“It Can Be a Fun Fight”: Max Verstappen Snubs Mercedes Double Threat on His Tail at Mexican GP

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is breathing fire this season. The Dutchman has already registered himself as the champion of 2022 and is unstoppable. The fierce battle with Mercedes’s George Russell ended in the favor of Verstappen as he was clear of the Brit by just 0.3s. Verstappen is delighted after the hard-earned position at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

The 25-year-old has secured his 19th pole and is looking forward to breaking the record for most wins in a season. German Greats like Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel had named themselves 13 wins in a season, and with the pole position at Mexican track, Max Verstappen will not let go of the golden opportunity.

The Dutchman has had a really successful run at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez track. Knowing all the turns well, the two-time world champion knows that sitting at pole doesn’t guarantee victory. He said, “I’ve been here everywhere except on pole and yet we won those races, so I mean.”

The 25-year-old further stated how crucial it is to have a good start at the track, “Our top speed is also not wrong to defend with, at least not when others are in the slipstream. ” said the Dutchman. “We have to focus on that and if we have good race speed, it can be a fun fight. But of course I try to stay at the front in turn 1.”

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Where Max Verstappen has secured a pole in Mexico city, the local hero stays in the fourth position. The qualifying didn’t go what the home crowd would have expected. Sergio Perez called the qualifying as a total mess.

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After last year’s podium at Mexico, the home crowd wanted their favorite to get the pole but because of an electrical problem, he couldn’t make it to the top at qualifying. The miscommunication with the Mexican driver didn’t cost the team much. The electrical issue led to a DRS issue, which later was rectified. Before finishing at P4 in Q3, Checo ended his run at P5 in Q2.

With all this in sight, the Mexican driver described, “It was a mess, a total mess,” said Perez. “We had an electrical issue from the beginning but, if I look back at my quali, I was nearly knocked out in Q1, nearly in Q2, I had no reference to progress, I had no lap times.

When asked about his DRS problem by Motorsport.com, The Red Bull driver replied, “It was all to do with the electrical issue that we had throughout the quali.”

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Max Verstappen will leave no opportunity to make his fourteenth victory to be a memorable one. Whereas the other Red Bull driver, who is still competing with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for P2, will try to take an advantage of points by finishing on the podium.