Jos Verstappen Provides Odd Glimpse Into the Mind of Double World Champion Max Verstappen: “A Different Situation Than Last Year”

While the first title win in 2021 for Max Verstappen came at the very last moment, the one this year was more certain. The Flying Dutchman created a giant gulf of points between himself and Charles Leclerc, and the title win was only a matter of time. That time came at the Japanese Grand Prix. But now, his father and former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen has revealed his son is not that stoked about the win this year.

Max Verstappen’s last year’s championship win was embroiled in controversy. This year, however, he has proven his talent with no asterisks. Despite being 46 points behind Charles at one point, Verstappen showed his class and won the title with 4 races still to go.

Max does not talk about the title win anymore

Winning the second driver’s championship is no mean feat. Few have been able to achieve it and yet, Max Verstappen hasn’t had a big celebration. Forget about having a big party, he does not even talk about it.

In a recent interview with De Telegraaf, Jos Verstappen said he was not present in Japan. He only met Max on Wednesday and that’s when they talked about the title win. Jos continued, “But since then we haven’t talked about his world title at all. He doesn’t even talk about it himself.” [Translated using Google]

“This is of course a different situation than last year. Now we kind of saw it coming.”

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Verstappen Sr. also talked about how his son likes to relax after the season ends, even though he is hungry for more. “Max always wants more, of course, but I also notice that he is happy when the season is over and he has nothing on his mind for a while.”

Jos Verstappen feels Max is not chasing records

With the intensity Max Verstappen brings to the circuit, one would believe the champion driver wants to have it all, and break all the records he can. However, it’s quite the opposite.

Max Verstappen is currently under a contract with Red Bull that runs until the end of 2028. Talking about Max’s future beyond 2028 with Formule1 Magazine, Jos Verstappen revealed, “We will take stock again in 2028. It’s not like he’s chasing records.” [Translated using Google]

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While Max has secured the drivers’ championship title with 4 races to spare, Red Bull is yet to take the constructors’ title home. However, it’s just a matter of time before that happens as well. In fact, it could happen this weekend at COTA. This will be the first time Red Bull will win both titles since the 2013 season.