Jos - a former F1 driver himself - played a pivotal☂ role in Max’s career thr♔ough karting and up until F1.

In a recent interview with GQ, the current Red Bull driver recounted ꦜa story from his junior career when he made a crucial mistake in a karting titไle-decider.

“Basically, I fucked up,𒀰” Max explained. “I misjudged the place where I wanted to pass the☂ guy in the lead, and—too much risk. 

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“I could have waited one more lap, two more laps, and I would’ve passed the guy, and I would’ve just t🌳aken off and that would’ve been it. But, yeah. So I crashed. And that was it, no world champions♈hip.”

Verstappen revealed after that Jos left him alone at a fuel station because he was so angry a💮bout what happened in the finale.

“My dad, he put so much effort into it over the years to that point. So that if I got there it would all be ready to go. And that’s why he was so angry,” Max added. “I ♔kept trying to get into a conversation with him about why I did it and what I thought of the situat🏅ion. 

“But then at one point he was lik꧅e, ‘Max, if you don’t shut up now I’m kicking you out.’ And, of course, 💫I didn’t think he would do that. So I kept on talking, trying to talk to him. Next fuel station he stops and he’s like, ‘Get out!.”

Jos would eventually go back to pick him up but a clea꧑r indication of his🍬 “harsh” behaviour.

Even so, Max was quick to defend his father’s actions, admitting🍸 he’s “very happy that I had that kind of treatment.”

“I mean, it sounds horrible,” he explained. “Like, it sounds a bit horrible. Like, some people probably cannot deal with that kind ෴of behavi🅰our, but I needed it. I was that type of character, probably, who needed this kind of treatment.”

“Of course, from the outside it sounds sometimes a bit harsh. But I’m very ಞhappy that I had that kind of treatment.

“I was just a lot more on it, in terms of just being more professional about it. That definitely came from my dad, because if he wasn’t my dad, I would also be running around, playing, havi🐎ng fun. And I need that kind of push.”