Former F1 TV presenter Will Buxton has recounted considered one of his favorite reminiscences with four-time Formulation 1 champion Max Verstappen, one thing that confirmed the true character of the Crimson Bull driver away from the race monitor.
Verstappen’s robust character has typically shone by means of within the championship. His matter-of-fact interviews, reluctance to play as much as the media and typically aggressive driving type have, at instances, divided followers. His dominance lately had additionally led to elevated boos from crowds earlier than he returned within the second half of the 2025 season because the underdog, the place he gained extra assist.
Buxton mirrored on a heartwarming second with Verstappen and the presenter’s late father, which was “simply pretty”.
“And that is the factor with Max is whilst rivals, need to take their hat off and say on his day we simply cannot do what Max does,” Buxton defined on the Up To Velocity podcast.
“And DC [David Coulthard], you talked about it, however he was talked about from the youngest of ages. It virtually appeared that he was all the time going to make it for extra. He was all the time going to be a world champion. However the man that you just meet, the man that you just get to know away from the man on monitor is only a pretty man.
“Considered one of my favorite reminiscences of him, I met him first time again in 2014 when he was simply stepping out of karts into single-seaters. When he made his debut in F1, my mother and father got here to the Belgian Grand Prix that yr and my dad was fairly ailing and left us about six months afterwards.
British motorsports journalist Will Buxton on the World Premiere of F1 The Film
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“However Max wasn’t to know that in any respect, and it was raining, and so we bumped into the Crimson Bull motorhome to get out of the rain, and Max was there, and he stated, ‘Oh, are these your mother and father?’
“I stated, ‘Yeah, yeah, that is my mum, my dad.’ And Max launched himself and he turned to my dad, and he stated, ‘Oh, by the best way, Will taught me every part I do know as a result of we would had that day racing collectively again in 2014.’
“Whole garbage clearly, however a stunning factor and completely pointless. He did not need to say one thing like that. And my dad simply beamed, and he would inform all people that till he wasn’t right here anymore. And Max won’t ever understand how a lot that meant, and it was simply pretty.”
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