Max Verstappen tells BBC Sport in Las Vegas about the approach that has brought him to the cusp of a fourth world title.
Max Verstappen is in Las Vegas, talking about the approach that has brought him to the cusp of a fourth world title.
"Of course the championship is in the back of my mind, naturally," he says. "But I will always try to get the best result out of it first and then see what’s possible." And yet through it all, Verstappen has been the model of consistency. While McLaren and Norris have made errors, Verstappen’s season has been almost perfect.
"If that would have happened to me the other way around, I don't think I would have been the person to complain so hard because I would just think, 'OK, if that’s the rules, that's how we do it’ instead of screaming that we need to change the rules." "Some drivers are just a bit more passive in racing, that’s just how they are. And I know that in F1 I can’t hang around the outside because they will push me off. It’s a racing instinct.""It depends on the track layout," Verstappen says, echoing the views of other drivers that expansive asphalt run-off areas lead to this sort of racing because there is no penalty for going off track.
"My dad of course thinks about me and has the best interests for me - what I want to do and how I am in the team. "And I have said that to both of them and that’s why it was not for me about picking a side. It was just speaking a bit of common sense, I think, to both of them."As to the departures of so many key people, Verstappen says: "I am not going to lie. I would have naturally preferred people to stay."
"I already said from the beginning of the year that I was not entirely happy with how the car was handling.""And then you have to try and risk more, you have to get more out of the car yourself and then you feel it is quite limited.
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