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Verstappen better than Hamilton at the moment: 'For me he is the best driver'
- GPblog.com
Max Verstappen has been compared to Ayrton Senna ever since he entered Formula 1. The Dutchman is always on the attack and dives into every hole he sees. Fernando Alonso is a big fan of the Red Bull driver.
The comparison with Senna
Verstappen made his F1 debut at Toro Rosso in 2015, and back then Helmut Marko already let it be known that we were dealing with 'a new Senna'. It's a big stamp, because as a three-time world champion, Senna is still considered one of the greatest drivers of all time. To compare a rookie to that was going too far for some.
However, six years on, many agree that Verstappen has enormous talent. He can finally use that talent to fight for the title, now that Red Bull Racing has built a car good enough to take on Mercedes. Alonso enjoys every race with the Dutchman.
Fan of Verstappen
''In Formula 1, it is difficult to choose one because it changes from year to year and from car to car. There are drivers who are very fast on a lap, others at the start. Others are constant and still others are very aggressive,'' the Spaniard said to F1insider.com.
''For me, Max is Verstappen currently the best. He's a driver that I love to see. He's always in attack mode. If he's third and catching up on second, then you know he's not going to stay there. You know that he'll try it at some point. Of course, this extreme driving style sometimes provokes mistakes. But that's exciting for the fans,'' the Alpine driver concludes.