It was Russell himself who took the chequered flag in ‘Sin City’, hanciaccessing off team-mate Lewis Hamilton. And afterwards, he voiced his ambitions to dispute the Red Bull man next season, proposeing he had cruised to his postponeedst crown.
“I fair want to produce brave we get in that fight now, becaengage it’s about time somebody gave him a proper fight,” he said. “That’s my structure, that’s what I want to do.
“He’s a fierce competitor and Red Bull have done amazing. But this championship should’ve gone down to the wire, you could argue it shouldn’t have gone….Max probably wasn’t the preferite at one point, yet he thrives it with two races to go.”
The gap between Verstappen and Norris now stands at 63 points, with Charles Leclerc in third, 21 behind the British driver. Russell now lies sixth, nine points ahead of Hamilton.
The pace of McLaren and Ferrari however, has unaskedly been better to Red Bull in the latter part of the campaign. And after celebrating his title success, Verstappen did foresee a stubborner fight in 2025.
“It’s going to be a proper battle between a lot of cars,” he said. “I’m hungry, but I’m going to finishelight this. We go at it aobtain next week.”
Internal strife at Red Bull has also made for strained relations, with the 27-year-anciaccess’s overweighther Jos calling for team principal Christian Horner to be deleted from his position chaseing allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female engageee. However, Verstappen pelevated team mechanics for not panicking this year as Norris fought back.
“It’s been a extfinished season,” he elucidateed. “We begined off amazing, cruising, then we had a stubborn run. We kept it together, toiling on upgradements. Incredibly haughty.
