5 things you need to know about Max Verstappen

Posted on 19-08-2014 at 22:01 by JordyS – 52 Comments”

Not Giedo van der Garde and Robin Frijns, but the 16-year-old Max Verstappen is the driver that the Netherlands finally hope of success in the Formula 1. This is why we all have confidence in the youngest F1 driver ever.

1. Max has not only a quick father
But also a very fast mother Sophie Kumpen. The Belgian proved in the nineties the accelerator great to be able to find in the karting big names such as Jenson Button, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Jan Magnussen, the check. All riders then the Formula 1 concert. She picked up two Belgian titles and also won the Margutti Trophy, where in later editions also Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel their arts showed.

2. Max won in karting more than Michael Schumacher
You say Formula 1, you say Michael Schumacher. The German won during the first half of his career everything loose and was stuck. The German was also a talented karter, but can’t match the number of titles of Verstappen. The Dutchman began with successes in Belgium, but grew at sixteen to become the man to beat, with a world title as the main result. Detail: Max started with karting in 2005 and lost at the Limburgs Kart Championship of Kevin Gubbels. Indeed, who!?

3. Max reed only in 2010, his first international kart racing
There are drivers who take longer do to the autosportladder in the direction of Formula 1 to climb. For comparison: Giedo van der Garde stepped back in 2003 in a Formula Renault and it was ‘only’ in 2013 at the start of his first Grand Prix. Also Kimi were times also made a race off the shelves: he only had 23 races in the Formula Renault need to Peter Sauber of his qualities to convince. He was at that moment, however, all of 21, four years older than Max on his debut in Australia.

4. Max had to a year ago, never in a formulewagen driven
That Max if a silly is raging in the European Championship Formula 3 everyone will know by now. That he has a half years of his Formula 1 debut is also. More striking is that our top talent a year ago his first autosportkilometers made in a Formula Renault. That the participants immediately were deeply impressed with his qualities surprised probably no one.

5. Max won his first autosportjaar all nine races
And we count quietly by, as the season is far from over. When can we get the first Grand Prix victory credit?