"You know, I get really tired of all the comments of me that I should change my approach," said Verstappen, who recovered to finish in the points in Monaco. "I will never do that because it has brought me to where I am right now, and after the race it is not the right time to talk. "Everybody who has those comments, I don't listen to it anyway. I just do my own thing.“ That’s kind of the problem isn’t it? I get that he’s 20. Everybody does dumb things at 20. But, he’s in the big league now. A higher standard is expected. Mistakes will happen. They happen to everyone at some point. How the mistakes are dealt with though is what ultimately counts. This isn’t the way to deal with it.
Well his bosses are the ones telling him to cool it a bit ! Try headbutting Horner or Marko ,see how that works out mate.
His level of arrogance has really turned me off to him. I was excited about him when he first came in and started showing some driving talent, but quickly realized that he is a total liability on the track. And the way he is handling it, by accepting no blame at all, just further reinforces just how arrogant he is.
He's taken full responsibility for Vettel and Monaco...as he should have. The rest is all sensationalism. And getting extremely boring. How people are saying he needs to start proving himself is laughable. Same goes for the people that said Vettel needed to prove himself in 2009. Sour grapes.
The guy has contact in every race. He's proven that he is quick in the car, but he most certainly needs to prove himself as a Formula 1 driver. Proving yourself is not always about speed. In his case, he needs to prove that he can finish a race without any incidents.
What's your point - that he is getting progressively worst with getting his car to the finish in one piece? Or are you suggesting we just pretend that this season doesn't exist? Your bias towards him is clouding your sense of reality.
''progressively worse''. Short term memory affecting you there or do you only have selective memory available? Your own bias is affecting it deeply. Suddenly every single thing is Max's fault
Youngest winner multiple times over... --- His previous good races (and he's had plenty) weren't flukes. People here are acting like they where....A lot of salt here because Max went toe to toe with Ferrari's boys a few times and got out on top. Has he made mistakes...sure has, Who hasn't? For 2018 he crashed into Vettel. It was **** particularly because it affected us badly here. He held up his hands and admitted fault. Bahrain he plonked it in the wall in quali...only person affected was himself. Australia a spin, lost a few places that's it. Only one affected was himself. Baku had the accident with Ricciardo. Discussed till death. Fault depends where you alliance is (except on this forum where it's 100% max's fault). Spain...are we really counting Stroll not accelerating and Verstappen nudging him? Only one affected was himself. **** still netted a podium out of it. Monaco Practice shunt...Even Alonso has done that. I think he's had 3 significant accidents in his F1 career: 2015 crashing into the back of Grosjean in Monaco 2016 Belgian GP when he got revenge on the Ferrari's (his own words). 2018 Crashing into Vettel in China Schumacher, Senna, Prost, Alonso, Alesi...need I go on? They all had accidents at various stages in their careers, even mutliple ones in consecutive weekends. It's a massive overreaction on this forum. A lot of saltiness which IMO started from Belgian GP 2016 onwards. IMO the great races/overtakes he's done vastly outweigh his bad season. People talking about sending him back to F2 or STR. Give me a break. As a joke, fine...but they're dead serious shows either their bias or outright stupidity.
I think his short term memory is just fine...it requires longer term memory to look beyond the crash prone driver we see now... Like so many other sports, your last few performances are what is remembered. Everyone from the media to Helmet Marko is focused on those recent moments...everyone but Max, that is. Even the great Michael Schumacher essentially got kicked to the curb in favor of Lewis...because Michael’s talents had declined and Lewis was the better choice for the future. The future is based on the here and now...not the past. Max was the shiny penny for awhile...he is now a bit tarnished...tarnished enough that it’s hard to remember the shine he had. He doesn’t seem to be maturing as a driver...quick and immature will win the occasional race, but never a championship.
He has an incident in EVERY RACE THIS YEAR! What else needs to be said? And you are trying to defend this? You are delusional. Whether some have been his fault or not, he seems to be the one who is always involved. He simply loses the ability to think in the heat of the moment.
He is undeniably fast, but I really don't think Max Verstappen is the finished article if we are looking for a potential WDC. He is far too erratic, inconsistent and arrogant to be able to mount a sustained challenge over 20/21 races. Max hasn't shed the "spoilt brat" image, nor tamed the wild instinct in him. His backers will lose patience one day, I figure, and Max will be remembered as the meteorite that hit F1 back in 2015. For a future WDC, my money is on Ricciardo if he gets his hands on a half-decent car.
Again I ask...? You can see the media already moving it's positive attention to LeClerc as the next big thing, not "Max Verstoppin-only-when-he-hits-someone-or-something"
I hope so. But if he doesn't I don't really care. I think what he said was funny. And I think he brings excitement to Formula 1 right now. Every sport has controversial characters that were some of the best to ever play the game. Mohammed Ali, Dennis Rodman, John McEnroe, Tony Stewart, etc... Max doesn't give a **** and I like that. Hopefully he cleans up his racing a bit and goes on to be one of the all time greats.
It's not only that: it also affect other people. I don't care of Max wants to splash himself into the scenery, but some of his "indiscretions" have eliminated other drivers too. That affects result of the race, and may even decide the outcome of the championship. So, it's not all innocent.
I’m not sure how this applies... Who was the youngest podium finisher in 2017? ...is that driver champion material? ...youngest this or youngest that is an interesting statistic, but overall meaningless. Rather than age, we should look at experience. Max has more F1 experience than quite a few other drivers...quite a few of those with less experience are showing way more driver maturity and class than Max, though. THAT’S my problem...the kid is growing up to be a kid.
Exactly the point. EVERY RACE THIS YEAR. And instead of taking a more humble approach during a rough patch he doubles down on his stance that he's going to keep on keeping on. I don't think anyone here is denying his raw driving skill and we have seen impressive things from him. But as it sits in this season something is very very wrong. And this course won't lead him to the championships that many think he's capable of. All of the great drivers have made bad mistakes. They've all let their ego get the best of them from time to time and looked stupid in the process. Again though it's how they grow from a spot like this that counts. Lashing out like this just makes him look foolish.
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