Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen (born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch racing driver. He was 2013 World Kart Champion and two-time European Kart Champion. In 2014 he replaces in the European Formula 3 Championship.

Career

Karting (2005-2013)

Verstappen began his motorsport career in 2005 in karting. From 2006 to 2008, he won three Belgian Minimax Rotax Challenge. In 2007 he also won in the Dutch Rotax Minimax Challenge. In 2008 and 2009 he decided the minimax rating Benelux Karting Series for himself and was in both years of Belgian Kart champion. 2008 in the Cadet Class, 2009 in KF5 rating.

2010 moved Verstappen in international karting. He immediately won in the KF3 class, the WSK Euro Series WSK World Series and as well as the European Bridgestone Cup. In the CIK -FIA World Cup, he finished second in the CIK - FIA European Championship fifth. 2011 Verstappen defended the championship title of the KF3 class of the WSK Euro Series. 2012 Verstappen was eighth in the KF1 class of the CIK -FIA Karting World Championship. In the KF2 class, he reached the second place in the CIK -FIA World Cup, the sixth place in the WSK Euro Series and the tenth place in the CIK - FIA European Championship. The WSK Master Series, he decided in this class by itself.

In his last year in karting in 2013 Verstappen decided both the CIK - FIA European Championship in the theatrical version, as well as in the concentration camp class by itself. In the KZ1 class, he also won the WSK Euro Series. In the CIK -FIA World Cup won Verstappen 2013, the KZ class. In the KF class he was to the last event in the lead and eventually became third.

Formula 3 (2014)

The end of 2013 graduated Verstappen his first test drive in Formula racing. In his Formula 3 debut, he scored straight away the day's best. Beginning of 2014 took Verstappen at the Florida Winter Series. Verstappen scored three pole positions, won two races and stood on the podium five times. Then Verstappen for the 2014 season was a cockpit with Van Amersfoort Racing in the European Formula 3 Championship.

Personal

Max Verstappen comes from a family of motor sports. His father Jos Verstappen went from 1994 to 2003 in Formula 1, his mother Sophie Kumpen was active in karting. His grandfather Paul Kumpen and his uncle Anthony Kumpen were racing in GT racing.

Career stations

  • 2005-2013: Karting
  • 2014 Florida Winter Series
  • 2014: European Formula 3
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