EYES ON THE PRIZE.

As part of his responsibilities, Verstappen is pinballed from event to event, where he and his teammates must glad-hand Oracle employees and customers a few days before the United States Grand Prix, a regular stop on the F1 schedule that includes races in 20 countries. Unlike Hamilton, a regular at fashion weeks with a host of A-list pals - he's producing an F1 movie starring Brad Pitt - Verstappen has little appetite for the sports-celebrity machine. VERSTAPPEN AT A QUALIFYING SESSION IN SUZUKA, JAPAN, ON SEPT. 23 MAX VERSTAPPEN is GIGGLING LIKE A THIRD-GRADER while crashing a toy truck. Verstappen and Hamilton engaged in an epic duel in 2021; the season came down to the last lap in Abu Dhabi where Verstappen overtook Hamilton to win his first title. [Extracted from the article]