Jenson Button turns nostril up at Max Verstappen idea after F1 2024 prediction
Jenson Button has dismissed the suggestion that Max Verstappen’s reign over Formula 1 is making the game “boring”.
The Red Bull star has bagged three consecutive drivers’ titles, along with his victories changing into more and more dominant. The Dutchman is scorching favorite to make to make 4 in a row in 2024, with the season kicking off in Bahrain at the beginning of March.
There are fears the earliest Verstappen and Red Bull could be knocked off their perch is in 2026, when there shall be main guidelines reset with new engines. However, talking on the Fuelling Around podcast (by way of the Mirror), Button insisted that the 2023 season was nonetheless entertaining.
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“We can say this is boring because one guy is winning all the races, [but] last year will go down in history,” he stated. “I have to say, if you look at the numbers and the results, yeah, it doesn’t look great.
“But I feel we had some bloody good racing final 12 months. Not all of the races, however we have now had some actually good racing up and down the sphere. It wasn’t a stroll within the park for Max both. I loved the season – dash races not a lot, other than Brazil, which was wonderful. More races in Brazil, please!”
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Verstappen himself reckons the battle on the entrance will get tighter because the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren shut the hole.
“The others will improve their cars and get closer to us,” he stated final 12 months. “I do not suppose it is that life like to attain that win fee once more. But that is positive. To have already got a season like we have had is insane. The others usually are not silly. They are all studying.
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He added: “Of course, the longer you keep the regulations the same, the closer it will get, because people start to understand which direction they have to develop in. Luckily, we hit the ground running really well with the regulations [in 2022], but I definitely expect next year, for sure, all will definitely take a step towards us.
“I do not know which specific workforce as a result of, in the event you take a look at the entire season, it has been a bit up and down for everybody besides us. So I do not actually know within the winter which workforce goes to make the largest soar. Hopefully, after all, they nonetheless keep behind however we’ll see in Bahrain.”
