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Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen 2017 Malaysia 3.jpg
Verstappen at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
BornMax Emilian Verstappen
(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 24)
Hasselt, Belgium
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Dutch
2021 teamRed Bull Racing-Honda[1]
2022 teamRed Bull Racing
Car number33
1 (2022)[a]
Entries141 (141 starts)
Championships1 (2021)
Wins20
Podiums60
Career points1557.5
Pole positions13
Fastest laps16
First entry2015 Australian Grand Prix
First win2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Last win2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Last entry2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2021 position1st (395.5 pts)
Previous series
2014FIA F3 European Championship
Awards
  • 2014–2016, 2019
  • 2015–2017
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • FIA Action of the Year
  • FIA Personality of the Year
  • FIA Rookie of the Year
  • Lorenzo Bandini Trophy
Signature
Max Verstappen's signature

Max Emilian Verstappen (born 30 September 1997) is a Belgian-Dutch[3] racing driver currently competing under the Dutch flag in Formula One with Red Bull Racing. At the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, when he was aged 17 years, 166 days, he became the youngest driver to compete in Formula One. He is the son of former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen.

After spending the 2015 season with Scuderia Toro Rosso, he 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] By winning the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, he became the first Dutch driver to win the Formula One World Championship. He is the 34th Formula One World Drivers' Champion.[5]

As of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, he has achieved 19 more victories, including the first for a Honda-powered driver since 2006. He finished the 2019 and 2020 championships in third place. Verstappen is due to remain at Red Bull until at least the end of the 2023 season after signing a contract extension.[6]

Family and personal life

Max Emilian Verstappen was born on 30 September 1997 in Hasselt, Belgium to Jos Verstappen and Sophie Kumpen, and has a younger sister, Victoria.[7][8] Verstappen’s parents separated when he was young, after which he lived with his father while his sister Victoria lived with their mother.[9] Verstappen has three younger half-siblings from his father; a sister, Blue Jaye, from his second marriage and a brother and sister, Jason Jaxx and Mila Faye, from his current marriage.[10]

His family has a long association with motor sports: his father is a Dutch former Formula One driver, his Belgian mother competed in karting,[11][12] and his first cousin once removed, Anthony Kumpen, competed in endurance racing and is a two-time NASCAR Whelen Euro Series champion currently serving as the team manager for PK Carsport in Euro Series.[11]

Although Verstappen has a Belgian mother, was born in Belgium and resided in Bree, Belgium, he decided to compete with a Dutch racing licence because he "feels more Dutch", having spent more time with his father than with his mother owing to his karting activities, and was always surrounded by Dutch people while growing up in Maaseik, a Belgian town at the Dutch border.[13] Verstappen said in 2015: "I actually only lived in Belgium to sleep, but during the day I went to the Netherlands and had my friends there too. I was raised as a Dutch person and that's how I feel."[14]

He competed in Formula One for more than a season before obtaining a road driving licence on his 18th birthday.[15] Verstappen moved to Monaco the day after, in October 2015, and has lived there since and has said it was not for tax reasons.[16]

Early career

Karting

Verstappen began karting at age four.[17] He competed in the Mini Junior championship of his home province of Limburg, Belgium.[18] In 2006, Verstappen graduated to the Rotax Max Minimax class and won the Belgian championship.[19] In 2007, Verstappen won the Dutch Minimax championship.[20] Racing in a CRG kart entered by his father, Verstappen won the Dutch and Belgian Minimax championship as well as the Belgian Cadet championship.[21][22]

In 2009, Verstappen joined Team Pex Racing, a CRG customer team. That year, he won the Flemish Minimax championship and the Belgian KF5 championship.[23][24]

In 2010, Verstappen stepped up to international karting. He was signed by CRG to race in their factory team at world and European championships. At the KF3 World Cup, Verstappen finished second to the more experienced Alexander Albon (who would eventually become his Formula One teammate at Red Bull Racing)[25] but beat him at the WSK Euro Series and also won the WSK World Series, beating Robert Vișoiu.[26]

In 2011, Verstappen won the WSK Euro Series in a Parilla-powered CRG.[27] In 2012, Verstappen was picked for the Intrepid Driver Program to race in the KF2 and KZ2 classes. He won the WSK Master Series in the KF2 class, beating CRG driver Felice Tiene.[28] Verstappen won the South Garda Winter Cup in the KF2 class, beating Dennis Olsen and Antonio Fuoco.[29][30]

