Max Verstappen has vowed that he would not return to Formula 1 in any form after retiring from the sport, as he reveals plans for his post-racing career.
The Dutchman has already accomplished a staggering amount in the sport at just 28 years old, with four Drivers’ Championships already under his belt.
Perceived controversies aside, Verstappen is widely regarded as one of the sport’s modern greats, and on current form, likely to go down as one of its all-time greats.
A number of successful drivers have returned from either sabbaticals or ‘permanent’ retirements, but drivers such as Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel have flatly refused any sort of return to being behind the wheel.
The Red Bull driver is known for not only being a keen sim racer, but also a fervent and outspoken unofficial spokesman for rookie drivers.
And it is both of these areas in which Verstappen is likely to be focusing on when he does indeed hang up his helmet, dovetailing both to provide pathways for young drivers.
“Racing. But not racing — not even necessarily myself. For example, one of my goals is to bring a simulated driver into the real world,” he told TAG Heuer’s On the Racetrack.
“That happened this year already, and he’s doing very well. I just want to try to grow that project naturally, because that is definitely something that I enjoy a lot.
“And, yeah, outside of Formula 1 in the future as well, because while I like being in F1 as a driver, I don’t think I would ever come back to F1 in a management role, let’s put it like that — but in a different kind of category, more like endurance racing.
“Yes, I do see that happening and creating opportunities for young drivers who do not have the funds or, you know, the means to get into a real racing car, to try to make that step from the simulator world as well.”
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