“It’s Best to Keep Your Honour” Max Verstappen on Becoming a Second Driver

Max Verstappen never had to deal with the difficulty of being second choice at a team as such is his talent. But the Dutchman would rather retire from F1 altogether than play second fiddle to someone else if such a situation ever came up.

In his latest documentary, the Dutchman said, “If you end up in such situations, it’s best to keep to honor to yourself and just go fishing, or something.” 

Verstappen joined F1 in 2015 and has always been the main man since then. At Toro Rosso, until the first half of 2016, he was the main figure ahead of Carlos Sainz, and since then at Red Bull, he has always found himself being number one.

[SCUDERIAFEMBOY] Max in his new Viaplay documentary: “could you ever be a second driver somewhere?” max: no, then i’ll quit. you know, if you end up in such situations, it’s best to keep to honor to yourself and just go fishing, or something.
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In fact, Verstappen has made life for Red Bull’s number two drivers very difficult by setting extremely high standards. Alex Albon, Pierre Gasly and now Sergio Perez — all have seen how difficult it is to match the 26-year-old. And in the process, their performances have ended up looking much worse.

Verstappen, for one, cannot imagine letting someone who is naturally quicker than him ‘pass’ just because his team asked him to. That is something that his current teammate Perez has had to do on several occasions.

Thankfully, for Verstappen, he hasn’t had to deal with that. As Red Bull’s main man, he has won three World Championships and has established himself as one of the sport’s greatest drivers of all time. Considering the way he is driving, it is unlikely that he will be a second driver anytime soon.