Verstappen’s “Don’t Care about Breaking Records” Claim Called Out as Marko Reveals Nerve Wracking Scenario before Italian GP

It seemed impossible a few years ago, but it became inevitable midway through the 2023 season that Max Verstappen was going to break the consecutive race win record by a single driver. As of the 2023 season’s 14th race, the Italian GP, Verstappen, has broken the record previously held by Sebastian Vettel. Both men achieved the incredible feat in Red Bull overalls. Despite his nonchalance toward them, Verstappen is on course to making many more records his own. Or is he? Nonchalant, we mean. According to Red Bull’s taskmaster, Dr. Helmut Marko, his “Don’t care” attitude towards the record is just a poor front he sees right through.

Verstappen, since 2022, has been on the hunt for records. In 2022, he broke the record for most wins in a single championship season by a driver, again dethroning Vettel and Michael Schumacher. In 2023, he helped Red Bull break and still extend the record for most consecutive wins by a team. He also surpassed the legendary Ayrton Senna in the F1 overall race wins records, an incredible feat considering Senna’s status and Verstappen’s age. One would assume the Dutchman is on a personal mission to rewrite the history books, but he has yet to break character and stance toward F1 records.

This might fool many, but not Helmut Marko. Red Bull’s advisor, as quoted by news outlet Formule1, exposed Verstappen’s nonchalant attitude ahead of the momentous day.

“Max always says that he doesn’t care about breaking records, but if you ask him, for example, who has the most pole positions and how many there are, he knows immediately,” said Marko. (Translated by Google)

He also exposed Verstappen’s nervousness ahead of the record-breaking race. The Austrian executive revealed Verstappen was already nervous as seemed distracted during the Friday meeting. Additionally, after seeing Verstappen grow up in front of his eyes, Marko claims to know the Dutchman. “I know him well enough and I know how he ticks,” he added as quoted by Motorsport-Total. (Translated by Google)

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In fact, this isn’t the first time Marko has unmasked Verstappen’s hypocritical behavior.

Helmut Marko exposed Max Verstappen ahead of the legendary 12 hours of the Nürburgring Nordschleife

In the upcoming 12 hours of the Nürburgring Nordschleife Red Bull will put their old Red Bull challenger on the track for a demo run. The car is set to be driven by Sebastian Vettel. However, Red Bull’s champion wanted to get a taste of the legendary track. However, keeping his duties to the circus in mind, the Dutchman was banned from doing so by Marko. His reasoning is what exposed Verstappen’s stance on records.

“We all know Max [Verstappen]. First, he would have checked what the record was. Of course, he wouldn’t want to beat that just by a second. Those cars aren’t suited for chasing records. It’s too dangerous,” said Marko.

Even the Dutchman agreed with Marko to some extent. “I wanted to do it, but Helmut didn’t allow me to do it,” said Verstappen. “He knew that I would try to push myself to the limit. I would have liked to have done it.”

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For whatever reason Verstappen denies his desire to chase records, Dr. Marko is always there to expose him. Verstappen is chasing them all, regardless of his undertaking.