. Keeping in view everything that has been discussed, the remaining races of the 2024 season will be an extremely fascinating watch.