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After the repairs, Verstappen progressed from seventh place on the grid to second place by the end of the race. [166] Verstappen won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, having started from fourth. [167] Verstappen clinched second place at the Spanish Grand Prix, after qualifying in third. [168]
Verstappen began karting at the age of 8, [1] and was participating in national competitions not long after. In 1984 he became Dutch junior champion. Verstappen remained successful, becoming a two-class Karting European Champion in 1989, [1] a feat that remained unmatched until his son Max in 2013. At the end of 1991 he made the transition to ...
There have been seventeen Formula One racing drivers from the Netherlands who have taken part in Grand Prix races since 1952. [1] Max Verstappen is the most successful Dutch driver to date, as the only one to have won a Formula One World Championship, to have won a race, or to have taken a pole position.
After that first title in 2021, Verstappen set new records for consecutive race victories and percentage of wins in the last two years. His team won all but one grand prix in 2023.
Ahead of the season finale in Abu Dhabi, The Independent grades all 23 drivers to take part in at least one race
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands attends the F1 75 Live launch event at the O2 arena in London, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SAO PAULO (AP) — Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix from 17th position as he fights McLaren's Lando Norris for the Formula One drivers' championship. Qualifying at Interlagos is still under way, but slowed due to two red flags as rain continues to fall in Sao Paulo.
Place Race 1 Max Verstappen: 17 years, 166 days Ret: 2015 Australian Grand Prix: 2 Lance Stroll: ... Max Verstappen: 2023: 22 40.91% 1st 6 Nigel Mansell: 1992: 16 8 ...