Born to be fast, the son of former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen, Max Verstappen is the youngest race-winner in F1 history. He is now known as the fastest driver on the track. Max Verstappen is a Belgian and Dutch racing driver in F1 driving for Red Bull Racing. He has won three world championships in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Max Verstappen is the son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen, and former go-kart racer Sophie Kumpen.
| Date of birth | September 30, 1997 |
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| Birthplace | Hasselt, Belgium |
| Age | 26 |
| Nationality |  Netherlands |
| Career start | 2015 |
| Disciplines | Formula 1 |
Career Highlights:
| 2024 Season | Since Debut | |
| Podiums | 9 | 107 |
| DHL fastest Laps | 2 | 32 |
| Wins | 7 | 61 |
| Poles | 8 | 40 |
| Best Quali Finish | 1 | 1 |
| Best Race Finish | 1 | 1 |
| Race Starts | 12 | 197 |
| Retirement’s | 1 | 32 |
| Points | 255 | 2841.5 |
Records:
Max has broken 26 Records in his F1 career:
| F1’s highest percentage of wins in a season | In 2023, Max Verstappen, became the most dominant driver winning 19 of the 22 races which gave Max the Win percentage of 86% |
| F1’s most wins in a season | While Max Verstappen broke Alberto Ascaris winning streak. In 2022, Verstappen won 15 grands prix and in 2023 Verstappen now stands at 19 victories for the season where he surpassed his total from 2022 at October’s Mexico GP |
| F1s most consecutive wins | Verstappen broke the record of 9 consecutive wins set my Vettel. Max Verstappen broke that record in 2023 at the Italian GP. |
| F1’s only driver to win three times in one country during a single season | Max Verstappen became the only f1 driver to win 3 victories in one country in the same season in 2023. These wins happen at Miami, Austin, and Vegas. However, F1 has only had 3 races in the same country 3 times. |
| F1’s most wins from pole in a season | In 2023, Max Verstappen converted all 12 of his poles into wins which broke the record of 9 set by Vettel and Mansell |
| F1’s most consecutive wins from pole position | Verstappen has converted all 12 poles this season into wins, however, it is part of a wider record. He has converted his past 16 pole positions into victory, a run which dates back to the 2022 Dutch GP. |
| F1’s most hat-tricks in a season | Of the 12 poles Max has turned into victories, six of them have been a part of a hat trick. A hat trick is when a driver achieves pole position, race win and the fastest lap on a grand prix weekend. This is beating the record of 5 set by Shumacher and Ascari. |
| F1’s most points in a season | This is another record of Max’s that he has beaten from 2022. in 2022 Max won 454 points which beat Hamilton’s record of 413 from 2019, then in 2023 Max won a huge 575 points |
| F1’s most podiums in a season | This is another one where in 2023 Verstappen has surpassed his own record, in 2021. During the 2021 season Max scored 18 podiums which beat the record of 17 podiums set by Shumacher, Hamilton, and Vettel. In 2023 he broke that 18-podium record and stood on the podium 21 times. |
| F1’s most consecutive top two finishes | Max Verstappen matched Micheal Shumacher’s records of 15 consecutive top two finishes. |
| F1’s most laps led in a season | In 2023 Max overtook Vettel’s record of leading 739 laps in a season. Verstappen now holds the record at 1,003 and counting. |
| F1’s highest percentage of laps led in a season | In 1963 Clark won seven out of 10 races, he led 506 of the 708 laps that gave him a percentage of 71.47%. In 2023, Verstappen led 1,001 of the 1,325 grand prix laps which gives him a percentage of 75.54%. |
| F1’s most pitstops by the winning driver in one race | Max joined Jenson Button in making six pitstops following a race victory at the 2023 Dutch GP. |
| F1’s biggest points gap between first and second in the championship | In 2023, Verstappen secured a 290-point gap over second-placed Perez in the championship – almost double Perez’s total. |
| F1’s most consecutive points scored | Hamilton amassed a record 998 consecutive points from the 2018 British GP until the 2020 Bahrain GP. In 2023, Verstappen broke that record and scored 1,004 consecutive points. |
| Highest percentage points difference between first and second in championship | While Vettel had the record for biggest championship winning margin before 2023, Verstappen’s gap over Perez stands at 49.5%, pushing him above the previous record. |
| F1’s most consecutive races as championship leader | In the 2023 season Max Verstappen led the championship for 39 consecutive grand prix. |
| Youngest driver to start a race | Max Verstappen was 17 years, 166 days and this happened at the 2015 Australian GP |
| Youngest driver to score points | Max Verstappen was 17 years, 180 days and this happened at the 2015 Malaysian GP |
| Youngest driver to win a race | Max Verstappen was 18 years, 228 days and this happened at the 2016 Spanish GP |
| Youngest driver to score a podium | Max Verstappen was 18 years, 228 days and this happened at the 2016 Spanish GP |
| Youngest driver to lead a lap | Max Verstappen was 18 years, 228 days and this happened at the 2016 Spanish GP |
| Youngest driver to set a fastest lap | Max Verstappen was 19 years, 44 days and this happened at the 2016 Brazilian GP |
| Youngest driver to score a grand slam | Max Verstappen was 23 years, 277 days and this happened at the 2021 Austrian GP |
| Most sprint race wins | Max Verstappen set the record of most sprint races at the 2023 Brazilian GP with 7 sprint races |
Contributions:
Max Verstappen contributes a big amount into the sport of F1. Throughout his races in F1 he has set a new standard for what success means and what is possible when skill and machinery meet. Through breaking many, many records to the consecutive strength shown in each race many people would argue he is the best driver to ever exist in F1 or just on the grid at the moment. Mercedes has offered Verstappen a 150 million euro deal for 2025 to take the driver from Red bull. That 150 million will still include bonuses that would shatter the pay records for f1. That is more than triple his salary at Red bull now. This gives us an idea of how important Max Verstappen is for the sport.
If Max Verstappen left Formula One it would be the loss of one of the greatest stars found in f1 breaking records that was set by other amazing f1 drivers such as, Micheal Shumacher, Sebatian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Jim Clark, Alberto Ascari and even himself. Max Verstappen has set records that properly won’t be broken for an extended period of time which has left the world stunned. With Maxs consecutive wins it has brought other drivers’ fans to build some annoyance towards Max with them saying “he isn’t giving other drivers the chance to have success,” or “There isn’t any competition in f1 anymore.” Although there is some truth behind this, this also gives us a good view of the affect Max is having with the fans in the sport. The saying “If you don’t have haters, you’re doing something wrong, or nothing at all” gives us a good idea of how often max is winning and how his consecutive success is affecting the other drivers’ chances.
Partner:
Max and his girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, started dating in 2021. The 35-year-old, Brazilian model, is one of Max Verstappen’s biggest supporters. She is there at most races so far and has shared their beautiful sideline moments together. Kelly is no stranger to the lifestyle brought with F1. Her father, Nelson Piquet, and brother, Nelson Piquet Jr., are both former F1 racers. Aswell as also dating Verstappen, she was also linked to fellow F1 racer Daniil Kvyat, with who she had a daughter, Penelope, with in 2019. Penelope has been seen at some of the races so far in the 2024 season. The first encounter between Max and Kelly was when she was 25 and he was 19, she called the meeting “magical”. This brought a lot of controversy to the intentions of Kelly and also brought some hatred towards her. Daniil Kvyat lost his Red Bull seat to max in 2016 only after 4 races and then his girlfriend to Max in 2021.
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