Max Verstappen is backing Honda to make the performance gains needed this Formula 1 season to close the gap to rivals Mercedes and Ferrari. After a tumultuous partnership was ended with McLaren at the end of 2018, Honda switched to Red Bull for last season, enjoying a stunning improvement in performance and reliability. Article continues under video It resulted in Verstappen claiming three wins and six additional podiums that helped propel him to third in the drivers' championship behind Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Following the RB16's bulletproof reliability over the first pre-season test at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, with Verstappen clocking up 254 laps across...
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