Marko: 'Matter of time before Hamilton's advantage over Verstappen evaporates'

The battle that erupted at the Bahrain International Circuit between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen looks set to be a highlight of this year's season in Formula 1. Helmut Marko also feels the tension and analyzes the almost equal strengths of the two racers in a recent interview.

Looking back at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Marko again states that where Verstappen is the fastest driver on track, Hamilton remains the most complete. This can be explained by Hamilton's "wealth of experience", compared to the Dutchman.

Helmut Marko explains, in conversation with Formel1.de "What Hamilton still has ahead of Max is the incredible routine. I don't know how many races he has now, how many wins, but you could see that, how he did it tactically, how he changed lines. It was a very difficult race for Max."

Only a matter of time

Despite Hamilton still having an edge over the Red Bull star at the moment, according to Marko, it's only a matter of time before Max can also fall back on his experience more reliably. The Austrian explains: "They are more or less equal. Max will also be able to fall back on such a wealth of experience as Hamilton has at some point."