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Originally Posted by Rono63
The question is if Max continues to win so easily will he get bored and want a new challenge such as moving to a different team or go to GT3. Schumacher went to Ferrari to return them to the top. Will Max do something similar?
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In the early years, Verstappen annihilated the karting competition by winning 124 out of 130 karting races (except for 2006, he competed in multiple karting championships at the same time - he won all championships he competed in). He didn't get bored of racing - it's his life and passion. Likely the F1 driver with most hours clocked on karting circuits + simulators/SIM racing combined.
Looks like victories don't bore him. Although he repeatedly says that he's not interested by statistics, I guess that he'll call it a day once he will have achieved an 8th WDC (if he'd ever has any such chance). He also repeatedly said that he has no intention to be around in F1 in his late 30s - he wants to move on to other race categories (also in SIM racing, he rarely competes in F1 cars).
This clip is fitting (and a tad hilarious) - it's hallmark Max: some will say that he's nuts and recklessly stubborn, others may say that it properly illustrates his hard-coded 'go for the kill' obsession mindset. No matter what, it's a good thing for the sport to have fighters as tough as nails who give it all they got, delivering what they've been chosen and paid for:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWBa0D520f4
Also: 2023 Austrian GP - the spirit of racing till the chequered flag:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I3vt6owUfBA