4
Johnny Herbert thinks Red Bull should sign up Carlos Sainz for 2017. The former F1 driver made waves in Bahrain recently, when he urged Fernando Alonso to take the opportunity of his chest injuries to quit formula one.
And now he has bucked the trend of predicting a rapid promotion to Red Bull next year for Max Verstappen by urging the energy drink outfit to in fact give the seat to his Toro Rosso teammate Carlos Sainz.
"Both are very good and very fast," Herbert told the Spanish sports newspaper Marca. "As I said before, they're the future. I think Carlos is smarter than Verstappen, I see him using his head better, perhaps because Max is younger, but both are very good," he insisted.
"But looking ahead, if I had to sign one of the two, I would choose Sainz. If the decision is taken by Helmut Marko then I don't know what will happen, because sometimes his decisions with the drivers are a bit strange," Herbert said. (GMM)
Truth be told even a street rat is smarter than Herbert, FACT.
Comments like this make it plain to see that Herbert has no idea what drives teams to choose their drivers. I think Mr. Herbert can't make the distinction between intelligence and enthusiasm/ambition. So far there has been only one slip up by Max and that was in Australia when he was too vocal on the radio..... for which he smartly apologized.
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Bahrain International Circuit - Winter testing
M. Verstappen
C. Sainz jr
C. Leclerc
Bahrain
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street Circuit
Australia
Albert Park
Japan
Circuit Suzuka
United States of America
Miami International Autodrome
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Canada
Gilles Villeneuve
Spain
Circuit de Catalunya
Austria
Red Bull Ring
United Kingdom
Silverstone
Hungary
Hungaroring
Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps
Netherlands
Circuit Zandvoort
Italy
Monza
Azerbaijan
Baku City Circuit
Singapore
Marina Bay Street Circuit
United States of America
Circuit of the Americas
Mexico
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Brazil
Interlagos
United States of America
Las Vegas Street Circuit
United Arab Emirates
Yas Marina Circuit
722,862 comments on Red Bull Racing
965 members have this team as their favourite
Tweets about Max Verstappen
F1Ghana
Posts: 1
Comments like this make it plain to see that Herbert has no idea what drives teams to choose their drivers. I think Mr. Herbert can't make the distinction between intelligence and enthusiasm/ambition. So far there has been only one slip up by Max and that was in Australia when he was too vocal on... [Read more]