At the end of 2012, it was announced that Verstappen would leave Intrepid. After a short stint with CRG-built Zanardi karts, Verstappen returned to the factory CRG team.[31] He competed at the SKUSA SuperNationals in the KZ2 class in a CRG, finishing 21st. In 2013, Verstappen won the European KF and KZ championships. At the age of 15, Verstappen won the 2013 World KZ championship at Varennes-sur-Allier, France, in KZ1, the highest karting category.[citation needed]

Formula racing

Testing

Verstappen's first experience in a racing car was at the Pembrey Circuit on 11 October 2013. He drove 160 laps in a Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10 Formula Renault car. The car was provided by Dutch team Manor MP Motorsport.[32] He tested for several Formula Renault 2.0 teams in 2013.[33] In December 2013, Verstappen tested a Dallara F311 Formula 3 car run by Motopark Academy. Another Formula Renault test came in December at Circuito de Jerez. Driving for Josef Kaufmann Racing, Verstappen went faster than Formula Renault regulars like Steijn Schothorst and Matt Parry.[34] At the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia, Verstappen set a faster time than more experienced drivers including Tatiana Calderón and Eddie Cheever III.[35]

Florida Winter Series

On 16 January 2014, it was announced Verstappen would make his racing debut in the Florida Winter Series.[36]

On 5 February, at the second race weekend, Verstappen won his first formula race at Palm Beach International Raceway after he started from pole.[37]

On 19 February, Verstappen won his second race at Homestead–Miami Speedway after beating Nicholas Latifi by 0.004 seconds.[38]

Verstappen driving for Van Amersfoort Racing in the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship,

Formula Three

In 2014, Verstappen drove in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing.[39] He finished his maiden car racing season third, behind champion Esteban Ocon and runner-up Tom Blomqvist, winning 10 races in the process.[citation needed]

Formula One career

Scuderia Toro Rosso (2014–2016)

Verstappen competing in the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2014, after joining the Red Bull Junior Team

2014 season

In August 2014, Verstappen joined the Red Bull Junior Team after testing a Formula Renault 3.5 car. He also considered an offer from Mercedes to join their driver development programme.[40]

2015 season: youngest full-time driver

Verstappen driving for Toro Rosso at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.

By taking part in the first free practice at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, Verstappen became the youngest driver to take part in a Grand Prix weekend, as part of his preparation for a full-time place with Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2015. Verstappen became the youngest driver to start a World Championship race by joining the sport a year before the new licence restriction, in his Grand Prix debut as a full-time driver at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix at the age of 17 years, 166 days – breaking Jaime Alguersuari's existing record by almost two years.[41] In this first race, Verstappen ran in points-scoring positions until he was forced to retire due to an engine failure.[42] However, at the subsequent race in Malaysia, Verstappen qualified sixth and finished the race in seventh place, scoring his first Formula One points aged 17 years, 180 days, breaking the record of the then-youngest driver to score World Championship points.[43] After that, he failed to finish with points in China, due to engine failure in the last lap, in the Bahrain, due to electrical issues, and in the Spain settling for 11th.[citation needed]

At the 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, Verstappen was involved in a high-speed collision with Romain Grosjean, after clipping the back of Grosjean's Lotus on the approach to the tight first corner, Sainte Devote, and flew nose-first into the barriers at high speed.[44] Verstappen was given a five-place grid penalty for causing the accident, and was branded "dangerous" by Williams driver Felipe Massa – although Verstappen hit back at Massa by pointing out Massa had himself been involved in a similar incident with Sergio Pérez at the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix.[45]

Verstappen continued to regularly finish in the points as well as achieving his best finish of the 2015 season in Hungary by finishing fourth, and equalled this result at the United States Grand Prix. At the end of the season, Verstappen received three awards at the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony, for "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.[46]

2016 season

Verstappen at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix

Verstappen began the 2016 season at Toro Rosso, again alongside Sainz. Verstappen qualified fifth for the opening race of the season in Australia, but during the race made several radio calls to his team due to frustration at being behind Sainz on track before clipping his teammate whilst attempting to pass him with three laps to go, and he eventually finished tenth.[47] Verstappen enjoyed a more successful weekend at the following race in Bahrain, finishing sixth to score Toro Rosso's first-ever points at the Sakhir circuit.[48]

Red Bull (2016–present)

Verstappen celebrating victory at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, in his first race for the Red Bull Racing team

