Why Max Verstappen won’t ever follow his father Jos into rallying

4-time Method 1 world champion Max Verstappen has vowed to by no means compete in rallying.

Verstappen has a eager curiosity in racing in sequence exterior of F1, and has already made a profitable debut in GT3 sportscars final 12 months. Motorsport flows within the Verstappen household’s blood, along with his father additionally an F1 driver, whereas his mom, Sophie Kumpen, had a extremely profitable profession in karting.

However the 28-year-old Dutchman has dominated out the prospect of ever following within the footsteps of his father, Jos, by turning to rallying after his F1 profession is over.

Jos Verstappen, who raced in F1 between 1994 and 2003, at present competes within the European Rally Championship as a privateer.

“It is fairly loopy to be trustworthy. What I discover actually spectacular is that he is 53 years outdated now, nearly 54, and he is racing towards guys which can be what, late 20s, early 30s,” the Crimson Bull driver instructed the Up To Pace podcast.

“In some championships, he is beating them. And, after all, in rallying, loads goes via notes, however on the finish of the day, while you do a sure rally just a few instances, you go off muscle reminiscence slightly bit. So in case you do it for just a few years, you get higher at it naturally.

“He is excellent at it, to be trustworthy. He loves it. He is very laborious to beat. Once we go on to – like – for instance you hire slightly area on an airport they usually set out a monitor and you then drive collectively, like truthfully, I’ve to go flat out to beat him on a lap.

“And that I like doing. However on a correct stage, and he exhibits me all of the movies that he is doing in no matter sort of rally automobile that he is driving, and I imply I discover it actually spectacular.”

Verstappen, who turned a father final 12 months, merely admitted he’s not keen to take the dangers that include rallying.

“I feel it is actually cool, however I simply take into consideration if I make a mistake and I hit that tree, I imply the tree shouldn’t be transferring. That, for me, is my restrict. That, for me, is one thing that I do not wish to do. It is simply too excessive of a threat,” he defined.

“And I do know that sounds perhaps a bit foolish, however in Method 1 no less than or more often than not, while you crash, there’s a barrier, like a correctly designed barrier that ought to take up the influence a bit extra.

“It is a bit completely different in my head no less than. It is only a threat that I am not keen to take, however it’s actually cool to see.”