Max Verstappen: ‘I’ve achieved my F1 dream. People who can’t appreciate that are jealous’
Dutchman says his job is not to please people as he sets out on road for a fifth consecutive F1 drivers title in Melbourne
On the eve of what might be the hardest fought championship of his career, opening in Melbourne this weekend, one thing is clear. Max Verstappen will not go gently into that night. The defending Formula One world champion, never one to shy away from speaking his mind, a compelling character trait reflected in his driving, is eyeballing the opposition and demanding they bring it on.
The 27-year-old took his fourth consecutive F1 title last season, the toughest since his first, the titanic battle with Lewis Hamilton that ended controversially in Abu Dhabi, in 2021. In both, when the Dutchman was pushed to the limit, to scrap tooth and nail, he was uncompromising, an elbows-out battler, obdurate, driven by belief in himself and the righteousness of the Verstappen cause.
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