“The Perfection of Max Verstappen and Red Bull Should Worry Mercedes’: Natalie Pinkham and Tom Clarkson


“The Perfection of Max Verstappen and Red Bull Should Worry Mercedes’: Natalie Pinkham and Tom Clarkson

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen

If there was one man around whom the entire Dutch Grand Prix seemed to be revolving, it was Red Bull’s ace driver, Max Verstappen. The young Dutchman did not just win a one-sided affair, but win dominant victory also saw him fetch back his lead at the numero uno spot in the driver’s standings against Lewis Hamilton. Upon the same, Tom Clarkson and Natalie Pinkham feels that it was surely a championship winning performance at Zandvoort. 

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Even though there were more than 60,000 fans cheering on for their home boy, Verstappen never let the pressure bundle upon his shoulders. As a result, to which he led since the first lap and comfortably made it past his rival. So, what message does that particular win at Zandvoort indicate about Max Verstappen and Red Bull? 

What was Opinionated by Natalie Pinkham and Tom Clarkson? 

Red Bull's Helmut Marko and Max Verstappen
Red Bull’s Helmut Marko and Max Verstappen

”Just very calm. Like he didn’t want to think about it. He didn’t want to give himself more pressure. He’s just very preoccupied with his task. To think that he is only 23. He really has an old head on his shoulders. He doesn’t let all the emotions of this get him out of the way. He just works with the resources he has,” said Natalie Pinkham in the F1 Nation Podcast as quoted by GPBlog

Toto Wolff and Lewis Hamilton

‘I thought it was a championship-winning performance. I thought if Max can perform in such an environment with so much pressure, then he won’t fail under pressure when this championship is decided in the last races,” stated Tom Clarkson. 

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“As a Mercedes you are now also worried after what you have seen this weekend. How Max dealt with it, but also how near perfect Red Bull were under pressure”, concluded Tom Clarkson.

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