The quarrels of Jose Verstappen to Max since the now three-time world champion was just a child participating in karting.
The pilot himself Red Bull He spoke about them several times, but never condemned them.
He who remembered it deeply was Pierre Gasly in the documentary “Born to Win”.
The Alpine driver relives what he saw more than ten years ago: “After a meeting in Spain, I won the race and Max finished second behind me.”
“He came back and his father got angryshouting at him in Dutch, then insulting him in English with words that I won’t repeat on camera, but which They weren’t nice“, he explains.
“He grabbed Max’s helmet, picked it up and threw it at him and said, ‘No, go away, go back to the tent,’ you can’t even win one of your races!’, so the pressure was obvious, it was very strong pressure, race after race,” he adds.
Is it legal to treat a child this way, does the end justify the means? While some will say that without Jos’s behavior, Max would not have this strong character, others consider that this is not the way to treat a child.
