Max Verstappen's tourist circuit

« Max Verstappen was just incredible, alone in the world. He flew over the race », notes Sergio Pérez, without showing the slightest disappointment. The Mexican does not feel frustration, just admiration for the man who has just transformed one of the most feared races on the calendar into a Sunday hike. Francorchamps, even in good weather, remains this monument where reputations are made and broken. If only the best triumph there, only a handful have made it their garden. Regardless of the fact that his best time set the day before was transformed into 14th place on the grid due to engine penalties, at the end of the first lap, Max Verstappen was already 1th. Sixth to 8th, he progressed with the flower in the rifle, passing Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and George Russell in three loops. The leader Carlos Sainz having made his first pit stop, he found himself 2nd in the slipstream of the sister car, which he