Horner saw the same thing happen to Verstappen in 2022 that happened to Vettel

Christian Horner has seen Max Verstappen mature even more as a driver in 2022. After his world title in 2021, Verstappen has managed to take a big step forward, according to his team boss.

In 2021, Verstappen won the world title in the final round of the last race of the championship at the expense of Lewis Hamilton. Whereas there was a lot of controversy surrounding that final in 2021, Verstappen has now won his title four races before the end of the championship.

''Securing the title four races before the end is a tremendous achievement. Max was like from another planet this year. He's dominating this world championship, he's driving with incredible maturity,'' his team boss waxes lyrical at Speedweek.com. According to Horner, securing the world title in 2021 also had a big impact on this season.

Now that that pressure is off, Verstappen can enjoy racing more and victories seem to come even easier. In 2022, Mercedes was also not around to compete with the Dutchman and over a full year, Ferrari also fell short of providing real resistance.