For me it was always clear that Verstappen had that talent'

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08:04, 28 Jun 2021

Max Verstappen won the Styrian Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. The Dutchman started from pole position and never had a problem during the race, allowing Red Bull Racing to increase their lead over Mercedes in the world championship.

The Austrian racing team has a significantly better car than in recent years, which makes it more difficult for Mercedes to compete. This is also due to the qualities of Verstappen. However, Peter Windsor believes, "It's one thing to have the best car in the field, like Sergio Pérez did. It's something else to dominate and control the race like Max did, just super.

"It gives the lie to all those people who have spent the last four or five years saying, 'Max is this, Max is that, but he doesn't have the ability to lead and win a championship and be consistent.' For me it was always clear that Max had that talent and here he is now with the best car in Formula 1 and he is getting one hundred percent out of it."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

For me it was always clear that Verstappen had that talent'

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