2016 season: youngest race winner

On 5 May 2016, following the Russian Grand Prix, Red Bull announced that Verstappen would be replacing Daniil Kvyat from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, with Kvyat returning to Toro Rosso. According to Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner, "Max has proven to be an outstanding young talent. His performance at Toro Rosso has been impressive so far and we are pleased to give him the opportunity to drive for Red Bull Racing."[49] After qualifying fourth for the Spanish Grand Prix,[50] Verstappen rose to second behind teammate Daniel Ricciardo on the opening lap after Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed out of the race. Verstappen took the race lead as he was placed on a two-stop rather than the same three-stop strategy as Ricciardo, and he held off Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen in the later stages of the race to take his first Formula One victory. By doing so he displaced Sebastian Vettel as the youngest driver ever to win a Formula One Grand Prix at the age of 18 years and 228 days.[4]

In his first eight races with Red Bull, he achieved six top-five finishes, including four podiums.[citation needed]

During the Belgian Grand Prix, Verstappen collided with Räikkönen at the first corner, pushed Vettel, Räikkönen and Pérez wide at Les Combes, and aggressively blocked Räikkönen on the Kemmel straight.[51] Verstappen was criticised for his driving, with Räikkönen saying that he "was going to cause a huge accident sooner or later"; Verstappen's boss, Horner, said that the driving was "on the edge", and that "Verstappen will learn from Belgium".[52] On 2 September 2016 F1 director Charlie Whiting called in Verstappen for a discussion. Whiting gave Verstappen a gentle warning because of his aggressive driving.[53] However, in October drivers' concerns about Verstappen's defensive tactics led the FIA to disallow moving under braking.[54]

At the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix, Verstappen qualified fourth.[55] In a rain affected race, he barely managed to avoid hitting the guardrail when he spun on the main straight. 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 the closing laps to eventually finish on the podium in third place.[56] He received considerable praise for his performance, with his team principal Christian Horner calling it "one of the best drives I've seen in Formula One".[57] However, he came under criticism from Sebastian Vettel, who said that Verstappen had pushed him off the track when he gained a position on him at Junção corner late in the race. The race stewards did not share Vettel's view and decided that no reprimand was warranted.[58]

2017 season

Verstappen at the 2017 British Grand Prix

During the first 14 races of the 2017 season, Verstappen suffered seven retirements, four due to mechanical issues,[59] and three due to first lap collisions in Spain, Austria and Singapore.[60] Of the races finished, however, he claimed a third place in China, and another five races classified fourth or fifth.[citation needed]

From the Malaysian Grand Prix onward, Verstappen enjoyed a surge of success. He won his second Formula One race at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, one day after his 20th birthday, passing Lewis Hamilton for the lead in the early stages of the race. He finished second in the following race in Japan.[61] He then finished third at the United States Grand Prix but was classified fourth after his final lap overtake on Kimi Räikkönen was deemed illegal (he was found to have cut the corner).[62] He then won his third Formula One race (and second in 2017) at the Mexican Grand Prix, after passing Sebastian Vettel on the opening lap and leading until the end of the race.[63]

2018 season

Verstappen at the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix

In the first six races of the season, Verstappen had been involved in at least one incident in each race. In Australia, he qualified 4th but fell behind Kevin Magnussen at the start. In his attempts to retake the position he ran wide multiple times and damaged his car, with a spin causing him to fall further down the order. He recovered to eventually finish the race in 6th place.[64] At the next race in Bahrain, he crashed during qualifying and started in 15th place.[65] He had a productive first lap after which he found himself in the points while challenging Lewis Hamilton. He attempted an overtake on the reigning World Champion at the start of lap two, but collided with the Mercedes driver and suffered a puncture that ultimately led to suspension damage, forcing him out of the race.[66]

At the next race in China, Verstappen qualified 5th and had moved up to 3rd at the end of the first lap. Both Red Bull drivers pitted for fresh tyres during a safety car which left them with a tyre advantage over the front-runners ahead. In an overtake attempt on Sebastian Vettel for 3rd place, Verstappen collided with the championship leader, causing him to fall to 8th and receive a 10-second penalty. He recovered to 4th place, with his penalty causing him to be classified 5th. Teammate Ricciardo went on to win the race.[67] In Azerbaijan, Verstappen was embroiled in a race-long battle with Ricciardo for 4th place. After numerous position changes between the two teammates during the race, Ricciardo ran into the back of Verstappen during an overtake attempt from which the Dutchman aggressively defended, causing the retirement of both cars. Both drivers were blamed by the team and reprimanded by the stewards.[68] Verstappen bounced back in Spain with his first podium of the season by finishing 3rd behind the Mercedes drivers, holding off Sebastian Vettel. However, the race was also not without incident as he had run into the back of Lance Stroll during the virtual safety car period, causing minor front wing damage.[69]

