Bernie Ecclestone believes Max Verstappen is the “best driver ever”, putting him ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, the former F1 boss said: “Max is the best driver ever. No doubts. I used to say Alain Prost. Now I would say Max. He’s the greatest. He is brightest with regards to getting the best out of the car. He doesn’t muck around. He gets right on the programme. In my list he is above Lewis Hamilton.
“Lewis is obviously super-super bright, super-super talented. Lewis understands people and gets the best out of them, whereas Max gets the best out of the car. He’s very different from Max. When Lewis stops racing, he can get into a different world - entertainment or whatever - but that won’t be the way Max could go.”
Ecclestone continued to explain what makes Verstappen and Hamilton different, stating “nobody is like Lewis” in F1. “I’ll tell you Max is one of us,” he added. “In our sphere of Formula One nobody is like Lewis, nobody is. I think in the early days he was a bit different from other people. At school, I was a bit under-sized, so it is a bit different, too. As it was with Lewis. He had his dad’s support.
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