Max Verstappen prefers not to look up to the greats of Formula 1 history as having an idol means "you can only lose".
By winning the title in 2021, he joined an elite band of races past and present who have become household names for their achievements in F1. He still has a long way to go before achieving a similar status to the likes of Michael Schumacher and rival Lewis Hamilton, though – he remains six world championships behind those two greats.
Verstappen insists that such comparisons do not interest him anyway. He claims he is focussed solely on achieving as much as he can during his career, and that the accomplishments of others are of no consequence to that goal.
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