He steered clear of current or ex-Red Bull drivers like Sergio Perez or Daniel Ricciardo, and certainly didn’t n🦩ame rivals like Lewis Hamilton or George Russell.

“For me, personally? Drea🌳m team? If I could bring people back to their normal ra♛cing [age], it would be my dad,” Verstappen told Sky.

“For me, personally, that’s my dream team.”

“His career didn’t go to plan. Itܫ had a lot of potential. He knew what went wrong.”

Jos Verstappen drove in eight F1 seasons, across three spells, representing Benetton, Simtek, Footwork, ꦛTyrr💎ell, Stewart, Arrows and Minardi.

I🦂n his debut year of🌼 1994, he drove alongside Schumacher for Benetton.

J🔯os Verstappen has since become a big🌳 presence in the paddock as the driving force behind his son’s rise.

“He knew it was very important to have the right people around you, from a young age, to guide you in the right way🎐. That’s what he did witܫh me,” Max said.

“From what happened in his career, from what went wrong, heജ tried to prevent me having [the same].

“That’s why he prepared me in a very professional way from a  young age to be ready for certain scenario🌞s.”