Max Verstappen: The Inside Track on a Formula One Star

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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. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. He spun out of his second race too – ‘every time I was trying to match Michael’s pace, [the crashes] never stopped me trying’ – before Lehto came back from injury. Además, el libro no solamente habla sobre su vida familiar y profesional, sino que también aporta datos sobre cómo nació el automovilismo en los Países Bajos, y en cómo los eSports fueron fundamentales para la F1 durante el último tiempo. Formula One is a sport of compromise: reduce downforce for speed on the straights and you will have less grip in the corners; spend more money on a driver and you will have less to develop the car; pit for fresh tyres and be faster or stay out and maintain track position but with slower rubber.

Though things are going well right now, the volatility that led him to a physical altercation with Esteban Ocon in the 2020 Brazilian Grand Prix still appears from time to time when things don’t go his way. obviously since max is a driver there are a lot of terms that if you dont know the sport, you wouldnt get them. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, an increasingly animated figure as the year wore on, was straight on the radio to Masi.Born into motorsport, Max Verstappen started karting aged four and in 2015 became the youngest driver ever to race in F1, less than six months after his 17th birthday. Up until about chapter 5, it reads a bit like a fever dream about Formula 1, as very randomly all sorts of things are written about Jos Verstappen, the history of Zandvoort, the emergence of e sports and sim racing, and the father-son relationships of other F1 drivers. Blurry VHS footage from the day of the 1994 Hungarian Grand Prix, in which Jos drove from twelfth on the grid to finish third while his Benetton teammate Michael Schumacher took the win, shows Frans being held aloft on the shoulders of some pub patrons who, from their pained expressions, look as though they might have underestimated his hefty frame. In 2022 he retained his title with four races to spare and went on to achieve the highest season points tally of all time. The Dutch public opened their newspapers in January 2012 to discover that Verstappen Sr had once again been arrested, this time on suspicion of attempted murder.

About the Author: Mark Hughes is the Grand Prix editor for Motor Sport magazine, provides insight and analysis for the-race. Good biography, interesting read, extremely boring how every terrible thing JV did the author excuses because he's "likeable" and because it got Max to where he is now. It hinted that while Frans had always made out that his family were close-knit, it was not always the case.An excellent account of Max Verstappen's prodigious career and very insightful on what F1 and motor racing meant in the Netherlands before and now during Max's run in F1. His meteoric rise, having spent barely two years in professional racing driving, was eerily similar to what his son would achieve two decades later.

I just found the parts about Jos a little strange at times, especially excusing behaviour just because he's apparently likeable or because it got Max to where he is now. Monaco is the opening chapter and for various reasons during Max’s career, Monaco has defined some key events during his career including outstanding laps, crashes and victories (think 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2022).Fortunately for him, the case took two years to go through the courts and the controversy did not stop Stewart giving him a drive just a month after the widely reported fracas, replacing the poor-performing Jan Magnussen (whose son Kevin would go on to race against Max in F1). His engineer Gianpiero Lambiase calmly talked him through the engine modes required for the final lap. Biography: James Gray is a national newspaper journalist and broadcaster with nearly a decade of experience. Max Verstappen was trying to chase down Lewis Hamilton in the final stages of the most dramatic title race of the modern era, the two drivers perfectly level on points before the race but the British driver now ahead on the track.

We did a day of testing with McLaren at Silverstone, we had contact with Eddie Jordan, Flavio [Briatore, boss of Benetton]. Following his first Grand Prix victory in 2016, he quickly established himself as a future World Champion and by 2021 his goal was in sight. While Wolff tends to sit at a monitor in the garage, Horner prefers to be up on the pit wall with Adrian Newey, whose xtechnical brilliance has been at the heart of so much success at Red Bull, sitting on his left.

If you’re a Max fan or enjoy reading some of the behind the scenes stories at Toro Rosso and Red Bull Racing, then you will mostly enjoy this book. For Max fans, there’s been few English language biographies published and James Gray’s book although not an official biography, still makes for a good entertaining read, particularly if you’re don’t know much about Max’s upbringing. Max’s career has barely spanned a decade and he’s already gained the title of the most popular Formula One driver.