Red Bull chief praises unique Verstappen: 'Nobody drives like him'
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- Nicole Mulder
Max Verstappen's overcapacity in a Formula 1 car is a hotly debated topic. Thus, the Dutchman regularly notices things during racing, for example on the big screens along the track. Pierre Waché, technical director at Red Bull Racing, says that this unique characteristic of Verstappen also makes for unique - and very welcome - feedback.
Verstappen previously received high praise from Waché. The technical director compared the three-time world champion to sports legends such as Roger Federer and Michael Jordan, pointing out that the Red Bull driver can do things 'that no one else can'.
Verstappen gives 'unique feedback': 'Nobody drives like him'
Waché stressed that because of his unique driving style, Verstappen can also provide the team with unique feedback. "It gives him the capacity first to free some brain capacity to drive at the same time and analyse what he needs and what he wants," Red Bull's technical chief explained to Crash.net.
"His feedback is very interesting, because he operates the car at the limit, how nobody else is using it," the 49-year-old Frenchman added. That is not to say, by the way, that only Verstappen's feedback is important, he stresses. "The feedback from both drivers is very important to how we develop and how we improve."
"Making a quick car is fundamentally not difficult. What is difficult is to make a car quick, to be able to be used by the driver. If I am in the car, I would not be able to extract the performance. You operate this kind of car so specifically that the driver, how they use it, is very important.," Waché concludes.
This article was written in collaboration with Sophia Crothall.