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Vettel’s blunt reaction to Verstappen’s upbringing put paternity into perspective
Max Verstappen’s childhood was tough – to say the least – and that’s largely due to the way his father, Jos Verstappen, raised him. Sebastian Vettel, as a father and himself as he says, did not hesitate to give his opinion on it.
There are some subtle issues that sometimes arise in Formula 1 that almost no driver wants to touch. Sebastian Vettel is not one of them, and in a recent interview with American magazine Road and Track, he gave his opinion on the matter Verstappen’s son picked up the now two-time champion Max.
Many practices by Jos Verstappen to build a world champion – in the person of Max – are already known. During Max’s time in karting, some of Son’s reactions were a bit more extreme.
Once, after a poor performance in the trials, he publicly smacked him on the helmet. On another occasion, when his son made a championship-critical mistake, his father left him at a gas station and forced Max to call his mother to pick him up.
Sebastian Vettel said he didn’t grow up like that. But the German has managed to win four world championships – and would have had more if he had raced in more competitive cars from 2014. And in a similar question he received, he didn’t hesitate to make the comparisons.
“What do we think can make someone more resilient?‘ asked the German, who will be waving the checkered flag of his illustrious F1 career at the end of this year.’You didn’t hit me. But if you get beat up your whole life, does it pay off? Or is it worth receiving love and having the ways of the world explained to you?
If you compare these two, who is more durable? Is it resilience to react, that is, if someone hits you, hit them back? Or is resilience the strength to understand exactly what happened, process it, and then move on?‘ added Vettel.
The 35-year-old Aston Martin F1 driver concluded:As a father myself, I naturally face such challenges every day. And if you say, okay, my kids can’t tease me, then you have to accept that they tease you.
So I think it’s an exciting thing. Because it depends on what kind of people we will be later and how we deal with situations. It’s not about how many games you win. Our childhood is fundamental. So much can go well and so much can go wrong“.
Source: sport 24
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