Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing
Max Verstappen joined Formula 1 as the youngest-ever race driver and has since become one of the sport’s defining talents. After a rapid rise with Toro Rosso and Red Bull, he claimed his first world title in a fiercely contested 2021 season, then dominated with four consecutive championships through 2024. In 2025 he took the fight to the final rounds but finished runner-up to Lando Norris, adding another stack of grand prix wins — including late-season successes in Las Vegas, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi — as Red Bull hunted McLaren down the stretch.
Teams
Scuderia Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing.
Championships
World Drivers’ Champion in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024; runner-up in 2025.
Memorable moments
- First win on debut for Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
- 2021 Abu Dhabi season finale — his first crown after a year-long duel with Lewis Hamilton.
- 2023 season: a record-breaking run of wins under the ground-effect regulations.
- 2025 season: eight victories and a championship duel that went to the wire against Norris and Piastri.