'I'm too driven... I never settle for not good enough' - Verstappen in-depth on title race
By Sunday evening, Max Verstappen could be a five-time world champion, and a driver who this season has achieved one of the all-time great recoveries in sport.
But sitting at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit on Thursday, as the sun sets over the harbour around which he and McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will settle this year's championship, he is calmness personified.
Over a 20-minute interview with BBC Sport, Verstappen covers the full breadth of his extraordinary season, and all aspects of the contest that awaits this weekend.
He acknowledges that he is probably in his rivals' heads, discusses his intense competitiveness, admits it went too far earlier this year, and explains why.
