Born into racing
Born on 30 September in Hasselt, Belgium, to racers Jos Verstappen and Sophie Kumpen. Max competes under the Dutch flag.
Born to race.
The complete story.
Max Emilian Verstappen. Dutch. Born 30 September 1997. Four-time Formula 1 World Champion with Oracle Red Bull Racing.
Born30.09.1997
BirthplaceHasselt, Belgium
NationalityDutch
Height / weight181 cm / 74 kg
Race number3
Formula 1 debutAustralia · 2015
Red Bull RacingSince 2016
World titles2021 / 22 / 23 / 24
The first kart
He began karting at four and entered his first competitive season in 2005. Karting became his racing education.
World and European karting titles
Max won the CIK-FIA KZ World Championship and both European KZ and KF titles, alongside WSK titles.
Ten Formula 3 wins
His first season in single-seaters brought ten wins and third place in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.
Formula 1 at seventeen
Max debuted with Scuderia Toro Rosso in Australia. At 17 years and 166 days, he became the youngest Formula 1 driver.
The youngest Grand Prix winner
Promoted to Red Bull Racing for the Spanish Grand Prix, Max won immediately at 18 years and 228 days.
Building the challenge
Nine more Grand Prix wins over four seasons. Third in the championship in 2019 and 2020.
World champion
Ten Grand Prix victories and 395.5 points delivered Max’s first World Drivers’ Championship.
Back-to-back
Fifteen wins and 454 points secured a second world title. Max raced with the champion’s number 1.
A record season
Nineteen victories in 22 races, ten consecutive wins, 21 podiums and 575 points. A third straight world title.
Four in a row
Nine wins and 437 points. A fourth title secured in Las Vegas, with a remarkable wet-weather victory from 17th in São Paulo.
Fighting to the final race
Eight wins, 15 podiums and 421 points. Second in the championship, two points from the title.
A new era, number 3
Oracle Red Bull Racing’s RB22 and a new race number. 72 career Grand Prix wins as of 7 October, with Bahrain in Malaysia the latest.
Career snapshot · 7 October 2026 · Formula 1 / Verstappen.com
