Max Verstappen has been likened to the modern day equivalent of Ayrton Senna by a former McLaren team member who worked with the Brazilian icon. F1
Verstappen has now firmly established himself as the de facto number one driver at Red Bull, although team-mate Perez has said before that he would not be in Formula 1 if he was the defined number two to the Dutchman.
Verstappen took pole with a margin of 0.138s over Perez, while come the chequered flag on race day Verstappen was the victor with a buffer of 12 seconds over Perez. The team said before Bahrain that they had not hit targets and were relying on early-season development to get the MCL60 on the right path.
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