Max Verstappen: Formula 1's lightning champion

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen talks tracks, fatherhood and 2025 goals ahead of the new season

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00:00I think the beautiful thing was that every championship that I've won, they have been

00:22won in different ways and of course last year was definitely a challenging one, we had a

00:26great start to the year, then a bit of a tough time and then at the end of the year it was

00:31quite, I would say, up and down moment.

00:37Yeah, it's been a while already of course in Formula 1, yet to start my 11th season

00:43is pretty crazy already.

00:45It does feel already like quite a bit of time that I've been in Formula 1, but I'm just

00:50excited for what's ahead.

00:52I think for me personally the most exciting ones are always Spa and Zandvoort, two great

00:58tracks.

00:59Spa, my favourite track and then of course with Zandvoort, my home track, with good memories

01:04as well, racing there, so for me those are always I think big highlights on the calendar

01:10purely because of the driving experience and of course from a fan experience as well.

01:21Well, to be honest, I hope not a lot will change in terms of driving, it shouldn't be.

01:28And yeah, it's for sure very exciting.

01:31I think it's very difficult for me to put that into words until the baby is born, right?

01:37But yeah, it's for sure something that I'm looking forward to a lot and looking forward

01:42to that whole experience throughout the year.

01:45Well, what I always try to look for anyway is consistency and try not to make too many

01:51mistakes, which of course goes a bit hand in hand, but yeah, just try to always improve

01:58yourself every single year.

02:00It's not car related, it's just driving related, you always try to just be a little bit better.