“I still think Max will do it. He deserves it too,” Ecclestone (95) said to the newspaper. DailyMail. “I have always said that Alain Prost was the best driver of all time, who could do it alone: without radio traffic with the pit wall telling him what to do. But I think Max is the best I have known. He is on a lonely height.”
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Ecclestone states that he predicted at the start of the season that Verstappen would become world champion again. “And Lando (Norris, ed.) is fine, a very good driver. But he is overconfident, too conceited, believes in his own publicity, but he gets nervous at decisive moments. He does not perform as well as Max when the pressure is high.”
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Norris will defend a 12-point lead over Verstappen on Sunday (2 p.m. Dutch time), and a 16-point lead over his own McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. In any case, a third place is enough for Norris to become world champion.