Quotes from Max Verstappen

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

I never even think of the mental side of things because I never had any issues.

I don't need people shouting at me to tell me what I did wrong.

When I was very little, my dad had his own go kart team as well while he was still in F1, so I always joined and riding through the paddock on my bicycle.

I just want to be myself. You learn from yourself, and that doesn't mean you have to drive slower; it actually means you have to drive faster, but maybe with a little bit in control, and that's what I learned.

The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.

I just enjoy it and drive as fast I can. But so many people think your psychology is such a massive thing. For me, it's not necessary.

I think, in general, not only in Formula One but just in a lot of sports, when younger people come in and they do well, there's always a bit of talk going on. I think that's pretty normal.

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

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

You have to be patient: trust the team, that they can deliver a good job.

Many people ask, 'What do you need mentally to succeed in F1?' I say, 'What do you mean mentally?'

As racing drivers, you always have those moments that it gets a bit heated, but then you start from zero again.

I always wanted to be a racing driver. Even if it was not F1, it would be something else.

There is no such thing as a low risk lap in Monaco. It doesn't exist if you want to be fast, because you have to be on the limit.

If you haven't really raced a lot in lower categories, and you make the jump to Formula One, you have to learn in Formula One, and a lot more people are watching.

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.

In general, the spotlight has been on me.

Of course you learn from certain moments, and you always get more and more experience, so maybe in the future you will do some different things, but in general, the basics always stay the same.

Sometimes it's better to come through from, say, last to eighth than staying eighth, and you've qualified eighth!

I'm normally not really an angry person. Maybe some other people have a different opinion.

Mistakes happen, and they happen to the best of us.

I tell my engineers that they should not overload me with information.

I focus on myself, but all these stupid comments you read on social media and journalists, it's really stupid.