With just three grand prizes completed and in full excitement for the change of regulations With several drivers raising their voices against this current Formula 1, several voices have expressed their disagreement with the complaints. To appease the ‘beasts’, Laurent Mekies, director of Red Bull, wanted to highlight the high level of drivers on the current gridgoing so far as to say that this is the best in history, both for the level of drivers and the prestige of the teams.
The best grill ever
Laurent Mekies, one of the voices with the most stripes in the ‘paddock‘, he is clear. The current Red Bull team leader has not hesitated to analyze the state of health of the grid and its conclusion is encouraging: we are facing the era of greatest talent in the history of the Great Circus. For the Frenchman, who knows the depths of the category like few others after years of experience in the elite, What happens today on the track is not the result of chance or an inspired season. This is structural growth that has raised the bar to levels never seen before.
The head of the energy drink team has issued a sentence: “I think this is the best grid we have ever had if we look at the general quality of the drivers. It is not something exclusive to this year, but the level has continued to increase year after year,” Mekies confessed despite the poor performance of his RB22.
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Goodbye to weak teams
For Mekies, the romanticism of modest teams that only came to fill out the grid has gone down in history. The gap has closed and the level of professionalism is suffocating. “The teams have become bigger and stronger year after year. There are no longer weak teams; now there are eleven giants”explains the Frenchman, highlighting that the weight of the brands that represent F1 today is unprecedented.
This growth is not only noticeable in garages, but in the stands and on screens around the world. The ‘boom’ of the Formula 1 is an unstoppable reality that walks hand in hand with fierce competitiveness. “We have the best drivers in the world”adds Mekies, raising the bar for anyone who wants to succeed in this ecosystem.
A grid full of stars
The current Formula 1 grid has a total of 14 world cupsone of the seasons with the most world champions among its ranks. Among these stars are Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. The Asturian is the active driver with the most seasons in F1, since that debut in 2001 with barely 19 yearshas established himself as one of the best drivers in history with two world titles, 32 victories and more than 100 podiums.
Hamilton, Verstappen and Fernando Alonso together on the podiumF1
Lewis Hamilton He is another of the legends of motorsports. He is the top champion along with Michael Schumacher with seven world titles. and the driver with the most victories in all the history of motorsports with 105 races won compared to Michael Schumacher’s 91. MaxVerstappen He closes the grid as the star driver of the current grid despite his poor performance and with the threat of retiring at the end of this year with four consecutive world championships.
