Austin showed that Max Verstappen was willing to lose a battle to win a war on Sunday.
Rash. Petulant. Immature. These adjectives were never too far away from Max Verstappen in the early years of his career.
It was a criticism that followed Verstappen through the years. In 2021, that same style was put under the microscope when a couple of high-profile clashes with Lewis Hamilton saw the seven-time World Champion label his rival as “dangerous, crazy and for sure over the limit.” There was a perfect moment to symbolise this in Austin but first let us go back to Sao Paulo 2022. Verstappen was already the World Champion but when he and Hamilton were side-by-side going into Turn 2, neither driver was willing to back out of it.
So when both drivers came close in the opening lap in Austin, it would have been fair to assume a similar outcome would occur. Verstappen has never been a driver to yield a corner lightly and yet he did just that in Austin. Recognising that it was a choice of contact or applying the brake, Verstappen eased off and both made it through unharmed.
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