Guenther Steiner backs Max Verstappen to avoid 202...

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Guenther Steiner has argued that four-time Components 1 champion Max Verstappen is unlikely to see the same destiny to former Purple Bull driver Sebastian Vettel in 2026.

Verstappen claimed 4 consecutive titles at Purple Bull from 2021 till 2024, following in Vettel’s footsteps, who secured 4 consecutive championships with the Milton Keynes outfit from 2010 till 2013. However after the German driver claimed his ultimate title in 2013, he suffered a winless yr with Purple Bull in 2014 and moved to Ferrari in 2015.

Steiner in contrast the Dutchman with Vettel and two-time champion Fernando Alonso when requested throughout The Red Flags Podcast if Verstappen would be capable to proceed his dominance in 2026.

“For me, Fernando was a expertise in that league, however he simply could not do it as a result of he at all times put himself within the fallacious automotive. However I believe Max won’t make that mistake as a result of between Jos, his father, and Raymond, they’ll ensure that they get him in the appropriate automotive. So I do not suppose we have now to fret about that. Max will probably be in the very best, and if not, the second-best automotive,” the previous Haas crew principal mentioned.

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Requested if Verstappen might face the same destiny to Vettel, Steiner added: “No. I believe it is as a result of Vettel was at all times within the dominating automotive and Max confirmed he can do it not being within the dominating automotive, as a result of the Purple Bull this yr was not the very best automotive on the market.

“It was not the very best automotive final yr, and he nonetheless received final yr and completed second this yr.

“So I believe Max is, as a lot as I respect Vettel, what he did, however Vettel got here to Ferrari, and he did not transfer the needle this a lot. He received races, but it surely was by no means a Michael [Schumacher] success story. So I believe Max is simply in a unique league.”