🗣️'I always believed in the project because of how I saw people working, and how motivated they were to really get back on top.' Verstappen has certainly reaped the rewards for his patience in recent years. ⬇️
Max Verstappen says he never doubted that Red Bull would dethrone Mercedes in Formula 1 but admits he"learned a lot of patience" during his early years at the team.Verstappen's meteoric rise in F1 took another trajectory when he won his first race with Red Bull in the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix as an 18-year-old, but further success was harder to come by in an era dominated by Mercedes.
Red Bull finally started matching Mercedes in 2021 and then stole a march on the entire field with the 2022ground effect regulations, with Verstappen a firm favourite to take a third consecutive world title. "I think I learned a lot of patience over the years, but I always believed in the project because of how I saw people working, and how motivated they were to really get back on top.Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool
"At some point, it just clicked from one to the other year, you really made a jump forward," he added.
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