'A mistake or crash can happen in a blink' F1 world champion Max Verstappen talks about retaining his title and not feeling the pressure to change
Last year rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen got intense. Wheel to wheel racing, spectacular crashes, off-track mind games, emotion, anger - it had it all.
"You want to be as consistent as you can be. Of course, you know, you're not a robot, things can happen," Max tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.Max speaks to Newsbeat's Christian Hewgill under the shade of palm trees in the Bahrain desert But there was controversy over the way rules regarding the safety car - which comes out when there's a crash, to slow the speed of the cars and stopping racing - were applied.Those rules haveBut with a win so controversial, people have wondered whether it would take the shine off beating the seven-time British champion.
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