In Monaco, Verstappen made another error when he crashed near the end of the third free practice session in an incident which closely resembled a crash he had at the same spot two years earlier.[70] His team could not repair his car in time for qualifying and he had to start last at a track on which it is notoriously difficult to overtake.[71] Teammate Ricciardo, meanwhile, pressed home Red Bull's advantage at the track by taking pole position and the race win. Verstappen managed to salvage 2 points by finishing 9th place, overtaking 6 cars on track.[72] Team principal Christian Horner commented on Verstappen's start of the season, saying he "needed to stop making these mistakes" and that he could "learn from his teammate", while Helmut Marko, head of driver development at Red Bull, said that Verstappen was "too impatient".[71] Verstappen now lay in 6th place in the championship with 35 points, only 3 points ahead of Alonso in a much slower McLaren, and 37 points behind his teammate in 3rd, who had taken two wins in the first six races.[citation needed]

In Canada, Verstappen topped all three practice sessions and qualified 3rd, two-tenths off Sebastian Vettel in pole position. He eventually finished 3rd and set the fastest lap of the race. The following race in France brought him 2nd place. In Austria—Red Bull's home track—he started 4th on the grid, passed Kimi Räikkönen before taking advantage of retirement from Valtteri Bottas and a botched pit-stop strategy by Lewis Hamilton, who later had to retire from 4th place, to claim the fourth race victory of his career. In Britain, Verstappen was plagued by issues, finishing the first practice session early due to a gearbox problem and crashing in the second practice session before retiring from the race due to a brake problem. He would then finish 4th in Germany after strategy errors let a recovering Hamilton get past him as he went on to win the race. Verstappen ended the first half of the season with a retirement in Hungary and was narrowly behind his teammate in the championship due to his own recent resurgence and Ricciardo's unreliability.[citation needed]

Verstappen enjoyed a very strong second half of the season, achieving podium finishes at Belgium, Singapore, Japan and the USA, the latter of which he achieved 2nd place having started from 18th on the grid due to a suspension failure in qualifying. Verstappen then earned his fifth career win in Mexico. He had been visibly upset after just missing out on becoming the youngest pole-sitter in Formula One history, with Ricciardo beating him to pole position by 0.026 seconds. Verstappen, however, had a much better start than Ricciardo and took the lead of the race into the first corner, overtaking the fast-starting Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. He was poised to win the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix, having overtaken Räikkönen, Vettel, Bottas, and Hamilton. However, he collided with Force India driver Esteban Ocon who was trying to unlap himself on faster tyres. Ocon received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for the incident. After the collision with Ocon, Verstappen finished in 2nd place behind Hamilton. During an argument with Ocon after the race, Verstappen pushed the Force India driver, for which he was given two days of "public service" as a penalty by the FIA.[73] He then finished his season with another podium as he finished 3rd in Abu Dhabi.[74]

Verstappen ended the season in 4th place in the championship with 249 points, claiming two wins, eleven podium finishes, and two fastest laps.[75]

2019 season

Verstappen at the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix, where he started on pole position for the first time in his career.

Verstappen would be powered by Honda from 2019 onwards, following Red Bull's switch from customer Renault to works Honda power units for the 2019 season. After Ricciardo moved to the Renault team for 2019, Verstappen was joined at Red Bull (initially) by Pierre Gasly. Verstappen qualified in 4th and finished 3rd in Australia, the first podium finish for a Honda-powered driver since the 2008 British Grand Prix.[76] Verstappen was on course for a second 3rd-place finish in Bahrain before a late safety car prevented him from overtaking Charles Leclerc's ailing Ferrari, keeping him in 4th place. Two more 4th-place finishes followed in China and Azerbaijan, before a second podium came as he finished 3rd in Spain. In Monaco, Verstappen qualified in 3rd place. He was released into the path of Valtteri Bottas during the drivers' pit stops, gaining 2nd place but receiving a 5-second penalty as a result. Verstappen crossed the line in 2nd place but was demoted to 4th by the penalty.[77]

In Canada, Verstappen's final lap in the second qualifying session was hampered by a red flag brought out by Kevin Magnussen's crash. This caused Verstappen to qualify 11th and start the race in 9th place. He later recovered to finish 5th. In France he started and finished in 4th place. In Austria, Verstappen started 2nd but suffered a poor start, dropping down to 8th. After a charge towards the front, he made his way up to 2nd before controversially passing Leclerc for the lead of the race with three laps to go. This marked the first Honda-powered race victory since the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. In Britain, Verstappen, running in 3rd place, was hit from behind during an overtake attempt by Sebastian Vettel and spun into the gravel. Verstappen was able to continue and crossed the line in 5th place.[citation needed]

