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Horner: Verstappen “by no means panicked” on solution to F1 title regardless of Crimson Bull deficit
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Horner: Verstappen “by no means panicked” on solution to F1 title regardless of Crimson Bull deficit

By Miles Cooper December 25, 2024
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Crimson Bull crew principal Christian Horner has recommended Max Verstappen’s work ethic and mind-set after the Dutch driver clinched the 2024 Formulation 1 title regardless of his automobile’s struggles.

Crimson Bull’s season bought off to a flying begin with Verstappen profitable six of the primary 9 grands prix, main 1-2s in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Japan.

Nevertheless, Verstappen subsequently went by means of a nine-round winless streak – which was unprecedented for him for the reason that 2020 season – as McLaren surged to the entrance of the sector whereas Ferrari and Mercedes contended for race wins as nicely.

“It nearly felt like one thing modified dramatically,” Horner defined to Motorsport.com in an end-of-season interview. “All of the sudden three different groups turned aggressive, and we abruptly began to expertise some points that turned very limiting.

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“Then it was a query of ‘after which your instruments do not correlate with what is going on on on monitor’. And that is when the driving force actually turns into a key component.

“And Max by no means panicked. Even on the powerful days, he spent the lengthy hours with the engineers actually rolling his sleeves up and getting caught in. Working behind the scenes on the simulator, spending the time with car dynamicists and aerodynamicists simply speaking by means of ‘OK, that is the place it’s worthwhile to focus, that is the place the important thing difficulty is with this one’, primarily based on what he is feeling.

“When your instruments do not tie in with the circuit, the perfect sense of that you have is the driving force. And that is the place Max was vastly spectacular this yr – the management that he impressed from inside the automobile for the route that we wanted to take to handle among the points.” 

Horner: Verstappen “by no means panicked” on solution to F1 title regardless of Crimson Bull deficit

Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing RB20, and Oracle Crimson Bull Racing Group Principal Christian Horner

Photograph by: Crimson Bull Content material Pool

Horner insisted on the essential impression Verstappen had when it comes to technical suggestions when the crew wanted to uncover the supply of the RB20’s woes.

“He’s simply very straight to the purpose of what are the limiting components and what are the traits that the automobile is giving him which are limiting him from going faster. So, he’ll pinpoint very clearly: ‘That is the place there’s lap time, deal with this space.’

“In the course of the center a part of the season, the instruments weren’t actually correlating with the circuit, and that is the place he needed to play a really key function in giving the engineers the important thing focal areas of the place they wanted to place effort and time to enhance.

“And we have then seen on the again finish of the yr efficiency begin to come again on the automobile.”

Verstappen managed to retain his early benefit within the standings and clinch the title by making fewer errors and proving extra constant than chief rival Lando Norris and different drivers, by no means ending a grand prix outdoors the highest six.

Horner mentioned his driver’s efficiency was right down to his “tenacious driving, technique, and teamwork”.

“What’s actually stood out this yr is the way in which that Max has pushed,” the Briton added. “On days that he could not win, he bagged the factors.

“He simply adapts extremely nicely to what he is bought. And what he confirmed, actually, this yr is simply one other degree of maturity and expertise. I assumed races that he drove in locations like Zandvoort, Singapore – the times he could not win however was nonetheless bringing residence hard-earned factors – have been extremely necessary.”

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