Jordan: 'Verstappen will become the greatest driver of all time'
Red Bull Racing have been competing in Formula 1 since 2005, and the Austrians have since racked up 100 wins and 11 world titles (six in drivers and five in constructors). Eddie Jordan knows why Red Bull is so successful and highlights two people in particular, Adrian Newey and Max Verstappen.
Newey and Horner long at Red Bull
According to Jordan, what makes Red Bull so successful? "Longevity, loyalty, focus, and attention to all the minor details. And I think, even though sometimes it looks somewhat a little bit turbulent from the outside, Adrian Newry has found his natural home. Yes, he was good at Williams, but he never really liked it."
Before Newey came to strengthen for Red Bull, he first left Williams for an adventure at McLaren. The top engineer was extremely successful there too, with several world titles. "And he and Ron Dennis at Mclaren, while they were massively successful, I think it just suits Adrian Newey. The brain that he's got, there's not many better brains in the entire universe, in my opinion, when it comes to this kind of getting speed out of something that you design"
In Jordan's view, Red Bull's successes are also mainly due to the fact that the composition of the team has been the same for so long. "I think it is a concoction of the main team, but the two key top people have been there for a very long time. It's not necessarily a marriage made in heaven, and sometimes that helps. Adrian can be a fiery guy, and Christian equally so, but it works."
Verstappen impressive
Moreover, the fact that Max Verstappen is driving the RB19, and will also be racing for Red Bull in the coming years, also helps. "Max Verstappen will emerge, over time, to be the greatest driver of all time, he's that good", Jordan says in the podcast Formula For Success. " I don't like the last couple of races, I have to tell you, I'm bored to death with them. He's just that good, he's making it boring, more than the Schumacher era!"
I'll take these 'boring' over the years of Mercedes boring years any day.
Ps. I don't find this or the Schumacher era boring at all.
Schumacher era was boring. Sorry mate, even as someone who also liked him a lot but it was boring. But he did a great job so there's that.
To be honest, it is starting to get a little boring from a spectator's perspective. So I hope some other team can raise their game and take the fight to Max. 2021 was exciting because it was a close battle notwithstanding it was Supermax vs. Spicy Rocketship. I mean the way Lewis caught Max on the last lap of the season with old tyres and nearly re-overtook him on the straight is all the evidence you will ever need of how much faster the 2021 Mercedes was. Of course this would have been too little too late from Merc had Max wrapped up the championship early and not lost out due to DNFs beyond his control. But hey, it is what it is and Supermax won anyway.
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