At 17, he was the youngest driver in the history of the sport. Red Bull was so impressed by what it saw from Verstappen that it fast-tracked him to F1 for the following year. He was a star of the European go-karting scene before moving into cars for 2014, racing in Formula 3. Verstappen has always stood out as a gifted driver. To understand what makes Verstappen just so fast requires looking beyond the numbers. Yet the fashion in which Verstappen swept to last year’s championship - winning a record 15 races to teammate Sergio Pérez’s two - and the delivery of performances like the Belgian Grand Prix, where he went from 14th place to first in 12 laps and won the race by 18 seconds, make clear that he’s not just the beneficiary of strong engineers.
It’s no secret that the car at a driver’s disposal defines their chance of success. And at 25 years old, Verstappen may not even be near his peak.
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