At Red Bull, they have been extremely careful with Max Verstappen for years. After all, the Dutchman is the man who has to bring the world titles back to Milton Keynes. On the way to that one goal, Horner, but also the entire team, reaps the benefits of Verstappen’s way of communicating. If the Brit by Channel 4 when asked whether it is difficult to control and manage Verstappen, he indicates that it is not that bad.
“Max is probably one of the most straightforward drivers I’ve ever worked with. He values open communication and vice versa for us. If you ever listen to Verstappen’s on-board radios, you know how mercilessly honest Verstappen can be. be, but that’s just how he is.”
“Verstappen doesn’t care about public opinion about him and he is free as a person anyway. But if you really spend time with him and get to know the real Max Verstappen, he’s just a really nice young man with an insane passion for car racing. As such, he is very grateful for the position he is in.”
Verstappen combines that openness with a motivation that is rarely shown, according to Horner: “He is super eager and I don’t think I have ever met a driver as motivated to achieve his goals as he is.”
Managing Verstappen is therefore not difficult for Horner: “It is often a matter of just sitting down together for a good conversation. He will listen and we also have differences of opinion, but in the end that always translates into a solution. Then nothing keeps gnawing at him either. He deals with everything and then moves on.”
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