NewsDesk Unplugged | Berger: Senna the best, Max better
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In this episode of NewsDesk Unplugged, GRANDPRIX247 Editorial duo Paul Velasco & Jad Mallak discuss the recent statement made by ex-Formula 1 driver, 10-time GP winner and former F1 team boss Gerhard Berger regarding his great friend Ayrton Senna and sport’s current sensation Maxx Verstappen.
Speaking to Austrian news outlet Krone, Berger made an unexpected admission: “I said before that Senna was the best driver of all time. I have to say, I think Max Verstappen is now even better than that. He has skills that I haven’t seen yet. A driver driving at the very limit who never makes mistakes.”
A big call by Berger that is sure to have Senna fans on the defensive. However, there is no one better qualified to make that assessment of Senna as a driver who shared a McLaren pit garage in harmony through 48 GPs, three seasons: 1990 until the end of 1992.
Jad starts the episode off: “Gerhard saying that Verstappen is better than Senna. That’s a statement, a major statement. There are lots of similarities in the way that Max drives and how Senna used to drive. Is it simply this way or is Berger’s statement being exaggerated?”
Paul reckons: “Gerhard said it so it’s not exaggerated and he is the best-placed driver person on the planet to make that call. As a diehard Senna fan that I have always been, I’m going to be honest and say I can’t disagree with him.”
In Episode 12 of Newsdesk Unplugged, the GRANDPRIX247 editorial duo tuck into Berger’s ‘big statement’ on Senna and Verstappen with a lot more to say on the matter, and sharing some memories of the great Brazilian.
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