Giancarlo Tinini reflects on 2013 and Max Verstappen

Published on 29 December 2013 by Niels Hendrix

The 2013 finale ended a golden season for Max Verstappen and CRG. A fantastic racing year sprinkled with an impressive streak of international titles and victories in all the most important appointments, from World to European Championships, to WSK Series.
CRG's chassis turned out to be the most performing chassis in almost all categories and sometimes it showed such a clear superiority that allowed it to dominate the contest with the rivals. The 15 year old Dutch driver Max enriched CRG's prize list with the victory in the KZ World Championship, the two European titles of KZ and KF, the triumphs in WSK Euro Series KZ1 and WSK Master Series KZ2.

Giancarlo Tinini, CRG President, reflects on the phenomenal season: "Over the years we have had great seasons, but 2013 has been a really good season for us. Beyond the titles won, we have always been competitive in all the categories. I am really happy on the results we got and I am glad of Max Verstappen's move to motor-sport after such an exceptional season. I am certain that his record season will remain in the history of karting."

"Everyone knows the value of Max Verstappen, I believe that no one can say he won as much at his age. This excess of power brought a bit of jealousy and envy with it, but the cheap attacks after the incident in Bahrain is what annoyed me the most. The truth is that Max had a technical problem in Bahrain and we do not know if it could have been solved in a couple of laps or not, but after being pricked several times from behind he tried to defend himself keeping his line. I think that he was 90% right. Unbiased observers know how racing is and, moreover, Max had been hit on his rear wheel, but this does not count now. What counts is what Max won and left to karting, we can leave all the rest to the 'poor' in victories and racing spirit."

CRG now says goodbye to Max, who is ready to move to cars...
"I wish him all the best. Max is a very talented driver that has important qualities that very few have, like spontaneity. He still has fun, he has always been playful and funny with the guys in the team. I have seen big champions, with half of the championships won by Max, being way too cocky. His spontaneity gets to people, he does not criticize. Even after the incident in Bahrain he did not criticize anybody nor felt sorry for himself. It happened and that was it."

Niels Hendrix