• Red Bull driver confident of taking fight to world champion• ‘Lewis is absolutely one of the best but he is not God’
Max Verstappen has insisted he can beat
Lewis Hamilton in a straight fight for the
Formula One world championship this season. The Red Bull driver was confident that should his team provide a car able to match Mercedes he is in no fear of taking the fight to the world champion.
Hamilton has six titles already and is attempting to match Michael Schumacher’s record of seven his season but when Verstappen was asked whether he felt he could end the 35-year-old’s reign, his reply was immediate. “Yes,” he said unequivocally. He was respectful of Hamilton’s achievements but refused to be intimidated.