Verstappen sick of judgement: 'I just care a lot'

13 August at 20:00

Nicole Mulder

Max Verstappen has always expressed his feelings over the radio, but recently the Dutchman has been heard getting frustrated more often than usual. Verstappen points out that frustration is simply part of top-level sport, but that in Formula 1 - unlike other sports - everything is broadcast publicly, meaning drivers are cirticised for what they say.

Verstappen: 'Frustrations are part of it'

Even after the Belgian Grand Prix, Verstappen was again confronted with his own radio messages towards race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase. "Of course, things get broadcasted as well, right? I mean, if everything will be broadcasted in other sports, you might hear a lot of stuff," he stressed in conversation with F1TV.

The world championship leader continued: "I just care a lot. I want to always get the best out of myself, get the best out of the team. And yes, of course, that brings frustrations. I mean, I think it's normal to be frustrated when things are not going how you would like it to be. And, then after the race, you analyse everything and you move on."

The three-time world champion can still enjoy the summer holidays for a while, but will soon have to get back to work. At Spa-Francorchamps, Verstappen told GPblog and others that Red Bull has quite a bit of work to do. Helmut Marko already warned that Red Bull would probably not have found a solution to the RB20's disappointing performance in Spa by the next race at the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands.

This article was written in collaboration with Toby Nixon.