[autotag]Kyle Larson[/autotag] has heard the debates. Ever since Larson’s insane run of dirt racing during the 2020 season, people have claimed that he is the best race car driver in the world. That only intensified after the Hendrick Motorsports driver won 10 races and the NASCAR Cup Series championship during the 2021 season.
So, does Larsron believe he is the best race car driver in the world? FloRacing’s Kyle McFadden asked Larson if he needed to race against [autotag]Max Verstappen[/autotag] to know, but the driver of the No. 5 car gave a blunt and confident response.
“Not really. I know in my mind I am better than [Max Verstappen] as an all-around driver,” Larson said. “There’s no way [Max Verstappen] can get into a Sprint Car and win the Knoxville Nationals. There’s no way he can go win the Chili Bowl. There’s no way he can go win a Cup race at Bristol. There’s probably no way I can go win a Formula 1 race at Monaco, but I think I’d have a better shot at him [doing what he does than him doing what I do] just because of the car element.”
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“That’s what gives me ease and confidence that, like, I know I’m better than him. Maybe not in an open-wheel IndyCar or Formula 1 car, but that’s one discipline. I think I would beat him in everything else. You can quote that.”
This is “Blunt Larson” at his finest. Truthfully, there is no way to find out who is a better driver unless Larson and Verstappen went against each other in every racing discipline. Yet, Larson’s diverse racing background would likely give him an advantage. Larson and Verstappen are two racing greats and we’ll see if the latter responds to these comments.
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