Editorial – Max Verstappen, Volant d’Or

Being in adversity, he cannot afford to lose points stupidly on bursts of childish pride like last year in Austria, Hungary or Mexico. He knew how to maximize his results and take advantage of the slightest chance to win, when his opponents in orange ruin some of them themselves. Only a driver who is leading the standings can afford to go as far as a collision and benefit from it if neither he nor his opponent scores. But I fear that only circumstances push him to this and that the bad temper is only hidden but still there. If he finds himself arbitrating the title between Piastri and Norris, he will have no qualms about playing dirty tricks on the Englishman for whom he has no esteem or respect, while he does not scare Piastri.

And there we go, another story about money in F1... STOP, sport on the tracks, yes. Sport in the paddocks, NO.

Verstappen is one of the best drivers F1 has ever seen, but he definitely disappointed me with his childish and unworldly behavior last year. Results at any price are statistics that others erase and that fade with time; style, class, that's what makes us remember Gilles Villeneuve or Ronnie Peterson decades later, even if their records are much less impressive.