Rosberg does not see Red Bull winning all races
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- GPblog.com
Red Bull Racing's team has been extremely dominant this season. The first 10 races of 2023 were all won by Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Of these, the Dutchman even won the last six races in a row. Nico Rosberg does not consider it impossible for the racing stable to win all the races this season, but he does indicate in an interview with Spain's Marca that Verstappen cannot do it alone.
The 2016 world champion was himself part of a superior Mercedes team from 2014, which was also often thought to win all races. Whether Red Bull can live up to this in 2023 remains to be seen, according to Rosberg. "It does look like they [Red Bull] can do it. However, the problem is that at the moment they only have one driver capable of doing it. Perez is actually always behind with problems and difficulties. Therefore, it will be a difficult story". Although Rosberg indicates that he puts Verstappen below the same level as Senna, Schumacher and Hamilton, he sees that the season is still very long and that Verstappen too has a lot of races to go where then everything has to be in place.
Exciting battles behind Red Bull
Rosberg does see a lot of spectacle in the rest of the field. The battle for the lead position has not really been exciting at any point in the first part of the season, but the battles for the other podium places do guarantee spectacle. "Some will say that an extremely dominant team is not good for Formula 1, because it is always the same one who wins. However, sometimes that is not the case. Since the last race, for example, there are two McLarens ready for podium finishes. That's the fun thing about this season. You never know in advance who or which team will come second," said the German.