Four F1 world titles later, Max Verstappen is still a 'purist racer

SAY what you want about Max Verstappen cocky, arrogant and sometimes overly aggressive, but you cannot deny that the four-time world champion has a hunger unparalleled to most of his competitors.

- JEHRAN NAIDOO

It's mid-season and the paddock took a bit of a break to help the moth-ership market its new movie F1, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris.

There was a fancy display of the grid in New York and most of the drivers showed up wearing their Sunday best. Hamilton won the best dressed award, as usual...

But Verstappen opted to head home to spend some time with Lily and test out a GT3 spec Aston Martin at one of motorsports greatest tracks Spa. He was not the only one to sit the premiere out, as Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli had to head back to Italy to write his exams clearly another hungry driver just hungry for his education at this point.