Max Verstappen does the dance of the rain in Zandvoort

The Dutch arrives at the last part of the 2025 season with hits Chances of maintaining his reign, but dreams of winning at home. Of course, ask for the help of the wet track.

Max Verstappen is far from making a drama of the situation he has to live. After finishing four consecutive seasons as world champion and, at times, dominating Piace in Formula 1, the Dutch will face the last ten dates of exercise 2025 with an absolutely minor chance to get his fifth crown in a row. The Red Bull pilot reaches the Nancial Countries GP at 97 points of the leader, Oscar Piastri, when 274 are in dispute. Beyond the difference, the low expectations of the monarch are in the performance of RB21, well below the powerful McLaren of Piastri and Lando Norris.

The situation does not bother Max, much less, and motivation remains intact. “It is not so difficult to keep calm and motivation, even when things are not going well. It could be more difficult if I had not yet celebrated any success. But when a pilot gets many victories, he also knows that the day will come when it will not be so. Unfortunately, this is a stage, but we must not get frustrated. We just have to see how the car works and how we can improve it,” said the champion In the press conference of Zandvoort.

Of course, in a year in which he knows that the title will be unattainable and is already preparing the 33 to paint in his Red Bull in 2026, Verstappen wants, at least, to give the pleasure of winning in the career of his house, before the thousands and thousands of fans who put together that orange tide in Zandvoort. “I hope to be closer than in Hungary, because we did not have our best weekend there. I don’t think this track is the best for us. But the weather could influence, so we will see what happens,” he analyzed. For Sunday there is 50% probability of rain (Saturday will be sunny). Precisely in the chance of having wet track is where Max’s dream is supported to win at home.