Max Verstappen: From Teenage Sensation To Double World Champ | Rise Of The Rookie | Aramco

Fearless, uncompromising and, above all, blindingly fast Max Verstappen is a Formula One phenomenon almost genetically designed to be a racing driver. He was catapulted into F1 at just 17 years old. However, he immediately proved up to the challenge and was incredibly a race winner just a year later. is the story of how the Flying Dutchman went from being a karting novice to being a

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ion. His story actually begins before he was born. His mother, Sophie, the company was very successful in karting. He drove against a truly physical button, Mark Janae, while his father Yos was an F1.

The driver himself for almost a decade, once Max was old enough to start racing on the track, quickly proved to be unnatural. Max was karting at the age of four and competed in his first race when he was seven, with some of his rivals back in the day who were just 11 years old. It didn't matter, he won anyway, not the last time the precocious young racer proved that youth and inexperience were no barriers to success. He racked up victory after victory, title after title and, at 15, became the youngest driver to win the World Karting Championship. Overseas, it was time to make the jump to cars and after two wins in the Florida winter series, Verstappen skipped Formula Renault and jumped straight into Formula Three.

It was a risky strategy, but he made it look easy by scoring a record 10 wins and just missing out. the title that the

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had delivered in spectacular fashion abroad The

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could not wait any longer Max skipped GP2 and joined Toro Rosso for 2015. At the season opener in Australia he became the youngest driver to compete in F1 at 17 years and 166 days. Breaking the previous record by almost two years Boca's elevation to the top tier of motorsports at such a tender age was not without controversy and even his fellow drivers were surp

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d by how young he was born in '97 yeah jeez , an engine failure meant abandonment in his debut. in Melbourne, but two weeks later he raced to seventh in Malaysia to become the youngest points scorer in Formula 1 history, breaking the record by more than two years.

Nine more points followed in 2015, firmly putting to rest any notion that he was too young for F1. He was inevitably voted Rookie of the Year and won Action of the Year for his incredible move on Felipe NASA in spa here goes Max Verstappen on Felipe NASA around the outside of Blanchimon Is there enough room to go around the outside? No, because the curb goes in but it still stays there is Max Verstappen breaking through he has the inside line to the bus stop chicane he is bold he is brave he is beautiful in 2016 his career took another big step forward when he was promoted to the Red senior team Bull is just four races into the season, but to be honest, I'm very happy with the opportunities I've given myself.

Now I compete for the best team, so that was always the plan. What I wanted to do was an incredible promotion just two years earlier. He had been a

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in F3 and now had a seat in one of the best teams in Formula One and things were about to get even better. F1 was dominated by Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg blocked the front row in Spanish Formula 1. Grand Prix Verstappen came in P4 behind new teammate Daniel Ricardo in qualifying, not a bad effort for his first attempt in the car but no one could prepare Max for what was coming next and Appleton had a massive crash and crashed. against his teammate, the two Mercedes come.

Suddenly the race opened wide and Verstappen saw his opportunity with a different strategy to Ricardo's. He raced to the lead and then held off Kimi Raikkonen in the closing stages. A man aged 18 years and 227 days wins a Formula One Grand Prix. Incredible, the most incredible. He was now the youngest winner in Formula One history. It seemed that no F1 record was safe from this extraordinary young talent. If his astonishing first victory owed at least something to Good Fortune with the two Mercedes colliding, there was no luck in his handling of the Brazilian Grand Prix. Later that season, where he put in a display that had experts shaking their heads in disbelief at his skill and control in a wet race at Interlagos, a late pit stop left him in 14th position with just 16 laps remaining, which What followed was a wet weather masterclass.

Driving as the young Dutchman The Fearless seemed to be racing on a completely different track to the rest of the field, finding grip where no one else could even catch a high-speed spin and passing car after car as he climbed to the podium. that Zaxby's staff have in these conditions hope to see more of that, how exciting was Max Verstappen's ride today, his performance even drawing comparisons to the iconic wet weather rides of greats like the Airton Center in Monaco in 1984 and the Grand Michael Schumacher's Spanish Prize in 1996. Verstappen achieved two victories in 2017, but in 2018 he had a difficult start to the season.

He was caught up in incidents in each of the first six races and crashed in practice at Monaco, forcing him to misclassify one of the favorites for pole position later. This afternoon he has absolutely hit Armco, even his own bosses at Red Bull questioned him about his aggressive driving style and for the first time in his career there was a sense that his previously unstoppable momentum was in danger of stalling abroad, but he never showed an ounce of doubt, well you know I get really tired of all the comments from me, you know I should change my approach so I'll never do that so yeah I'm just focusing on what it is.

