Max Verstappen is the most successful athlete so far during this 2023 season. He has already won 2 World Championships and is on track to win his 3rd. Max Verstappen has not been vocal regarding his beliefs and ideologies. He has always been focused on his performance on the track.
Verstappen is the son of former F1 drive, Jos Verstappen. Jos Verstappen even raced on the same team as Michael Schumacher for a certain period. Jos Verstappen was very hard on Max, expecting him to perform at his best at all times. Verstappen has one sister, Victoria-Jane Verstappen who is 2 years younger than him.
How old was Max Verstappen when he made his F1 Debut?
Jos Verstappen was a driver for Benetton until he joined Red Bull Racing as a consultant. This helped him bring Max into the Red Bull Family.
Back where we want to be☝️
Today completes a really good weekend for us @redbullracing @HondaRacingGLB 💪 Very happy with that 🙌
Thank you Australia for your great support all weekend 👏 pic.twitter.com/X9j8Tom5zv
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) April 2, 2023
Max Verstappen made his F1 debut with the Toro Rosso Formula One team. Max was just 17 years old when he made his F1 Debut. He showed good pace as a rookie in Formula One.
During the 2016 season, Verstappen was promoted to Red Bull Racing, which was the parent team of Toro Rosso. He replaced Daniil Kvyat after just 6 races into the 2016 season.
Max Verstappen shocked everyone when he won his first race with Red Bull Racing. Ever since then, Red Bull made Max their Golden Boy and eventually helped win the 2021 Championship.
Max is now one of the highest-paid drivers in Formula One. He is only 25 years old and he is going to be a 3-time World Champion. Another driver who was able to accomplish similar milestones before reaching their late 20s was Sebastian Vettel.
Max has never mentioned the religion he follows. But we can suspect that it could be some form of Christianity. Although it cannot be confirmed at this moment.
Was Verstappen born in the Netherlands?
Max Verstappen is a citizen of the Netherlands. However, he was born in Belgium. Verstappen moved to the Netherlands when he was 4 years old and has been there ever since. He is a citizen of both the Netherlands and Belgium, but he competes under the Dutch Flag.
His Dutch fans, who have famously been named the Orange Army, follow Max to most of the races in Europe, especially the Dutch Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix. Last year, the Orange Army went a bit overboard with the celebrations by throwing Orange Smoke on the track and stopping the session.