Verstappen: “We weren’t the fastest and we won, it’s extremely satisfying”

Sixth victory of the season for Max

Winning two out of three races and practically gaining two points out of three in the Constructors’ standings: he executes Max Verstappen, who in this first third of 2024 has won six races out of nine with the only mistake to blame being the one in Qualifying in Monaco in the second run of Q3. The Dutch driver is making an embarrassing difference compared to Sergio Perez, who already pays 87 points in the standings to the three-time world champion, an average of nine per race in practice (and it should not be forgotten that Verstappen had a zero due to a technical problem in Australia).

Today in Canada the race had three different leaders, all of whom seemed to have what it takes to climb to the top step of the podium. In the end, however, Max Verstappen won ahead of Lando Norris and George Russell, still great protagonists of a crazy race. The fact that two McLarens and two Mercedes arrived behind Verstappen (with the 2 W15s separating the two MCL38s) highlights how the ‘Max factor’ so praised by Helmut Marko has once again made the difference in what is the 60th victory in F1 for the Red Bull driver.

“In general, if we look at our pace throughout the weekend and how the weekend went, with quite a few problems, we weren’t the fastest car – Verstappen’s words to the microphones of Sky Sports F1 – However we won the race and this is extremely satisfying. I have to thank the team because we did the right things and communicated well with each other, and I’m happy with that. In this scenario it is always very difficult to be perfect because anyone makes mistakes in these conditions. We did well and I’m happy with how we did everything, because even with the intermediate tires we weren’t the fastest, and even with the slicks the Mercedes were fast. It’s difficult to say whether our car will be the same as before from Barcelona, ​​it could certainly help us not to have too many curbs and too many bumps, but I think the grid has regrouped a lot and it will be a tough battle anyway.”