The wet and chaotic German Grand Prix began similarly to the race in Austria for Verstappen, as a poor start caused him to fall behind. However, he would inherit the lead midway through the race after a crash by race leader Hamilton. Verstappen would go on to extend his lead after the track began to dry, claiming his second victory of the season. In Hungary, he claimed the first pole position of his career and led most of the race before being passed in the closing laps by Hamilton, who had made another stop for fresh tyres in a gamble to catch the leader. By the summer break, Verstappen's strong performances in the first half of the season made some consider him an outside contender for the championship.[citation needed]

Verstappen on the podium after winning the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix

Before the Belgian Grand Prix, Verstappen received a new teammate in Alexander Albon after Pierre Gasly was demoted back to Toro Rosso. In the race, Verstappen had a poor start and collided with Kimi Räikkönen at the first corner, resulting in suspension damage and causing Verstappen's first retirement of the season. In Italy, he did not set a time during qualifying after his car lost power in Q1, but he was already required to start from the back of the grid anyway due to an engine component penalty. After damaging his front wing on the first lap, he recovered to finish the race in 8th place. 3rd and 4th-place finishes followed in Singapore and Russia respectively. After suffering damage in a first-lap collision with Charles Leclerc in Japan, Verstappen suffered his 2nd retirement of the season.[citation needed]

In Mexico, he qualified in 1st place before being handed a grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags after a crash by Valtteri Bottas. Verstappen suffered a puncture early in the race after making contact with Bottas, falling to the back of the field before eventually recovering to 6th place. A 3rd-place finish in the United States followed, before Verstappen took the second pole position of his career with a 1:07.508 pole lap time in Brazil. In a chaotic race, he passed Lewis Hamilton for the lead on two occasions before going on to claim his third victory of the season. Verstappen ended the season with a 2nd-place finish in Abu Dhabi.[citation needed]

Verstappen finished the 2019 season in 3rd place in the championship with 278 points, the best result of his career thus far. He claimed three race victories, nine podium finishes, two pole positions, and three fastest laps.[78]

2020 season

In 2020, Verstappen signed a contract extension to race for Red Bull until the end of .[6]

Verstappen during pre-season testing in 2020

Verstappen continued to race for Red Bull in 2020, alongside Albon. At the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, he started second, but retired early in the race after a flywheel-related problem caused an electronic issue on the power unit.[79] Honda introduced countermeasures in response to the retirement.[80]

At the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix, he crashed in wet conditions on the way to the starting grid but he was able to drive the car back to the grid where his mechanics fixed the suspension of the car in the short time that was left before the start of the race. After the repairs, Verstappen progressed from seventh place on the grid to second place at the finish of the race.[81]

He won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, having started from fourth. Red Bull Racing Team Principal, Christian Horner, described it as "an amazing performance" by Verstappen and the Red Bull support team.[82]

He came in second at the Spanish Grand Prix, after qualifying in third. At the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix, he finished in third after qualifying in third, as well. He suffered from two DNFs in a row at the Italian and Tuscan Grands Prix after which he lost second place in the Championship. At the Russian Grand Prix, Verstappen finished the race in second, his seventh podium finish of 2020, after qualifying in second behind Hamilton. At the Eifel Grand Prix, Verstappen finished in second after qualifying in third. He also managed to get the fastest lap of the race. At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Verstappen qualified 3rd. After a poor first lap, he was down to 5th. He recovered to 3rd and took his 40th podium in Formula 1. At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, he was on his way to claim 2nd after floor problems for Valtteri Bottas, but then received a puncture and spun, resulting in his 4th retirement of the 2020 season.[citation needed]

During the free practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix, Verstappen was subject to a controversy about comments he made on the team radio after a collision with Lance Stroll, where he used the words "retard" and "mongol" in response to the clash. Verstappen admitted following the session that the word choices he used were "not correct", while the Mongolian government and the Mongol identity group has asked for Verstappen to apologise for the comments; the Mongolian government also urged the FIA to take action on the comments he made, although the FIA has not taken any action.[83][84]

Verstappen finished the 2020 season in 3rd place in the championship with 214 points. He claimed two race victories, eleven podium finishes, one pole position, and three fastest laps.[85]

