Max Verstappen facts for kids
Verstappen at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
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| Born | Max Emilian Verstappen 30 September 1997 Hasselt, Belgium |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Car number | 33 |
| Entries | 90 (90 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 25 |
| Career points | 796 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| First entry | 2015 Australian Grand Prix |
| First win | 2016 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2021 Austrian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2019 Monaco Grand Prix |
| 2020 position | 3rd (214 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| 2014 | European Formula 3 Championship |
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Max Emilian Verstappen ( born 30 September 1997) 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. He holds several other "firsts" in Formula One.
After spending the 2015 season with Scuderia Toro Rosso, he 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 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.
Over the course of the next five seasons he achieved several more race victories, including the first for a Honda-powered driver since 2006. He finished the 2019 and 2020 championships in third place. Verstappen is due to remain at Red Bull until the end of the 2023 season after signing a contract extension.
He is the son of former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen.
Images for kids
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Verstappen competing in the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2014, after joining the Red Bull Junior Team
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Verstappen driving for Toro Rosso at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.
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Verstappen at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
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Verstappen celebrating victory at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, in his first race for the Red Bull Racing team
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Verstappen at the 2017 British Grand Prix
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Verstappen at the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix
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Verstappen at the 2019 Italian Grand Prix
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Verstappen on the podium after winning the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix
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Verstappen in 2020 during pre-season testing
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Verstappen at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix
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