Max Verstappen has become the best driver in Formula 1 over the past 2 seasons and the last season he made it look so easy that even with legitimate threats from many other drivers, there was no one who could catch him and the championship race was over well in advance. And Max Verstappen will look to continue his era of dominance and win his 3rd World Championship in a row and it will be interesting to see if anyone will be able to Stop him.
Max Verstappen is just 24 years old and the fact that he already has 2 World Titles, means that he will hit his prime in a few years which means by then he could have won 3-4 World Titles in total. Max Verstappen is a force of nature and he can do well in any circuit and let’s see who are the drivers that can Stop him
Charles Leclerc – Ferrari
Charles Leclerc was the runner up to Max Verstappen in the last season and he was touted as the one who could win the World Championship for Ferrari but the dismal race tactics by the Ferrari team race after race ended his hopes of a World Championship and he had to settle for second place. He would have learnt a lot of lessons and he would love to go one better and best Max Verstappen but for that he and his team will need to have a perfect season.
Sergio Perez – Red Bull
The second driver that could stop him is his own teammate in Sergio Perez and he is a perfect teammate of Max but he would also like to win a Formula 1 World Championship and make the people of Mexico proud and he deserves it for all the years of entertainment he has given the fans. Sergio Perez could shock the world this year and all Formula 1 fans will be extremely happy for him.
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Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
There cannot be a list of challengers and not have Lewis Hamilton in that list. He is the greatest of all time and has won 7 Formula 1 World Championships. He would love to win his 8th and be the sole owner of the all time record. Lewis Hamilton had a subpar season and he wants to have a much better showing in the new season. Check Best performances of Lewis Hamilton
These are the Top 3 contenders but it does not look like anyone can stop Max Verstappen this year because he will only get better as the years go on and he gets more and more experience. Max Verstappen will rule Formula 1 like Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have done in the past 2 decades.
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