F1 champion Max Verstappen reveals team OWNERSHIP ambitions

Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has revealed all on his ambitions to be a sim-racing team owner.

The four-time champ, when not dominating on track in real life, is often racing on it virtually, renowned for his exploits on iRacing in recent years with Team Redline.

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Verstappen's involvement with the team has allowed Red Bull to come on as a sponsor, with the team also owning a state-of-the-art facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

The 27-year-old frequently discusses his passion for sim racing, including how it can be used to bridge the gap to help drivers progress to real-life racing.

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However, Verstappen’s interest in sim racing has also developed into him wanting to take on a team ownership role.

Recently, the champion has opened up on the decision not to create a new team and instead to invest money and time into Team Redline.

"I’m a loyal person. I really appreciate friendship a lot, I could have set up my own team under my own name,” Verstappen said to The Athletic.

“I didn’t want to do that because we had such a good group of people at Team Redline that I was like, ‘I don’t want them to then come to me. I want everyone to stay in a structure.

"I said, you guys started it all, and I find it very important that everyone stays on and, you know, everyone is in their own role, but we keep this winning team – because they were when I joined. They were already incredibly successful.

“I said, ‘But if you really want to be successful for the long term, I need to be more involved, and when I’m going to invest in it, we go all the way’, and that’s basically what happened at one point."

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