pia ramos: “the one who's the best with the kids is max verstappen. he looks them in the eye, he's super attentive to everything they ask, he never gives them a dirty look.”
“you really don't know what it's like to see the face of a little boy who's burned, and max is looking at him with such kindness, it's beautiful.”
[via grogumaximus]
🚨| Will Buxton shares the heartwarming Max Verstappen moment his late father never forgot:
— Will Buxton recounted a touching story about Max Verstappen's kindness, highlighting a memorable gesture the Red Bull driver made towards Buxton's late father. Speaking to media, Buxton shared:
“And that's the thing with Max is even as rivals, have to take their hat off and say on his day we just can't do what Max does.”
“One of my favourite memories of him, I met him first time back in 2014 when he was just stepping out of karts into single-seaters.”
— Buxton described a specific moment at the Belgian Grand Prix, where Verstappen's unexpected kindness left a lasting impression on his father. He recalled:
“But Max wasn't to know that at all, and it was raining, and so we ran into the Red Bull motorhome to get out of the rain, and Max was there, and he said, ‘Oh, are these your parents?’”
“I said, ‘Yeah, yeah, this is my mum, my dad.’ And Max introduced himself and he turned to my dad, and he said, ‘Oh, by the way, Will taught me everything I know because we'd had that day racing together back in 2014.’”
— The gesture, though unnecessary, was deeply appreciated by Buxton's father, who cherished the moment. Buxton concluded:
“Total rubbish obviously, but a lovely thing and totally unnecessary. He didn't have to say something like that. And my dad just beamed, and he would tell everybody that until he wasn't here anymore. And Max will never know how much that meant, and it was just lovely.”
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VIA: [motorsport]