Max Verstappen is, by all measurable human standards, catastrophically bad at giving gifts.

This is not speculation. It is a widely accepted, paddock-wide fact.

There was the multi-tool incident, of course...presented with absolute sincerity to a teammate who had, in fact, asked for nothing more complicated than “maybe a nice hoodie.”

He doesn’t understand sentimentality. He doesn’t understand symbolism. If something is useful, it is a good gift. If it is not useful, it is pointless.

This is how Max thinks.

This is why Carlos Sainz does not, at first, question it.