Max Verstappen’s father Jos Verstappen breaks silence on not congratulating his son for winning 2024 title
Jos Verstappen revealed the reasons behind his absence from the grand celebrations of Max Verstappen's fourth championship victory.
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Max Verstappen and Jos Verstappen (Via IMAGO)
Max Verstappen‘s fourth consecutive championship victory was celebrated with great enthusiasm from the entire Red Bull team. However, Verstappen’s father Jos Verstappen was reportedly not present around the celebrations for his son. Verstappen Sr. has broken silence over the matter and revealed the reason for his absence on his son’s mega achievement.
Jos Verstappen has been believed to not have the best of relationships with Max Verstappen due to the troubled past between the two. Regardless, the father-son duo is spotted together on race weekends as they move on from the issues. Verstappen Sr. revealed that he had flu at the time of Verstappen Jr’s celebrations of four championship wins and didn’t want to pass it on to his son and others.
I wasn’t feeling so well. I have a little flu and then I don’t want to be around Max either, for fear that I will pass it to him.
Jos Verstappen told Viaplay
Apart from the flu, Verstappen Sr. had other commitments in motion as he was absent at the celebration. The time difference at the American race weekends was also one of the reasons behind his absence at the event. Moreover, the Dutchman had another race weekend upcoming for himself and he also had to prepare for that. All these reasons combined forced the 52-year-old to not be present at the celebrations.
Besides that, of course, you also have the time difference. I also have another race myself this weekend, so I have to prepare a bit for that.
Jos Verstappen added
Jos Verstappen ‘doubted’ Max Verstappen to maintain championship lead in 2024
Red Bull’s incessant struggles had caused Max Verstappen major problems in maintaining his championship lead. As a result, Jos Verstappen doubted whether the Dutchman would maintain the lead over the course of the development of the car. However, even the father had to accept that performances like the Brazilian GP from Verstappen caused the latter to easily win the 2024 Drivers’ Championship.
Of course he had a certain lead [in the drivers’ championship]. Whether he would keep that up of course depended on the development of his car. I wasn’t always sure about that myself. But what Max eventually showed and the races he drove, especially Brazil, that is really unprecedented and that did ensure that he managed to pull it over the line.
Jos Verstappen noted
Verstappen has entered the list of some of the highly achieved individuals in Formula 1 after winning four consecutive titles. The 27-year-old has a couple of more years left in the sport as he aims to extend his legacy. With Verstappen winning the title, he can now focus on the coming season and compete for the championship in 2025.
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