Formula 1: Max Verstappen warns of threats that could stop him winning second world title

Max Verstappen says there’ll be no change in tactics or approach from him behind the wheel now that he is on verge of winning a second world title.

The Dutchman gets his first shot of becoming a double world champion this weekend in Singapore after what has ended up being a dominant year.

When he was nearly 50 points behind Charles Leclerc after three rounds he’ll have been thinking that defending the crown was going to prove far more difficult than it has done, but that is ultimately how Formula 1 can go sometimes.

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Indeed, whilst Ferrari have tripped over and stumbled along at times this year, Max has been running on rails for much of the campaign, with him winning the last five races in a row and looking pretty untouchable at times.

He’s now got the ability to finish behind Charles Leclerc at each of the remaining races and still take the title with ease but you won’t catch him taking his foot off of the throttle, with him warning anything can still happen before it is mathematically safe, and that just a slight drop in commitment or concentration could cost him and the team dear.

“It would be wrong to relax,” said the Dutchman.

“So many things can go wrong, but also go right. Our intention is that we want to win more races – that’s how we will approach the remaining races.

[We must] be consistent and we don’t want to retire. We had our little issues in the beginning of the season, but, we’ll see how competitive we’re going to be.

“We want to win more races. We’re not here to say: ‘Oh, we can only finish second or third, like that’s okay. We don’t work like that. I think we always want the best and we want to win.

“We don’t want to give wins to other teams just for being