“It Should Not Be a Surprise to Anyone”: F1 Drivers Caught Slacking While Max Verstappen Gets All the Praise From Double World Champion

Fernando Alonso has done something that Lewis Hamilton was accused of not doing by Red Bull boss Christian Horner. The double world champion heaped major praise on the soon-to-be double world champion, Max Verstappen. Additionally, the Spaniard has revealed that Verstappen’s talent was ‘unteachable’.

The Alpine driver, who beat Michael Schumacher to win his first title, believes that Verstappen is a prodigious talent. Alonso also believes that Max Verstappen rising to the very top of F1 should not surprise anyone. The Dutchman was bound for greatness, according to Fernando Alonso.

Fernando said, “You cannot teach that. It has to come from yourself. There are drivers that need more time, they need to study more data, they need all of Friday to analyze and compare with a teammate and slowly make little steps until they are 100 percent ready for quali.”

He also added, “And there are others that are 100 percent in FP1. Max is one of those and he has always been like that, from go-karts to now, so it should not be a surprise to anyone.”

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Max Verstappen can win his second successive title in Japan and join the elite list with Alonso amongst others. After missing out on the chance to seal the title in Singapore, he’ll be eyeing the Japanese GP.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen did not enjoy the Singapore GP

The reigning world champion had the chance to win the Singapore GP and become a double world champion. However, he had a frustrating weekend throughout. His qualifying was first interrupted by a late call to abort his lap. The main race didn’t help his cause either as he finished a disappointing P7.

After the race, Verstappen claimed that he did not enjoy the Singapore GP at all. The Red Bull driver said, “This is not what I enjoy. I got back in the points, but it is of course not what we wanted and after yesterday [in qualifying] we cannot ask for miracles.”

Furthermore, the Dutch Lion said, “That is normally not the problem, we are still 104 in the lead, but it is just a very frustrating weekend.” Max acknowledged the fact that he had a comfortable lead but wanted to give his best in every race.

He also mentioned the disappointment of poor qualifying. Max said, “It started, of course, yesterday with the big f— up in qualifying.”

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To deny that Max Verstappen isn’t a special talent would be a dumb thing to say. The Dutch Lion is already one of the leading race winners at the age of 25. With time on his side, many along with Fernando Alonso think the Red Bull driver is destined for great heights. Do you think Max Verstappen will reach the same heights as Lewis Hamilton?