Verstappen will not runaway with 2024 title - Di Resta - video Dailymotion

Paul Di Resta believes Max Verstappen and Red Bull are in for a tougher challenger than normal this season.

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00:00 I would like to think he's not going to run away with it like he did last year.

00:03 When you look at how they excelled, how they managed to pull some of the wins off

00:08 that they did. They didn't have the best car, but the package was the best. And I mean package from

00:13 engineering to mechanics to pit stops to the background to what Max delivered on track.

00:18 They pulled out a couple of wins they shouldn't have last year. Nobody was able to get on top of

00:22 it. You have to take your hat off to him and say incredible job. People will get closer this year,

00:27 I think a hundred percent. It's not going to be a runaway like it was, but to get on top of that

00:33 every Grand Prix with the advantage that they had at some tracks last year, I don't see how they can

00:38 lose the championship to be honest. I think over the course of the season, he'll get the job done.

00:42 I think he'll have a harder time at it. And I'd like to see them more in battle. I'd like to see

00:47 them up against Lando. I'd like to see them up against Lewis, Ferrari in there as well, because

00:51 I think that's what we need to get the jeopardy back into Formula One and get people closer.

00:56 And certainly these rules so far, Red Bull have had such an advantage, but

01:00 when you see close racing wheel to wheel, that's what the drivers want to do.