World Mental Health Day was celebrated on October 10, three days later Max Verstappen Awarded three-time F1 world champion. All F1 fans will understand the connection between the two dates. Much has been said about Max’s immense talent and his amazing hands, but little has been said about his mind, the key to it all. Now you can be Senna in this car thing, without the necessary support and the right mindset, you won’t get anywhere. And Max got it all. Max has natural talent, from an ex-F1 father, Josephand a mother, Sophie Kompen, who is a world karting star. At a crucial moment in his career, Red Bull gave him everything and made him jump to F1 after only one year of single-seater racing, showing him their confidence. And Max knows how to take advantage of it.
Let’s focus on that last point. With so much pressure in the world, he didn’t give up and give up. On several occasions he was harshly criticized and even questioned. But again and again Max brought out his amazing mental strength. That iron mind became his pilot now. It prevented him from sinking as is likely to happen to 9 out of 10 talents in his area.
A clear example is the year he made the jump to F1, when he was just 17 years old. It was 2015 and Max was the youngest person in history to do so. Some drivers on the grid criticized his promotion. A great debate arose in connection with his case. Max kept quiet, asked for his chance and showed his worth on the track.
A critical moment
He showed more mental strength at a crucial time in his career. Within 2016 Spanish GP. He won his first race when Red Bull promoted him from Toro Rosso18 years old only. But undoubtedly, one of the most important moments of his career was the one he experienced at the beginning of the 2018 academic year.The Dutchman has put together some careers to forget.
People criticized him for being too hasty, for being impatient and for just attacking. In Australia, Magnussen overtook him at the start. The Dutchman could not resist and, fully fired, turned around. In Bahrain, he hit the wall in qualifying and in the race he collided with Hamilton.
In China, he was impatient to overtake Hamilton and made a mistake. Later, he crashed with Vettel. In Azerbaijan, he touched the wall in Free Practice 1 and in the race he collided with Ricciardo, his teammate. And in Monaco he crashed the protections in Free Practice 3 and was left without a classification. Eight incidents in six races. The criticism was intense. There were those who doubted whether a ‘Pureblood’ like Max could tame himself, whether he had the necessary courage to handle his courage and immense talent.
“You have to learn that you don’t always have to go all out,” commented Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s advisor and his great structural supporter, after almost refusing to speak to him when he had an accident in Monaco.
There, where most of the pilots had nearly sunk, Max endured the stares of everyone and reacted fiercely. “It wasn’t my best race, but I don’t have to think about it anymore. “I learned something and I am going to move forward, I will not be less aggressive, but I will see the situation better,” said after China. “I will listen to people who know the job and how it works, I don’t need a psychologist, I sleep well, I always sleep well, I should have done something different, but if we know everything in advance, we can change the whole world”, he pointed out. Things didn’t work out as well in subsequent appointments, but his time would eventually come. In Canada he was on the podium, in France he was 2nd and in Austria his victory came.
“Obviously even a four-time world champion like Vettel can make mistakes. “People say I need to change my driving style, for me that’s a big piece of shit to be honest.” Verstappen pointed out.
“Most of the criticism was very unfair, so I was tired for a while. I know what I can do. Things don’t work out, so I work hard to get them to exercise. I just need a break from the slump. “I didn’t change anything in the way I prepared for the weekend because I kept believing in myself.”. And there is the key. He always believed in her and her hands. He is strong-minded when criticized and may hesitate. He pursues his goals guided by his abilities. He is strong when he has to be. And because of experience and time he became a more patient and rational pilot. An overall driver who is now a three-time champion.
Source: La Verdad

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