Tags: Max Verstappen
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Max: A lot of them would try to drown me
Max Verstappen can’t decide if his former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo would be the one to save him if he were drowning, or go down with him.
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Verstappen loses chief mechanic for 2021 season
Max Verstappen will go into the new F1 season without his Red Bull chief mechanic, who has moved to a different role.
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Max’s improvement is a ‘natural process’
Max Verstappen says that, while he works hard to improve in every area, doing so is a “natural process” for him.
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Verstappen warns it is far too early for hype
Everything seemed “normal” to Max Verstappen in his first laps driving the RB16B, but it is still far too early for hype.
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Max ‘not thinking’ about future Mercedes move
Max Verstappen has insisted it is too soon for him to be thinking about replacing Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes next year.
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Max on RB16B: Of course there are differences
Not easy to spot with the naked eye but Max Verstappen says “of course there are differences” between last year’s RB16 and this year’s B-spec car.
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Van der Garde rules out clashes between Perez and Max
Sergio Perez’s arrival has given Red Bull an extra card to play against Mercedes, but one that won’t threaten Max Verstappen’s position says Giedo van der Garde.
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Max: Why change something when it feels good?
Sergio Perez aside, Red Bull are looking much the same this year as they did last season, from the RB16b to Max Verstappen’s new helmet.
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Horner ignoring Verstappen to Mercedes speculation
Christian Horner is refusing to let speculation about Max Verstappen’s future and his potential move to Mercedes in 2022 distract Red Bull.
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‘Awful lot hanging on Red Bull’s RB16B’
Red Bull, Max Verstappen and even Formula 1 itself have a lot riding on Red Bull’s newly-launched 2021 car, the RB16b, says Mark Hughes.
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‘Max yet to meet expectations…we all know why’
Max Verstappen is behind schedule when it comes to expectations, but former F1 driver Michael Bleekemolen says that’s not his fault.
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‘Max will be top of Merc’s list’ if Hamilton retires
Christian Horner believes Red Bull’s relationship with Max Verstappen is more important than a performance clause in terms of keeping him away from Mercedes’ clutches.
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‘Hamilton’s success is confirmation of own’
Beating the “best of all time” to the 2016 title is, says Nico Rosberg, “extra confirmation” of his own ability out on track.
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Perez: Partnering Verstappen a ‘massive challenge’
Sergio Perez is preparing himself for a ‘massive challenge’ ahead of his first season driving alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull.
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Red Bull could lose Max to ‘performance clause’
Max Verstappen would be free to leave Red Bull due to a clause in his contract if the team were unable to make him a World Championship contender this year.
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Isola picks three drivers best for managing tyres
Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc stand apart from their rivals as the best at tyre management, says Pirelli boss Mario Isola.
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Verstappen-Russell 2022 line-up ‘more than feasible’
Mark Hughes thinks that, with Lewis Hamilton signing a one-year deal, Max Verstappen and George Russell could be Mercedes team-mates in 2022.
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Wolff has no idea where ‘Max clause’ came from
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says talk of Lewis Hamilton wanting a team-mate clause in his contract was not true.
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Verstappen’s Austin penalty ‘sticks’ with steward
Steward Garry Connelly said the decision to strip Max Verstappen of his podium at the 2017 US GP remains one of his toughest decisions.
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‘Hamilton is afraid of only Verstappen’
Dutch racer Tom Coronel is not surprised to hear of the team-mate veto clause which Sir Lewis Hamilton is reportedly chasing.
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‘Max shrugged off potential victim complex’
Instead of feeling sorry for himself when he realised Red Bull wouldn’t be in last season’s title fight, Max Verstappen accepted the hand he had been dealt.
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Max will have little ‘input’ in 2022 Red Bull
Max Verstappen says the new regulations coming for 2022 mean it will be very difficult for him to have “any input” in Red Bull’s challenger.
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‘Complete Hamilton feels his tyres as if they were his feet’
Lewis Hamilton has an edge over Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc because he is a “more complete” driver says Gerhard Berger.
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Verstappen: Gasly’s Red Bull tactics didn’t work
Pierre Gasly’s desire to “adjust” everything to suit Red Bull rather than sit back and learn is what cost him his race seat, says Max Verstappen.
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‘Hamilton disadvantaged by having the best car’
Lewis Hamilton is “disadvantaged” by having the “best car” in the field, not in terms of results but rather in reputation, so says Jan Lammers.
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‘Max would have suited old-style F1 cars’
Jos Verstappen feels his son Max Verstappen would have “adapted well” to driving the Formula 1 cars of his era.
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‘Max is better than Hamilton, Russell proved it’
Never mind confusing Lewis Hamilton’s contract talks, Christian Horner says George Russell’s Sakhir showing confirmed that Max Verstappen is better than Lewis Hamilton.
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Latest Red Bull title failure frustrated Verstappens
Max Verstappen, as well as his father Jos, felt frustration when it became clear that Red Bull couldn’t challenge Mercedes in 2020.
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Max: New engines scuppered Mercedes-style run for RB
Max Verstappen feels Red Bull could have gone on a Mercedes-style run of dominance if the new engines hadn’t have been introduced.
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Max’s reminder he is ‘not here to finish P2’
Red Bull will try again to mount a title challenge against Mercedes in 2021, and Max Verstappen reminded us he “isn’t here” to finish P2.