Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen
Hasselt, Belgium (age 25)
Europe| 2014-04-19 — 2015-01-01 | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 2014-08-12 — 2015-01-01 | Red Bull Junior Team |
| 2015-01-01 — 2016-05-05 | Toro Rosso |
| 2016-05-05 — Present | Red Bull Racing |
Max Verstappen (born September 30, 1997) is a Dutch-Belgian racing driver who is currently driving for Red Bull Racing.
History[edit]
Max Verstappen is the son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen and Belgian kart champion Sophie Kumpen. He started his career with national, international, and world titles in karting, before moving to single-seaters in 2014 to contest the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.[1]
Toro Rosso (2014–2016)[edit]
Max Verstappen joined the Red Bull Junior Team in August, 2014 and was announced as a 2015 race driver for Toro Rosso. He made his FP1 debut during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix at age 17.[2] After three FP1 appearances in 2014 and a short winter testing programme, Max made his Grand Prix debut at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, aged 17 years and 166 days, making him the youngest driver in the history of the sport. Two weeks after that he grabbed another record by becoming F1’s youngest points-scorer with seventh place in the Malaysian Grand Prix.[1] At FIA's Award Ceremony at the end of the 2015 season, Verstappen won "Rookie of the Year", "Personality of the Year" and "Action of the Year", for his overtake on Felipe Nasr on the outside of the Blanchimont corner at the Belgian Grand Prix.[3]
In his second season with Toro Rosso, Verstappen finished in the points three times in his first three races. On May 5, 2016, Red Bull Racing announced Verstappen would replace Daniil Kvyat starting from the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix (Kvyat in turn going back to Toro Rosso), partnerting with Daniel Ricciardo on the main roster.[1][4]
Red Bull (2016–present)[edit]
2016[edit]
In his first race with Red Bull, Verstappen qualified fourth for the Spanish Grand Prix, in the first lap of the race both Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed out of the race, putting Verstappen in second place behind his teammate Daniel Ricciardo. Verstappen took the race lead as he was placed on a two-stop rather than the same three-stop strategy as Ricciardo, after battling with Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen in the later stages of the race Verstappen took his first Formula One victory and became the youngest driver ever to win a Formula One Grand Prix at the age of 18 years and 228 days.[5]
Verstappen' driving was criticised after the Belgium Grand Prix, Verstappen was involved in a collision with both Ferrari's in the first corner. Verstappen had a series of incidents at Les Combes, as he battled with other drivers - Vettel, Raikkonen and Sergio Perez as he did not give them much space and later blocking Raikkonen on kemmel straight. Team principel Christian Horner admitted "There was no action from the Stewards, when he looked back at it, it was on the edge, and obviously he got away with it today. I'm sure he'll have a look at it and learn for future races.".[6][7] Kimi Räikkönen said the following about Verstappen his action on Kemmel straight "I'm completely fine with good, hard racing but if I had to back off and even brake on the run down to Turn 5, still on the straight, when I had made my move... when I have to brake not to hit somebody, as he moved afterwards, something is not correct. That, in my view, is completely not correct, but obviously for whatever reasons the stewards think it's OK. But if I had not braked we would have had a massive accident.".[8] After a series of aggressive defensive moves by Verstappen this season, Formula One director Charlie Whiting called in Verstappen for a discussion, and later gave him a 'gentle warning' due to his aggressive driving.[9] However, in October, drivers' concerns about Verstappen's defensive tactics led the FIA to disallow moving under braking.[10]
At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Verstappen qualified fourth. In a rain affected race, he almost hit the barrier after he slid on the main straight due to a loss of traction, causing oversteer. After an additional tyre change from intermediates back to rain tyres, he ran in 16th place with just 15 laps remaining. Verstappen then made several overtakes in quick succession during the closing laps to eventually finish on the podium in third place. He received considerable praise for his performance, Mercedes' team principal, Toto Wolff, said the following about Verstappen his performance: "It was really unbelievable driving, great entertainment. Physics are being redifined".[11]
Verstappen finished the 2016 season in fifth place in the drivers' championship with 204 points, ahead of his teammate Daniel Ricciardo. He scored one race win, two podiums, and one fastest lap during the season.
