Max Verstappen was not affected by the boos during F1 Miami GP, as he also added on Jos’ rally win on the same day.
Over the last few F1 seasons, booing has become common at certain venues for certain drivers. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton is no stranger to it but how the 2021 season panned out, Red Bull’s Verstappen has joined the party where he gets the jeers.
But Verstappen remains unfazed with those. He handles it maturely noting that whenever there is a driver who is winning more under dominant circumstances, it is bound to happen. The Dutchman doesn’t minds the boos as long as he can keep winning.
“I think if I will be driving in the back nobody will be even doing anything in terms of reaction,” said Verstappen. “Right? I think it’s normal when you’re winning and they don’t like who is winning. So this is something for me which is absolutely fine as long as I stand on the top, that’s for me the most important.
“I take the trophy home and they go back to their houses and they can have a nice evening,” summed up Verstappen, who has usually kept his calm in these situations even though he gets this a lot in recent times whether it is online and or offline.
The Sunday win in Miami came after a fight through the field from ninth. And interestingly, that was not the only victory in the Verstappen family, as dad Jos took one in the Monteberg Rally in Belgium, which uses certain sections of Ypres Rally.
The senior Dutchman drove a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 machine in the Red Bull livery. Amazingly, Verstappen Sr and co-driver Renaud Jamoul were tied with Davy Vanneste after 11 stages, but the Dutch driver was declared the winner since he won the opening stage.
“This does me tremendous good. It was a difficult period for me because I couldn’t drive for a few months,” said Verstappen Sr on the official website. “For me to come back this way, I’m super satisfied with that. When it started to rain during the day, it was treacherously slippery, but then I was able to take back time. I’m very happy with my first rally win.”
Later in the evening, his son was happy with his father’s result after his own. “Yeah, for his first win in the rally car: completely different discipline,” said Verstappen. “But yeah, I’m happy for him. He definitely spends a lot of time on it.
“It’s nice when things pay off, when you put all that effort in and yet for him, of course, it’s kind of a hobby, but he takes it very seriously. I got pictures and videos and to see that smile on his face. You never lose that kind of competitiveness and happiness if you do well, right, if you get rewarded for your efforts, so yeah, very happy to see him there, get the trophy.”
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