Atze Kerkhof, the two-time F1 World Champion’s Team Redline sim racing teammate, reveals the one thing that people get wrong about Verstappen’s personality.
Max Verstappen can be a divisive figure in Formula 1, frequently dividing people with his viewpoints regarding events on the track.
A case in point occurred at the end of the 2022 season, when the Dutchman and teammate Sergio Perez were at the center of a conflict about team directives.
Despite appearing to damage his teammate’s prospects of placing second in the Drivers’ Championship, he didn’t hold back in sharing his thoughts on the situation.
However, Atze Kerkhof, a fellow Team Redline sim driver, claims that this is all just a side of Verstappen’s frequently “misunderstood” personality.
In an interview with Team Redline, Kerkhof stated, “How I know Max is completely different from how the world sees him.
“What we do very well in the Netherlands is that we always speak the truth, in terms of what we think – we’re quite direct.
“Max is very ‘Dutch’ when it comes to his communication, he’s very direct and it helps him a lot and the people around him, because you know exactly what he means and what he wants to say, and he’s just always direct.”
Verstappen doesn’t hesitate to speak to the media
Verstappen frequently expresses his opinions in interviews with the media without holding back, according to Kerkhof.
“The messed up thing that I see in F1 is that everything is such a show, but you can’t take the truth separate from the acts any more,” he continued.
“That’s where things get confusing, where the most natural 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 makes him unique.”
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