Max Verstappen

“You always have to believe in yourself, and I had that from karting.”

“My dad always told me you have to be as quick as you can straight away out of the box. Some people say, 'Feel your way into it; build it up.' No. My dad would say, 'Straight away, you have to be there.' And I think that helps to warm up your tyres and brakes to be on it a bit more from lap one.”

“That's what I enjoy, always driving on the limit of what you can do.”

“It is very unfair, and on social media you have all these keyboard warriors who just type something, and they never say it to my face. That's very weak I find.”

“At the end of the day, driving on the limit, sometimes over it to achieve the best out of it, especially at such high speeds... mistakes are easily done.”

“If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.”

“I get really tired of all the comments saying I should change my approach.”

“Of course I am doing a good job, but you can always improve, and I just leave it up to people outside, around me or whatever, to judge on that.”

“I have to say it was a very good start, a very good first season. I enjoyed it a lot, scored good points and gained a lot of experience.”

“Preparation for Monaco is a little different: you definitely build up a little bit slower throughout the weekend and pace yourself. It's important to find the limit carefully.”

“I want to rely on my gut feeling. Isn't that what made great race drivers in the end?”

“For me, it doesn't matter if you are fighting a world champion or not.”

“I've raced at the Hungaroring in Formula 3, and it's a bit of a Mickey Mouse track.”

“Ever since I was 7 years old, Formula 1 has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true.”

“The thing is, all the time I press my radio button, it is broadcast, and sometimes it sounds a bit arrogant - especially the 'I'm not here to finish fourth' - and that is just what comes up in my mind.”

“I can't thank all the people at Scuderia Toro Rosso enough for all their hard work.”

“I am not there to finish fourth at the end of the day. I am there to win as a racer, but on the radio, it sounds I am arrogant and not listening to the team, but it is not like that.”

“The world championship is what I am here for.”

“If you are a bit weak in your head, maybe you can train your mind, but it will never be your strong point.”

“It's just racing. Sometimes you have difficult moments, and then you try to work hard, and you keep working hard, and you overcome the situation. It's as simple as that.”