{"id":43397,"date":"2025-10-03T07:28:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/verstappen-isnt-pressured-i-go-race-by-race-in-f1\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:28:30","slug":"verstappen-isnt-pressured-i-go-race-by-race-in-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-isnt-pressured-i-go-race-by-race-in-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen isn&#8217;t pressured: &#8220;I go race by race&#8221; in F1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verstappen Remains Firm: &#8220;I Take It Race by Race&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\nThe defending Formula 1 champion, Max Verstappen, has adopted a cautious stance regarding speculation about his possible conquest of a new title. The driver, after his recent consecutive victories in Monza and Baku, prefers to focus on each individual race, downplaying projections about the championship.\n\nThe discussion about Verstappen&#8217;s possibilities intensified after the driver&#8217;s good performance; even McLaren&#8217;s boss, Andrea Stella, has acknowledged his presence in the fight for the title.\n\nThe topic generated debate during the press conference prior to the Singapore Grand Prix, where Verstappen&#8217;s rivals were asked about the chances of the driver achieving his fifth championship.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere&#8217;s a possibility, so more than zero,\u201d commented Lando Norris, who is 25 points behind his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, and 44 behind Verstappen.<\/p>\n<cite>Lando Norris<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nGeorge Russell, Mercedes driver, joked with Norris, stating that the probability was &#8220;100%&#8221;.\n\nCharles Leclerc, from Ferrari, estimated the probability at 20%. When Verstappen was asked the same question, he replied with a smile.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c50%, because I do it or I don&#8217;t do it,\u201d said Verstappen.<\/p>\n<cite>Max Verstappen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0921%2Fr1548877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Max Verstappen\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Max Verstappen ha ganado las \u00faltimas dos carreras.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nVerstappen has reduced 35 points to Piastri in the last two races. Piastri had an accident in Baku, while Norris failed to capitalize, finishing in a discreet seventh position.\n\nVerstappen&#8217;s victories seem to confirm Red Bull&#8217;s progress since the update in Monza. However, the Singapore Grand Prix, with its high aerodynamic load, will be a crucial test to determine if the car can compete with McLaren in the upcoming events.\n\nThe champion downplayed the speculation about the championship.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;For my part, honestly, I see it as a race-by-race thing. Sixty-nine points is still a lot, especially if you look at how the season has gone so far,&#8221; Verstappen stated.<\/p>\n<cite>Max Verstappen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nVerstappen added that he doesn&#8217;t feel pressured and that he enjoys his work.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cMcLaren has been incredibly dominant, that doesn&#8217;t change suddenly. So, for my part, I&#8217;m not stressed about anything. I just enjoy what I do, I have fun outside of it, I have fun and I try to give my best every time I get in the car,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<cite>Max Verstappen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nVerstappen also commented that his approach will not change for the moment.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere&#8217;s really nothing to lose. As a team, we approach it like that. We try to give our best, be more competitive, and hopefully confirm that the direction we took with the car is more competitive, also on a track like this, and that&#8217;s what we hope will happen,\u201d said Verstappen.<\/p>\n<cite>Max Verstappen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWhen asked if the discussion around his performance demonstrates his good driving level this year, Verstappen replied that perhaps.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cOf course, sometimes it was a bit more difficult to demonstrate mid-season, but I think every time you progress as a driver every year, you want to be better or at least similar to what you have achieved in the past, and I think we are doing that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<cite>Max Verstappen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe news continues&#8230;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verstappen Remains Firm: &#8220;I Take It Race by Race&#8221; The defending Formula 1 champion, Max Verstappen, has adopted a cautious stance regarding speculation about his possible conquest of a new title. The driver, after his recent consecutive victories in Monza and Baku, prefers to focus on each individual race, downplaying projections about the championship. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[657,443,8848,395],"class_list":{"0":"post-43397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-f1","7":"tag-f1","8":"tag-max-verstappen","9":"tag-singapore","10":"tag-title"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}