Verstappen puts on a real show: 'weekend I couldn't image before'

16:46, 28 Aug 2022
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Max Verstappen showed absolute dominance in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. After an hour and a half, the reigning world champion crossed the finish line first, 17 seconds ahead. The Red Bull Racing driver had to start from fourteenth on the grid, but that didn't bother him.

Verstappen enjoys it to the full

"It was quite a hectic first lap to try and stay out of trouble so many things were happening," Verstappen said in a first reaction at Spa-Francorchamps. "once we settled in after the SC the car was really on rails. Picked the right places to overtake people and then manage the tyres. This weekend was incredible."

Despite having almost all of his engine parts replaced, Verstappen still goes home with the maximum 26 points. "It's a weekend I couldn't imagine before but I think we want more of them and keep working hard," said the Dutchman, who hopes Red Bull will be just as competitive next week when the Formula One circus descends on Zandvoort."We'll see what we can do there."

Verstappen's lead over Leclerc is currently 98 points. However, based on the World Championship standings, the biggest challenger is now not the Ferrari driver, but his teammate Sergio Perez. While Verstappen is on 284 points after fourteen races, Perez has collected 191.

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Mark from Canada 28 August 2022 at 17:52+ 10415

Likey the most race-intelligent driver out there. Max has become a very mature driver and the rest of the field ought to worry about that, more than the car he's in

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F1King33 28 August 2022 at 17:19+ 6684

Stunning and immaculate drive by Max. Really impressive , congrats !!!!!

thef1fan 28 August 2022 at 17:17+ 542

Max was on another league today. He really put an awesome show. Congratulations to Redbull and Max. He is one of the best right now. Lecrec is making too much mistakes. I was hoping for a duel between Lecrec and Max. But Max destroyed everyone today.

maverick75 28 August 2022 at 17:08+ 18743

Superlative, dominant drive by the Bulls and especially by Max. P14 to P1 in just over quarter race distance. Does it get any better? Blew the competition out of the water and gave his fans just what they wanted to see. Absolute masterclass.

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This has been MANIPULATED, man! 28 August 2022 at 16:50+ 877

A beautiful drive by the fastest driver ! He’s coming of age ! Just a pure racer ! No political nonsense or clown outfits just racing .