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Max Emilian Verstappen was born on 30 September 1997 in Hasselt, Belgium, near the Dutch border. He grew up in a pure racing family: his father Jos was an F1 driver and his mother Sophie Kumpen was a top-level kart racer, so motorsport was around him from day one. 2 / 12

Max started karting at just four years old and was racing competitively by seven. Very quickly he began winning Belgian, Dutch and European titles, building a reputation as one of the fastest young talents in world karting before he was even a teenager. 3 / 12

In 2014 he jumped straight from karts into single-seaters, racing in the Florida Winter Series and then European Formula 3. Driving for Van Amersfoort Racing, he took 10 wins in his rookie F3 season and finished third overall, which put him firmly

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