MONTREAL – Max Verstappen, the current world champion, has made it clear that he will not modify his racing style despite being on the verge of a race suspension. A minor infraction at the Canadian Grand Prix or the Austrian Grand Prix could leave the driver out of the next race. The incident with George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix, where Verstappen received a penalty, led him to accumulate 11 penalty points, just one away from the maximum allowed in a 12-month period.
Verstappen, known for his “all or nothing” approach to racing, assured that he will maintain that mentality in the next two weeks. “I am not here, of course, to try to get a ban,” he added.No, nothing changes. There is no change in approach. I can’t just go back on everything. I’m going to run as I always do, I trust myself. Is it fair that I have 11 points? I don’t know. But at the same time, life isn’t fair. I don’t worry about that, I just come here to run and I will always run hard.
Max Verstappen
Verstappen initially did not publicly apologize after the Spanish Grand Prix, but then shared a social media post saying that the incident with Russell “was not okay” and “should not have happened”. The Dutch driver avoided a public apology to Russell, but admitted the moment was a misjudgment on his part. “[The publication was] to share my point of view on things, how I thought that race unfolded. Not ideal for me, but that was my statement. And then I went back to enjoying my day. It was a misjudgment, you know, clearly on the curve. But there’s no need to go into the details of why, how, and what. Everyone makes mistakes in life. We all learn from them and just move on.” Verstappen is currently in third place in the championship, 39 points behind Lando Norris of McLaren.I don’t need to get into that to be honest. I mean, what is fair? If you look at it like that. I don’t worry about that. I just come here to race. And I will always run hard. I will run how I think I should run. And then we go to the next race.
Max Verstappen