2017[edit]
Max Verstappen had a mixed 2017 Formula One season with Red Bull Racing. He started the season with six retirements in the first twelve races due to mechanical issues or incidents on track[12], but then went on to finish on the podium and win his first race win of the season in Malaysia.
Verstappen finished the season in sixth place in the drivers' championship with 168 points, one place and 32 points behind his teammate Daniel Ricciardo. The Dutch driver scored two race wins, four podiums, and two pole positions during the season.
2018[edit]
Verstappen finished the 2018 season in fourth place in the drivers' championship with 249 points, behind Hamilton, Vettel, and Kimi Raikkonen. He scored two race wins, 11 podiums, and two fastest laps during the season.
Results[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-20 | 1st | Formula 1 |  | 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-12-12 | 1st | Formula 1 | | 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-12-13 | 3rd | Formula 1 | | 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-12-01 | 3rd | Formula 1 | | 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-11-25 | 4th | Formula 1 | | 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-11-26 | 6th | Formula 1 |   | 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-11-27 | 5th | Formula 1 | | 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-11-29 | 12th | Formula 1 | | 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship |   | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Team | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-05-28 | Undefined | | 2023 Monaco Grand Prix | Pole Position Award | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-05-07 | Undefined | | 2023 Miami Grand Prix | Fastest Lap Award | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-05-07 | Undefined | | 2023 Miami Grand Prix | Driver of the Day Award | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-04-02 | Undefined | | 2023 Australian Grand Prix | Pole Position Award | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-03-19 | Formula 1 | | 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | Fastest Lap Award | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-03-19 | Formula 1 | | 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | Driver of the Day Award | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-03-05 | Undefined | | 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix | Pole Position Award | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Media[edit]
- [e] 2023-01-10 |
Exclusief interview met Max Verstappen by Fleur De Jong of MASTERS EXPO
- [e] 2021-12-17 | 'Dit ga je nooit meer vergeten' - Olav Mol met emotionele Max Verstappen in eindejaars interview by Olav Mol of Ziggo Sport
- [e] 2021-12-13 | "This Is The Ultimate Dream" - Max Verstappen Interview After Winning World Title of Formula 1
- [e] 2021-09-03 | Max Verstappen - The VICE Interview of VICE Nederland
- [e] 2015-08-08 | Interview Max Verstappen: ‘Je moet van je afbijten in de Formule 1’ of Autovisie
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Max Verstappen" (in
English). Red Bull Racing.
- ↑ Andrew Benson (2014-09-24). "Max Verstappen: Teenager to drive in practice at Japanese Grand Prix" (in English). BBC Sport.
- ↑ James Galloway (2015-12-07). "Lewis Hamilton & Mercedes officially crowned 2015 world champions" (in English). Sky Sports.
- ↑ "Red Bull replace Kvyat with Verstappen" (in English). Formula 1. 2016-05-05.
- ↑ Lawrence Ostlere (2016-05-15). "F1: Max Verstappen wins Spanish GP after Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crash – as it happened" (in English). The Guardian.
- ↑ Nate Saunders (2016-08-29). "Christian Horner says Max Verstappen will learn from Belgium" (in English). ESPN.
- ↑ Allen McNish (2016-08-31). "Formula 1: Max Verstappen gets under the skin of top drivers" (in English). BBC Sport.
- ↑ Laurence Edmondson (2016-08-28). "Irate Raikkonen fears only an accident will calm Verstappen" (in English). ESPN.
- ↑ "Italian GP: Max Verstappen given 'gentle warning' by FIA" (in English). BBC Sport. 2016-09-02.
- ↑ Andrew Benson (2016-10-22). "Formula 1 outlaws moving under braking after protests over Max Verstappen" (in English). BBC Sport.
- ↑ Formula 1 (2016-11-07). "Max Verstappen's Masterclass 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix" (in English). YouTube.
- ↑ BBC (2017-08-27). "Max Verstappen: Red Bull's reliability unacceptable" (in English). BBC Sport.
