The final question Verstappen needs to answer to be F1 champ
We’ve known for a long time that Max Verstappen has the speed to challenge for Formula 1 world titles. Now that he seems to have the car, the one question remaining is: can he rein himself in enough when required to avoid throwing points away in a championship fight?
Verstappen has never won a title in car racing but, as he tells
Alex Kalinauckas in our frank interview on page 18, he has done so in karting. Not going for every gap can be key. It’s clearly something the Dutchman has thought about, and he believes it will be easier to fight for a crown in a competitive car than sniping for wins in a slower one.
One driver who has long since given up on the F1 dream – but does have some serious title successes to his name – is Raffaele Marciello. James Newbold speaks to the Mercedes GT3 ace about where the Italian’s single-seater career went wrong and why he is perfectly happy where he is now (p26).
Drivers on their way up used to be able to measure themselves against F1 stars in other categories, and we look back at the time when F2 played host to epic battles between new and established stars on p30.
The ambitious all-electric off-road Extreme E series kicked off last weekend. There were plenty of incidents and issues – and question marks over the visit to Saudi Arabia – but our correspondent
Matt Kew judged it a success. Find out why on p38.