Max Verstappen
Of course my dad went to Formula One, so I think that my dad is the better driver of the two. But I think, for a girl, my mom was not too bad, of course.Collection: Mom
You have to be patient: trust the team, that they can deliver a good job.Collection: Trust
I always try to get the best result out of it, I'm not there to just sit second or sit third. I'm a winner, and I want to win every single race, and I will always go for it.Collection: Best
If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.Collection: Good
It's just racing. Sometimes you have difficult moments, and then you try to work hard, and you keep working hard, and you overcome the situation. It's as simple as that.Collection: Work
It doesn't matter as long as, at one point, I'm in a championship-winning car. I don't care about my team-mate.Collection: Car
I've always been good at realising what went wrong and stuff, and I was always being able to look at the positives from it.Collection: Positive
Of course you learn from certain moments, and you always get more and more experience, so maybe in the future you will do some different things, but in general, the basics always stay the same.Collection: Experience
Mistakes happen, and they happen to the best of us.Collection: Best
My dad always told me you have to be as quick as you can straight away out of the box. Some people say, 'Feel your way into it; build it up.' No. My dad would say, 'Straight away, you have to be there.' And I think that helps to warm up your tyres and brakes to be on it a bit more from lap one.Collection: Dad
When I was very little, my dad had his own go kart team as well while he was still in F1, so I always joined and riding through the paddock on my bicycle.Collection: Dad
The biggest critic I have in my life is my dad, so everything else is just a breeze; it doesn't really matter to me.Collection: Dad
I think it is very important to not be too much on social media. You have a lot of positive comments but also negative ones, and at the end of the day, that shouldn't affect you, but it is much more important not to read it so you just don't know.Collection: Positive
Sometimes I watch a football match, and I think I know better, but at the end of the day, we don't. So I think people need to appreciate more what we are trying to achieve in the car.Collection: Car
The only place that matters is first.
In the end, I think in F1 it is very hard for a girl.
My career is more important than girls.
I think you can improve on everything; you're never perfect.
The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.
I was never Mad Max. I was just Max who was trying to get the best result for the team.
I don't need people shouting at me to tell me what I did wrong.
I just want to do the best I can every time.
Overtaking is one thing. That is an art. But defending as well. You should be able to defend your position.
The world championship is what I am here for.
I never even think of the mental side of things because I never had any issues.
To be honest, I never compare myself with the rookies.
Many people ask, 'What do you need mentally to succeed in F1?' I say, 'What do you mean mentally?'
The thing is, all the time I press my radio button, it is broadcast, and sometimes it sounds a bit arrogant - especially the 'I'm not here to finish fourth' - and that is just what comes up in my mind.
In general, the spotlight has been on me.
Of course there will be difficult times, and there will be more in the future, but I know what I have to do in the car.
It is very unfair, and on social media you have all these keyboard warriors who just type something, and they never say it to my face. That's very weak I find.
I want to win because I am the fastest out there instead, not by luck; then it means a lot more to you.
I tell my engineers that they should not overload me with information.
I'm normally not really an angry person. Maybe some other people have a different opinion.
To be honest, it doesn't matter who is next to me in whatever team.
For me, it doesn't matter if you are fighting a world champion or not.
Of course I am doing a good job, but you can always improve, and I just leave it up to people outside, around me or whatever, to judge on that.
You always want to do better than last year.
I always wanted to be a racing driver. Even if it was not F1, it would be something else.
Of course I think everybody has moments in their careers when they're frustrated, or you're not happy with the current situation.
I think it's always better to be in an F1 car because, in general, the car behaves itself.
If you haven't really raced a lot in lower categories, and you make the jump to Formula One, you have to learn in Formula One, and a lot more people are watching.
I just enjoy it and drive as fast I can. But so many people think your psychology is such a massive thing. For me, it's not necessary.
This is what I have always done in my life, just racing and driving cars and go-karts fast.
It is not because others tell me I have to change my driving style that I will change.
It is not only about just doing a fast lap. You also need to use your brains and be clever, and I think that is what makes you a complete driver at the end.
You always try to fight for yourself, isn't it? You try to do the best possible job.
I can't thank all the people at Scuderia Toro Rosso enough for all their hard work.
If you are a bit weak in your head, maybe you can train your mind, but it will never be your strong point.
I am not there to finish fourth at the end of the day. I am there to win as a racer, but on the radio, it sounds I am arrogant and not listening to the team, but it is not like that.