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Hasselt, BE50.9307° N / 5.3325° E

Max Verstappen

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Racing numbers: 33, First number, 2015 to 2021; 1, World Champion, 2022 to 2025; 3, current number, 2026 onwards.

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01The Driver

A driver defined by precision, raw pace and an absolute refusal to lift. 

Max Verstappen smiling and raising four fingers, with his face, torso and hand visible
MV / 03Portrait

Name

MaxEmilianVerstappen

Nationality
Dutch
Born
30 September 1997Hasselt, Belgium
Category
Formula 1Since 2015
Team
Red Bull RacingSince 2016

Racing number

Racing numbers: 33, First number, 2015 to 2021; 1, World Champion, 2022 to 2025; 3, current number, 2026 onwards.

TheAscent

02Career

  1. 01 / 08

    2013

    Karting

    World karting champion

    Years on Dutch and Belgian kart tracks end at the very top: the KZ world title and two European championships in a single season.

    KZWorld title

  2. 02 / 08

    2014

    Formula 3

    One season in single-seaters

    Straight from karts into the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. Third overall.

    10Race wins

  3. 03 / 08

    2015

    Formula 1 debut · Toro Rosso

    The youngest starter

    Melbourne, Australian Grand Prix. On the grid with Scuderia Toro Rosso as the youngest driver ever to start a Formula 1 race.

    17y 166dAge on debut

  4. 04 / 08

    2016

    Red Bull Racing · First victory

    Promoted, then first

    Called up to Red Bull Racing ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix — and wins it at the first attempt, the youngest winner the sport has seen.

    18y 228dAge at first win

  5. 05 / 08

    2021

    First championship

    World Champion

    A season-long duel settled on the final lap of the final race in Abu Dhabi.

    10Wins that season

  6. 06 / 08

    2022

    Second title

    Back to back

    A new regulation era, the same answer. The title is sealed at Suzuka with races to spare.

    15Wins that season

  7. 07 / 08

    2023

    Third title

    The dominant year

    Nineteen wins from twenty-two races, ten of them in a row. One of the most complete seasons in the history of the sport.

    19 / 22Races won

  8. 08 / 08

    2024

    Fourth title

    Four in a row

    A harder fight against a closing field, decided under the lights of Las Vegas.

    4×World Champion

03Numbers

By theNumbers

Career data
Formula1.com
October 2026

World Championships2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024
4
Race wins
72
Pole positions
49
Podiums
135
Grands Prix entered
249
Max Verstappen's Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes in contact on track, with debris in the air

Frame 00
On track

04 drives
2016 / 2024

Drives thatDefined

04On Track

Max Verstappen driving a Red Bull Racing car at Barcelona-Catalunya

01 / 04
Barcelona-Catalunya

41.57° N / 2.26° E

2016 · Barcelona-Catalunya

Spanish Grand Prix

P1

First race for Red Bull Racing

A new team, a new car, and a first Grand Prix victory inside one weekend.

Grid
P4
Age
18y 228d
Record
Youngest winner
Max Verstappen racing at Zandvoort in front of orange-clad spectators

02 / 04
Zandvoort

52.39° N / 4.54° E

2021 · Zandvoort

Dutch Grand Prix

P1

A home victory from pole

The race returns to the dunes after 36 years, in front of a wall of orange. Pole position, then the win.

Grid
P1
Crowd
Home race
Conditions
Dry
A Red Bull Racing car seen from behind, heading towards Eau Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps

03 / 04
Spa-Francorchamps

50.44° N / 5.97° E

2022 · Spa-Francorchamps

Belgian Grand Prix

P14P1

Through the field

Grid penalties put him in the middle of the pack. He was leading before half distance.

Grid
P14
Finish
P1
Conditions
Dry
Max Verstappen racing in wet conditions at Interlagos

04 / 04
Interlagos

23.70° S / 46.70° W

2024 · Interlagos

São Paulo Grand Prix

P17P1

Sixteen places in the rain

From the back half of the grid to the top step in treacherous wet conditions.

Grid
P17
Finish
P1
Conditions
Wet

05Championship Helmets

ChampionshipHelmets

Four seasons. Four world titles.

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01/ 04 titles

06Beyond Formula 1

BeyondFormula 1

The racing does not stop when the Grand Prix weekend does. It just changes machinery.

Max Verstappen at a racing simulator, holding the steering wheel in front of multiple monitors

Sim racing
Off-season / Competition never stops

  • CH 01Virtual

    Sim Racing

    Long nights of virtual endurance racing with Team Redline, approached with the same seriousness as the real thing.

  • CH 02Team

    Verstappen Racing

    His own racing project, built to carry talent from the simulator into real machinery.

  • CH 03GT3

    GT Racing

    Time in GT3 cars on some of the hardest circuits there are — the Nürburgring Nordschleife included.

  • CH 04Endurance

    Other Categories

    An open, long-standing interest in endurance racing and the great 24-hour events.

07Legacy

Legacy

  1. Precision.

    Millimetres from the wall, lap after lap.

  2. Speed.

    Pace that is there from the first lap of the first session.

  3. Consistency.

    Seasons measured in the mistakes that were never made.

  4. Competition.

    Any car, any category, any weather.