It is “obvious” that Max Verstappen will win a third consecutive drivers’ world championship in 2023. That is the view of former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who thinks the foundation of 25-year-old Verstappen’s current dominance was laid when he was a child. It was too stressful for him, too many people, too much traffic,” Schumacher, 47, laughed. Schumacher was also asked about Charles Leclerc and said that while the Ferrari driver is clearly making mistakes at present, he can’t imagine him switching to Mercedes in the short term. On the other hand, he doesn’t believe that there hasn’t already been talks between Leclerc and Toto Wolff. “They only meet at Starbucks, isn’t that what he said?”

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