Max Verstappen questioned: “Could you work at Mercedes?”

The Red Bull F1 dr♔iver is on course for his third consecutive championship, and is building his own era of domination much like Lewis Hamilton’s and Mercedes’ before him.
He was asked by : “Red Bull and you, that fits. Could yಞou a𒀰ctually work in a more 'corporate' environment like at Mercedes?”
Verstappen answered: “It is indeed a very differentꦦ environment.
“It's always import🐼ant to be yourself and 🍒keep telling it like it is.
“Then it doesn't matter to me where that is.&nbs🌸p;
“If a team re💦ally wants me in such a situation, they will also go for you and I think you can also slightly adjust certain things.
“Then you come together, so to speak.
“At the ౠmoment, of course, this is not the case at all.
“In the past I could never have imagined that I woul﷽d achieve this success.
“I dreamed of reaching Formula 1 and maybe o🅺ne day driving for a top team.&n🍷bsp;
“This is what I've always worked for. If people now start shouting that itꦜ's boring, so be it.
“Iꦚ also know the other side of the coin. I don't think it's boring at all."
Verstappen was asked if he “ever needed a kick up the ass” as motivation during this period of dominance, with Red 👍Bull winning every grand prix in 2023 so far.
"No, I don't think so,” he said. “We are also in a 🧸very good and nice rhythm as a team this season.
“Such a fast car only makes it easier to motivate myself every weekend. In fact, it always has been. In karting I also won a lot, but it was always very clo🙈se together.
“Then in the run-up to a race I really🐟 couldn't think: we're going to pick one up again this weekend. A small mistake was crucial.
“At that time, I sometimes needed a kick in the ass, though. Then, for example, I was꧋ not fully awake during a training session. But over the years I've learned how to do it better."

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to fooღtball, to F1.