Jeremy Clarkson's Max Verstappen claim rubbished by F1 champion in Lewis Hamilton comment

Jacques Villeneuve has responded to Jeremy Clarkson's comments astir Max Verstappen, with the erstwhile F1 satellite champion claiming Verstappen has had a batch of "easy" satellite rubric wins

Former F1 satellite champion Jacques Villeneuve has deed backmost astatine Jeremy Clarkson aft helium claimed Max Verstappen whitethorn beryllium the top operator of each time.

"We learned 2 important things during past weekend's Grand Prix successful Brazil," Clarkson wrote successful a file for the Sun. "First of all, Max Verstappen is 1 of the all-time greats. He whitethorn adjacent beryllium the top operator we person ever seen."

However, Villeneuve believes Verstappen has had a batch of "easy" world rubric wins truthful acold and insists it is intolerable to "compare antithetic eras. In effect to Clarkson's claim, Villeneuve told Grosvenor Sport : "How tin Jeremy Clarkson accidental Max Verstappen is the top of each time?

"He had a large play erstwhile helium bushed Lewis for his archetypal championship. Then he's had the aforesaid mode that Lewis won his archetypal one. Then he's had casual ones, the aforesaid mode Lewis had casual ones. And this twelvemonth he's been warring back.

"So this twelvemonth has been a large year. You cannot comparison the epoch of [Juan Manuel] Fangio to now. They are antithetic eras. So you cannot accidental immoderate of them is the top of each time. The athletics has changed excessively much."

However, Villeneuve believes Verstappen could go the 3rd operator to triumph a grounds 7 satellite titles aft Michael Schumacher and Hamilton. "Max Verstappen decidedly has what it takes to lucifer Schumacher's titles," Villeneuve added.

"Max is inactive bare and competitory and ever goes for the win. He doesn't get brought down. With the close situation, helium volition ever beryllium determination to triumph a championship.

"The aforesaid mode that Alonso could person had 7 championships. Look however often helium got adjacent to Ferrari. Take Schumacher, helium could person had 3 alternatively of seven. But helium could person had adjacent more.

Sometimes it's adjacent and there's a fewer drivers retired determination that don't person the magnitude of championships that they astir apt deserved with their talent. Max has won each title that helium could person won. He hasn't missed 1 truthful far."

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