
The Red Bull ace is ticking more and more of the boxes to be one of Formula 1’s greats and did so again at Spa last weekend. His sublime performance made him the 22nd driver to win a world championship GP (excluding the anomalous Indianapolis 500s of the 1950s) from outside the top 10 on the grid.
As Matt Kew shows in our in-depth report, Verstappen was on another level and had charged from 13th into victory contention before one-quarter distance. The ease with which he then nailed his ninth win of 2022, followed (at a distance) by team-mate Sergio Perez must be serious concern for Ferrari. The more-stringent floor tests don’t seem to have hurt Red Bull one bit…