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George's suggestion to spice up Monaco

In this episode, in addition to Max, we follow Thierry Vermeulen, an up-and-coming talent in the DTM and the son of Max's manager, Raymond Vermeulen. In Mugello, Italy, Max is testing with his own team, Verstappen.com Racing.

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Max picks his top 10 races!

With almost 60 victories to his name, it is difficult to pick out Max Verstappen's best performances for Red Bull Racing. What criteria do you use? We simply ask the most competent person of all: the champion himself!

#1 Barcelona 2016 - Victory from grid position 4

#2 Mexico 2018 - Victory from grid position 2

#3 Red Bull Ring 2019 - Victory from grid position 2

#4 Germany 2019 - Victory from grid position 2

#5 Silverstone 2020 - Victory from grid position 4

#6 France 2021 - Victory from pole position

#7 USA 2021 - Victory from pole position

#8 Belgium 2022 - Victory from 14th on the grid

#9 Miami 2023 - Victory from 9th on the grid

#10 Japan 2023 - Victory from pole position

absolute HUSBAND behaviour 🫠

Sorry for my rant and for my English :)

Hi anon,

No apologies necessary at all, I don't read this as a rant, I think you are absolutely spot on with everything you have said here.

People have just been waiting to pounce on Max. Max has matured and developed as a driver and as a person so much since he first entered the sport. He has had some wonderful on track battles, particularly with Charles in the first half of 2022. He has also showed a willingness to apologise and admit his mistakes when he believes he was in the wrong (Las Vegas 2023). His interviews post race yesterday were respectful and mature, it was clear to me that he was trying to calm things down and let things settle.

He is passionate about the sport and about hard racing. People complained when he was winning by too big a margin and complain when he defends position.

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thank u for this ask i had so much fun i acc made a lil graph for it lol

disclaimer this is all for fun! do not take anything in here too seriously ↖️ gryffindor, ↗️ slytherin, ↙️ hufflepuff, ↘️ ravenclaw hogwarts express means undecided bc i don't know all of them that well lolll

first of all. daniel is a slytherin 100%!!! see tags on this post:

max -> hufflepuff: he's hard working (training in the rain) he's patient (waiting all those yrs at rb for a winning car, the entirety of the torturous 2021) he's loyal (said he'll retire at rbr) and he's extremely fair (ad 22 when he refused to block charles to help checo get p2 in wdc)

(my chirlie mutual started hate shipping lestappen after this lol)

checo -> hufflepuff: the fact that his loyalty still lies with force india/racing point to this day... also the fact that he's able to maintain a surprisingly good relationship w daniel even though every day 20730847 articles come out talking about daniel taking his seat?? (according to c horner max and checo actually get on better if daniel is there). imo this is bc checo is a compassionate person (after all he had been in daniel's shoes in 2020) and he recognizes that it's fair daniel will ofc take the chance if he's able to get his old rb seat back.

charles -> slytherin: 1. the ambition of envisioning himself driving for ferrari since he was like a fetus 2. the being comfortable with lying for the greater good 3. the following his god father ie first gen FDA pretty much step by step (heritage) 4. and the resourcefulness of getting himself endorsed by the Todt's at age 14.. that mouse is a slytherin!!! in fact. did you know he's affectionately known among the italian tifosi as 'viperella 🐍'? plz refer this brilliant scholarship by @dhufflebee.

carlos -> hufflepuff: when he said 'i was very good i was very fast today' with barely suppressed tears.... when he said his penalty was 'not deserved it is TOO SEVERE i said please please please please to wait to wait until the race is finished and speak to me'........ that was a man trembling w rage bc he was treated unfairly and his hard work was not valued

lewis -> ravenclaw: he's obviously either ravenclaw or slytherin and i think the fact that he likes to distance himself from his peers a lil bit to focus on racing puts him in the former. also whenever he's asked about things happening on the grid (daniel losing his seat, seb's retirement...) i get a feeling that he's very cordial yet doesn't get involved all that much.

george -> slytherin: you would think he has a similar family background to lando's bc of the extra posh accent he maintains and the way he dresses so well... wrong. you're actually looking at a man who values heritage more than one might think. he's ambitious and prepared and driven yet subtle about it (suffered all those years in williams for the merc oppurtinity). he's also a very prideful person imo (see: flipping vb the bird immediately after portugal 21 crash). slytherin thru and thru

fernando -> slytherin: next

lance -> ravenclaw: i can see the slytherin argument bc of the Strulovitch family name but i feel like he values thuths and facts more than he is prideful or unrelenting. see: fact checking max over 180 cm height (where the iconic 'he claims that?' came from). see also: 'ask george about my vegas tag junior win in 2012.. ask him about it.. yeah hahaha ask him about it...' also he has a certain calmness and resignation that comes from valuing facts and observations above else. see:

lando -> slytherin: i love him but the amount of times he whined on the radio so mcalren would team order daniel to maintain position and not fight..... the cunningness, the being comfortable with exaggerating his situations to his engineer... the benefiting from his heritage (the millions of pounds of norris money injected into mclaren).. the resourcefulness of somehow getting z brown involved with his personal brand quadrant which subsequently established mclaren and himself as a package deal... he's a slytherin. he makes fernando alonso proud.

esteban -> ravenclaw: idk esteban that well but the fact that he used to count checo's sins to every media post race back when they were teammates at racing point, then go on twitter with receipts knowing full well it wouldn't change a thing bc checo had the sponsors he didn't... este speaks with facts and he embodies ravenclaw's signature 'resigned cynics'

(the 'perez tried to kill me 2 times!' 😭)

pierre -> gryffindor: suzuka 22 post race where he hesitated but then started talking about jules anyway ("i don't think what happened today was respectful towards jules and his family"). he got a very heavy handed penalty from the fia afterwards which to me feels retaliating. that's a very brave boy. also he is not afraid to show his temper (example) and doesn't easily back down (the alleged shouting match with, and i kid you not, adrian newey). he is very gryffindor.

yuki -> gryffindor: he's obviously passion driven, hence temper <3. also i think the fact that he and pierre became such good friends despite being teammates and having incidents on track rlly speaks for how much they trust and are loyal to each other

alex -> hufflepuff: idk alex that well but the whole concept of drs train conductor is so very hufflepuff coded. i worked hard i was patient i dragged my tractor in front of yours so there's no overtaking me. it's all fair game.

logan -> slytherin: i mean obviously this was taken right outside of their commom room

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