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SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – SEPTEMBER 21: Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Racing Team Consultant Dr Helmut Marko look on in the Pitlane during qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 21, 2019 in Singapore. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
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SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – SEPTEMBER 21: Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Racing Team Consultant Dr Helmut Marko look on in the Pitlane during qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 21, 2019 in Singapore. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
Max Verstappen is a generational talent. However, that does not promise he has the potential to reach the absolute zenith. It is a strange thought, but it is more strange that it comes from none other than the Red Bull advisor, Helmut Marko.
Recently, he gave an interview and spoke about Verstappen’s potential retirement.
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Max Verstappen is arguably in the best form of his career. Red Bull developing a world-beater in the form of their RB18 car helps too. Despite all that, according to Helmut Marko, we might not see Max Verstappen challenge Lewis Hamilton for the record number of title wins that he shares with Michael Schumacher.
Marko thinks this is the case in light of the fact that Verstappen does not care about how much Red Bull pays him and he can leave the sport at the end of his contract.
As quoted by Motorsport.com, Marko has said, “I doubt if we will see Max drive until he has broken all records.”
He explained, “He could make it, but he’s also the type of person who packs his things and leaves when he no longer feels like it. No matter how much you offer him, he won’t stay. And that could happen sooner than we all think.”
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Max Verstappen and Red Bull are on their way to shatter the record books this season. However, according to Verstappen, they might just have a chink in their armory that could dismantle their amazing run of form.
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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 12: Second place qualifier Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing looks on in parc ferme during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 12, 2021 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Bryn Lennon – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
While speaking to the media ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, Verstappen remarked that Monza has “never been good to” them. He went on to explain why this was the case.
“We just never really had the top speed, and of course, some tracks you can compensate a bit…but everyone here drives low downforce.”
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