Jos Verstappen has been praised for creating F1’s ‘biggest beast’ in his son Max, a driver hailed also as a ‘gentleman’.

Long-time Ferrari stalwart Gino Rosato, a close friend of the Verstappens and also godfather to 2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen’s son, has said Jos Verstappen’s occasionally criticised parental methods resulted in creating F1’s most formidable driver.

Gino Rosato: Jos Verstappen made Max a gentleman and a great driver

Since Max Verstappen’s arrival in Formula 1, his father Jos has come in for occasional criticism for taking a heavy-handed approach to bringing his son up through the motorsport ladder.

The most infamous story pertains to Verstappen, while still in karting, being briefly left behind at a petrol station after a mistake in a race cost him victory, a

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