Verstappen shocked former F2 driver: 'How the f*** you know who I am'

Novalak has since left formula racing behind and moved to the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series, but until last year he was active in Formula 2. Last season, he won the feature race at Zandvoort. In total, the Frenchman spent two years full-time in Formula 2.

Former F2 driver about Verstappen

Novalak is a big fan of Verstappen. He told: "I personally love Max, in the sense like he's an open f***ing driver: comes to the track, gets in the car, drives, f**** off'."

From his time in Formula 2, whose races always take place on Formula 1 weekends, Novalak has a fond memory of Verstappen: "When I first got introduced to him through a friend, turned around to me and goes, ‘If you hadn't f***ed up sector 2 in qualifying you could have done a much better job mate, you could have been top five’. And I was like, ‘you know who the f*** …, you know who I am?’ It's like how are you watching my clips? Like for a double world champion or world champion at the time for him to give you that time, it's not a lot of drivers do that."