Horner in trouble at Red Bull

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Sure, but on the other hand...

MAX : I never raced for the money , I always race just to win .
IMHO : That's what we can see about MAX.

He has so much RB money he is drowning in it and if needed the RB could top up.
Sainz haș asked for 2 million more on RBR's offer for next year !

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Sure, but on the other hand...

MAX : I never raced for the money , I always race just to win .
IMHO : That's what we can see about MAX.

The Verstappens are smart businessmen too. So it's not about winning alone. Manager Raymond Vermeulen, Jos and Max know how to monetize Max The Machine.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Artemis

The Verstappens are smart business man too. So it's not about winning alone. Manager Raymond Vermeulen, Jos and Max know how to monetize Max The Machine.

MAX never raced , just to get the big money .
A triple F1 World Champion who gets the big money , that's part on top of F1 racing ..
MAX raced from day 1 to become the best driver of the world , and he certainly accomplished that !
Hats off for MAX , because he remained that simple boy and always straight forwards to the point just like it was in day 1 .
And that's something we can't say from some other drivers.
MAX is born at the track and never thought about money..
MAX will never change , by his passion for racing . That's why he's the best.

In the future I want to become a F1 World Champion !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Artemis

The Verstappens are smart businessmen too. So it's not about winning alone. Manager Raymond Vermeulen, Jos and Max know how to monetize Max The Machine.

He's pretty good at wheel spins too, with one hand, everyones favourite there.

[Rono63]

The question is if Max continues to win so easily will he get bored and want a new challenge such as moving to a different team or go to GT3. Schumacher went to Ferrari to return them to the top. Will Max do something similar?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Rono63

The question is if Max continues to win so easily will he get bored and want a new challenge such as moving to a different team or go to GT3. Schumacher went to Ferrari to return them to the top. Will Max do something similar?

That depends on this => https://www.m3post.com/forums/showpo...70&postcount=6

[TTM0TION]

Wasn't the Honda thing that they wanted to leave fully so RB had to make a plan B? Then they did a huge switch and decided to stay?

[NYG]

Originally Posted by TTM0TION

Wasn't the Honda thing that they wanted to leave fully so RB had to make a plan B? Then they did a huge switch and decided to stay?

Classic Honda

[Marcoose]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

...he remained that simple boy...

Max Verstappen, like his dad, is anything but a simple boy. He's a bloody arrogant prick. For that matter, very few F1 drivers are or were 'simple' guys. And I cannot think of one. And I've met perhaps 50 of them, most off the track. Max Verstappen is an exceptional driver. If I had a team, I'd be selling my mother to pay his salary. But borrowing Sir Frank Williams quote on Mansell: 'Great driver, but I'd never have a beer with'.

[F32Fleet]

Originally Posted by TTM0TION

Wasn't the Honda thing that they wanted to leave fully so RB had to make a plan B? Then they did a huge switch and decided to stay?

Yep

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Rono63

The question is if Max continues to win so easily will he get bored and want a new challenge such as moving to a different team or go to GT3. Schumacher went to Ferrari to return them to the top. Will Max do something similar?

In the early years, Verstappen annihilated the karting competition by winning 124 out of 130 karting races (except for 2006, he competed in multiple karting championships at the same time - he won all championships he competed in). He didn't get bored of racing - it's his life and passion. Likely the F1 driver with most hours clocked on karting circuits + simulators/SIM racing combined.

Looks like victories don't bore him. Although he repeatedly says that he's not interested by statistics, I guess that he'll call it a day once he will have achieved an 8th WDC (if he'd ever has any such chance). He also repeatedly said that he has no intention to be around in F1 in his late 30s - he wants to move on to other race categories (also in SIM racing, he rarely competes in F1 cars).

