Red Bull in a league of its own?
In the 2023 Formula 1 season, we witnessed a championship with two different paces. On one side, Red Bull chasing records, winning all races except one. On the other side, the remaining 9 teams vying for the scraps, capable of creating interesting shifts in power dynamics compared to the beginning of the season.
For the upcoming season, everyone – except Red Bull – hopes for a more closely contested championship, especially at the top, if only to break the clear dominance of the Anglo-Austrian team and ensure less predictable and thus less boring results for the spectators.
Eddie Jordan’s predictions
Jordan Jordan was an iconic figure in F1 in the late ’90s and early 2000s. The Irish manager skillfully carved out a prominent place on the starting grid, winning 4 GPs out of 250 contested and boasting of having launched Michael Schumacher. This is where he starts in the interview given to the Germans at F1-Insider: “Already after the first tests at Silverstone, it was clear that Michael would be the challenger to Ayrton Senna. He was so fast that we thought the stopwatch was broken. I also worked with Heinz-Harald Frentzen, a natural talent, for me, the most underrated F1 driver ever.” – he pointed out.
Eddie Jordan then reviews the current Formula 1 drivers: “For me, Max Verstappen is a mix between Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. I see only one challenger for him, namely Charles Leclerc. Ferrari must give him a car equal to Red Bull; otherwise, there won’t be any excitement.” And he concluded: “If I had a top team and couldn’t sign Max, there would be only 2 drivers capable of facing Verstappen: one is Charles Leclerc, the other is Lando Norris. I simply don’t believe that Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, despite being great champions, would be able to keep up with Max Verstappen, due to their age.” – the Irish businessman, television personality and former motorsport team owner concluded.
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