Max Verstappen says he now feels justified following signing a long-term contract with Red Bull F1.
In March 2022, Max Verstappen surprised the F1 paddock when he signed a five-year contract extension until the end of 2028, believed to be the longest contract in F1 history.
Since then, Verstappen has become a two-time F1 world champion, winning each title under very different circumstances, but such success was not what he might have foreseen when he signed the deal. admit.
“No, of course I didn’t expect it,” Verstappen told the New York Times.
“At the end of the day, it always felt like it was the right choice for me, thanks to everyone who was in the team and, of course, the people I’ve been with over the years.”
“It’s really fun to work with them. They were world champions in the past, so I knew we might do it once more.”
“We just had to get everything together, with Honda at the time. We were slowly making a lot of improvements.”
“For most of my F1 career we were always slow on the straight but we were really catching up and trying to pass the other manufacturers.
“I knew that if I stayed focused and worked hard, the opportunity would come.”
Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen are skeptical of suggestions that they are poised to dominate for years to come.
“With the new regulations it’s always very important to get it right, and we’ve done that,” added Verstappen.
“Now it’s important to try to keep it going, to try to find more performance out of the car, because usually over the years everything gets a little bit closer.”
“It’s certainly a good start, but as a team we’re never satisfied. We always want more, we want to do better, but it depends on other teams finding and improving. I also know to
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