Max Emilian Verstappen is a Belgian-Dutch racing driver currently competing in Formula One, under the Dutch flag, with Red Bull Racing. At the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, when he was aged 17 years, 166 days, he became the youngest driver to compete in Formula One.
Max Verstappen: World Champion| Age| Height| Mom| Father
World Champion:
Mercedes are expected to abort their appeal of Max Verstappen’s dramatic victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as they “don’t want to look like bad losers”, according to Sky’s David Croft. Lewis Hamilton didn’t appear at yesterday’s post-season testing in Abu Dhabi but Verstappen claimed he “definitely” believes reports that the Briton had asked Mercedes’ to withdraw their two initial protests of the result.
Hamilton is set to receive a knighthood at Windsor Castle today as the fallout continues after he was controversially denied a record-breaking eighth world title on the final lap.
Age:
In March, in the season opener in Melbourne, Max Verstappen became the youngest ever F1 driver in history aged just 17 years and 166 days. A year later, he was the youngest ever race winner aged 18 years and 228 days.
Height:
1.81 m
In 2021 active Formula 1 racing drivers have heights ranging from 1.59 m (5 ft 21⁄2 in) (Tsunoda) to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) (Russell, Latifi) with an average of 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in).
Mom:
Father:
Jos Verstappen
He raced in F1 for a variety of teams until the 2003 season. After leaving F1, he won races in A1 Grand Prix and Le Mans Series LMP2 races, winning the 24 hours of Le Mans LMP2 class in 2008. He later began managing his son Max Verstappen in Formula One.
| 2021 team | Red Bull Racing–Honda[1] |
|---|---|
| 2022 team | Red Bull Racing |
| Car number | 33 (2015–2021) 1 (2022)[a] |
| Entries | 141 (141 starts) |
| Championships | 1 (2021) |
| Wins | 20 |
| Podiums | 60 |
| Career points | 1557.5 |
| Pole positions | 13 |
