Drivers / Max Verstappen In F1 since
2015 (12 seasons)
World titles
4× (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Contract
Red Bull Racing through 2028 (with reported performance-based exit clauses tied to 2026 championship standings)
Est. net worth
$200M (Celebrity Net Worth, 2025 est.)
2026 salary (est.)
~$70M/year
Marital status
In a relationship (Kelly Piquet; not married as of 2026)
Net worth and salary figures are third-party estimates, not audited; treat as speculative.
Titles, poles, and salary sources: [1] [2]
Next race outlook · Hungarian Grand Prix
Verstappen is seventh with 76 points, well off the pace; Red Bull's competitiveness has waned in 2026, and Hungary's reliance on downforce and chassis balance rather than top speed will test the team's ability to recover mid-season momentum.
Speculative outlook, auto-refreshed each race weekend · updated 2026-07-19.
Career record (from race results)
Poles are career pole positions; other figures are from ingested race results. DNF = retired or not classified.
The road to F1
Max Emilian Verstappen was born on 30 September 1997 in Hasselt, Belgium, to former F1 driver Jos Verstappen and karting champion Sophie Kumpen. He began karting at age four, winning regional and national championships from age seven, and capped a dominant junior karting career by claiming the CIK-FIA World KZ Championship in 2013. In 2014 he stepped up to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, scored the most wins in the series, and finished third overall as a rookie, simultaneously joining the Red Bull Junior Team. Red Bull Junior Team boss Helmut Marko offered him a direct jump to Formula 1, bypassing GP2 entirely, and he signed with Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2015 season. At the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, aged 17 years and 166 days, he became the youngest driver ever to start a Formula 1 race.
Profile sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Max Verstappen is the four-time champion whose strategic signature is extracting more from a car on Sunday than it has on paper, especially in the wet and in wheel-to-wheel combat. In 2026 the variable is not the driver but the Red Bull underneath him, which has not been the dominant platform of recent seasons. He remains the grid's benchmark race-day operator.
The strategic read
Confidence: Likely. With Verstappen the question is rarely the driver and almost always the car. Across four title seasons he has been the most reliable converter of available pace into results on the grid, so the right way to model his weekend in 2026 is to estimate where the Red Bull genuinely sits, then expect him to finish at or slightly above that ceiling.
His signature: more than the car, especially in the wet
Verstappen is a four-time World Champion (2021 to 2024) and is regarded as one of the strongest wet-weather drivers of his generation, with standout drives when conditions favour the driver over the machine, such as Brazil 2016, Spa 2021, and Sao Paulo 2024[1]
Confidence: Confirmed. His record in mixed and wet conditions is a genuine strategic edge[1]
Confidence: Likely. His style, late braking and aggressive corner entry, makes him a strong overtaker when a circuit offers any braking zone at all. That converts to recovery potential: even from a compromised grid slot, he is one of the few drivers who can manufacture positions the undercut alone would not deliver.
The 2026 variable: Red Bull's platform
Confidence: Likely. The 2026 regulation reset reshuffled the order, and Red Bull did not enter the season with the dominant car they had in 2022 and 2023. Mercedes has set the early pace[2]
Confidence: Speculative. Teams strong at interpreting big rule changes often climb as a ruleset matures. Whether Red Bull is that team in 2026 is the single biggest unknown hanging over every Verstappen prediction this year.
Street circuits: the Monaco 2026 case study
Confidence: Likely. The old knock on Verstappen, that precision circuits expose his aggression, is overstated by his record: he has won at Monaco and routinely qualifies near the front there[1]
At the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix his afternoon unravelled at the start, with an anti-stall problem dropping him down the order before the first corner[3] Monaco GP 2026 race analysis for how that weekend played out.
