'Uncomplicated' Max Verstappen defended: 'I'd tell you if he was a dickhead'

Former Top Gear presenter Chris Harris has defended Max Verstappen as a person, insisting he would say if the Dutchman "was a dickhead". 

Harris recently filmed a video with the four-time world champion, where the pair drove the brand-new Ford Mustang GTD. 

Verstappen has a mixed reputation in the United Kingdom, mostly caused by the incredible 2021 drivers' title fight against Lewis Hamilton. 

It has been a difficult season for the reigning world champion, who finds himself 97 points adrift of Oscar Piastri. 

The Red Bull driver has been booed at previous British GPs, with Harris having been excited to film with Verstappen to prove people wrong about what the 27-year-old is like. 

Harris was hugely impressed by Verstappen's character and could not praise enough the talent he possesses behind the wheel.

"The thing you need to know about Max Verstappen is that most people in the UK have got him wrong, and that's why I suppose I'm proud of the film," Harris said on his podcast, Chris Harris on Cars.

"But I think we've not done a job in repositioning how people think about him that would be too cynical. What we've done is we let you see who he is, and frankly, he's one of us. 

"He's a very, very uncomplicated man who happens to have been born with a set of skills to drive a racing car in a manner that none of us can really understand. And even more bizarrely, he's actually aware of his talent, and he's able, I think, to express what he's doing. 

"He chooses not to completely in that film. But that's all part of the fun of the film, isn't it? He's not going to give away the secret sauce recipe, but I have to say, he was just super relaxed. 

"He was a total joy to work with. And I sound like I'm being an absolute sycophant here, but I tell you, if he wasn't, I'd tell you he was a dickhead, but he really wasn't."