Max Verstappen: The Inside Track on a Formula One Star

Product Information

As for the book, I’d have loved to read more from personal interviews with family and friends, even Max, and a lot more than was stated on his F1 career. The 2021 season could have had more coverage, but that’s a personal preference. Three races, three wheel-to-wheel battles between Hamilton and Verstappen. But it was Mercedes who had the upper hand in Portimao. Hamilton did drop down to third in the early stages behind Valtteri Bottas and Verstappen, but overtook the off-guard Red Bull driver and then his team-mate on his way to a dominant victory. The only consolation for Hamilton was that he finished second, although it was now clear that Red Bull were on the charge.

Veľmi dobre napísaný príbeh (nenazval by som to životopis, už len vzhľadom na vek Maxa). Pútavý pohľad na jeho detstvo, formovanie, jeho cestu do F1 a napokon do Red Bullu na jeho mentalitu a zaujímavé sú najmä tie súvislosti, ktoré autor odkrýva a na ktoré upozorňuje.

Hungary: Hamilton regains title lead after chaotic race

A definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1’s superstar, Lewis Hamilton’s great rival and the three-time winner of the World Drivers’ Championship. A thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle between F1's two stars, who had rarely gone head-to-head before, represented the perfect start to the season - and it was a sensational one for Hamilton, given his win against the odds. Behind them Kevin Magnussen’s Haas decided it had had enough of the struggle and his engine gave out with a fiery chorus. He ground to a halt, the safety car was called and the top three dived into the pits for a free stop. With the gaps closed the race had the reboot it needed. Per expectations, Verstappen leapt away. Behind him it was battle royale. Hamilton came hard at Norris, throwing himself at him round the outside through Brooklands and Luffield; wheel to wheel, the two drivers separated in age by 15 years went at it. Yet Norris, who had been inspired to enter F1 by watching Hamilton in 2007, was far from afraid of his hero.

But Verstappen, starting third, slipstreamed past the Mercedes front row of Hamilton and Bottas at the start, and the 24-year-old never looked like relinquishing that lead as he won by 16.5 seconds for a record third triumph in Mexico and his ninth race victory of the season.The pair’s battle illustrated that in Verstappen’s wake there is an almighty tussle taking place that has just become all the more fascinating. Indeed, it must be considered that were Verstappen not in this field, this would be an absolutely captivating season. What Silverstone also illustrated, however, was that while their fight may be fascinating, the gap to Verstappen remains a chasm. By race 10 at Silverstone last season his lead was only 34 points; at the same point this year he now leads teammate Sergio Pérez by 99 points and Red Bull remain unbeaten. The seasons’s understudies lit up Silverstone but its leading actor continues a mighty soliloquy. Few drivers have ever shaken up Formula 1 in quite the same way as Max Verstappen. Already the youngest competitor in F1 history, his debut race for Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix saw him become the youngest driver ever to win a race, achieve a podium finish or even lead a lap. People talk about his aggressiveness, and the book does point moments of awareness when he’s pushed it too far, but not many nice guys became F1 legends (Kimi being of the best amongst them). The solace for Verstappen was that he managed to get past Bottas despite Mercedes' pace advantage, limiting the world champions' early lead.