Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner has revealed a key absence for the team at the Japanese Grand Prix which almost cost Max Verstappen his victory. read more »
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Max Verstappen
| Team | Red Bull Racing |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Podiums | 30 |
| Points | 930 |
| Grands Prix entered | 101 |
| World Championships | N/A |
| Highest race finish | 1 (x8) |
| Highest grid position | 1 |
| Date of birth | 30/09/1997 |
| Place of birth | Hasselt, Belgium |
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The jury has been out on Max Verstappen for a long while now. He is undoubtedly one of the all-time Formula 1 greats. This past weekend, however, Verstappen surpassed himself.... read more »
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Reigning champion Max Verstappen took a sensational pole position and victory at yesterday's Japanese Grand Prix, demonstrating his skills around the daunting Suzuka... read more »
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Experience how the Japanese Grand Prix unfolded on the airwaves, including title rivals Lando Norris and Max Verstappen's shock wheel-to-wheel encounter at the pit exit.... read more »
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Following on from his fourth consecutive Suzuka pole, Max Verstappen also made it four straight Japanese Grand Prix wins in a row. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo... read more »
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McLaren believe Max Verstappen will need an improved Red Bull car to maintain his current F1 title bid read more »
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McLaren boss Andrea Stella believes Max Verstappen will have a hard time sustaining a title challenge in F1 in 2025 without an improvement to Red Bull's car. The post... read more »
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Fernando Alonso has compared Suzuka to Monaco in terms of being a Formula 1 race that is basically won on a Saturday during qualifying.Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix saw a... read more »
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Fernando Alonso sings Max Verstappen's praises for taking the fight to McLaren in a less competitive F1 car. read more »
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Max Verstappen claims that given a McLaren he would have disappeared into the distance on Sunday. read more »
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Reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen has suggested that he would have done an even better job at the Japanese Grand Prix, had he have been driving Lando Norris' McLaren car. read more »
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After taking a narrow victory for Red Bull at the F1 Japanese GP, Max Verstappen claimed things would have gone very differently had he been in the McLaren. The post Max... read more »
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Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner thinks Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri having equal status made it harder for McLaren to fight Max Verstappen in Suzuka.Having been... read more »
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Mark Mann-Bryans and Jake Boxall-Legge wrap up their coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix in what was a tense battle at the front between Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar... read more »
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Fernando Alonso has admitted that Max Verstappen's current exploits remind him of the title challenge he mounted in F1 with the "fourth fastest car" in 2012. The... read more »
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George Russell has taken a relaxed approach to Mercedes contract talks, amid rumours surrounding a potential Max Verstappen transfer to the team. read more »
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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has admitted the team "turned the car upside down" to provide Max Verstappen with the tools to win F1's Japanese GP. The post Red... read more »
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Max Verstappen jokes he would have more comfortably had he been driving a McLaren in Japan. read more »
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McLaren boss Andrea Stella has denied that Max Verstappen's win in the Japanese GP provided a reminder about the external threat to the team in F1. The post McLaren denies... read more »
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After his tense Japanese Grand Prix win Max Verstappen quipped "you wouldn't have seen me" if he had been driving the McLaren car. read more »
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On the back of an unexpected defeat at the Japanese Grand Prix, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri insisted that the Woking-based outfit had no real option to beat the reigning... read more »
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Having displayed encouraging pace in qualifying to secure P6 on the grid, Andrea Kimi Antonelli managed his tyres brilliantly to finished just a second behind his much more... read more »
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On the back of a sensational performance in qualifying and the race, reigning champion Max Verstappen has indicated that colder conditions helped Red Bull to beat McLaren at... read more »
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Yuki Tsunoda, Christian Horner, F1 race-winner Heikki Kovalainen and F1TV presenter Laura Winter join Tom Clarkson for a post-race debrief following the 2025 Japanese Grand... read more »
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On the back of an eye-opening performance from the reigning champion, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner insisted that Max Verstappen's fourth straight win in Suzuka was... read more »
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
7th of December 2025
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- Drivers list
- Sebastian Vettel
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Lewis Hamilton
- Nico Rosberg
- Fernando Alonso
- Kimi Raikkonen
- Romain Grosjean
- Pastor Maldonado
- Jenson Button
- Carlos Sainz Jr.
- Will Stevens
- Roberto Merhi
- Felipe Nasr
- Max Verstappen
- Kevin Magnussen
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Sergio Perez
- Adrian Sutil
- Esteban Gutierrez
- Jean-Eric Vergne
- Daniil Kvyat
- Felipe Massa
- Valtteri Bottas
- Jules Bianchi
- Max Chilton
- Kamui Kobayashi
- Marcus Ericsson
- Robert Kubica
- Michael Schumacher
- Paul di Resta
- Heikki Kovalainen
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Lando Norris | 423 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 421 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 410 |
| 4 | George Russell | 319 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 242 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 156 |
| 7 | Kimi Antonelli | 150 |
| 8 | Alexander Albon | 73 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | 64 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | 56 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | McLaren | 833 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 469 |
| 3 | Red Bull Racing | 451 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 398 |
| 5 | Williams | 137 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 92 |
| 7 | Aston Martin | 89 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 79 |
| 9 | Kick Sauber | 70 |
| 10 | Alpine | 22 |