This clip is fitting (and a tad hilarious) - it's hallmark Max: some will say that he's nuts and recklessly stubborn, others may say that it properly illustrates his hard-coded 'go for the kill' obsession mindset. No matter what, it's a good thing for the sport to have fighters as tough as nails who give it all they got, delivering what they've been chosen and paid for:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWBa0D520f4

Also: 2023 Austrian GP - the spirit of racing till the chequered flag:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I3vt6owUfBA

[NYG]

Originally Posted by Marcoose

Max Verstappen, like his dad, is anything but a simple boy. He's a bloody arrogant prick. For that matter, very few F1 drivers are or were 'simple' guys. And I cannot think of one. And I've met perhaps 50 of them, most off the track. Max Verstappen is an exceptional driver. If I had a team, I'd be selling my mother to pay his salary. But borrowing Sir Frank Williams quote on Mansell: 'Great driver, but I'd never have a beer with'.

Brundle says the exact opposite.

Max is a champion. That's just how champions are built.

Did you forget 2016 with Lewis and Nico? Or Ayrton and Prost? Even Seb was an asshole, people used to dislike him until he started losing.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Marcoose

Max Verstappen, like his dad, is anything but a simple boy. He's a bloody arrogant prick. For that matter, very few F1 drivers are or were 'simple' guys. And I cannot think of one. And I've met perhaps 50 of them, most off the track. Max Verstappen is an exceptional driver. If I had a team, I'd be selling my mother to pay his salary. But borrowing Sir Frank Williams quote on Mansell: 'Great driver, but I'd never have a beer with'.

LEW is the GOAT in terms of arrogance and delusions of grandeur !

[Marcoose]

Originally Posted by NYG

Brundle says the exact opposite.

Another prick that I didn't have the pleasure when I met him.

Originally Posted by NYG

Max is a champion. That's just how champions are built.

Indeed. That's why I'd hire him in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by NYG

Did you forget 2016 with Lewis and Nico? Or Ayrton and Prost? Even Seb was an asshole, people used to dislike him until he started losing.

I've never met Vettel. I've only bumped into Hamilton and Rosberg. The latter seems kind of alright, but TBD if we'd be friends. Senna, may he rest in peace, was one of the biggest pricks ever, especially off track. Prost never went out of his way to treat me in a sweet manner.

[NYG]

Originally Posted by Marcoose

Another prick that I didn't have the pleasure when I met him.

Indeed. That's why I'd hire him in a heartbeat.

I've never met Vettel. I've only bumped into Hamilton and Rosberg. The latter seems kind of alright, but TBD if we'd be friends. Senna, may he rest in peace, was one of the biggest pricks ever, especially off track. Prost never went out of his way to treat me in a sweet manner.

Lmao, what did Brundle do?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by NYG

Lmao, what did Brundle do?

Do you believe what Marcoose said ?

Well , I don't !
Sounds like he's the F1 paddock boss ...It's really funny

[Marcoose]

Originally Posted by NYG

Lmao, what did Brundle do?

That's another story for another day. I've already done too much of kiss and tell.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Marcoose

That's another story for another day. I've already done too much of kiss and tell.

Well mate , you won the Internet today !

[omgzirra_exe]

I think Max is just a regular dude doing F1 things on the side—lol.

Most people say he's boring or not fun to be around, but his sim streams say otherwise. He's always kicking back with his sim team. From my understanding, he might even be funding some of their careers in racing—dudes who never touched a race car are now given a chance, thanks to Max. I think that's a wonderful thing.

I think Max wants to do that. I think Max wants to take his sim team and put them in the real world, maybe even in the 24hr of Nurburgring. Or he could go compete in GT3 with Giga Alonso—lol, if they ever make that a thing. They mess around with each other about that.

side note on May 17-19 they will be racing on 24hrs of nur on iRacing..

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Well mate , you won the Internet today !

Looking more like the end of Merc with both drivers grasping at straws.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by omgzirra_exe

side note on May 17-19 they will be racing on 24hrs of nur on iRacing..

Also May 17-19. If Verstappen participates with his Team Redline, it'll be double shifts again for him: competing in the real world of F1 + competing in the virtual world of sim racing at top level.

Operating at top level in parallel dimensions: no other F1 driver can hold a candle against him in combining such a double life, being successful in both worlds. Nuts.



Outsmarting a competitor:

[MontyB1]

Some rumour that the announcement of Newey leaving could be today and he could be going quite quickly, separate rumour that he is going to Ferrari is less clear.