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Max Verstappen has been ruling the streets of Formula for a while now. And as it is with every great champion, he has his fans and his detractors. But the entire narrative around the 2x champion has always been based on his on-and-off-track persona. The Dutch lion is an aggressive driver and a no-nonsense bloke outside of it. Naturally, a few fans take a liking to it, whilst others find him insufferable.

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However, an interesting new revelation has come to light about Verstappen. As it turns out, the double-world champion for Red Bull isn’t all about being the best there ever was in the world of elite motorsport. The 25-year-old also has a few other interests outside of the racing world that has had the fans in stitches. What’s more? It isn’t every day that you find out that the man who dethroned the likes of Lewis Hamilton has a few hilariously questionable ways of spending his time when he’s not racing the wheels off of the RB19.

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Well, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Verstappen follows Instagram accounts of cats and other animals. After all, he is an avid feline lover. That being said, the folks over at Twitter were in for a mighty surprise when they learned about the other Instagram pages the Dutch racing ace follows!

Fans react as Max Verstappen and his hilarious Instagram antics come to light

Verstappen is known to be an aggressive man. But the 2x champion and a softer, funnier side, too. As soon as the details about his Instagram feline obsessions came to light, his fans rushed to Twitter to show them off. One fan even commented, “Maybe this max guy isn’t so bad.” Let’s take a look at just a few of the fan reactions from this hilarious Max Verstappen revelation.

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However, cats and animals aren’t the only things Max Verstappen likes apart from racing. Fans were quick to react to Verstappen as he channeled his inner James Hunt on the social networking platform.

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Is this hilarious new revelation about Max Verstappen enough to change your mind about the man?

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Anirban Aly Mandal

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Anirban Aly Mandal is a senior F1 writer at EssentiallySports, with over 1000 articles published on the platform. Anirban's love for F1 started when he discovered a copy of F1 2014 while playing on his computer, and he has since then dived deep into the world of motorsports. Anirban's expertise goes beyond just writing - he has also written several academic papers focused on the domain of motorsports. His passion for the sport is so immense that he aspires to work as a legal advisor in the most prestigious racing series in the world someday. When it comes to F1, Anirban finds great pleasure in re-watching classic races and idolizes the likes of Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, and Sebastian Vettel. His top picks include Brazil '91, Silverstone '92, and Germany '19. Outside of the sport, Anirban is an avid sim-racer, often found racing on titles like Assetto Corsa, F1 22, and Automobilista. He's also a fan of the PES series and other sporting and non-sporting games. Apart from his interests in gaming, Anirban has a keen interest in philosophy, literature, music, and Anglo-Saxon history.

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