Max Verstappen Quotes

“You always have to believe in yourself, and I had that from karting.”

“As a driver, it is important to focus on yourself and believe in yourself, and there shouldn't be a reason why, when you are in F1 and there is more attention, you change your approach.”

“I just want to be myself.”

“As a driver, I will always be the same guy.”

“I was never Mad Max. I was just Max who was trying to get the best result for the team.”

“It is not because others tell me I have to change my driving style that I will change.”

“I want to rely on my gut feeling. Isn't that what made great race drivers in the end?”

“The only place that matters is first.”

“I always try to get the best result out of it. I'm not there to just sit second or sit third. I'm a winner, and I want to win every single race, and I will always go for it.”

“I want to win because I am the fastest out there, not by luck; then it means a lot more to you.”

“The world championship is what I am here for.”

“For me, it doesn't matter if you are fighting a world champion or not.”

“You always want to do better than last year.”

“I think you can improve on everything; you're never perfect.”

“Of course I am doing a good job, but you can always improve, and I just leave it up to people outside to judge on that.”

“I just want to do the best I can every time.”

“You always try to fight for yourself. You try to do the best possible job.”

“Mistakes happen, and they happen to the best of us.”

“At the end of the day, driving on the limit, sometimes over it to achieve the best out of it, especially at such high speeds... mistakes are easily done.”

“I've always been good at realising what went wrong, and I was always able to look at the positives from it.”

“Of course you learn from certain moments, and you always get more experience, so maybe in the future you will do some different things, but in general, the basics always stay the same.”

“It's just racing. Sometimes you have difficult moments, and then you try to work hard, and you keep working hard, and you overcome the situation. It's as simple as that.”

“Of course there will be difficult times, and there will be more in the future, but I know what I have to do in the car.”

“Of course everybody has moments in their careers when they're frustrated, or you're not happy with the current situation.”

“You have to be patient: trust the team, that they can deliver a good job.”