Max Verstappen is a Formula One (F1) driver who races for Red Bull, as of April 2025. He started kart racing at age four and progressed to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship in 2014. Soon after, he attracted attention from Red Bull and landed a contract with their junior team, Toro Rosso. He debuted in F1 in 2015 and became the youngest competitor in the sport at just over 17 years old.
Verstappen, who achieved his first podium finish in his second F1 race, was promoted to Red Bull in 2016. He won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, becoming the youngest to win an F1 race at 18 years and 228 days. He has won four F1 World Drivers' Championship titles (2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024). He has secured 64 race wins and 115 podium finishes in F1, as of April 2025.
What ethnicity is Max Verstappen?
Max Verstappen has Dutch and Belgian roots. He was born in Hasselt, Belgium on September 30, 1997. He was born to father Jos Verstappen, a Dutch former F1 driver, and mother Sophie Kumpen, a Belgian former karting champion. He chooses to race under the Dutch flag.
Max, who initially held Belgian citizenship, was taken by his father to live in the Netherlands after his parents divorced in 2008. The Red Bull racing driver spent most of his formative years in the Netherlands. He has admitted in the past that even though he was born in Belgium, he feels he is a Dutchman owing to his childhood mostly being in the Netherlands, as per GPFans. Max began his F1 career as a Belgian in 2015, but assumed a Dutch identity when he turned 18. Despite the decision, Max has often acknowledged and taken pride in his Belgian heritage, as per reports.
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FAQs on Max Verstappen
A. Max Verstappen is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in F1 for Red Bull.
A. Max Verstappen's father is Jos Verstappen, who was also a F1 driver.
A. Max Verstappen made his F1 debut with Toro Rosso in 2015.
A. Max Verstappen has won four F1 World Drivers' Championships, as of April 2025.
