One week after his spectacular race win in Emilia-Romagna, Verstappen looks to win his third Monaco Grand Prix after triumphs in 2023 and 2021.
"It's a big challenge, it's special to race here," said Verstappen during Thursday's press conference in the principality. "But once you're on the podium, you know you've had a good weekend.
"Last week was a good weekend. We still need to understand how the car works. But Monaco... It's special. We'll have to see what happens tomorrow. We're hypothetically average in town, so we'll try to change that."
Talks of two-stop strategies have done the rounds in Monaco leading up to this year's race, but Verstappen naturally refused to commit to a strategy. "It can be straightforward or completely crazy.
"Normally, you just have to focus and make one stop. With two, it can be different. People will try to guess when the others are going to stop. It's going to spice things up."
'You never stop learning in F1'
Verstappen and Red Bull have had an up-and-down season up to this point, but have mostly disappointed during the sessions on Friday. "We don't do it on purpose, I swear (laughs). It's not always easy to run the car properly," Verstappen continued.
"We work a lot. Sometimes we can't do it on Friday, but we analyse things and understand what's going wrong the next day. We're improving.
"When the car works and you're comfortable, that's good. You focus on yourself. We want to finish 1st and 2nd every weekend. But we've got competition."
The Dutchman became a four-time world champion after winning his fourth consecutive title last year. However, McLaren have looked the strongest team in the opening phase of the season and are taking the battle to Red Bull and Verstappen.
The 27-year-old is enjoying his time in the sport, however. "It's going well. You always want to improve. Yes, I'm quite satisfied, but I'm not completely satisfied. Some weekends have been less positive than others. You never stop learning in F1."