Sebastian Vettel sent a beer to Red Bull junior Max Verstappen, who broke his own record at the F1 GP in Mexico and set a new record, “Aiming for 16 wins.”
Max Verstappen’s victory in Formula 1 Mexico was his 14th win of the season, breaking the record of 13 wins set by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel in 2004 and 2013 respectively.
Max Verstappen took his eighth win out of nine races, and seventh in Singapore was the only race he had not won since second in Austria on 10 July.
After the race, Sebastian Vettel was delighted that Max Verstappen had broken his record, prompting him to take his total to 16 by winning the remaining two races of the season.
“He did well,” Sebastian Vettel told the media.
“I think he’s had a terrible season and hopefully he can keep going and win 16 by the end of the year.”
“It’s great for Red Bull and I know some of the people who are still there, so I’m very happy for them.”
“They have a lot of momentum from last year and this year’s car is amazing.”
“They won the race even though it was heavier than anyone else, and now I think they’ve finally dropped the weight.”
“So the car is there. But Max is also doing a great job.”
Sebastian Vettel himself finished ahead of Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll at the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, but both finished 14th and 15th, in contrast to their recent points-scoring run with a mediocre finish.
Sebastian Vettel has admitted he did not understand the performance problems Aston Martin was facing in Mexico.
“Strategically, if I want to go long, I know I can do it,” explained Sebastian Vettel of the long first period on soft tyres.
“I’ve been managing tires for years and I know what to do, but it didn’t help us. We thought we could.”
“I couldn’t turn the car on, it was slow. It’s not that we didn’t see it throughout the season, but compared to last week in Austin, there’s something we don’t still understand.”
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