Max Verstappen Quotes

Even in motocross, you're struggling to see people pass each other anymore. There seems to be one line in motocross.

Good overtaking is important to me. There are a lot of quick maths involved. I will prepare from the corner before, thinking, 'If I exit this way, and the driver ahead of me is in a certain position, then I'll go for it.' If he is not where I hope he will be, then I won't pull the trigger. If he is, my decision has already been made.

If you're in P10 and you're getting caught from behind from P11 or the other way round... there's that one point to gain... and there's not really a lot to lose.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.

Overtaking is one thing. That is an art. But defending as well. You should be able to defend your position.

I feel '14 didn't just shape me and my approach from then on: it changed the level of overtaking from other guys in the sport as well. Not many people were doing that, coming from a long way back and trying big passing moves.

I think people - especially folks who haven't seen a lot of NASCAR - they get this idea that we're just going around in circles. And that's so far from the truth. You're running as hard as you can to get all you can every lap.

I did not have the simulator for a long time but now I have it I am playing quite a lot - probably five hours a day. I am training to try to be competitive, and everything we do we want to be competitive as drivers.

Generally, when I have a faster car, I just drive around the lapped cars that I'm lapping.

I like to drive hard, and obviously when you get to this level, especially running for points - you've got to make sure when you have a car that can run 10th, that you run 10th with it. You can't sit here and try to make it go from 10th to a win and end up 30th. That's just something I had to figure out.

And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.

Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.

Formula One applies stresses to the mind and body that are very extreme.

To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.

I think if you don't touch the wall in Monaco, you're not on the limit.

Experience will always win in this sport. That experience helps with a lot of things, even in the race shop. You are going to have experience in certain scenarios where you can make those right decisions.

Dale was just trying to get third. Maybe he was thinking that he could get a run on everyone coming out of Turn 4. But the race was over. Junior and I had pulled away, so there was no need to block. That always hurt me when people said he was blocking for me, because it almost felt like it was my fault that he died. But I don't think that anymore.

This is motor racing, and things can change pretty quickly.

Winning races is very difficult - actually, it's not: you just have to qualify in front, and then it's much easier, from what we've analysed!

When you only qualify in 18th position, you have to take your chance off the grid.

I need to keep improving tactically, defensively and offensively for the last pass, the last shot.

I didn't really ever race for points growing up, and so I had to learn that.

If I want to do well in racing I need to be more focused so I stopped going to school. If I wasn't a very good driver it would not be a wise decision, but it gives me an advantage over my competitors.

Success to me obviously isn't having accidents or getting penalties but finishing races as high a position as possible.

I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate.