For Jos Verstappen the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be a very exciting race. His son could become the first Dutch world champion in Formula 1. After years in karting the former F1 driver had to let go of Max Verstappen at Toro Rosso and he now sees that the Dutchman is ready for it with Red Bull Racing. At Ziggo Sport Jos Verstappen talks about the nerves, which are indeed present.

"It is still reasonable. Of course you get everything, what happens here, but also what happens in the Netherlands. That's very nice and in the end, whatever it becomes, it's really a top season. What Max has done this season and where the team has come from since last year. Of course we want to win and that's what we're going for," explained the Red Bull driver's father.

Verstappen performs under pressure

The pressure is very high on the Dutchman, and it seems as if Verstappen can perform very well under that very pressure."We've seen that a lot this year. I myself did not expect that we would drive that time. Mercedes looked very fast in practice and we're here with a car that's just a bit different to normal, so we struggled to find the balance."

"For qualifying we changed one more little thing. When the weather got cooler, suddenly that time was there". However, the former F1 driver does not expect an easy race."We know how fast Mercedes is, so they will stay together for the whole race. That's not bad, but it has to fall our way a bit. Then we can win", Jos Verstappen concludes with hope.