Nelson Valkenburg

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967 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 16 Sep

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The Race F1 Podcast · Verstappen + Antonelli? Our take on F1's next big driver moves · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

So that would be very interesting.

And to me – and I said this to you, Ed, on Sunday in that conversation at the coffee –

The emergence of Antonelli and the realization of this field of what Toto Wolff saw earlier might keep Verstappen in F1 longer than he initially anticipated because I think it tickles him completely.

He's dealt with Hamilton in a way, but there's huge respect.

But Hamilton is a little older and he knows, I think I can beat him.

If I look at it from the outside, I see Verstappen thinking...

I have to be at my best every day with this kid, and that's a lot of fun.

And I think it has changed the equation a little bit for him.

And what is very interesting there is that Verstappen this year has been so vocal about the fact that he feels the technical team haven't listened to him for years now.

And that there are recurring problems with this car.

And there was something, and I'm going to dive deeper into it next weekend in Silverstone.

There was a line there after...

the race on Sunday where he thought I could have won this, but there were issues with the car again, he said, that held me back.

And there was definitely stuff there that he wasn't happy with.

And I just, I fear a little bit for Red Bull that that connection with Verstappen and in this case Pierre Rocher isn't what it should be.

and and first happen doesn't always feel totally understood in in what he requires what he needs um it's such a small sample size right red bull ring one race um we after in another three races we could be looking at a completely different picture because behind mercedes everything is volatile every time it's a different team that sort of nips at the heels or in the case of ferrari won a race but then

There's nothing.

And yes, they had a shot at winning at the Red Bull Ring, but I think we need to very clearly look at Antonelli's pace in the final stint.

Because I think had Antonelli driven a slightly better first stint, he'd run away with it.

And that is something Verstappen is very aware of.

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