Verstappen’s𒆙 legacy 🎃continues to grow after he racked up his third Formula 1 championship in a row.

2023 was a recor🌠d-breaking year for the driver and for Horner’s Red Bull team.

“The great thing is he hasn’t really changedꩲ since joining us as an 18-year-old,” Horner told Sky.

“Of course, he’s matured and he’s a young man now💞, but that enthusiasm, that determination, that grit, phenomenal car control and natu𝕴ral ability - none of that has changed. 

“None of the fame or the wealth 𝓀has gone to his head. He’s st⛄ill the same guy.

“He’s still very popular in the garage. He keeps himself to himself, he will talk his own mind, he will tell you what he thinks, h▨e’s not trying to be a stereotype.

“He is who he 🎃is. I think you have to have a lot 🅷of respect for that. 

“He has the benefit of experience now which he’s using extreꦑmely well.”

Verstappen topped the list of F1 earners in 2023 after his stunning on-tra𓆉ck success, p💃ocketing a reported $70m.

He did so while providing typically forthright views, particularly on the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which weren’t entirely what F1 hoped to 🥃hear.

Verstappen will be red-ho𒊎t favourite to win a fourth championship in a row 🍎next year but he won’t match the longevity of Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton.

“He’s a competiti𝓀ve guy,” Horner considered. 

“The calendar is gruelling, he’s 26 ye𓆏ars of age. 

“You’re looking at drivers w🐽ho are 42, he probably can’t imagine himself driving for that length of time. 

“I do🌄ubt he will. I think Max knows his own mind, he’s his own person. 

“He has his own strength 🐈of character and I think while he’s moﷺtivated and committed he will continue in F1. 

“I think if he loses that motivation I don’t think he would stay around that long. Will he b෴e racing when he’s 42? I very much doubt it.”