Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 234 2 226 3 165 4 147 5 119 <\/p>\n
Verstappen\u2019s road to the title this year is proving to be a tricky one due to the superiority of the McLaren MCL39. James Allen thinks Verstappen is able to best Lando Norris<\/a>, but doesn\u2019t quite have the same hold over Norris\u2019 teammate and championship leader, Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n Alonso doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019s slowing down in his pursuit of an elusive third world title. The Spaniard is signed up to drive for Aston Martin until the end of 2026<\/a>, and with Adrian Newey<\/a> leading the charge in development for next season\u2019s car, he very well might achieve it.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Red Bull driver Max Verstappen\u2019s life outside F1 from net worth to girlfriend<\/a><\/p>\n Alex Albon believes Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso have \u2018more mental capacity\u2019 than most F1 drivers<\/p>\n As a guest on the Beyond the Grid podcast, Alex Albon<\/a> was prompted by host Tom Clarkson with a quote from Andrea Stella in which he stated that modern F1 cars are too quick for drivers to think in, meaning they have to rely on their instincts.<\/p>\n Albon replied, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say they\u2019re too quick to think in. I think the best drivers in the world have the capacity that it\u2019s always slow to them. The more mental capacity you have to drive, you can think about other things, such as maximising the corner, the lap, the tyres, whatever it is. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI think consistently, the best drivers in the world are the ones that have the most thinking time, the most brain capacity. You think about Max looking at the TV as he\u2019s going past. You look at Fernando thinking about strategy, 15 laps in front of him.\u201d<\/p>\n Verstappen has previously stated the respect he has for Alonso<\/a>, citing him as the reason he would turn his TV on to watch Grands Prix when he was younger and highlighting the Spaniard as someone he \u2018admires a lot\u2019.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Williams star Alex Albon\u2019s life outside F1 with net worth, girlfriend to parents<\/a><\/p>\n Jacques Villeneuve identified what Max Verstappen needs to do for his career to be considered better than Fernando Alonso\u2019s<\/p>\n Jacques Villeneuve recently compared the two drivers<\/a> whilst ranking who the greatest F1 champion is in the history of the sport. <\/p>\n The 1997 world champion opted for Alonso over Verstappen, noting the 43-year-old\u2019s accolades in other racing categories as the reason for the pick. With four world championships and 65 wins across an 11-year career in F1, there\u2019s no doubt that the Dutchman deserves to be in these sorts of conversations.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old\u2019s passion for all types of racing categories is no secret, with Verstappen taking part in a GT3 test under the alias \u2018Franz Hermann\u2019<\/a> between the Miami and Imola race weekends in a bid to get a Nordschleife permit so he can take part in a future iteration of the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.<\/p>\n![\"Fernando](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2186592238-1024x683.jpg\")
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