Max
Verstappen
Netherlands
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F1
Date of birth | 30 September 1997 |
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Place of birth | Hasselt, Belgium |
Age | 28 |
Nationality | Netherlands |
Career start | 2013 |
Disciplines | Formula 1 |
Now firmly established as one of the sport’s greats, four-time Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen has been rewriting the record books since he became F1’s youngest driver when, aged 17, he made his debut with Scuderia Toro Rosso at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix.
A year later Max won on his Red Bull Racing debut, claiming victory at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix to become the sport’s youngest winner.
Matching the Team’s improving fortunes, Max racked up a solid 10 victories and 42 podiums across his first four seasons with the Team, but in 2021 the Dutchman at last had a car with which he could mount a title charge and, with 10 wins, 10 poles and 18 podiums, he secured his first world title at the end of a hard-fought 2021 season.
While his first title was impressive, what followed was truly exceptional, as Max stormed to a record-breaking 15 wins on his way to all-conquering second successive crown. The following year, in the remarkable RB19, the Dutchman doubled down on the dominance, winning all but three of the 22 races to claim a third title and set a host of new benchmarks, including breaking his own record for most wins in a season, establishing a new marker for consecutive wins – with 10 in a row between Miami and Monza – and racking up the largest single-season points haul for a driver with 575.
Max took his fourth title in a row in 2024, but that season showed all Formula 1 fans that the field was tightening and 2025, the last year of current regulations, would be one to remember. Max was aiming to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 5 Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship titles in a row but narrowly missed out by 2 points after a remarkable season in which he hit several milestones as he raced for the win up until the chequered flag dropped at the final race of the season.
Max racked up a solid 10 victories and 42 podiums across his first four seasons with the Team, but in 2021 the Dutchman at last had a car with which he could mount a title charge and, with 10 wins, 10 poles and 18 podiums, he secured his first world title at the end of a hard-fought 2021 season.