Max watches the van disappear over the horizon. He can't help but keep his eyes glued on the road—can't help but hope that the van will turn around and come back. But he knows that that's a stupid wish. His father has a lesson to teach, and he won't come back until Max has learned it. A voice from behind startles Max out of his reverie. He whirls around, prepared to run, and— Is that Sebastian Vettel? - Three times Max and Sebastian cross paths in Italy.

I am loyal to this team for what they have done for me. And that goes both ways.

Nothing, well, especially since he doesn't listen to you anyway. Verstappen couldn't care less what anyone else says. I'd tell Norris and Piastri to rewatch all the races, to study what Max does, because in every race he's put them in trouble and manages to turn everything in his favor, so, I'd tell them to reanalyze, review, and study the regulations carefully in terms of overtaking, because even Piastri would be better positioned in Brazil. If it had been Verstappen, he would have been better positioned at the first corner. I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but I'm talking about Max on this, even while he's overtaking, while he's being overtaken, he thinks about how to position himself so he can, and if not, be in the wrong.

Even more than anyone else. Max is a war machine in this regard. (...) As a stewards Max is making things difficult for us, because when we have to manage an incident, he always manages to be on the borderline with his position, but right or wrong, because he's also taken his penalties, but he makes things difficult for us, because it's all difficult to analyze with him, because he puts himself in an uncomfortable position for us to analyze, while very often the other incidents are clearer and easier to manage.

Sergio Perez & Gianpiero Lambiase | Bahrain 2014