With just two more races to go, a lot of discussion about the various possible outcomes of the races have been going on. One scenario involves a double DNF for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton allowing Max to go into the final race as the strong favorite for the championship. Another scenario involves a DNF only for Lewis, in which case, Max could win the championship this Sunday. A few have suggested that this will motivate Max to cause such a crash deliberately. He has now responded to this while speaking to the press in Jeddah Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx-8UPLnlxppqSnky9iY0N10Kls2q9JeEm 0:00 - Is Max Verstappen Thinking About Causing Lewis Hamilton To Crash In Jeddah 2:02 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Is Max Verstappen Thinking About Causing Lewis Hamilton To Crash In Jeddah Max began by giving his thoughts on all the off-track drama between Mercedes and Red Bull “I was always very neutral, not very positive or negative. I don't read too much into it and occupy myself with other things in life. I switch off. Of course, I do my stuff in the simulator, but I also have other things in life. That helps a lot” “But we are very motivated. A track like this creates a lot of new opportunity for everyone. Hopefully it will be an exciting weekend and hopefully we will be competitive too. But it's too early to say something about it” He then explained why experience doesn’t make a difference in the fight for the championship “As a driver, you keep learning, even when you're 30 or 32. You don't necessarily get faster, but you can handle certain situations better or prepare better. I also feel a lot better prepared than when I came into F1. I don't think it makes any difference” He added how this has been a cool season “Some might have had a bit more luck in general to be in a good car for a longer time but that doesn’t take away that they’re a great driver and yes, we always try to beat each other, of course. But I think so far it’s been a really cool season” He signed off by responding to the suggestions that he will deliberately cause a crash to gain an advantage in the championship “I honestly don’t think about it. I am here to be focused on getting the best performance out of myself and the car and we’ll see where we end up” Fast Feed Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has stated that “everything is still on the table, the last two races are very important for the team” “It's going to be exciting with Mercedes, hopefully we finish ahead of them” “[The rear wing problem is] under control, we don't have any problems with it. We have different wings at our disposal” Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas feels that “every point is super important. Lewis and I will try to get everything out of it that we can” “But also, we are racers and we have respect. I don't think Max would do the calculations [regarding what a crash] would do in the points” “I don’t think it will change the way we race. We will race as hard and as professionally we can to get the best result” Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has stated that they “need to outscore [McLaren] by four or five points, which, looking at recent results might seem like a likely scenario” “But we need to remind ourselves that McLaren have been in the fight in every race that we’ve outscored them” "It’s not like we were on an easy route to outscore them before their trouble in the last three races, so it’s been really tight still. We’ve just managed to make less mistakes” His teammate Charles Leclerc added that “hopefully as drivers we can make the difference and yes, I am just really looking forward to try this track for the first time” McLaren’s Lando Norris, meanwhile, doesn’t feel that “there's any point coming here and thinking we're going to have an awful weekend” “Even if we do, we can't think it! I think it's better we come in positive and confident” “We've got some ground to make up and I think it's good to have a good end to this season anyway no matter where we finish” His teammate Daniel Ricciardo accepted that “this year, I mean I definitely had challenges, and I think the street circuits were probably uncharacteristically not strong for me this year” “So, it’s nice to have another chance. I got pretty excited on the track ride and I did a bit of sim as well during the week. So, looking forward to the first few laps” Do you think a crash determine the outcome of the 2021 F1 Drivers’ Championship?