Max Verstappen has thanked his teammate Sergio Perez for giving him an easy ride to the 2023 Formula 1 world championship, ahead of the upcoming FIA prizegiving ceremony
"After Azerbaijain, it looked like we were going to have a tough championship fight, with the gap only being 6 points between me and Checo. It wasn't long after this, however, that Checo's season went from effectively being The Shawshank Redemption to a Friedberg and Seltzer film, struggling to make it into Q3 on countless occasions, despite somebody counting the occasions, and barely scraping a few points from terrible recovery drives. With Red Bull giving me a car that no other team can compete with, my only rival for the title was Sergio, and thanks to his disaster of a season, I have had perhaps the easiest ride to a championship that any F1 champion has ever had. I can't thank Checo enough for this championship!" claimed the Dutchman.
"Max has won the championship, with a record 290 point gap down to Sergio Perez in 2nd. For fans of F1 points systems before 2010, that's the equivalent of, instead of Schumacher beating Barrichello to the 2002 championship by 67 points, he'd actually beaten him by roughly 116 points. Michael could only dream of Max's levels of domination this year!" said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
Sergio Perez has insisted he wants to win the championship in 2024, despite how this season has gone for him.
There is no greater indictment on the f1 fanbase than the fact that they didn't vote Perez driver of the day, like he gave you 2 wings, 3 safety cars, 5 pit stops what more CAN ONE MAN DO?
Anyways time to go back into my shell and try to keep my mental health under control i hope we don’t have any exciting races until i move back to munich ok bye
Also my compatriot getting his first win in the country I’m currently living is very sweet. I wish I went to the race but as deniz’s compatriot i dont have any money to spend on hobbies or fun :)
Not much i can say because i have almost no internet on the weekends and cant watch any races and i do wanna kms but im very happy for deniz really wish i could’ve watched it