And yet, things had looked rather gloomy for Verstappen and Red Bull team after the first three rounds of the season. In Miami the Ferrari driver was on pole but, for the first time but not the last, the F1-75 had greater tyre degradation than the RB18 and it was Verstappen who won the race. They’ve done an amazing job as a team, and he’s done an amazing job as a driver.”. There were no heroics, in most case, there was room left for the other car – well, unless it was driven by Hamilton, with whom the Red Bull driver is always harder than with anyone else…. There were exceptional circumstances that helped Red Bull and Max Verstappen to sweep the floor this year. As the front end of the grid will become closer than it was this year, it’s not a given Verstappen and Red Bull will continue to dominate, even if he has the advantage of being the clear Number One driver in the team, while at Ferrari and Mercedes their two drivers are treated equally.

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