The biography, briefly
Born 30 September 1997 in Hasselt, Belgium; Dutch[1]
F1 debut 2015 with Toro Rosso at age 17, the youngest driver in F1 history; first win at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix[1]
World Drivers' Champion 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024[1]
Related reading
Race results: every Grand Prix
2026 10 races · 0 wins · 3 podiums · 82 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Australian GP P20 P6 8 2 Chinese GP P8 Retired 0 3 Japanese GP P11 P8 4 4 Miami GP P2 P5 10 5 Canadian GP P6 P3 15 6 Monaco GP P2 Retired 0 7 Barcelona GP P5 P4 12 8 Austrian GP P5 P2 18 9 British GP P7 P20 0 10 Belgian GP P2 P3 15
2025 24 races · 8 wins · 15 podiums · 389 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Australian GP P3 P2 18 2 Chinese GP P4 P4 12 3 Japanese GP P1 P1 25 4 Bahrain GP P7 P6 8 5 Saudi Arabian GP P1 P2 18 6 Miami GP P1 P4 12 7 Emilia Romagna GP P2 P1 25 8 Monaco GP P4 P4 12 9 Spanish GP P3 P10 1 10 Canadian GP P2 P2 18 11 Austrian GP P7 Retired 0 12 British GP P1 P5 10 13 Belgian GP P4 P4 12 14 Hungarian GP P8 P9 2 15 Dutch GP P3 P2 18 16 Italian GP P1 P1 25 17 Azerbaijan GP P1 P1 25 18 Singapore GP P2 P2 18 19 United States GP P1 P1 25 20 Mexico City GP P5 P3 15 21 São Paulo GP P19 P3 15 22 Las Vegas GP P2 P1 25 23 Qatar GP P3 P1 25 24 Abu Dhabi GP P1 P1 25
2024 24 races · 9 wins · 14 podiums · 399 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Bahrain GP P1 P1 26 2 Saudi Arabian GP P1 P1 25 3 Australian GP P1 Retired 0 4 Japanese GP P1 P1 26 5 Chinese GP P1 P1 25 6 Miami GP P1 P2 18 7 Emilia Romagna GP P1 P1 25 8 Monaco GP P6 P6 8 9 Canadian GP P2 P1 25 10 Spanish GP P2 P1 25 11 Austrian GP P1 P5 10 12 British GP P4 P2 18 13 Hungarian GP P3 P5 10 14 Belgian GP P11 P4 12 15 Dutch GP P2 P2 18 16 Italian GP P7 P6 8 17 Azerbaijan GP P6 P5 10 18 Singapore GP P2 P2 18 19 United States GP P2 P3 15 20 Mexico City GP P2 P6 8 21 São Paulo GP P17 P1 26 22 Las Vegas GP P5 P5 10 23 Qatar GP P2 P1 25 24 Abu Dhabi GP P4 P6 8
2023 22 races · 19 wins · 21 podiums · 530 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Bahrain GP P1 P1 25 2 Saudi Arabian GP P15 P2 19 3 Australian GP P1 P1 25 4 Azerbaijan GP P2 P2 18 5 Miami GP P9 P1 26 6 Monaco GP P1 P1 25 7 Spanish GP P1 P1 26 8 Canadian GP P1 P1 25 9 Austrian GP P1 P1 26 10 British GP P1 P1 26 11 Hungarian GP P2 P1 26 12 Belgian GP P6 P1 25 13 Dutch GP P1 P1 25 14 Italian GP P2 P1 25 15 Singapore GP P11 P5 10 16 Japanese GP P1 P1 26 17 Qatar GP P1 P1 26 18 United States GP P6 P1 25 19 Mexico City GP P3 P1 25 20 São Paulo GP P1 P1 25 21 Las Vegas GP P2 P1 25 22 Abu Dhabi GP P1 P1 26
2022 22 races · 15 wins · 17 podiums · 433 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Bahrain GP P2 P19 0 2 Saudi Arabian GP P4 P1 25 3 Australian GP P2 Fuel leak 0 4 Emilia Romagna GP P1 P1 26 5 Miami GP P3 P1 26 6 Spanish GP P2 P1 25 7 Monaco GP P4 P3 15 8 Azerbaijan GP P3 P1 25 9 Canadian GP P1 P1 25 10 British GP P2 P7 6 11 Austrian GP P1 P2 19 12 French GP P2 P1 25 13 Hungarian GP P10 P1 25 14 Belgian GP P14 P1 26 15 Dutch GP P1 P1 26 16 Italian GP P7 P1 25 17 Singapore GP P8 P7 6 18 Japanese GP P1 P1 25 19 United States GP P2 P1 25 20 Mexico City GP P1 P1 25 21 São Paulo GP P3 P6 8 22 Abu Dhabi GP P1 P1 25
2021 22 races · 10 wins · 18 podiums · 388.5 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Bahrain GP P1 P2 18 2 Emilia Romagna GP P3 P1 25 3 Portuguese GP P3 P2 18 4 Spanish GP P2 P2 19 5 Monaco GP P2 P1 25 6 Azerbaijan GP P3 Accident 0 7 French GP P1 P1 26 8 Styrian GP P1 P1 25 9 Austrian GP P1 P1 26 10 British GP P1 Collision 0 11 Hungarian GP P3 P9 2 12 Belgian GP P1 P1 12.5 13 Dutch GP P1 P1 25 14 Italian GP P1 Collision 0 15 Russian GP P20 P2 18 16 Turkish GP P2 P2 18 17 United States GP P1 P1 25 18 Mexico City GP P3 P1 25 19 São Paulo GP P2 P2 18 20 Qatar GP P7 P2 19 21 Saudi Arabian GP P3 P2 18 22 Abu Dhabi GP P1 P1 26
