4 Records Max Verstappen Smashed With His Incredible Spanish GP Win
We all knew a Max Verstappen victory would come at some point. But few expected it to come quite so soon. The Dutch driver was promoted to Red Bull from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards and he put in an incredible drive to claim victory.
The two Mercedes drivers took each other out on lap one after a dramatic crash. That opened up the door for Red Bull and Ferrari to go head-to-head for victory. Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen completed two-stop races and finished with just six tenths between them.
Sebastian Vettel completed the podium while a late puncture dropped Daniel Ricciardo out of the running, but he recovered to fourth. Here are all the records Verstappen has broken:
1. Youngest ever F1 race leader
Lap 30 was the first record of the Spanish GP weekend for Verstappen as he became the youngest ever F1 race leader at the age of 18 years, 229 days.
2. Youngest ever F1 podium finisher
This is the least important of the records but he still has become the youngest driver to ever stand on the F1 podium.
3. Youngest ever F1 race winner
What a performance and what an achievement. He’s 18, in his second F1 season and has only just passed his driving test. And now he is a winner in the biggest motorsport series in the world.
4. First ever Dutch F1 winner
Verstappen has also given The Netherlands its maiden F1 win as he becomes the first driver from the country to take victory. In fact, he’s one of only two drivers to finish on the podium. The other is, as it happens, his father Jos, who scored two top three finishes for Benetton in 1994.
To add to his other records…
Of course, Verstappen is used to breaking records now, becoming the youngest to drive on a race weekend (Japanese GP free practice 2014, 17 years, 3 days), the youngest driver to start an F1 race (Australia 2015, 17 years, 166 days) and the youngest driver to score a point (Malaysia 2015, 17 years, 180 days).
Comments
I am so happy
18 years old and an f1 race winner! Meanwhile I’m unemployed and had to nap half way through the race because I ate too much..
Looks like kyvat won’t be coming back to redbull
He broke 6, two dutch records.
Vettel was so close to losing his mind when ricciardo tried to pass him in the inside.
I personally hate vettel!
Vettel is one of my favorite, but he was being a little b*tch yesterday.
Amazing, my heart was racing so hard in the final 10 laps with kimi comming so close every lap on turn 1. but as soon as he dropped a second behind in the final 3-4 laps, everyone in the street here started cheering, and in the pub behind me. amazing feeling this is, proud to be dutch on this day and congrats max! i am proud to have lived in the same street as you when i was a kid :D
Epic race.. No doubt..
I once was at the front at the traffic lights…
Too bad he can’t read this as he didn’t go to school. It’s really great performance, and a strong race from him. The only drawback of him at this level that young, is that he didn’t get education. It was one of Adrian Newey concern, many kids are in that situation, what will happen to them if they do not have Verstappen talent?
Yeah but if he saves up for rainy days, he could probably just go back to school later on and maybe even study something at university when he’s qualified enough so he can work with cars some day! It’s what I would do!
I’ve no idea what you’re on about.
What do you mean he can’t read?
I suspect pots are calling kettles black around here.
He can read this and he did had his education.
That’s why he also answer the German speaking press in German and the English speaking press in English.
(following education with a private tutor is education to)
Set the race to record, was about to go sleep and then the mercs came together. Well looks like I’m gona be late for work