{"id":300052,"date":"2023-12-15T20:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300052"},"modified":"2023-12-15T20:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:47:23","slug":"herbert-not-buying-verstappen-spiel-and-thinks-he-wants-same-thing-as-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/racing\/f1\/herbert-not-buying-verstappen-spiel-and-thinks-he-wants-same-thing-as-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbert not buying Verstappen spiel and thinks he wants same thing as Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamilton certain Red Bull's fate is sealed after what F1 rival Verstappen did<\/h3>\n

Johnny Herbert isn’t buying Max Verstappen’s spiel that he has no interest in breaking Lewis Hamilton and Michael\u00a0Schumacher’s world title record. The Dutchman insists he is\u00a0\u201calready happy\u201d with his career but Herbert begs to differ.<\/p>\n

Verstappen picked up his third consecutive world title in 2023 to draw level with\u00a0Jack Brabham,\u00a0Jackie Stewart,\u00a0Niki Lauda,\u00a0Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna in the all-time winners’ charts at joint fourth. Following a stunning season that saw him become the first driver to break the coveted 500-point barrier, the expectation is that it won’t be his last.<\/p>\n

At just 26 years old there is plenty of time left for the Red Bull star to surpass Hamilton and Schumacher’s seven world titles but Verstappen, who has previously teased retiring from the sport at relatively young age, claims he isn’t particularly concerned about making history.<\/p>\n

When asked if becoming a record-breaker motivates him, Verstappen replied: \u201cNo. I\u2019m not interested in winning seven or eight titles. If you have the car to do so, then great. But even if it doesn\u2019t [happen], I\u2019m happy \u2013 I\u2019m already happy, so it\u2019s OK!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yet Herbert remains confident that isn’t the case. \u201cOne of them especially, to get that eighth World Championship and go ahead of Michael. They\u2019re both wanting to do that,” he told Planet F1\u00a0when discussing who would come out on top if they were part of the same team.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, the only way you\u2019re able to do that is to be number one. There\u2019s your problem because when it was Senna and Prost, it was a very, very hard thing for Ron Dennis (then McLaren team boss) to be able to control.<\/p>\n

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