Tag: Max Verstappen

Formula 1: Max Verstappen overhauls Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez to win Miami GP

Max Verstappen advanced his way to victory at the F1 Miami Grand Prix 2023, despite having begun P9 on the grid, in doing so the Dutchman declined his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez a chance at leading the championship.

May 8, 2023

Max Verstappen wins action-packed US Grand Prix; Red Bull take constructors’ title

Verstappen's record-equalling 13th win of the season, and the squad's championship triumph, came a day after Red Bull co-founder and owner Dietrich Mateschitz passed away

October 24, 2022

Formula 1: Verstappen wins Dutch Grand Prix; Russell, Leclerc finish on podium

Verstappen made a second pit stop on lap 48 with the virtual Safety Car in place, Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in second, and Russell in third.

September 5, 2022

Verstappen wins Belgian Grand Prix as Hamilton retires after clash with Alonso

Verstappen made light work of his grid penalties to win the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix starting from 15th position on the grid to win the race.

August 29, 2022

Verstappen wins F1 Hungarian GP after Ferrari strategy blunder

Engine problems on Saturday condemned Verstappen to a midfield start, but the Dutchman swiftly made his way through the pack late on Sunday evening, aided by some slick pit work and clever strategy calls by his Red Bull team.

August 1, 2022

Formula 1: Verstappen wins French GP after Leclerc’s early exit

Leclerc appeared to be in command after taking the lead early from pole and withstanding a Verstappen onslaught before his race - and championship bid - took a dramatic turn on the 18th lap due to a costly unforced error.

July 25, 2022

Austrian GP top 3 Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton fined for ‘parc ferme’ breaches

The fines were issued after it was determined that Leclerc, Verstappen, and Hamilton's driver assistants entered parc ferme "in violation of the procedure that was published prior to the race," with the trio's fines suspended for the rest of the 2022 season.

July 12, 2022

Verstappen holds off charging Sainz to win F1 Canadian GP

Verstappen had the better of Sainz for the majority of the race, despite the two drivers opting for slightly different tyre strategies as a couple of Virtual Safety Car periods punctuated the first half of the race.

June 20, 2022

Formula 1: Max Verstappen seals victory for Red Bull as Leclerc, Sainz retire in Azerbaijan

Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez took second to complete a commanding one-two finish for Red Bull after both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz failed to make it to the chequered flag with mechanical gremlins for Ferrari, giving Mercedes' George Russell position 3 in Baku.

June 13, 2022

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen takes hard-fought F1 Miami GP win

Starting from third on the grid in F1's first-ever race in Miami, Verstappen passed Carlos Sainz at the start before hunting down and overtaking Leclerc for the lead on lap 9 on Sunday (Monday IST).

May 9, 2022

Max Verstappen, sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah get top Laureus awards

Several other notable athletes were given the prestigious Laureus award during a digital ceremony hosted from Seville, are 2021 US Open women's singles tennis champion Emma Raducanu, who received the Laureus 'World Breakthrough of the Year Award', while the Laureus 'World Team of the Year' was awarded to the Italian national football team who won the Euro 2020 title last year.

April 25, 2022

Formula 1: Verstappen wins Imola GP, Hamilton finishes 13th

The Dutchman Verstappen topped Saturday's Sprint and led off the line on Sunday, teammate Perez joining him at the front - while Leclerc momentarily dropped to fourth.

April 25, 2022

Christian Horner: Max Verstappen’s frustration is totally understandable

The Dutchman had to retire at lap 39 in the Australian Grand Prix and felt that a chance to get an easy P2 had been taken away from him. He also said that he was “miles behind” race leader Charles Leclerc who was able to win his second race this season and is currently leading in the F1 championship.

April 14, 2022

Verstappen dominates F1 Mexico City GP; Hamilton distant second

Starting third on the grid, Verstappen used the long run down to the first corner to slipstream past the Mercedes duo of Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to take the lead

November 8, 2021

Max Verstappen holds off Hamilton to win F1 US GP

Verstappen's eighth win of the season puts him on 287.5 points, 12 ahead of Hamilton with five races to go. Bottas remains third with 185 points.

October 25, 2021

Verstappen takes F1 title lead with dominant Dutch GP win

The next round of the 2021 F1 season is the Italian Grand Prix on September 12

September 6, 2021

Verstappen takes brilliant pole position for Bahrain GP

Vettel said that he was disappointed but "we had to position ourselves better" before the final decisive lap.

March 28, 2021