The Stats
Age: 26 | GPs: 190 | Titles: 3 | Wins: 58 | Poles: 37 | Podiums: 102
| Full Name | Max Emilian Verstappen |
| Date of Birth | 30/09/97 |
| Place of Birth | Hasselt, Belgium |
| Team | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| First Entry | Australia 15 |
| First Podium | Spain 16 |
| First Win | Spain 16 |
| Last Win | China 24 |
| Most Successful Track | Red Bull Ring, Austria | 5 wins, 2 x 2nd |
The Bio
He’s Max by name, and max by nature.
Arriving as Formula 1’s youngest ever competitor at just 17 years old, Max Verstappen pushed his car, his rivals and the sport’s record books to the limit. The baby-faced Dutchman with the heart of a lion took the Toro Rosso – and then the Red Bull – by the horns with his instinctive racing style.
F1’s youngest points scorer soon became its youngest race winner – at the age of 18 years and 228 days – with an opportunistic but controlled drive on his debut for Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. A true wheel-to-wheel racer, another stunning drive in Brazil from the back of the pack to the podium on a treacherous wet track kept the plaudits coming.
Verstappen’s no-holds-barred attitude and hard defending have sometimes landed him in hot water with his peers and paymasters. But the mistakes that initially marred his potential have given way to maturity, while the bravado and energy that make him a blockbuster talent have remained – and the victories have kept on coming.
Having become the Netherlands’ first world champion aged just 24 – before dominating much of the last two seasons – the expectations for the next generation’s leading light are sky high – but with Verstappen there’s a feeling that the sky’s the limit.
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