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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.
Max Verstappen Clive Rose - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Racing is in the genes for Max Verstappen whose father, Joe, was also a F1 racer while his mother, Sophie Kumpen, was a kart racer.
Max Verstappen – A+. A near-flawless year for the world champion, who won his fourth title in a car which will finish third in the constructors’ championship – the first time that has ...
Max is the son of Jos Verstappen, who was an F1 racer from 1994 to 2003. Kelly, meanwhile, is the daughter of Nelson Piquet, a three-time F1 champion from Brazil. Her brother Ne.
[8] [9] The first Formula One World Drivers' Champion was Giuseppe Farina in the 1950 championship and the current title holder is Max Verstappen in the 2024 season. [8] [9] The title has been won by drivers from the United Kingdom 20 times between 10 drivers, more than any other nation, followed by Brazil, Finland and Germany with three ...
Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver, who is contracted to compete in Formula One for Ferrari.Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Michael Schumacher—and holds the records for most wins (105), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (202), among others.