“I've been through a lot”: The transformation of Max Verstappen

“I've been through so much, nothing makes me nervous anymore,” Verstappen told the Dutch daily The Telegraph . The 22-year-old is addressing his two biggest supporters. With his father Jos, who was a Formula 1 driver himself, and Red Bull Motorsport Director Helmut Marko, he had two companions who are considered tough dogs and are not exactly squeamish when dealing with them. Father Jos as teacher For example, when Max ruined a kart race in 2012, his father Jos didn't talk to him for a week: “When I tell you about that, many people think that this behavior goes too far, but for me it was okay. Although there were moments that were a bit hard, now I am happy with the way my father raised me. Nothing can upset me now.”

“My father’s training and style were the best possible preparation” Max Verstappen

His father never put pressure on him to always win, “but he wanted me to do my best at all times. When it was good, it was good, and when it was bad, it was bad. Jos was straightforward.” Verstappen Junior emphasized that without his father he would never have ended up in Formula 1 and would have prevailed there: “His training and his style were the best possible preparation.”

Red Bull's Helmut Marko is a similar type. The Austrian is considered Verstappen's supporter, but also one of his harshest critics: “He is direct and straightforward. If you drive badly, he'll tell you to your face." Marko is also known in the Formula 1 circus as a man of clear words who often doesn't mince his words in public. Verstappen's beginnings in Formula 1 Verstappen has been in Formula 1 for a long time. To be precise, since March 15, 2015. He was just 17 years old - making him the youngest driver in Formula 1 history to this day. At the beginning, Verstappen was considered very impetuous and brash. He was involved in several collisions in which he was not entirely innocent. A cheeky, sometimes overly arrogant daredevil. Verstappen quickly earned nicknames like “Mad Max”. There were also scuffles with competitors.

In the meantime, the World Cup runner-up has learned a lot and has become much calmer and more consistent - also thanks to the experience he has gained. His teachers contributed the rest. After all, Verstappen went through a tough but instructive school.

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“I've been through a lot”: The transformation of Max Verstappen

The ultimate is Lewis Hamilton at the moment, but for many experts Max Verstappen is the fastest man in Formula 1. The Dutchman has gone through a tough school in his young racing career.

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