Newly crowned world champion Max Verstappen details the insights of the exhausting 2021 season


Newly crowned world champion Max Verstappen details the insights of the exhausting 2021 season

Max Verstappen

The curtain has fallen on another spectacular chapter of the Formula1 championship with the crowning of a new world champion Max Verstappen. Max Verstappen has not only created history for himself but he has also managed to take away Lewis Hamilton’s record 8th world title.

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Max Verstappen sat for an interview with formula1 and shared a lot regarding the whole season. The ups and downs, the twist and turns that are part and parcel of the sport. One thing that he emphasized the most during the whole interview was having self-belief no matter the result. The will to keep pushing and never giving up.

Max Verstappen dwelling on his career so far

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

During his interview, he was asked to share his thoughts on his journey so far. Max was quick to jump on the opportunity given and shared quite a few things about his journey. He firstly said no one in his family pushed him into Formula1, it was his choice alone. He further added that growing up around cars made him develop an interest in it and wanted to try it. He admitted that he wanted to do something that you don’t require school for.

He was 17 years old when he first came into Formula1, he was a proven winner. He pointed out the fact that his father once told him that “you are going to lose one day, and it will not feel great.” This really hit a spot when he first lost a race. Furthermore, he went on to add that over the years he has been going through different stages of learning, growing, and developing not only as a driver but also as a human being. He also admitted that it was not easy for the family as they had to live around my love passion for the sport. A lot of sacrifices were made.

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Talking about his past teammates

Max and Daniel
Max and Daniel

He was asked about his relationship with his past teammates and he quickly came up with a response and said he’s had good relationships with all his teammates over the years and gave a special mention to Daniel Riccardo his former RedBull teammate. He said he is a great guy and during their time together he was able to learn a lot from daniel and was able to pick his brain regarding Formula1.

He also discussed how the tide changed when Daniel left and he was the one who had to take on the leader’s role being the more experienced driver. He added that he grew up a lot from when he was 17 and said that when he was presented with the opportunity he was mature enough to do that.

Looking back on the 2021 season

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

He praised his team for the magnificent job they did all season and how they were able to optimize the car during critical phases of the championship. He was very grateful to the team and indicated that without the team’s dedication he wouldn’t have become champion.

He also said that he has done a lot of learning this season and it has helped him in becoming a better driver which is going to pay its dividend in the years to come. He also talked about his rivalry with Lewis and said that he is looking forward to having a few more battles with him in the seasons to come.

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This has been the most successful season for Max and he is looking forward to defending his title next season against the rest 19 drivers on the grid. He said that he will take 1 or 2 weeks to get away from the sport and after that start getting back into the mindset for the start of the 2022 season.