Go ahead and I'm sure you know I can change things and he did just that the same weekend in Canada: he took a third place, then a second and a win in his next two races, with five wins already under his belt ensuring his Maiden. Pole position was just a matter of time, so in 2019 at the Hungarian Grand Prix came an elusive poll for Stafford, still in the provisional poll. Can he extend his lead? Yes, he can respond to pole position and the 100th different pulse in Formula One sends these fans. wild, first time in Formula One on Pole, better late than never mate, better late than never, congratulations, yeah guys, come on, yeah, oh this feels good, this feels really good and, despite Mercedes once again having the dominant car, Verstappen still took three wins.

That season he took first place on the podium in Austria, Germany and Brazil to underline his credentials as a leader in 2020. The hidden pandemic hit delayed the start of the season when it began. Mercedes still had the lead over Red Bull, but Verstappen made his way through. Following wins at Silverstone and the season finale in Abu Dhabi, he was now well used to winning races, but he was keen to make a real challenge for the title and it became clear in the first race of the 2021 season that Red Bull had given a car. Getting exactly that pole position in Bahrain was followed by a tense and close battle with reigning

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ion Lewis Hamilton to the flag and when the lights went out on the following race at Imola, Verstappen powered his way past Hamilton into the first chicane. .

Max Verstappen now on the inside joins Hamilton in the battle, it's Hamilton and

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and Hamilton wheel to wheel entering the temporary chicane Hamilton is open and has lost a bit of bodywork, it was also a bold and forceful move that not only It earned him the race advantage, but also made it clear to Hamilton that he was facing the fight of his life if he was to retain the championship crown he had long warned about. Four more victories meant that Verstappen arrived at the British Grand Prix leading the world championship, but alongside it. Hamilton on the front row at Silverstone, it didn't take Sparks long to fly when the lights went out this time.

The Insider realizes that Stampin is out of the race and that's a big clash with the police. Verstappen soon responded by winning. his home race at xandvort in front of his orange-clad fan was on full display - listen to that roar - but his increasingly fierce rivalry with Hamilton boiled over again at Monza when they entered the first corner side by side and there was Max Verstappen just behind Hamilton. In the first one, she arrived once again, it's wheel to wheel Hamilton at the moment because Stafford and Hamilton crashed and they're both out. They hit the track again at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as tension rose another level on the streets of Jeddah. so let's give the position back to Hamilton to do it strategically, oh, they touched and collided.

What's happening here in Jenna tonight after all the dramatic controversy and tough racing throughout the year as the two rivals began the season. The final level in points to establish a winner takes all title fight in Abu Dhabi and with less than 10 laps to go, Hamilton was leading and on track to win until the race took a turn on lap 50. Oh no, Nicholas Latifi crashed. There will be a safety car. This now completely changes the context of this race when the safety car came in. Verstappen was right behind Hamilton and ready to attack the world championship, leaving it in a single lap battle between the two rivals.

Hamilton has the advantage. Verstappen has the fastest and newest tires and we have 3.2 miles of racing action to the checkered flag as the crowd roars at the drivers on the final lap of this race and Verstappen sets up after Hamilton. Will it be the first world championship for Verstappen, will it be an eighth world championship for Lewis Hamilton working for Stafford? He tries to pass Hamilton. The first passing zone normally comes down to turn five. Verstappen is far enough back to make lunch inside. Hamilton sees it coming. It's a late lunch overtaking who takes the lead of the race verstappen now flash it's Lewis Hamilton's championship trophy who is trying to fight back it had been a long, grueling and intense battle but verstappen had done it he was world champion and maybe he wanted that he was the In the most dramatic way possible, they have shared a brilliant battle for the championship, but the championship can only be one by one and it will be Dutch in 2021.

Max Verstappen for the first time is world champion oh my Lord oh my God oh my god you are the champion of the world, the champion of the foreign world and one had been a fierce and finely balanced battle that could have gone either way. In 2022 Verstappen grew into his role as reigning world champion but couldn't after the best start for the newly crowned Dutchman with two dnfs in the first three races, if Max was worried he never looked at it the floodgates opened and took 10 wins in the next 14 races, it wasn't always easy but the Dutchman simply showed that he was in a class of his own, now Verstappen was Riding at the top, he experienced the kind of dominance that only the greats achieved and soon it was a matter of of when or if he would follow his maiden title with a second as the Singapore stumble delayed the inevitable, but nothing would stop him in Japan and after his 12th glorious victory of the year, he took title number two after the fierce battle and, Until the tension of their 2021 title, this was a different kind of championship victory.

You know, that was the perfect scenario to win it here and we did it. Of course, let's say a little late, but yes, I'm still very happy to win it and the race too. I mean, the car was on fire again. It has been a surprising

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for the young rookie who had to beg his father for his first car and Given that he is still only 25 years old, who knows how much more success awaits him and how many more records he could break before finally closing the book on his Formula One history.