BELGIAN GRAND PRIX: VERSTAPPEN MUST ATTACK TO DEFEND HIS LEAD
2024 Formula 1 World Championship leader Max Verstappen returns to his favourite track seeking to end a run of three races without a win by extending a sequence of three successive Belgian Grand Prix victories at Spa-Francorchamps.Verstappen cut an unhappy and petulant tone in Budapest last weekend, finishing fifth and peppering the airwaves with swearing and complaints about the car and team.The team and their runaway leader, now 76 points clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris after 13 of 24 races, will be looking to go into the August break with momentum restored rather than pressure increased. In other words, attacks his rivals to defend his lead.“Hungary was a tricky race and a weekend to forget and move forward from,” said Red Bull’s Belgian-born triple F1 world champion, who won 19 of 22 last year and has not had a run of four races without a win since 2020. “We have been working as a team to optimise our performance and get the best out of the car that we possibly can.”