2021 season: World Champion

Verstappen at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix

At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Verstappen topped all the practice sessions and subsequently took a career fourth pole position. This was the first time he achieved back-to-back pole positions.[86] He fought Lewis Hamilton for the race victory, and on lap 53 Verstappen overtook Hamilton, but went off track whilst doing so, resulting in him being instructed by race control to let Hamilton back into the lead and ultimately finishing second behind Hamilton.[87] At the next race, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Verstappen qualified third with teammate Sergio Pérez second, marking the first time he was out-qualified by a teammate since the 2019 Italian Grand Prix. At the race start, Verstappen was able to pass both Pérez and pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton to take the lead. He remained in the lead after the first round of pit stops as well as the restart, following the race being suspended on lap 33. Rival Hamilton finished second, reducing his championship lead over Verstappen to one point. In the following Portuguese Grand Prix, Verstappen finished second after a long battle with Lewis Hamilton. In the Spanish Grand Prix, the fight between Verstappen and Hamilton continued, with Hamilton employing a faster two-stop strategy versus Verstappen's one-stop race. This gave Hamilton the advantage of faster tyres, allowing him to overtake Verstappen with several laps remaining in the race. Hamilton took the victory, with Verstappen taking second and the fastest lap, increasing Hamilton's championship lead to 14 points.[88]

At the next race in Monaco, Verstappen qualified second behind Charles Leclerc, but Leclerc suffered a driveshaft failure on the way to the grid and was unable to start the race. Verstappen controlled the race from the front on the way to victory. Hamilton (who qualified seventh) finished seventh, though claiming an extra championship point by setting the fastest race lap. The result enabled Verstappen to take the lead in the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, by a margin of four points over Hamilton.[89] At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Verstappen qualified third behind Leclerc and Hamilton. Verstappen and Hamilton passed Leclerc in the opening laps before Verstappen took the lead by way of a faster pitstop. Verstappen would comfortably hold the lead until lap 46 when he suffered a tyre failure causing him to crash and retire. A mistake by Hamilton on the restart dropped him to last place, meaning Verstappen maintained his championship lead.[90] Verstappen took pole for the French Grand Prix. A mistake on the first lap allowed Hamilton to take the lead which Verstappen retook during the pit stop phase. Verstappen pitted for a second time from the lead and chased down the two Mercedes, overtaking Hamilton for the lead on lap 52 of 53. He also took the fastest lap point, extending his championship lead to twelve points.[91] Verstappen took pole again at the Styrian Grand Prix and led from start to finish to give him his fourth win of the season and further extend his lead to 18 points.[92]

Verstappen took pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix, led every lap from start to finish, set the fastest lap, and won the race for his first career grand slam,[93] being the youngest to do so.[94][95] With the win, Verstappen also became the first driver to sweep a triple header, with three wins in three consecutive weekends, starting at the French Grand Prix on 20 June, then the Styrian Grand Prix on 27 June and ending with the Austrian Grand Prix on 4 July.[96][97] At the next race, the British Grand Prix however, Verstappen was involved in a collision with title rival Hamilton on the first lap. This resulted in a 51 g impact with the barrier. He was taken to the Silverstone circuit's medical centre after the crash and was then taken to Coventry hospital for precautionary checks and further assessment, before eventually being discharged at 22:00 local time on Sunday night.[98] Hamilton would go on to win the race, reducing Verstappen's lead in the championship to eight points. At the next race, the Hungarian Grand Prix, Verstappen's car suffered damage in a multi-car collision on lap 1, where Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was deemed at fault. He ended the race in tenth which was promoted to ninth after Sebastian Vettel was disqualified. The outcome of the race allowed Hamilton to take the lead of the championship.[99]

Following the summer break, Verstappen qualified on pole at the Belgian Grand Prix, ahead of Williams driver George Russell in second and championship rival Hamilton in third. The race was run for three laps, all behind the safety car, with the race official race results taken from the running order at the end of the first lap, with Hamilton and Verstappen both retaining their qualifying positions. As less than 75% of the race distance was completed, half points were awarded, resulting in Verstappen closing the gap to Hamilton to three points.[100] At the Dutch Grand Prix Verstappen again qualified on pole, beating Hamilton by 0.038 seconds. During the race Verstappen was able to fend off attacks from both Mercedes drivers to take the win, taking the lead in the Drivers' Championship by three points.[101] For the Russian Grand Prix, Verstappen was required to start at the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit components.[102] He made his way back up the field, and after taking an early pit stop for intermediate tyres late in the race, he finished second.[103] At the Turkish Grand Prix, Verstappen qualified second with Bottas on pole. With the race being run in wet conditions and the drivers on intermediate tyres the whole race, Verstappen finished second behind Bottas, taking the lead in the Drivers' Championship by six points as rival Hamilton finished fifth.[104] At the United States Grand Prix, Verstappen took pole position in qualifying, edging Hamilton by 0.209 seconds. Verstappen won the race and extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to twelve points as Hamilton finished second with the fastest lap.[105] At the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix, Verstappen qualified third with a gap to pole-sitter Bottas of 0.350 seconds. His main rival Hamilton qualified second. At the race start, Verstappen took the lead from Bottas and Hamilton into turn 1 and won the race. By winning the race, he extended his lead in the championship to 19 points.[106]

