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Coulthard: ‘F***ing idiots’ claim Verstappen’s F1 success is car-related

by Fergal Walsh
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Coulthard: ‘F***ing idiots’ claim Verstappen’s F1 success is car-related
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard says that a person would have to be a “fucking idiot” to claim that Max Verstappen’s F1 success is down to his cars.

In 2022, Verstappen picked up his second F1 title after dominating the campaign, taking 15 wins across the year.

The run to the championship was much less stressful than his maiden title in 2021, when he battled until the final lap of the year against Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

Coulthard, who spent his final two F1 seasons at Red Bull, says that he already considers Verstappen one of the all-time greats.

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“Just as Lewis doesn’t need nine world titles for me to consider him one of the greatest drivers in the sport, Max is already one of the greats,” Coulthard told formule1.nl.

“You would also have to be a fucking idiot to claim that he only achieved this because he was in a good car.

“After all, none of his team-mates have been able to measure up to him. Max is a beast on the track, a winning machine who doesn’t give a shit about what we have to say or what anyone else has to say. He’s unbelievable.”

Verstappen is already sixth on the all-time F1 win list and sits just six victories behind the total tally of Ayrton Senna, who some believe to be the greatest driver of all time.

Coulthard says that there is no guarantee for Verstappen that he will find further success in his remaining F1 years.

“The Verstappen era may be over after two titles, not because he’s not a brilliant driver, but he may not have a title-winning car in the coming seasons. Nobody knows that in advance,” he said.

“Lewis could have been a nine-time instead of a seven-time F1 champion. At the same time, he has often been in a good car, and someone like [Fernando] Alonso has not.

“Alonso should have had more than two titles but his choices and the racing gods have put him in the position where he will drive for Aston Martin next year and the chances of him becoming champion are slim.”

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  1. Lloyd says:
    2 months ago

    “You would also have to be a fucking idiot to claim that he only achieved this because he was in a good car.”

    “The Verstappen era may be over after two titles, not because he’s not a brilliant driver, but he may not have a title-winning car in the coming seasons. Nobody knows that in advance,”

    Contradiction. You don’t have to be the best driver to win the title, but you do need to be in the fastest car. F1 is a manufacturer sport and the technology means that it’s 85% car and 15% driver. The driver means a lot but not more than the car. Every WDC in the past 50 years or so had the best cars/development/engineers behind them. This has been the case since Chapman and the Lotus 72. Of course the best cars attract the best drivers so we get Clark in the Lotus, Senna in the Mclaren, Schumacher in the Ferrari, etc. If any of the top teams have a Williams like fall off we will see their drivers leave as they are recruited by the new top teams. At the end of the day Max is great and Redbull is great. However Redbull would have had a better chance of winning the title if Bottas drove for them than Max would if he drove for Alfa Romeo.

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  2. Jank says:
    2 months ago

    When was the last time the best car didnt win the title? 1999?

    We all know max is a good driver but saying his success doesnt come from the car is BS. If Lewis wasnt at Merc the last 8 years would we still claim hes the best of all time? Nope.

    So its half car and half driver IMO.

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