“If I listen to them, they’ve had a shitty car since 2016,” Verstappen jokes about Mercedes.

Before the start of the 2022 F1 season in Bahrain, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell said Mercedes was behind Red Bull and Ferrari. But Max Verstappen, who is quoted by the Dutch press, jokes about this, because he is convinced that the lamentations of the German team are groundless.

Max Verstappen shares the opinion of many skeptical observers. The F1 world champion does not believe the recent disturbing comments made at Mercedes. The German team, which won the constructors’ title last y...