MAX VERSTAPPEN Being the VILLAIN of Formula 1 for 10 Minutes Straight.

Zac Brown was saying that he described you as a guy in a horror movie that keeps coming back effectively. You can call me Chucky. Max Verstappen will not be moved. He heads to Abu Dhabi with a fighting chance still to win it all. I was interested in the comment you made earlier in the week when you said you were only in this fight because of other people's failures. Do you think today was an example of that? Another one, yeah. We are in this fight still because of other people's failures, not because of what we did. Yes, we did really well. We have really maximized pretty much all races, but if we would have been in the position of how dominant of a car they had, the championship would have been over a long time ago. Max, from where you're sitting, do you think McLaren are favoring Lando over Oscar? Absolutely. Someone, I don't know, I heard something. Max, do you know who P2 and P3 were in 1985? I couldn't care less. It's not my problem. Could you tell me what did you think of the start when Lando came towards you, trying to defend and then lost? Yeah, it was a good try to defend, but then of course it didn't work out at the end because he braked too late. He was focused on me looking in the mirror, but that's what you normally should do, right? In the start you have to try and defend your position. You would do that? Yeah, but then I would stay ahead of course. Who would win if you all raced in reverse? I don't know and I don't really care. Do you think that sometimes people are too hard with you, that you don't deserve this kind of criticism? Again, I don't care, man. I just go home, I live my life. I had a few lovely gin tonics on Tuesday on the boat and now I'm here again. Sebastian Vettel gave an interview to F1's podcast and spoke about you and I'm going to quote him. He said that the key ingredient is in his head. Hardly ever makes a mistake, delivers when he needs to, feels the pressure. We all do, but he's able to find a space in his head where he's able to put that aside and focus on what matters. How do you comment on Seb's words? Yeah, he's correct. There was any booing? I didn't hear anything. Maybe I'm deaf. I don't need to really talk about it. It's not worth my time. You won by today. We're going back to the Red Bull of the past that was dominating. Do you not think it's got enough in these final two tracks? Because you've been good at a lot of different tracks now. Yeah, it's all about the car. I said you've been good. I didn't say the car's been good. I said you've been good. And on those moves and those penalties, will you do anything different next time around then, given they've been penalised? Maybe get a drink in the pit stop. The engine was off for 20 seconds, so I had enough time. And, like you said, before I could only win it in the fastest car. Exactly. This year it's been a little bit different. Well done, well done. I was going to say... And that there became absolutely exact, live with Sky Sports. Got to talk about the move. Great fight with Charles, obviously, towards the end. Watching you two side by side was fantastic. And then the move that sealed it. Talk us through it. Racing. That's how it's called. Otherwise it's better to stay at home. I have a quick question here. I mean, I appreciate all of you being here, but I don't see any British press. They have to run to the airport. They don't know where the press conference is. You know? That's a fair question, that's a fair question. Everybody names the car a girl and the engine and stuff. I'm like, no, it's a guy. Why should it be a girl? Helmut Marko says he fears your Red Bull exit. Why is he saying that? I don't know. So he's getting the wrong end of the stick? You're not thinking of leaving Red Bull at any time? No, I think just focus on commentating. I'll focus on driving. And then, you know, you don't need to think about any other scenarios. We just worry about you. Max, can you let Russell through, please? Let Russell through. No, I was ahead. My advice is to let him through. Wait, I was ahead, he just walked me off the road. But that's the rules. Oh, contact! Max Verstappen into the side of George Russell. Max, how have you found your chance to grow a little bit this year? Not very good, I guess. I don't know, I just get less and less interested the more I do it. I remember when I was 18, I was like, I need to try and be good at it. Now, I just don't care. It's actually better when you're not good at it. It's more fun. You know who's really good? I don't. Oh, yeah? Well, yeah, he's 18, 19, right? He's keen. I'm not keen anymore. None of his teammates have been able to measure up to him. He's a beast on the track, a winning machine. Who doesn't give a hmm about what we have to say or what anyone else has to say? Me. It can be me. It is? Yeah, because I do not give a... Side by side between the two rivals for the championship. Now, the closest Lando got was at pit exit. Can you give us your view of what happened there? Yeah, I think the grass was a bit... It was not really well cut on the right hand side. So I think, yeah, Lando saw that as well. And yeah, he made sure that it was nicely cut. Any more comments? What do you want me to say? Nothing. If that's it, that's it. Next question then. Okay. Max, where do we go from here? I mean, honestly, I don't care about the records, but it was... You just care about the records like a little bit. I mean, when I'm sitting on the beach and drinking gin tonic, I don't care about that later on. So I'll be fine. So what's the relation with the T4Z? Max, please. Honestly, it's been great. And actually, I had a funny story in qualifying where we were driving in the pits. A lot of people were clapping. Then one guy, he was doing some different things to me. So I gave him the finger. And then the next time I came around, he was clapping. So, you know, they learn. Max, why have you had so many accidents? I don't know. Like I said in the beginning of this press conference, I got really tired of all the questions. I think if I get a few more, I'll headbutt someone. And there's Max Verstappen right behind Hamilton. Into the first chicane once again. It's wheel to wheel. Hamilton and Verstappen. At this time, Verstappen and Hamilton have crashed out. And they are both out. That's what you get when you don't leave the space. Hello, this is Rolando Rodriguez from Dazone Spain. A question to Max. Last weekend, for the first time of the season, your teammate was in front of you in qualifying. And then in the race and until the crash. I would like to understand, as you guys watched all the telemetry, where he was faster or adapting better to the car, at least in qualifying. I don't know, man. Different setup. As soon as I went into qualifying, I knew the car was... Thank you, Max. Let's watch our language going forward. What did you change overnight? Because it seems there's been a big difference in performance. A lot. Can you elaborate in terms of what you've done? No, I might get fine or get an extra day. Are you confident, Max, with the race pace? Maybe. I mean, how much of a step into the unknown is the race, given the problems you had yesterday in practice? It's an unknown. Tell us about lining up... This is not towards you, don't worry. I don't want to upset you. We're fine. But can you just tell us about lining up alongside Lando then tomorrow, in terms of the championship battle and your tactics in the race? We'll find out tomorrow. All right, Max. Thank you. Luke Smith from The Athletic. Max, I know you won't elaborate on what the changes were, but how much of those changes were learning, I guess, from what happened in Baki, where you guys went in the wrong direction? And how much... What's the balance between, particularly at a street track like this, the driver getting the most out of the car in those sections or those breakthroughs with the car? I would prefer if you ask these questions outside the room. Andrew Benson, BBC Sport. One for Max and then one for Lando and Lewis. Max, will you talk to us outside the room? Because technically there's not... Yeah, okay. Oh, my God. Oh, hell no, man. What are you doing? ****, man. Get your ass on. I've got a question for both you and Lewis now. There's been a lot of talk about what happened on the opening lap at Silverstone. If you two end up wheel to wheel after the start tomorrow... Can we just already stop about this? Because we had so many questions about this. It's just ridiculous, honestly. Honestly, the whole Thursday we've been answering this all the time. So can we just stop about it, please? Okay. We are racers, we will race. And of course we're going to race hard, but fair. So we just keep pushing each other. Lewis, anything from you? Okay. ------- blood ************. Everybody wants to know what I would do if I didn't win. I guess you never know.