Max Verstappen snubs Time’s Top 100.
The words of Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen like Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. Indeed, the Dutchman has reached another prestigious milestone as Time included him in the list of the 100 most influential people of 2023. He's the third F1 driver in history after the German in 2005 and the Englishman in 2020.
The reigning world champion did not è però seem particularly enthusiastic and indeed in the interview granted for the occasion snubbed the whole thing. "Let me put it this way: I didn't grow up with the dream of getting into that top100“, he pointed out flatly.
"I think I was included a little bit automatically because of the sport I play and the number of spectators. But I don’t wake up thinking I’m on that list. What do I wake up for? For the track. I set my alarm clock in the morning for that", added Verstappen.
He closed on his relations with his engineer Gianpiero Lambiase and Helmut Marko: “With GP I feel mostly via WhatsApp. We talk often, especially about the car or the simulator. Helmut on the other hand does not like to write, he prefers to call. And we don’t always talk only about Formula 1".
