'I met Verstappen and immediately thought, "You're going to be as good as Senna"'
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After Max Verstappen clinched his fourth Formula 1 title, the ongoing discussion of who is the best F1 driver of all time started to pick up momentum again. Peter Windsor and Cory Pesaturo listed all the legends in F1 in a YouTube video and came to one conclusion: Verstappen is definitely among the best drivers ever.
Pesaturo met Verstappen in 2015 and saw it immediately
Windsor agrees that Verstappen is among the best ever, despite the fact that the times are almost incomparable. "In Jim Clark's time, you had fewer races, the cars were less reliable than now, for example," he said. "Clark is also among one of the bests ever," Windsor added. Later in the video, the Australian starts talking about Verstappen and manages to mention that the Dutchman belongs in the same league as Clark, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher.
Pesaturo - musician and F1 follower - reveals a wonderful story from 2015. He met Verstappen, who had then just signed with Toro Rosso at the age of 16. "I first met Max actually at Helmut Marko's house in 2015. And I felt then already, just by watching all his videos in F3 and all his previous races, I said, this guy is special. I told him that day, your ceiling is Senna."
Five races into his second season in F1, in 2016, Verstappen was promoted to Red Bull Racing. The Dutch driver has since won 63 races and four world titles. Verstappen also has a number of records to his name, including the youngest driver to win a Grand Prix, the most Grand Prix wins in a single season and the most Grand Prix wins in a row.
This article was written in collaboration with Norberto Mujica
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