At the age of 18, he won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix on his debut for Red Bull Racing, becoming the youngest-ever driver and the first Dutch driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. After spending the 2015 season with Scuderia Toro Rosso, Verstappen started his 2016 campaign with the Italian team before being promoted to parent team Red Bull Racing after four races as a replacement for Daniil Kvyat. At the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, when he was aged 17 years, 166 days, he became the youngest driver to compete in Formula One. He had a successful run in junior karting and single-seater categories – including KF3, WSK World Series, KZ2 and European Formula 3 – beating several records. Verstappen is the son of racing driver Jos Verstappen, who also competed in Formula One, and Sophie Kumpen. ![]() He competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One with Red Bull Racing. It was glorious stuff that clearly stirred the spirits of the tifosi with Sainz just beating his teammate into fourth.Max Emilian Verstappen ( Dutch: born 30 September 1997) is a Belgian-Dutch racing driver and the 20 Formula One World Champion. Once Verstappen had the lead he cantered to the victory but Sainz had challenged with the machinery he had and then provided some late‑race fireworks as he and his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc vied mercilessly with one another for third. Verstappen might have a remarkable record but they were determined to take all the pleasure they could from Ferrari’s man who had fought so hard. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Īs the start-finish straight thronged with fans, flags and smoke from red flares, still one of the most stirring sights in motor sport, an echoing chorus of “Carlos, Carlos, Carlos,” boomed between the grandstands. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. Where he will go with the gesture when the 11th, 12th or 13th fall – and on this form there is no reason he will not claim them – is anyone’s guess. After climbing from his car he held up both hands, all five fingers raised on both to reflect the 10th win. He said he was proud of the achievement and it was clearly a moment he savoured. Just as when Tiger Woods was delivering inch-perfect deconstructions of golf courses across the world, Verstappen is an athlete at the peak of his power and wielding it with exquisite flair. ![]() That it has become predictable and has drained the sport of its tension is not his fault and should not detract from the achievement. He has had to execute with absolute precision on 10 occasions and has done so almost flawlessly. Similarly he went from sixth to the win in Spa. ![]() He came back from ninth to win in Miami, beating Pérez who had started from pole and in the process delivering a crushing blow to any ambitions his teammate had on the title. His car is hugely dominant without doubt but the 25‑year‑old Dutchman has had to deliver as well. This is not to do down Verstappen’s achievement. Vettel texted Verstappen last week to give him encouragement in going for the record – the German reading the writing on the wall just as had almost every other observer. With his 10th consecutive win he has passed Sebastian Vettel’s record of nine in a row from 2013. The win, however, had always looked to be in Verstappen’s hands in a sequence he began with victory at the Miami GP in May. Sainz finished third behind Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez, who came back to second from fifth on the grid. Having played a waiting game in the initial phases of the race from second on the grid, he passed Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for the lead on lap 15, from which point he was unassailable, as he has been in the previous nine races of his winning streak. Verstappen, who might now be considered Formula One’s own force of nature, was equally as implacable in taking his record win. ![]() The parkland home of the circuit is where 10,000 trees were felled in storms that hit the region in late July and wreaked terrible devastation on the natural beauty surrounding the track.
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