(ESP-ENG) Max Verstappen no tiene un carro, tiene un cohete // Max Verstappen doesn't have a car, he has a rocket!
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This week our precious Formula One was back after the summer break, one that lasted almost a month of inactivity but in which several things happened that at least kept us entertained away from the tracks. Contract renewals, drivers who retire from the top competition, drivers who do not renew their contracts and their future is uncertain, all that we lived in these almost four weeks. But well, we arrived at one of the Grand Prix that people and I personally like the most because it is one where, due to its characteristics, a quite showy race can take place in terms of overtaking, and I am talking about the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, one that by the way yesterday was officially renewed for one more year.
The thing is that we are in Belgium but some teams decided to make changes to their engines/power units and gearboxes and that is why at least six drivers suffered penalties and would start at the back of the starting grid, depending on the changes in question. Verstappen, Leclerc, Norris, Bottas, Ocon and Schumacher are the ones who would be affected in some changes that if you ask me it is good that they have made them in this circuit because as I said it is one where overtaking is much easier than some of the eight remaining for the end of the season, because your friends, we have only eight races left for the year to end, it seems a lot but believe me it is not.
We got to Saturday, the day of qualifying and where we already knew that none of the penalized drivers would be able to take the pole position, so that opened the way for other drivers to compete and try to get it, besides trying to be as far ahead as possible on the starting grid. Something happened during the summer break but the reality is that Red Bull and more specifically Verstappen arrived faster than ever, in almost all practices he was faster than his rivals and that was an omen for what we would see yesterday. The curious thing about this Saturday's qualifying is that I believe that for the first time we saw a Spanish-speaking podium, as Sainz, Checo and Alonso were the ones who finished in the end.
That pole also showed us something else, that the Ferrari was not at the level expected, the Alpine surprisingly came with a great pace and thanks to the penalties could be the opportunity for the Mercedes to cut points. In the end Verstappen would start fourteenth and Leclerc fifteenth, a great margin to try to do something with these two drivers so far back, or at least that's what we all thought. The reality was different and it was one that gave a good punch in the face to the other teams because it was something that perhaps some could imagine but from there to carry it out? - It was complicated.
Sunday, race day where we were with an unusual formation. It was the opportunity for Sainz but also for Perez to try to take another race seeing that his teammate was not in a favorable position. But beware that the Mercedes were fourth and fifth respectively and were also looking to add in this competition of the constructors teams, the reality is that everything was looking for us to have many surprises and an unusual winner. But not everything goes as planned and just in the first lap we saw how there was a racing incident, because that is how the stewards understood it, between Alonso and Hamilton that would leave the Briton out of the prize. Honestly, if we watch the replay of that crash, Alonso could do little which made him get a little heated and he sent Lewis a few flowers over the team radio.
One Mercedes less and a Verstappen who was coming back with a devilish pace. When there was a Safety Car, things evened out a bit and that great advantage that Sainz had, because yes, his start was really good, was automatically lost. We are talking about lap five and the world champion was already P7, in less than five laps he had cut seven positions, it was really crazy and in less than three more laps he was already fourth and looking to catch the leader Carlos Sainz so that finally on lap 10 he was on the podium. I am sure that all the teams could not believe what they were seeing, in fact Hamilton himself in an interview after the race commented that it was being out of this world.
The pit stops began to happen as both Sainz and Verstappen were the only ones on track with soft tires so the Spaniard stopped first for the Dutchman to do it four laps later. The detail is that despite the undercut that Ferrari wanted to apply had no effect because as I say in the title Max does not have a car, he has a rocket, one that in two laps just gave chase and was again leading the award. In short, he gained 13 positions and we were not even halfway through the race. I think that yesterday it was demonstrated that Verstappen is in another level, another league, that currently there is no driver or car that reaches this Red Bull duo, not even Hamilton in his best moments I think he would be able to catch him.
From the moment Verstappen takes the lead the race goes into a lethargy because the advantage he got to take was so big that no one could ever catch him. Meanwhile we saw how the fight between Sainz and Russell was taking place for third place because the fifth position in theory was Leclerc's but Ferrari showing their brilliant strategies and demonstrating that those who manage that team should all resign, made Charles in a desperate attempt to get the fastest lap record entered the pits missing a couple of laps. The move went wrong, they did not get the record, Leclerc was penalized with five seconds and to top it off he lost the position to Alonso and finished sixth.
In the end we had another race where strategies were key because in that Red Bull did it perfectly but where we also saw a wide and full dominance by the Austrian team both in performance and handling of Verstappen. Ferrari managed to catch a third place that the truth was complicated but that Sainz knew how to solve well. Leclerc seems to have a curse on him, all the bad things that can happen to a driver happen to him, it is incredible how he dropped the streak and the level he showed at the beginning of the season, both for his own failures and those of the team. It is worth mentioning that Alonso took a well-deserved fifth place and Ocon a seventh, it was undoubtedly a good weekend for Alpine after all the lamentable role that was lived a few weeks ago.
With these results Max remains the leader with 284 points, 93 points ahead of second place Checo Perez with 191 points. Leclerc is on a downward spiral and is already in third place with 186 followed closely by Sainz and Russell with 171 and 170 points respectively. At this point I see extremely complicated that Verstappen loses the championship, it would have to happen a real tragedy for that to happen and seeing the level and capacity of rocket, that is an almost null possibility. Too bad for the Monegasque, I sincerely wanted him to have a more competitive year but it was not to be, with a Ferrari as it is at the moment it is impossible to win a championship. The next race is this weekend at Max's home, the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos leemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to all, see you in the next one!
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La verdad es que la temporada de Verstappen está siendo muy grandiosa, como dice el título tienes es un cohete, un auto que le da las mejores sensaciones y seguridad que debe tener en piloto para conducir en una carrera de autos, el piloto hace lo que quieres con ese RedBull.
Pensé que la temporada sería distinta por el único de Leclerc y su Ferrari pero el equipo de Maranello ha decepcionado nuevamente en una carrera.
Buena reseña. Saludos!
Gracias por la visita amigo.
Así es, Ferrari puedo haber hecho más porque tienen pilotos para hacerlo, no se si carros porque también se ha demostrado que los Red Bull están más rápidos pero la verdad que la temporada de ellos se vino a pique.
Max está a otro nivel, por encima incluso de su compañero. El auto y él son como uno solo. Creo que esta temporada está sentenciada, pero aún hay una mínima chance para Ferrari. ¡Saludos!
Nah, yo no creo que la Ferrari pueda resucitar, se ha demostrado que en las últimas carreras el nivel tanto dentro del equipo con las estrategias como en la confianza de los pilotos ha bajado una barbaridad lo que para mi es una lastima, pintaba a ser una temporada muy atractiva.
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