Max Verstappen Quotes

You never want to concede a place, but when you're leading the race or fighting for a podium position, you can find ways to make your car very wide!

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.

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.

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

If we're going to run for points we need to run in the top-five every week.

You have to visualize a second or two ahead of your car what line you are taking, what you are going to do, before you get there because it comes too fast.

No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.

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

I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.

If you go back many years ago, you could cruise around and build up a big point lead. You cannot cruise around at all. You gotta be on it. And that's what I think people really enjoy. I've always believed that brings out the biggest moments, too. It brings out the driver talent.

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!

I think I've lost that ability to slow things down - that ability drivers have to calculate what's coming by you at tremendous speed. I used to have it.

He's extremely clever and I learn always so much when I fight with Lewis. He always knows exactly what you are going to do next with his experience, and that's what makes him so good on track with the battles. He's not very aggressive, always very correct, but always very good to anticipate what you are going to do.

There's only one racing strategy that matters.It's the one I run by: Get in the lead and don't let anyone pass you.

I am not a driver, I am a racer.

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

I raced with my brother from when I started to 2014 when I finished karting.

When I'm training, I cater a little bit to my opponents.

When you drive it is you, the car and your performance on track that counts. That is why I do it.

A. J. Allmendinger is really hard to pass. He races really, really hard for every position. And you know, that's his right. But it's very frustrating at times.

It's far, far better to be prepared: the more you know about the other team, the better.

Defending is definitely an art.

We've definitely been in a few positions where it's come down to the end of the race and we've been able to close the deal, and we've definitely been in position where we've lost a few.

Maybe I am uncompromising on track. The stewards judge whether I'm fair or not, it is my job to extract the most from the rules and circumstances. I admit sometimes I go over the limit but sometimes I don't and I get results.

They say that pace is the first thing to go, but my game was never based on pace. It was about strength and power and withstanding challenges and getting in the right position.