Peter Windsor has been very impressed with the performances of Red Bull Racing, Adrian Newey and Max Verstappen that underpinned the dominant display at Spa. The analyst saw the team excel in all areas and Verstappen also cut like a knife through the butter in the field. The speed with which the Dutchman pulverized his competitors made a big impression on him.
on his Youtube Channel Windsor analyzes the Belgian GP, in which he is short of superlatives to give compliments to Red Bull Racing and Verstappen. “It’s hard to know where to start with the great performance of Max Verstappen, and Red Bull, and Adrian Newey, the big man behind the Red Bull car. And the dizzying speed we saw at Verstappen’s Spa.’
Where before the summer break, the straights were mainly the domain of Red Bull, because of the top speed of the car, it was now also the various bends in which the car was able to distinguish itself. “Not only on the straights, but also in the medium and slow corners, the traction, the braking, the turn-in, in every area they were the absolute best in the field, the Red Bulls. And Max Verstappen has made perfect use of it.’
Impressive advance Verstappen
The British analyst is very impressed with the speed with which Verstappen moved through the field, and also the way he overtook his opponents could charm Windsor. Despite the safety car, which held out until lap five, Verstappen had already moved up to third place by lap nine. It was all clean overtaking too: on top of the hill, at the end of the straight, at the chicane, just unbelievably fast. Fast and clean everywhere.’
For Windsor it was clear given the lap times that the Dutchman recorded that it would be a matter of time before the leader in the world championship would also take the lead in the race. Max Verstappen was definitely the star of Spa. It didn’t take long, given that he was a second or more faster than his competitors, before he was in the lead. Only with Sainz it took a little longer for him to pass, but after that he disappeared by more than a second per lap.’
Fastest lap proof for fast Verstappen
Windsor backs up his opinion on Verstappen’s impressive driving style by comparing the fastest lap time with Charles Leclerc’s attempt at the end of the race. “He set the fastest lap on a new medium tire after 34 laps, a 1.49.3, a pretty good lap considering everyone else was in their fifties or fifty-one at the time. And just before the end, they brought in Charles Leclerc for another set of softs. Empty tank, new soft tires, and the fastest thing Charles could do, even with an Alonso tow, was a 1.49.9.’
