Max Verstappen won ten in a row, while Red Bull arrived in Singapore with fifteen victories, where the team received a beating that few expected. After the qualifying crash, Verstappen saved the race with a fifth place, with a bit of luck he could even have been on the podium.
With this, Verstappen will certainly not set the record of Michael Schumacher in 2002, who was able to stand on the podium in every single race that year. Red Bull will not be the first team to complete a season with 100% performance, but the soon-to-be three-time world champion Dutch is not making a big deal out of it.
“I knew this day would come, so I’m fine with that,” Verstappen said when asked how he felt about having his winning streak snapped.
“In Formula 1, everything has to be perfect. Everyone tells you how dominant they are and how easy it is, but we never really have it easy.”
“A lot of small details have to work well, and if there’s a weekend where we don’t get along with a few things, we’re immediately at a disadvantage.”
Team boss Christian Horner didn’t expect Red Bull to win all the races this year either. “We never really counted on that, as there are still eight races to go. The 15 races won in a row surpasses our wildest ideas, Max’s ten wins is also crazy,” said Horner.
