'I kind of feel for Verstappen a little bit and Red Bull'
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Max Verstappen is currently top of the world championship standings, but that doesn't mean the battle is over. Lewis Hamilton is determined to get the win in Azerbaijan. Jenson Button is expecting a nerve-racking season.
The former Formula One driver saw that Verstappen was not always as lucky during qualifying and races this season. "I kind of feel for Max a little bit and Red Bull," Button stated in conversation with PlanetF1.com. "There have been a couple of opportunities where they’ve kind of thrown away big points, you know, he’s just put a wheel a centimetre over the line and lost a qualifying lap or lost a position in Bahrain."
Although Verstappen was not lucky in that, Button believes the regulations were followed correctly. "Those are the rules, you’ve got to stay within the white lines and they’ve just pushed it a bit too far. But I’m hoping it’s going to be a close season, obviously, Lewis has won the last couple but Max has been his biggest competitor and he’s been close to him."
Opportunities for Red Bull
It remains to be seen if both teams will stay this close in the coming races. In any case, Button thinks they will. "I do think they can challenge him, but it literally needs to be the perfect season for Red Bull, it really does."