Max Verstappen has conceded “it’s been robust” for Purple Bull amid their 10-race winless run as he moved to inside touching distance of his fourth F1 drivers’ title.
Verstappen delivered a masterclass on the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, successful from seventeenth on the grid in moist circumstances.
It was a race the place Verstappen’s lead within the championship was below critical risk with Lando Norris beginning on pole place.
Nonetheless, the McLaren driver misplaced the lead into the primary nook earlier than a sequence of errors dropped him to sixth.
It’s Verstappen’s first win because the Spanish Grand Prix in June – his longest interval with out a victory since 2020.
Talking within the FIA press convention, Verstappen mirrored on Purple Bull’s current struggles.
“Yeah, effectively, I imply, after all, that was vital,” he stated. “I wished to, after all, win a bit sooner. However yeah, it has been robust for us.
“We all the time saved pushing. We did not actually perceive why the others had been so quick within the race, particularly. Yeah, I have been attempting lots of issues to enhance the automobile.
“And I imply, beginning P17 this morning, did not appear to be we had been going to win the race once more. So yeah, it is an unbelievable consequence for us. An enormous enhance for the crew, as a result of truthfully, it has been robust.
“However it’s also an enormous energy of the crew to remain calm and simply attempt to work on efficiency and attempt to enhance our state of affairs. And I am assured. I am assured for the final three races that we are able to battle once more, and particularly within the race that we are going to be extra aggressive.”
Verstappen can now win his fourth F1 drivers’ title subsequent day trip in Las Vegas.
To take action, he should merely end forward of Norris in Vegas to take the title.
He can afford to complete sixth at every of the remaining rounds to take the crown as effectively.
Looking forward to the ultimate three rounds of the yr, Verstappen simply desires “clear races”.
“I imply, this was now, after all, taking a look at it, it was extremely vital as a result of in a approach I used to be anticipating to lose factors right this moment,” he added.
“So from now, I simply need clear races to the tip. I am not occupied with clinching the championship in Vegas or no matter. I simply need clear races.”
