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Max Verstappen: Dutchman on refusing to dream, dealing with pressure & learning from his dad


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Max Verstappen might be expected to be feeling the pressure by now, but the Red Bull driver is coolness personified as he prepares for this weekend's British Grand Prix.

Seven years into his Formula 1 career, the 23-year-old Dutchman finally has a real shot at the world title, and his rival is the most successful driver of all time, Lewis Hamilton. Yet, for now at least, Verstappen is taking it all in his stride.

The fact that Red Bull could go toe to toe with Mercedes this season has been obvious since the very first race. But Verstappen's approach has not wavered. From the start, his mantra has been that it's a long season, and he's just trying to do the best he can each weekend. "I just live in the moment," he says in an interview with BBC Sport. "One race at time."

This is the public manifestation of what every sportsman is told about success - don't think too far ahead, focus on the now, on what you can control, the rest will take care of itself.

It's easy to say; harder to do. And with Verstappen, it's more than mere cliche and self-affirmation. It really is how he is dealing with the biggest year of his life.

"It's just how I've worked all the time," he says. "I don't like to dream or think ahead of stuff. I want to work to be the best I can be and then we'll see again the week after."

Suggest to him that it might be more difficult to approach weekends this way this year, given what's at stake, and the answer is immediate.

"No," he says, "it's been easier, because I know I have a good car, so I am always looking forward to the next race."

This is the way Verstappen is. 'Matter of fact' is a phrase that might have been invented to describe him. There is no fuss or frills. Everything just is what it is.

He's in F1 to win, and now he has a chance to do so on a regular basis. The championship has been a goal for as long as he can remember, and now it's clear he has a real chance of it. For Verstappen, it feels like the way life is meant to be.

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'My dad was sometimes worried I couldn't be bothered'

Verstappen's father Jos drove in F1 between 1994 and 2003 for teams including Benetton, Arrows, Tyrrell and Minardi

Verstappen was in many ways born to be in F1. His father is the ex-F1 driver Jos Verstappen and his mother the former champion go-karter Sophie Kumpen.

When Jos's F1 career finished in 2003, he devoted his life to preparing young Max to follow in his footsteps. The two toured Europe together tearing up the continent's karting tracks. But parental tutelage only goes so far. Max's talent appears to be a distillation and concentration of those of his parents, but his calm approach to his job comes from elsewhere.

"I have always been like that," Verstappen says. "My dad sometimes was a bit worried that I couldn't be bothered or I was too relaxed. But I said, 'Dad, don't worry, this is just the way I like it and how I approach to get into a race weekend or, like, my zone.'

"Up until F1, he was still worried about it, but he also could see that he couldn't affect that bit of my preparation. Still nowadays my dad is more excited about starting the F1 weekend than I am. I get sent so many things, my dad asking questions about the weekend, and I am like, 'I will find out when I get to the track.'

"At the end of the day, it is like that. I can tell you a 10-minute story about what I think, but 70% of the time it turns out different. So I prefer to save the energy and just say we'll find out and see what happens. That's how I approach it, at least. I'm pretty relaxed about it."

So far, it has worked out pretty well in 2021. Verstappen heads into this weekend's British Grand Prix 32 points ahead of Hamilton - an advantage so large that he will leave Silverstone on Sunday still at the head of the championship even if the Mercedes driver wins the Grand Prix and the new 'sprint qualifying' short race on Saturday afternoon, which also gives points to the top three, and Verstappen scores no points in either.

Hamilton said on Thursday that he believes beating Verstappen this year is a "tall order". But Verstappen himself is taking nothing for granted.

"I always try to be as consistent as possible, try not to make too many mistakes, and try to score the most available points each weekend," he says. "Most of the time [in my career] that was third, occasionally second. But this year, with a more competitive car, naturally you fight for the high spots."

And he says the higher stakes have changed nothing for him.

"No, I always know that I cannot afford to make mistakes or have a zero points score. That's the most important."

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