Max Verstappen is comfortable with the RB20 and finds it very easy to drive compared to its predecessor.

Liam Lawson and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)

Since beating Lewis Hamilton for the championship in 2021, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has been dominating the sport winning F1 GPs left and right. The superior machinery Adrain Newey and Christian Horner has given him played a significant role in it. His dominance is expected to continue in 2024 with the RB20, following his flying start to the year.

Now, Red Bull’s reserve driver Liam Lawson has detailed how Max Verstappen is able to beat his rivals and even his teammate Sergio Perez with huge gaps on weekends. He pointed out that Verstappen is confrontable with the Red Bull challenger that has maximized the 2022 regulations. The Kiwi added that Verstappen’s confidence in the car also helps him to produce such performances.

With where Max is at right now with Red Bull, the car is in such a good window and he’s so comfortable with it, At turn four, I am pretty sure he touched on the inside, which is extremely difficult to do, to be that precise. But it is not just turn four, it’s turn 10, turn 22 as well – everywhere basically, he is so precise with it and it’s because he’s so confident with the car and it’s those things that really make up lap time as well.

Liam Lawson told Sky Sports.

The Dutchman has bagged two consecutive wins so far, the first in the season’s opener Bahrain GP and the second race at the Saudi Arabian GP. The true depth of Verstappen’s dominance can be seen at Bahrain, as the other Red Bull driver Sergio Perez who claimed second place was a whopping 20 seconds behind the Dutchman.

It has been a while since Max Verstappen might move to Mercedes speculations have been going around. The rumours first started when Christian Horner’s controversy came to light. Later they spread like a forest fire when Verstappen’s father Jos Verstappen was seen having a meeting with the Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff. The Mercedes team principal has decided to address this himself and didn’t rule out the possibility of it happening.

Toto Wolff [L] and Max Verstappen [R] (images via IMAGO)I’d love to have him. But first we need to sort out our car. I think we owe it to our drivers, George [Russell] and Lewis, to improve the car and give them equipment that is good before dreaming about the future next year.

Toto Wolff said.

Whether or not Max Verstappen becomes a part of Mercedes, is a tale only the future will tell. As for now, the Mercedes team principal is solely focused on how this season turns out to make a decision in regard to who will become George Russell’s team in season 2025., with Hamilton set to exit the team for Ferrari.