He again emphasised the visceral pleasure he feels from driving classic circuits but insisted he remained unmoved by F1’s latest and most glittering bauble. “I think Monaco is like the Champions League, this is National League,” he said.į1 is believed to have invested as much as $700m to make this race happen but Verstappen remained defiantly off message.
When asked how a qualifying lap on the streets of the city compared with one at Monaco he issued a dismissive one-liner.