It always weighs heavily when a pilot publicly criticizes another pilot, and the only thing more serious is when praise comes from within the profession.
As we can remember from previous years, Verstappen was not exactly a qualifying specialist, it was more his race pace that brought him success. But now! Except for the single sprint qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix, he was able to win every traditional qualifying. According to Christijan Albers, this happened because the Dutchman was terribly addicted to the one-lap pace during the championship break.
"It's clear that he's worked a lot on it, but not only that. Max is growing and developing in every sense. He's been developing constantly and aggressively since his first day at Red Bull. As part of this, his performance in qualifying is also getting better, everything just came together for him, he fixed his last weak point. He used to be a bit abrupt, but now you can't get caught up in that either. He speaks professionally, he expresses himself in an orderly, correct manner, but he's not politically correct, because he says what he thinks. He's become a flawless competitor," said Albers.