At the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Verstappen overtook Hamilton on the final lap to win the race, and his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship.[107] In the final race Verstappen, who had qualified on pole position, got off the line poorly and dropped to second place. He was trailing Hamilton by more than ten seconds until a late safety car was called due to a crash at turn 14 for Nicholas Latifi. The withdrawal of the safety car was not without controversy after the race director allowed only a certain number of lapped cars through and also according to Mercedes withdrew the safety car one lap too early, which after the race brought from the Mercedes team a protest and stated intention to appeal against the race result.[108] Verstappen pitted during the safety car period and then used his fresher tyres to pass Hamilton at turn 5 of the final lap of the race to secure the win and the World Drivers' Championship.[109]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2005 Dutch N.A.B. Championship — Mini Junior 16th
Limburgs Kart Championship — Mini Junior 2nd
2006 Rotax Max Challenge Belgium — Mini Max Verstappen Racing 1st
2007 Chrono Dutch Rotax Max Challenge — Mini Max 35th
Dutch Championship — Rotax Max Mini Max 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Belgium National — Mini Max 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Belgium — Mini Max Jos Verstappen 1st
2008 VAS Championship — Mini NC
Belgian Championship — Cadet Jos Verstappen 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Belgium — Mini Max 1st
BNL Karting Series — Mini Max Verstappen Racing 1st
2009 VAS Championship — Rotax Mini Max 1st
Belgian Championship — KF5 Pex Racing Team 1st
BNL Karting Series — Mini Max 1st
2010 South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 CRG SpA 2nd
WSK Euro Series — KF3 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 5th
CIK-FIA World Cup — KF3 2nd
Bridgestone Cup European Final — KF3 1st
WSK World Series — KF3 1st
WSK Nations Cup — KF3 1st
2011 South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 CRG 2nd
WSK Master Series — KF3 19th
North European Trophy — KF3 DNF
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 NC
WSK Euro Series — KF3 1st
CIK-FIA World Cup — KF3 29th
2012 South Garda Winter Cup — KF2 Intrepid Driver Program 1st
BNL Karting Series — KZ2 10th
WSK Master Series — KF2 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF2 10th
WSK Euro Series — KF2 6th
German Karting Championship — KZ2 81st
CIK-FIA World Cup — KZ2 33rd
CIK-FIA World Cup — KF2 2nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — KF1 8th
SKUSA SuperNationals — KZ2 PSL Karting 21st
2013 South Garda Winter Cup — KF2 CRG 1st
Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Senior 32nd
WSK Euro Series — KZ1 1st
WSK Master Series — KZ2 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship — KF 3rd
CIK-FIA World Championship — KZ 1st
Sources:[110][111]


Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Florida Winter Series N/A 12 2 3 3 5 N/A N/A
FIA European Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 33 10 7 7 16 411 3rd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 7th
Zandvoort Masters Motopark 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
2015 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 19 0 0 0 0 49 12th
2016 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 4 0 0 0 0 204 5th
Red Bull Racing 17 1 0 1 7
2017 Formula One Red Bull Racing 20 2 0 1 4 168 6th
2018 Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 21 2 0 2 11 249 4th
2019 Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 21 3 2 3 9 278 3rd
2020 Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 17 2 1 3 11 214 3rd
2021 Formula One Red Bull Racing Honda 22 10 10 6 18 395.5 1st
Source:[110][112]

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2014 Van Amersfoort Racing Volkswagen SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
5 		SIL
3
2 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
DNS 		HOC
3
1 		PAU
1
3 		PAU
2
Ret 		PAU
3
Ret 		HUN
1
Ret 		HUN
2
16 		HUN
3
4 		SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
1 		SPA
3
1 		NOR
1
1 		NOR
2
1 		NOR
3
1 		MSC
1
3 		MSC
2
Ret 		MSC
3
2 		RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
4 		RBR
3
12 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
Ret 		NÜR
3
3 		IMO
1
Ret 		IMO
2
2 		IMO
3
1 		HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
5 		HOC
3
6 		3rd 411
Source:[113]

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race Ref
2014 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F312 3rd DNF 7th [114]

