Max Verstappen REVEALS four-time champ he texts after ‘every race’ in F1

Red Bull's Max Verstappen is one of the best drivers in the long-history of Formula 1.

Max Verstappen REVEALS four-time champ he texts after ‘every race’ in F1

Max Verstappen (via Red Bull)

Max Verstappen in recent times, has become the brightest shining light in the world of Formula 1. He has amassed four championships since 2021 and while the sport is in the winter break after the end of the 2024 season, he has taken the time to talk about a specific champion from the previous years.

Max Verstappen has the utmost respect for Formula 1 legend Sebastian Vettel. The German driver retired from the sport after the end of the 2022 season, and in his career, amassed an impressive four world championships.

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Vettel’s titles also came with Red Bull between 2010-2013. In light of the bond Verstappen shares with the former, he recently added the following.

We app each other after almost every race. Sebastian is very nice, I like him a lot.

Max Verstappen via Servus TV’s Sport und Talk aus dem Hangar-7

Vettel and Verstappen are the greats, especially of the Red Bull F1 team. They are two of the most successful drivers in the history of the Milton-Keynes-based outfit. Moreover, the outfit’s team principal Christian Horner has on many occasions thanked them for their contributions.

Max Verstappen does not see Red Bull as the ‘favorite’ in 2025

The 2024 F1 season proved to be a tough one for Red Bull. While Max Verstappen managed to triumph in the driver’s championship, the outfit missed out on the coveted constructors’ world title against the Woking-based McLaren.

Christian Horner and Max Verstappen
Christian Horner and Max Verstappen (Via: Imago)

In light of this, Verstappen has his doubts going into the 2025 F1 season.

We won’t be the favourite next year, but that’s okay. We had problems and now we have to get going and change things. In the last 12 or 13 races, we were not the fastest. We have to change a lot to be first, but maybe it’s also good not to be the favourite for once.

Max Verstappen via the same interview

The McLaren F1 team amassed the constructors championship for the first time since 1998 at the end of the 2024 season. The outfit secured 666 points in comparison to Red Bull’s 589.

One of the main factors behind this was the RB20 falling behind the lights of the MCL38 and Ferrari’s SF-24 in terms of raw pace. Verstappen, on many occasions, cut out as an extremely frustrated figure because of this reason. The fight in 2025 is expected to get even closer given that it is the last year of the ground-effect regulations.