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Max Verstappen believes he will have to “continue to 40” if he is to break Lewis Hamilton’s records.
Hamilton crushed his rivals in Portugal on Sunday to break Michael Schumacher’s winning record with his 92nd grand prix victory.
Verstappen, who has nine wins in 114 starts in his seven F1 seasons, is already considerably behind Hamilton in the respective stage of his careers, as the Briton had achieved 22 wins, and his first title, after so many races. .
The 23-year-old hopes Hamilton will easily break 100 racing victories, while also revealing that the Mercedes driver told him after the Portuguese race that putting the record out of reach is something that drives him.
“We were just talking about that,” Verstappen laughed. “Lewis said he keeps pushing because he wants to establish it [the bar] very high. I have to work very hard to try to get there.
“I mean, it’s amazing. It is an incredible achievement. 92 wins and I don’t think it will end there. It will go over 100. It is pressuring me to continue to 40 or something! Anyway, it’s a good motivation. ”
Hamilton, who started his career with McLaren-Mercedes in 2007, scored his first F1 victory in Canada after just six races and won a total of 21 grands prix in 110 races with the British team.
Since moving to Mercedes in 2013, Hamilton has added 71 more victories in 152 races, averaging nearly one win for every two grands prix.
Verstappen, who believes that it is not just sheer speed, but also consistency that is key to Hamilton’s reign, added: “I think for Lewis it’s incredible. He’s also going for his seven world titles, which is very impressive.
“Everyone knows that he is very fast, but I think what has also been a strong point is that he is very consistent, he is rarely wrong and that is why I think he reached these numbers so fast. Yes, it is very impressive. ”
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