\u201cIn Monza, Red Bull can still come close,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re good with low drag, so they can be competitive there. On the long straights they are pretty good, and there they have a strong package.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this may be the surprise of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2r353818-1.jpg\")
#3 Max Verstappen, (NED), driving the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB22 dog, with Red Bull-Ford power, during the Dutch GP weekend, Zandvoort, Holland, 20-23 August 2026, Formula 1 World Championship 2026.<\/p>\n
Albers believes Red Bull\u2019s biggest weaknesses \u2013 medium and high-speed corners \u2013 are less exposed at Monza, and added: \u201cAntonelli also has to change an engine in Monza.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also thinks Ferrari and McLaren may be less comfortable there than on more flowing circuits. But Albers sees Monza as potentially Verstappen\u2019s last major chance before the championship fight narrows decisively.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter that, it\u2019s over,\u201d said Albers. \u201cThen we\u2019re just going to see a battle between Norris and Kimi Antonelli.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a very good chance that Norris will be world champion for the second time. The train is now under way, and it is unstoppable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s Note: Norris drives the superior Rob Marshall-designed McLaren. Marshall is by far the best designer in Formula 1 today.<\/p>\n
Norris is still P4 and 83 points behind Antonelli in the standings, but the reigning world champion has now won the last two races in the improving McLaren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) Max Verstappen could emerge as a surprise contender for victory at Monza despite Red Bull\u2019s RB22 being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-872045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}