Max Verstappen briefly reflected on the dangers of motorsport on Thursday in Miami, following the recent fatal accident during the qualifying race for the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, in which he also participated, and the severe crash of his father Jos Verstappen last weekend at the Rally of Wallonia. “There is always an element of bad luck involved,” said Max Verstappen.
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“That doesn’t matter. You can just hit something the wrong way and then it doesn’t matter how safe cars are, it can still go wrong,” Max Verstappen responded to a question during his media session about whether Formula 1 cars are safer than, for example, GT cars or rally cars.
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Max Verstappen: “I can go back to the hotel tonight and take a shower. But if it’s slippery, I can slip and break my neck. So yes, there is always danger in many things you do. I still think cycling in Amsterdam can also be very difficult, because you can, for example, be hit by a bus. But yes, racing is and remains dangerous. Sometimes you just have bad luck. And at certain moments you are confronted with that again and that can be very sad.”
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