{"id":300093,"date":"2023-12-15T21:16:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300093"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:16:47","slug":"max-verstappen-may-snub-dads-races-as-jos-returns-to-track-aged-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappen-may-snub-dads-races-as-jos-returns-to-track-aged-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen may snub dad’s races as Jos returns to track aged 51"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen wins third consecutive Formula One world championship<\/h3>\n

Max Verstappen has admitted he will \u201cthink carefully\u201d about cheering his father Jos on when he competes in rallying events. Verstappen Jnr was in fine form on the F1 track once again this year as he claimed his third consecutive world championship title after winning 19 of the 22 Grands Prix.<\/p>\n

Jos Verstappen featured in 106 Grands Prix during his days as an F1 driver before calling time on his career in 2003. He has since been involved in a number of racing series and made his World Rally Championship debut in August 2022 in a Citroen C3 at the Ypres Rally in Belgium.<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old then clinched his maiden rally victory in May this year as he won the Monteberg Rally in Belgium at the wheel of a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2.<\/p>\n

Verstappen Jnr is habitually supported on F1 race weekends by his father. But the 26-year-old may not return the favour. \u201cI would love to,\u201d he told Blick. \u201cBut with this sport, everything is open, you can’t hide – and I love my privacy. I would only be there to watch Jos, but not to talk to other people. I might distract him, so I think carefully about my rally appearances.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ahead of his first rallying event, Verstappen Snr explained his son\u2019s thoughts on his venture into the sport as he told reporters: \u201cHe thinks I\u2019m crazy. But he understands and he enjoys it. I have him on the phone every day. He likes it and he enjoys it as long as I have fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is excitement at every stage. When you do a Formula 1 race you have that excitement before the race and then you have the start and that starts the adrenaline. But here in rally you have this eight times a day. Then it is so exciting because you don\u2019t know the circuit and you have to listen, and this makes it exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n