When two argue, the third is pleased, for example, Formula 1 expert Felix Görner summarizes the Verstappen victory in Suzuka in his column for Sport.de. For the RTL reporter, an urgent warning shot in the direction of the actually superior McLaren team. But not only the British have to be careful, alpine rookie Jack Doohan also changes on a very narrow ridge, according to Görner. The F1 column to the Japan Grand Prix.
Japan has shown that the best of his time has again done its Sunday work in Formula 1: Max Verstappen! None of the other pilots are able to deliver such a performance with a inferior car in normal weather conditions. None!
Verstappen was traveling again in another league, which was also a warning shot for McLaren. Despite a superior car, this will not be with the World Cup – because Verstappen is always there.
The problem is partly homemade: the papaya rules can cost McLaren the title. It was a cardinal error that the faster Oscar Piatri did not get the chance to attack Verstappen. This procedure cannot be explained by team hygiene or other.
It was simply a strategy error by McLaren. You have to take every chance to keep Verstappen small. Andrea Stella and McLaren threw this chance away. This leads to frustration, even with Piatri, who of course falls back in the World Cup and should ask himself why he didn’t get a chance. In this way, explosive in McLaren is unnecessary.
And the laughing third was in the Max Verstappen case and that can be seen over the year – as crazy as it may sound when you see how superior the McLaren car is actually.
Next location determination in Formula 1 takes place in the desert
With Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, two hot races in which superiority can be even clearer should be followed. It will be exciting to see whether McLaren really brings everything to the asphalt.
One who can now briefly breathe is Jack Doohan. But: only his own manager, Flavio Briatore, and with it the Alpine boss, saves him from being thrown out. Just because Briatore has a contract, the rookie has not yet flown out, only that’s why there was no consequence, such as at Red Bull with Liam Lawson.
Felix Görner has been RTL reporter and Formula 1 expert for years
However, Doohan is heavily counted. He will receive two races for probation and now has to grow significantly in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, no more mistakes may afford. Otherwise, he can no longer be kept for Briatore, his manager.
Doohan belongs among the rookies that are currently dividing into two camps, to those who will not make it, drivers who simply do not have the quality, not the maturity, do not have the speed.
We have now also seen this at Liam Lawson, who is also disenchanted by Isack Hadjar’s racing Bulls. Lawson will not have a future in the Red Bull family in this form. Hadjar, on the other hand, is one who draws attention to himself who also has the bite.
Mick Schumacher will ask questions …
Meanwhile, Yuki Tsunoda is to be expected that he will get better in the upcoming races. You just have to admit that that the first race was not that easy.
Mick Schumacher will think of his part when he sees how difficult Jack Doohan makes at Alpine. He will wonder if he hadn’t done it better himself. But that’s how it is: you need a strong manager in Formula 1 to survive there and continue to be able to perform there.
So now the probation samples come in the desert. And these then clearly show where the cars are. One can predict that there will be a superiority of McLaren for the time being. But, as I said, Japan was a warning shot for McLaren. So you can throw the world championship away from the drivers. And that shouldn’t happen Stella and Zak Brown.
At Max Verstappen, it will be exciting how he continues to do when he becomes a father for the first time at the end of the month, which will have this new feeling for his achievements. At the moment you can say: He is simply the only driver who can bring sensational performance at the push of a button.