🇳🇱 Dutch · Red Bull
Max Verstappen
Four-time world champion (2021-2024) who finished runner-up to Lando Norris in 2025 by two points. Having lost the number 1, he switches to number 3 for 2026 and continues to lead Red Bull Racing as the team's benchmark driver into the new engine era.
Career & profile
- Car number
- 3
- Team
- Oracle Red Bull Racing
- Nationality
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- Born
- 30 September 1997 (29)
- Place of birth
- Hasselt, Belgium
- F1 debut
- 2015 Australian Grand Prix
- Championships
- 4
- Career wins
- 71
- Career podiums
- 128
- Career poles
- 48
2026 podiums
| Round | Grand Prix | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| R5 | Canadian Grand Prix | P3 |
| R8 | Austrian Grand Prix | P2 |
| R10 | Belgian Grand Prix | P3 |
| R11 | Hungarian Grand Prix | P2 |
The story of Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen, born in 1997 to former F1 driver Jos Verstappen, became the youngest driver ever to start a Grand Prix when he debuted with Toro Rosso in 2015 at seventeen. Promoted to Red Bull Racing for 2016, he won on his very first appearance for the team at the Spanish Grand Prix.
He developed into the dominant force of his era, winning four consecutive World Championships from 2021 to 2024, including a record-breaking 2023 season. His combination of raw speed, racecraft and consistency reset the benchmark at the front of the grid.
In 2026 he continues with Red Bull, the only senior team of his career, partnered by promoted rookie-turned-regular Isack Hadjar as he targets a return to the top of the standings.
Teams Max has raced for
- 2015Toro RossoThe youngest Grand Prix starter in history; an immediate standout in his debut season.
- 2016 – presentRed Bull RacingWon on debut for the team in 2016 and claimed four straight world titles from 2021 to 2024.
Team-mate: Isack Hadjar