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicates fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WDC Points
2014 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR9 Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6 t AUS MAL BHR CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN
TD 		RUS USA
TD 		BRA
TD 		ABU  –  –
2015 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR10 Renault Energy F1‑2015 1.6 V6 t AUS
Ret 		MAL
7 		CHN
17† 		BHR
Ret 		ESP
11 		MON
Ret 		CAN
15 		AUT
8 		GBR
Ret 		HUN
4 		BEL
8 		ITA
12 		SIN
8 		JPN
9 		RUS
10 		USA
4 		MEX
9 		BRA
9 		ABU
16 		12th 49
2016 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR11 Ferrari 060 1.6 V6 t AUS
10 		BHR
6 		CHN
8 		RUS
Ret 		5th 204
Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB12 TAG Heuer 1.6 V6 t ESP
1 		MON
Ret 		CAN
4 		EUR
8 		AUT
2 		GBR
2 		HUN
5 		GER
3 		BEL
11 		ITA
7 		SIN
6 		MAL
2 		JPN
2 		USA
Ret 		MEX
4 		BRA
3 		ABU
4
2017 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB13 TAG Heuer 1.6 V6 t AUS
5 		CHN
3 		BHR
Ret 		RUS
5 		ESP
Ret 		MON
5 		CAN
Ret 		AZE
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		GBR
4 		HUN
5 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
10 		SIN
Ret 		MAL
1 		JPN
2 		USA
4 		MEX
1 		BRA
5 		ABU
5 		6th 168
2018 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB14 TAG Heuer 1.6 V6 t AUS
6 		BHR
Ret 		CHN
5 		AZE
Ret 		ESP
3 		MON
9 		CAN
3 		FRA
2 		AUT
1 		GBR
15† 		GER
4 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
3 		ITA
5 		SIN
2 		RUS
5 		JPN
3 		USA
2 		MEX
1 		BRA
2 		ABU
3 		4th 249
2019 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB15 Honda RA619H 1.6 V6 t AUS
3 		BHR
4 		CHN
4 		AZE
4 		ESP
3 		MON
4 		CAN
5 		FRA
4 		AUT
1 		GBR
5 		GER
1 		HUN
2 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
8 		SIN
3 		RUS
4 		JPN
Ret 		MEX
6 		USA
3 		BRA
1 		ABU
2 		3rd 278
2020 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB16 Honda RA620H 1.6 V6 t AUT
Ret 		STY
3 		HUN
2 		GBR
2 		70A
1 		ESP
2 		BEL
3 		ITA
Ret 		TUS
Ret 		RUS
2 		EIF
2 		POR
3 		EMI
Ret 		TUR
6 		BHR
2 		SKH
Ret 		ABU
1 		3rd 214
2021 Red Bull Racing Honda Red Bull Racing RB16B Honda RA621H 1.6 V6 t BHR
2 		EMI
1 		POR
2 		ESP
2 		MON
1 		AZE
18† 		FRA
1 		STY
1 		AUT
1 		GBR
Ret1 		HUN
9 		BEL
1‡ 		NED
1 		ITA
Ret2 		RUS
2 		TUR
2 		USA
1 		MXC
1 		SAP
22 		QAT
2 		SAU
2 		ABU
1 		1st 395.5
Sources:[113][115]

† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Formula One records

Verstappen holds the following Formula One records:

Record Achieved Ref
Youngest driver to start a race 17 years, 166 days 2015 Australian Grand Prix [116]
Youngest driver to score points 17 years, 180 days 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix [117]
Youngest driver to win a race 18 years, 228 days 2016 Spanish Grand Prix [118]
Youngest driver to score a podium finish 18 years, 228 days 2016 Spanish Grand Prix [119]
Youngest driver to lead a lap 18 years, 228 days 2016 Spanish Grand Prix [120]
Youngest driver to set fastest lap 19 years, 44 days 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix [121]
Youngest driver to score a grand slam 23 years, 277 days 2021 Austrian Grand Prix [122]
Most podium finishes in a season 18 2021 [123]

On 3 October 2014, Verstappen became the youngest driver to participate in a Formula One Grand Prix weekend (17 years, 3 days), driving in FP1 at the Japanese Grand Prix, deputizing in place of Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne.[124]

On 3 August 2019, Verstappen became the first Dutch F1 driver to take pole position, for the Hungarian Grand Prix, while also setting a new lap record on the Hungaroring and becoming the 100th polesitter in the sport's history.[125]

On 23 May 2021, Verstappen became the first Dutch F1 driver to lead the World Championship after winning the Monaco Grand Prix.[126]

Notes

  1. ^ Verstappen confirmed he would use the number 1 for the 2022 season upon winning the 2021 championship.[2]

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