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Verstappen plays down 'favourite' talk

Max Verstappen has played down speculation that he heads into the season opener as favourite, insisting that Mercedes remains the benchmark. Having posted the fastest time in pre-season testing, and with his car looking to be a better package compared to the 'snappy and unforgiving' Mercedes, it is not surprising that Max Verstappen heads into next weekend's season opener as favourite. However, we've been here before, the German team comes away from testing having failed to impress before promptly destroying the opposition when it really counts... on Saturday afternoon in qualifying and again the following day. Max Verstappen certainly isn't being lulled into a sense of false security, the...
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