Max Verstappen amazed the motor world again in 2025. The Dutchman, with an inferior car, was able to lead the fight for the title of the Formula 1 until the last grand prize. His performance at the end of the season was memorable, coming very close to having completed one of the greatest feats in motor racing.
Jacques Villenueve He was F1 world champion in 1997. The former driver does not doubt the feat that Max carried out despite not having won the title: “He is showing that he is a cracker. It’s in a different league. “He is at the level of all the great champions there have been.”
“It was always there, it surpassed that car so well that it put itself in the championship’s sights when it shouldn’t have. And that after win four championships, three of them with ease“, confesses Villenueve in statements collected by ‘GPBlog’.
Max will try to fight for the title again in 2026 although the performance of the Red Bull remains a mystery. The attention and resources put into the fight for the 2025 World Cup could have harmed the development of the car. Verstappen.
Even so, we will have to wait until the preseason tests in which we will begin to see the advances that the teams have managed to implement in their cars. It will also be when the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso will have the first contact for a season with high expectations.
