"Mercedes indicated that they have scaled back the engine slightly"

Max Verstappen drove a very dominant race to win his tenth Grand Prix victory at the Abu Dhabi GP. After a year of hard work chasing after Mercedes, Red Bull Racing got the good news, although Dutch racing driver Robert Doornbos still has a comment.

“It is really impressive that you can keep it so dominant for 55 laps”, says Doornbos at Ziggo Sport, who was already impressed by the pole position of Verstappen. “Red Bull is known for developing over a season. They have made up six tenths on Mercedes, but Mercedes indicated that they have scaled back the engine slightly, so that could be two, three tenths in favour of Red Bull. ”

2021 could be a good year for Verstappen and Red Bull

It may therefore be that Mercedes has not given everything completely lately, but Doornbos still sees an upward trend in the team. That is very promising for next season.

“If you enter the winter like this and the development of the cars largely remains the same, then that is, of course, nice for 2021. Honda may have also taken a step, they naturally want to step forward next year. If they also gain something in terms of reliability, it could be a very good year. ”

This article was written and originally published by Pelle on the Dutch edition of GPblog.com.