Voices on Formula 1 boredom
“Verstappen would have won with one hand out of the window”
06/05/2023, 1:18 p.m
Max Verstappen drives the Formula 1 competitors to the ground. To speak of competition would hardly be appropriate. After the Spanish Grand Prix, the international press registered the great “boredom” that the outstanding “cannibal” Verstappen brought to the premier class. In Italy, meanwhile, the suffering Scuderia Ferrari is in focus. Because while Mercedes put two drivers on the podium with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, Ferrari continued to suffer hard with places 5 (Carlos Sainz) and 11 (Charles Leclerc).
Great Britain
The Sun: “The Formula 1 season is really picking up speed and the Red Bulls are racing ahead at the top of the table.”
DailyMail: “Max Verstappen could have won even with a hand out of the window and Magic FM cranked up and by well over the 24 seconds he had.”
The Guardians: “Max Verstappen outperforms the revived Mercedes duo and wins the Spanish Grand Prix.”
Time: “Hamilton and Russell give Mercedes a reason to celebrate. The Spanish Grand Prix could be the moment when the light shines again for Mercedes, but they still have a huge gap to fill to seriously threaten Verstappen’s dominance of the sport. “
The Telegraph: “Mercedes showed signs of life with two places on the podium while Max Verstappen dominated the Barcelona Grand Prix.”
Spain
Brand: “Without breaking a sweat, Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix, his 40th victory in Formula 1, taking him even closer to his third consecutive world title.”
Mundo Deportivo: “Verstappen clears up in Barcelona and Mercedes wakes up.”
As: “Full victory for the world champion ahead of Hamilton and Russell.”
Italy
Corriere dello Sport: “The Ferrari fans experienced another Sunday that they would rather forget. The SF-23 disappoints in Montmelo and the worst thing is that the team does not understand its problems. Verstappen wins like a cannibal.”
Gazzetta dello Sport: “Verstappen is the usual extraterrestrial, a cannibal that annihilates all opponents. A chasm separates him from all rivals. Ferrari descends more and more into chaos. The problems of an unpredictable car seem insoluble.”
Corriere della Sera: “Ferrari in a dead end. Barcelona should have been the turning point of the season for Maranello, but the technical innovations do not lead to any results.”
tuttosport: “Verstappen wins with ease, bad Ferraris.”
France
L’Equipe: “The Verstappen show, a boring race.”
Austria
Crown newspaper: “Max Verstappen demonstrated his power again at the Spanish Grand Prix on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Not even a ‘yellow card’ could slow down the world champion’s extraterrestrial start-finish victory.”
Courier: “Max Verstappen is unstoppable. He wasn’t at the Spanish Grand Prix, nor does he appear to be on the way to his third world title in a row.”
Switzerland
View: “Mercedes and especially Lewis Hamilton smell the morning air after the double podium in Barcelona.”
Daily indicator: “Mercedes is experiencing a rebirth. Lewis Hamilton and his team-mate only have to admit defeat to the outstanding Max Verstappen.”