“As a person, I think he’s a normal guy and that’s probably his strength. He’s not thinking about anything else other than Formula One. He keeps humble and hungry of success and this is very powerful.”And his closest competitor on track this season, Leclerc, followed in Alonso’s footsteps with big praise for Verstappen. “He’s a very nice person,” Leclerc said.”We’ve grown a lot since we first met in karting in 2009 maybe. We’ve been fighting together for many, many years and it’s nice we find ourselves now fighting in Formula One even though in this year I wish we were a bit closer in points for it be closer but in the end it’s been nice. As a driver, he’s obviously extremely quick and he’s showing that.”
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