Racing phenomenon Max Verstappen poses in racing overalls and under the meaningful inscription “Unstoppable” on the latest cover of the famous American opinion magazine Time Magazine.
He became the first Dutchman to receive this award since Shell director John Loudon in 1960. Politician Geert Wilders appeared on the cover in 2017 alongside his French counterpart Marine Le Pen to promote an article about the rise of populism. In the history of the now hundred-year-old magazine, there have only been nine Dutchmen ahead of the driver. Verstappen is the first Dutch athlete.
It says something about the international importance of the three-time Formula 1 world champion. With the Las Vegas Grand Prix approaching, Time magazine managed to persuade Verstappen for an interview in which the Dutchman rarely appears, apart from the obligatory press conferences on Prix weekends. It gives. Thanks to the success of the Netflix series “Drive to Survive,” Formula 1 and Verstappen are “hot” in America.
The cover of this issue featuring Verstappen on the front:
“I don’t want to hang around famous movie stars,” Verstappen says in the interview, making it clear that he is the exact opposite of seven-time world champion and rival Lewis Hamilton, a style fanatic who likes to attend fashion shows. He’s not looking forward to the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas.
Verstappen says something he rarely expresses, especially in the passage about his time touring the racetracks of Europe as a young kart driver: “When I was young, I saw other kids playing games and not caring about their future. But my father’s.” (former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen, editor’s note) had a plan. And I had to stick with it.
“Sometimes my father thought I was a little lazy. “Of course, we argued about this,” said Verstappen, asking about the moments when the tension between the fanatic father and his racing son increased.
For example, when Verstappen Jr. was overtaken in a kart race in Naples at the age of 14, he made a risky attempt to recover and then crashed. Jos Verstappen got angry and ignored his son as he stopped at the gas station. “He wanted to talk, but I didn’t,” Jos says in his Time magazine article. “If you don’t shut up, I’ll throw you out of the car.”
According to the veteran, there was no physical contact. Verstappen only met Max once; He put on his helmet before a race in England. “He needed it at the time. And he won.”
Chicago Bulls
Part spartan racing training was not in vain. The 26-year-old now has three Formula 1 championships, 52 Grand Prix victories and countless records and, like Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton before him, dominates motorsport’s premier class with his superior Red Bull car.
Verstappen isn’t talking about predictability in Formula 1 this season; He has already won seventeen of twenty races. “The NBA survived even when the Chicago Bulls dominated,” the article said. “Afterwards people said: That was great. “If you are a true fan of the sport, you should appreciate when a team performs this well.”
Source: NOS
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