MONZA, Italy – For Max Verstappen, it´s not about records. It´s about winning.
The Red Bull driver could achieve both at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday as he looks to etch his name further in the Formula One history books.
After tying Sebastian Vettel´s F1 record of nine straight victories last weekend at the Dutch GP, Verstappen can break it on the famous Monza track.
But the Dutchman is focused on one sole thing: Victory.
“I mean, I never thought that I would win nine in a row, first of all,” Verstappen said. “But yeah, now that we are here, of course I´ll try to win 10, but it´s more about that I want to just win.”
Vettel set the consecutive wins record in 2013 with Red Bull during its first dominant era – when he won four straight titles – and Verstappen remembers how astounded he was as a teenager when he saw the German driver achieve that feat.
“I remember when he did it, I said, ‘Wow, that´s just a crazy number. I think no one ever will do something like that,´” Verstappen said. “And here we are … but I´m also not really too fixated on it.”
