Max Verstappen will be able to wrap up his third Drivers’ Championship title in Qatar this weekend before the race even begins on Sunday. The Dutchman only needs to finish in the top six in Saturday’s sprint to secure the end-of-season honours and officially extend Lewis Hamilton’s barren spell for another year.
Verstappen still has a long way to go in order to match Hamilton’s impressive tally of seven titles, but he does not appear to be overly fussed about knocking the Brit off his perch. He recently insisted that although it is fun to break records, he remains focused on taking things one step at a time and doing the best he can at each and every Grand Prix weekend.
“It’s good but at the other end I’m not too focused about it,” he told the Mind Set Win podcast when quizzed on the prospect of smashing more F1 records.
“I just want to do the best I can every single time I’m in the car, and if that means that you break a record, okay, great, but it’s more important what you are doing and achieving. At the end of the day, my goal this year is to win the championship.”
