Max Verstappen: The Inside Track on a Formula One Star

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Triumphs in the 1993 Marlboro Masters (a Formula Three race day held at the famous Zandvoort Circuit) and the German Formula Three Championship in the same year earned him the chance to test an F1 car for a team then known as Footwork, although Arrows is how most race fans will remember them. It didn’t dive too deep but enough that it gave a whole picture of not only Max but his parents methods and RBR.

By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Like a true Dutch Master, he has brought fresh artistry into F1 and made this most glamorous of sports even more exciting. The safety car pulled in with a lap to go and the two mighty drivers were given a minute and a half to sort out the small matter of who would take the world title. Horner’s eyes were on stalks, as wide as if he himself were driving the car, scanning the countless screens with every possible piece of data for any signs of trouble or opportunities for advantage. Comparing James Gray’s biography to Mark Hughes’ book, you could say that James Gray focuses a lot more on the ‘nasty’ media stories around Jos background and Max’s early upbringing and family relatives.

Jos meanwhile did attend the funeral along with Max’s sister Victoria, but not the memorial in Housmans. There is no financial relationship between this site and any book publisher or retailer however to help keep this site running, F1-nut. Verstappen may only be 25 years of age, but the Dutch motorsport sensation has an incredible record in F1. com, this new Max biography is really just a longer extension of that writing style in a book that will take a couple of reading sessions. As the son of F1 legend Jos and elite-level kart driver Sophie Kumpen, Max was destined to be a racing driver.

We did a day of testing with McLaren at Silverstone, we had contact with Eddie Jordan, Flavio [Briatore, boss of Benetton]. They formed a protective barrier for Hamilton, who was probably starting to plan the acceptance speech that would see him crowned a record-breaking eight-time world champion. There were still a number of back-markers who, by coincidence, had been caught between Hamilton and Verstappen in the safety car queue. All the testing went into the [mid-season] rule changes, not into helping me get confident in the car to make me faster. Yeah, I liked that I found out more about Max and his family, but other than that it was pretty lackluster and nothing I couldn't have found out from the internet or watching his races.Really interesting profile with lots of unknown facts about Max, his family and the many people who have supported and sponsored him. Not sure if this was due to licensing fees but a biography without any photos at all tends to feel a little short. Fortunately for him, the case took two years to go through the courts and the controversy did not stop Stewart giving him a drive just a month after the widely reported fracas, replacing the poor-performing Jan Magnussen (whose son Kevin would go on to race against Max in F1). Perhaps his father, a close adviser throughout his life, had learned a valuable lesson from his rocky Benetton ride. Relive Max’s formative moments, racing success and explore what the future holds for this young talent.

A thorough biography that not only focuses on Max but his parents and their ties to racing and everyone else in RBR like Marko and Mateschitz.

One example is when they started talking about the history of zandvoort in more depth then the last few years of max's career! His meteoric rise, having spent barely two years in professional racing driving, was eerily similar to what his son would achieve two decades later.

Fortunately for both parents, Max was born 2on 30 September 1997, two days after the Luxembourg Grand Prix.Expert assessments: insights from three-time World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart and leading journalists Peter Windsor and Will Buxton. Jos wore a three-piece beige suit with bright white shoes while his bride wore a strapless bridal gown in a mermaid cut and a slightly sweetheart neckline. Curiously like Sebastian Vettel, there’s been relatively few English books written on this Dutch-Belgian champion. The Dutch public opened their newspapers in January 2012 to discover that Verstappen Sr had once again been arrested, this time on suspicion of attempted murder. Already the youngest competitor in F1 history, having made his breakthrough in 2015 aged just 17, his debut race for Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix saw him become the youngest driver ever to win a race, achieve a podium finish or even lead a lap.