Followers heap reward on ‘untouchable’ Max Verstappen after Dutchman clinches third consecutive world title… and recommend the Purple Bull driver is nicely amongst the ‘GOAT dialog’
Followers consider Max Verstappen has confirmed himself to be among the many best ever F1 drivers after sealing his third consecutive world title in Qatar on Saturday.
The Dutchman finished second in the Sprint to assert sufficient factors to seal the drivers’ championship – though his closest rival, teammate Sergio Perez, crashed out halfway by means of the race.
After his extraordinarily slim victory within the 2021 championship, the final two have been considerably simpler for the 26-year-old, and this time round, he achieved the success with six races remaining within the season.
Customers of X (fka Twitter) have been fast to reward the Dutchman for his expertise to success, in addition to that of the Purple Bull staff, with one writing: ‘Congratulations Max! Greatest driver, finest automobile, finest staff: the right mixture.’
One other added: ‘An excellent flawless WDC (World Drivers’ Championship) victory from Max.
Max Verstappen sealed his third consecutive drivers’ championship within the Qatar Dash race
The Purple Bull star celebrated together with his staff after sealing the prize with six races remaining
Followers on X have been fast to reward Verstappen and Purple Bull for his or her achievements this season
‘Kudos to RB (Purple Bull). One other nicely executed season. Untouchable. Producing as soon as once more the quickest automobile attainable.’
Purple Bull sealed the constructors’ championship a number of weeks in the past, with Verstappen and Perez one and two within the drivers’ championship.
The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso and the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc have been unable to compete with the leaders within the Purple Bull.
Some followers believed that it put Verstappen among the many all-time F1 greats, as he has taken three consecutive titles. One wrote: ‘Max Verstappen, you’re a 3 time world champion, you be a part of the higher echelon of Formulation 1 greats and have as soon as once more written your self into the historical past books.’
And somebody mentioned it moved the Dutchman amongst the best F1 drivers within the historical past of the game, by noting: ‘Verstappen is within the goat dialog btw’.
Verstappen now has three consecutive titles. Michael Schumacher holds the file with 5 in a row between 2000 and 2004, whereas Juan Manuel Fangio, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton all managed 4 in a row.
Alongside these 4 drivers, the one different particular person to win greater than three titles was Alain Prost, who sealed his quartet of trophies between 1985 and 1993.
Verstappen is below contract with Purple Bull till 2028 – and will win extra championships
X customers consider that the Dutchman is without doubt one of the best F1 drivers of all-time after this success
One fan hopes F1 is ‘extra aggressive’ in 2024 after two simple campaigns for Verstappen
Schumacher and Hamilton each have seven championships to their title – however with no finish to Verstappen’s dominance in sight, he may simply get near this earlier than his present Purple Bull contract ends in 2028.
The benefit with which Verstappen has taken this 12 months’s title – after successful it final 12 months in Japan with 4 rounds remaining – has led followers to hope for a extra open F1 season subsequent time round.
One fan wrote: ‘Was solely a matter of time earlier than Verstappen handed the factors threshold to be uncatchable. Purple Bull simply merely had an out-and-out higher automobile than everybody else this 12 months + Max drove it extremely nicely. A totally deserved winner, simply hope F1 is extra aggressive subsequent 12 months.’
After Qatar on Sunday, there are 5 extra rounds of the 2023 season. Then work begins for the 2024 marketing campaign – the seventy fifth working of the F1 championship – which is ready to start in Bahrain on March 2 subsequent 12 months.
