- Briton says Dutchman’s inexperience could help decide F1 title
- ‘I like what I’m doing, so that takes pressure off,’ Verstappen says
Max Verstappen has dismissed any suggestion he will crumble under the pressure of competing for his first Formula One world championship. The Red Bull driver goes into this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix with a slender lead over Lewis Hamilton who had pointedly noted that the Dutchman’s inexperience could be a factor in deciding the title.
Verstappen leads Hamilton by 12 points with five races remaining. Hamilton is attempting to take his eighth F1 title at 36 having scored his first in 2008, but the 24-year-old Verstappen is at the sharp end of an F1 championship for the first time in his career.