Best Driver ESPY Award (2023) Laureus Sportsman of the Year (2022) Dutch Sportsman of the Year (2016, 2021, 2022) Lorenzo Bandini Trophy (2016) FIA Personality of the Year (2015–2017) FIA Rookie of the Year (2015) Autosport International Racing Driver of the Year (2021, 2022, 2023) Autosport Rookie of the Year (2015) FIA Action of the Year (2014–2016, 2019)
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Max Emilian Verstappen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈmɑksvɛrˈstɑ.pə(n)]; born 30 September 1997) is a Belgian and Dutch[3] racing driver competing in Formula One under the Dutch flag for Red Bull Racing, with whom he is the 2021, 2022, and 2023 World Champion.
Verstappen is the son of former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen, and former go-kart racer Sophie Kumpen. He had a successful run in karting and single-seater categories – including FIA European Formula 3 – breaking several records.
At the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, when he was aged 17 years, 166 days, he became the youngest driver to compete in Formula One. After spending the 2015 season with Scuderia Toro Rosso, Verstappen started his 2016 campaign with the Italian team before being promoted to parent team Red Bull Racing after four races as a replacement for Daniil Kvyat. At the age of 18, he won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix on his debut for Red Bull Racing, becoming the youngest-ever driver and the first Dutch driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix.[4][5]
After winning ten Grands Prix during the 2021 season, Verstappen became Formula One World Drivers' Champion for the first time, being the first Dutch driver and the 34th driver to do so.[6] He won the next two consecutive Formula One championships in 2022 and 2023. As of the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix, Verstappen has had 58 victories, 37 pole positions and 32 fastest laps. In addition to being the youngest Grand Prix winner, he holds several Formula One records, including the most wins in a season, the highest percentage of wins in a season, and the most consecutive wins. Verstappen is set to remain at Red Bull until at least the end of the 2028 season after signing a contract extension.[7]
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Max Emilian Verstappen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑks vɛrˈstɑ.pə(n)]; born 30 September 1997) is a Belgian and Dutch racing driver competing in Formula One...
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Formula One Drivers' Champion. Jos has also served as a manager for Max. Verstappen began karting at the age of 8, and was participating in national competitions...
it, before winning it again in 2022. Leclerc finished runner-up to MaxVerstappen in the 2022 World Drivers' Championship. Leclerc has won 5 races and...
the Netherlands who have taken part in Grand Prix races since 1952. MaxVerstappen is the most successful Dutch driver to date, as the only one to have...
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World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. MaxVerstappen is the defending Drivers' Champion, while his team, Red Bull Racing-Honda...
rain-affected sprint qualifying. Ultimately, both races were won by MaxVerstappen of Red Bull Racing, who also took pole position for the main race. Zhou...
who capitalised on a good front-row start and an accident between MaxVerstappen and Lewis Hamilton to take the race lead. Ricciardo was joined by Lando...
second career pole position, and won the race ahead of his teammate MaxVerstappen in second and Fernando Alonso in third. The event was held across the...
was affected by rain during the middle stages, was won by polesitter MaxVerstappen, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, the latter receiving his...
culminated in 2021 following Red Bull driver MaxVerstappen's World Drivers' Championship victory, with Verstappen also winning the championship in 2022 and...
race was won by Lewis Hamilton, with Sebastian Vettel in second and MaxVerstappen completing the podium. The 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was held on 1 December...
the 2023 Formula One World Championship. After taking pole position, MaxVerstappen of Red Bull Racing led every lap, took the fastest lap, and won the...
won the race, two weeks after undergoing an appendectomy. Pole-sitter MaxVerstappen retired on lap four, breaking his streak of nine consecutive wins. Sainz's...
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on 3 February 2023. The RB19 was driven by defending world champion MaxVerstappen and Sergio Pérez. The car also marked the return of Honda as a named...
the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by MaxVerstappen, Pierre Gasly and Alexander Albon. Pierre Gasly was originally meant...
480,000 people attend throughout the weekend, was won by polesitter MaxVerstappen ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. This...
The race decided both the Drivers' and Constructors' championships; MaxVerstappen and Lewis Hamilton both had 369.5 points coming into the race. Hamilton...
of the 2024 Formula One World Championship. It was won by polesitter MaxVerstappen driving for Red Bull, with teammate Sergio Pérez and Ferrari driver...
Bull's MaxVerstappen was released unsafely from his pit box and impeded Valtteri Bottas, resulting in a five-second time penalty for Verstappen. In the...
MaxVerstappen and teammate Sergio Pérez. After the pre-season test in Sakhir at the Bahrain International Circuit, reigning champion MaxVerstappen was...
surpassing 100 race wins and pole positions and finishing runner-up to MaxVerstappen in 2021, Hamilton has not managed to win races during Formula One's...
fourth Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format. MaxVerstappen won his third Driver's Championship after his teammate, Sergio Pérez...
format. While Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Grand Prix, MaxVerstappen took pole in the sprint shootout and won both the sprint and the Grand...
was won by Sergio Pérez. The 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was won by MaxVerstappen. The 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix became the first Grand Prix to implement...
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