2020 17 races · 2 wins · 11 podiums · 214 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Austrian GP P2 Electronics 0 2 Styrian GP P2 P3 15 3 Hungarian GP P7 P2 18 4 British GP P3 P2 19 5 70th Anniversary GP P4 P1 25 6 Spanish GP P3 P2 18 7 Belgian GP P3 P3 15 8 Italian GP P5 Power Unit 0 9 Tuscan GP P3 Collision 0 10 Russian GP P2 P2 18 11 Eifel GP P3 P2 19 12 Portuguese GP P3 P3 15 13 Emilia Romagna GP P3 Puncture 0 14 Turkish GP P2 P6 8 15 Bahrain GP P3 P2 19 16 Sakhir GP P3 Accident 0 17 Abu Dhabi GP P1 P1 25
2019 21 races · 3 wins · 9 podiums · 278 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Australian GP P4 P3 15 2 Bahrain GP P5 P4 12 3 Chinese GP P5 P4 12 4 Azerbaijan GP P4 P4 12 5 Spanish GP P4 P3 15 6 Monaco GP P3 P4 12 7 Canadian GP P9 P5 10 8 French GP P4 P4 12 9 Austrian GP P2 P1 26 10 British GP P4 P5 10 11 German GP P2 P1 26 12 Hungarian GP P1 P2 19 13 Belgian GP P5 Accident 0 14 Italian GP P19 P8 4 15 Singapore GP P4 P3 15 16 Russian GP P9 P4 12 17 Japanese GP P5 Brakes 0 18 Mexican GP P4 P6 8 19 United States GP P3 P3 15 20 Brazilian GP P1 P1 25 21 Abu Dhabi GP P2 P2 18
2018 21 races · 2 wins · 11 podiums · 249 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Australian GP P4 P6 8 2 Bahrain GP P15 Puncture 0 3 Chinese GP P5 P5 10 4 Azerbaijan GP P5 Collision 0 5 Spanish GP P5 P3 15 6 Monaco GP P20 P9 2 7 Canadian GP P3 P3 15 8 French GP P4 P2 18 9 Austrian GP P4 P1 25 10 British GP P5 Brakes 0 11 German GP P4 P4 12 12 Hungarian GP P7 Power loss 0 13 Belgian GP P7 P3 15 14 Italian GP P5 P5 10 15 Singapore GP P2 P2 18 16 Russian GP P19 P5 10 17 Japanese GP P3 P3 15 18 United States GP P18 P2 18 19 Mexican GP P2 P1 25 20 Brazilian GP P5 P2 18 21 Abu Dhabi GP P6 P3 15
2017 20 races · 2 wins · 4 podiums · 168 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Australian GP P5 P5 10 2 Chinese GP P16 P3 15 3 Bahrain GP P6 Brakes 0 4 Russian GP P7 P5 10 5 Spanish GP P5 Collision damage 0 6 Monaco GP P4 P5 10 7 Canadian GP P5 Electrical 0 8 Azerbaijan GP P5 Oil pressure 0 9 Austrian GP P5 Collision damage 0 10 British GP P4 P4 12 11 Hungarian GP P5 P5 10 12 Belgian GP P5 Engine 0 13 Italian GP P13 P10 1 14 Singapore GP P2 Accident 0 15 Malaysian GP P3 P1 25 16 Japanese GP P4 P2 18 17 United States GP P16 P4 12 18 Mexican GP P2 P1 25 19 Brazilian GP P4 P5 10 20 Abu Dhabi GP P6 P5 10
2016 21 races · 1 wins · 7 podiums · 204 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Australian GP P5 P10 1 2 Bahrain GP P10 P6 8 3 Chinese GP P9 P8 4 4 Russian GP P9 Power Unit 0 5 Spanish GP P4 P1 25 6 Monaco GP - Accident 0 7 Canadian GP P5 P4 12 8 European GP P9 P8 4 9 Austrian GP P8 P2 18 10 British GP P3 P2 18 11 Hungarian GP P4 P5 10 12 German GP P4 P3 15 13 Belgian GP P2 P11 0 14 Italian GP P7 P7 6 15 Singapore GP P4 P6 8 16 Malaysian GP P3 P2 18 17 Japanese GP P3 P2 18 18 United States GP P4 Gearbox 0 19 Mexican GP P3 P4 12 20 Brazilian GP P4 P3 15 21 Abu Dhabi GP P6 P4 12
2015 19 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums · 49 pts Rd Grand Prix Grid Finish Pts 1 Australian GP P11 Engine 0 2 Malaysian GP P6 P7 6 3 Chinese GP P13 P17 0 4 Bahrain GP P15 Electrical 0 5 Spanish GP P6 P11 0 6 Monaco GP P9 Accident 0 7 Canadian GP P19 P15 0 8 Austrian GP P7 P8 4 9 British GP P13 Spun off 0 10 Hungarian GP P9 P4 12 11 Belgian GP P18 P8 4 12 Italian GP P20 P12 0 13 Singapore GP P8 P8 4 14 Japanese GP P17 P9 2 15 Russian GP P9 P10 1 16 United States GP P8 P4 12 17 Mexican GP P8 P9 2 18 Brazilian GP P9 P9 2 19 Abu Dhabi GP P11 P16 0
Results via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) historical results API; refreshed automatically after each race.
Published 2026-05-25 · Updated Thu Jun 11 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
