What Happened To Max Verstappen In F1’S Bahrain Grand Prix? Who is Max Verstappen?

What Happened To Max Verstappen - Max Verstappen was analytical of Red Bull after his retirement from the Bahrain Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is a racing driver from Belgium and fans have been wondering What Happened To Max Verstappen. Follow us in this article on What Happened To Max Verstappen.

by C Hariharan

Updated Mar 21, 2022

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What Happened To Max Verstappen In F1’S Bahrain Grand Prix? Who is Max Verstappen?
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Who is Max Verstappen?

Max Emilian Verstappen is a racing driver from Belgium. He is the winner of the 2021 Formula One World Champion. He participates for the Dutch team in Formula One with Red Bull Racing. The former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen is his father. Max Verstappen was born on 30th September 1997. He was the youngest driver to finish in Formula One when he took part in the 2015 Australian Grand Pix. He was just 17 years old when he participated in the competition. He got the Super Licence and participated in Formula One after he was allowed to legally drive in the Netherlands.  

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What Happened To Max Verstappen In F1’S Bahrain Grand Prix?

Once Max Verstappen confirmed their retirements from the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, it was due to the fuel pump issues, he was analytical of Red Bull’s capability woes. He was heading for second after the race winner Charles Leclerc. He announced his retirement with three laps left after losing power. His teammate Sergio Perez also saw the same thing after he headed third place from the final lap. While Red Bulls is facing retirements from the first race of the 2022 F1 Season, Charles Leclerc is the lead in the Ferrari one-two from Carlos Sainz. 

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Latest Max Verstappen News and Updates

The retirement news of Verstappen had left his fans shocking. He disagreed with orders from his team, over the radio and suffered from Steering issues. If he was permitted to push harder, he would have overtaken the Ferrari. The two rounds saw him, pit a lap earlier than Leclerc. The Lewis Hamilton picked a surprise podium for off-the-pace Mercedes, causing Leclerc to lead a Ferrari one-two from Carlos Sainz. Then George Russell won the fourth position. He won 20 victories and 13 pole points, in the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. He scored the first Grand Slam at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix. 

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Max Verstappen Early career

In 2015, Max Verstappen had spent his race season with Scuderia Toro Rosso. In 2016, he joined the Italian team before heading to Red Bull Racing. He replaced Daniil Kvyat in his new team, after four races. He became the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix at the age of 18. After he was debuted for Red Bull Racing, he was the first and youngest-ever driver to win the Formula One Grand Prix. He was the first Dutch driver, who won the Formula One World Championship and 34th Formula One World Driver’s Champion.

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Max Verstappen Junior Career

Earlier, Verstappen took part in the Mini Junior Championship in Belgium. He was graduated to the Rotax Max Minimax class in 2006. In the same year, he won the Belgian Championship. He joined the Team Pex Racing in 2009. Team Pex Racing was a CRG customer team. He became the winner of the Flemish Minimax team the same year. In 2010, he won the WSK World Series beating Robert Visoiu. Verstappen became the winner of the WSK Master Series in the KF2 class, in which he defeated CRG driver Felice Tiene. He won the South Garda Winter Cup in the KF2 class in the following year. 

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What Happened To Max Verstappen - FAQs

1. Who is Max Verstappen? 

 Max Verstappen is a racing driver from Belgium. 

2. Who is the father of Max Verstappen? 

The former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen is his father. 

3. Which team does Max Verstappen belong to? 

Max Verstappen belongs to the Red Bull team. 

4. When did he join the team Pex Racing? 

In 2009, he joined the team Pex Racing. 

5. When did he win the first Grand Slam? 

He won his first Grand Slam in the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix.

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