Verstappen’s direct approach has a habit of landing him in hot water, with his opinons about his on-track clashes with rival168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton, or his team orders row with Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez, dividing opinion. 

Team Redline online racing teammate and fellow Dutchman Atze Kerkhof, who first met Verstappen during a seat 𒊎fitting wit✱h Van Amersfoort Racing ahead of the 2014 season, believes his character is often misunderstood.

"How I know Max is completely di♈fferent from how the world sees him," Kerkhof said inꦯ a Team Redline interview. 

"What we do very well in Holland is that we always speak the truth, in terms of what we t෴hink - we're 💦quite direct.

"Max is very 'Dutch' when it comes to his communication. ಞHe’s very direct and it helps him a lotꦡ and the people around him, because you know exactly what he means and what he wants to say, and he's just always direct.”

The 25-year-old, who now has 35 grand prix wins, is aiming for a third successive world title triumph in 2023 after claiming a reco𓆏rd-breaking 15 victories from 22 races last year as he stormed to a second successive championship crown. 

Kerkhof claims Verstappen is wrongly viewed as putting on aꦜ 🌌front despite being “the most natural and honest guy on the grid”. 

"The messed up thing that I see in F1🧔 is that everything is such a ♋show, but you cannot take the truth separate from the acts anymore,” he explained. 

"That's where things get really confusing, where the most natural guy, the most honest guy on the grid is probably seen as someone who is putting up a show by people, and on that part ༒🦩Max is misunderstood.

"But the good part about him is that he doesn't care what people think. He doesn't lose 🃏any sleep on what others say about him. 

“Whatever he says in his personal life is often what he says in the media, so it's actually what he really thinks - which ma🗹kes him unique."