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Everyone knows who is likely to win the race. Max Verstappen has been as imperious as ever this weekend, to the delight of the 'orange army' of Dutch fans who are cheering his every move at this race that was literally made for him.
Not only was Verstappen 0.537secs quicker than Lando Norris, whose McLaren had looked through the weekend as if it might be a threat for pole to upset the party by the North Sea, but there was a 1.313secs chasm between him and team-mate Sergio Perez in the difficult conditions. It was a reflection of a question that has been spinning around the F1 paddock for a while now this year. Clearly the Red Bull is the best car on the grid, especially in race trim, but how much of its advantage is the car and how much its lead driver?
"Bizarre," Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said after qualifying when asked what he thought about the massive gaps Verstappen has been putting on Perez since the fifth race of the season in Miami."Checo is not an idiot. He is a grand prix winner. And he was at Racing Point . So I cannot comprehend.
"We have seen Max has destroyed every single team-mate that was with him. Whether it's his ability to create a car around himself that is just very tricky to control but fast if you can and that makes those gaps. But odd."
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