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. We did a day of testing with McLaren at Silverstone, we had contact with Eddie Jordan, Flavio [Briatore, boss of Benetton].

As the son of F1 legend Jos and elite-level kart driver Sophie Kumpen, Max was destined to be a racing driver. Verstappen then started dating Kvyat’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, and is now stepfather to Kvyat’s son.The races would be shown on an enormous projector at the end of the room with memorabilia and sometimes a giant portrait of Max’s face sitting on the stage, more often host to a 8local band or an open mic night, next to the screen. 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). It felt like the author wanted to take a dig on him through others and ends the book that way weirdly.

He appeared before the courts again in 2008, with assault on the docket once again, and Max’s mother Sophie the alleged victim. With incredible skills on the track and a legion of travelling Dutch fans, he’s a force to be reckoned with and the one to watch in racing. Remarkably, no one was seriously hurt, despite Brundle’s helmet splitting, so great were the forces involved. The writing was average at best and for a piece of nonfiction work, held a lot of assumptions and narrative that I was not necessarily expecting. Gray seeks to understand the outspoken nature and aggressive driving style that make Verstappen a must watch before, during and after races, and why his Dutch fans, who turn up to cheer him on in their orange-clad droves, are quite so fanatical.I’m going to review this 2022 edition but keep in mind, there’s now a newer edition released which includes Max’s 2nd world title . Max Verstappen je teraz na vrchole, vyhráva takmer všetko, smeruje k ďalšiemu titulu, takže sa hodí.

Between them, they rather succinctly sum up how he was viewed by the racing community, as a strong, dominant character with a boot full of talent but an unfortunate habit of ending races in the wall. He and Kelly, along with a few guests, jetted off to the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao in January to get married by the 11beach. Hughes has written a number of F1-related books: Speed Addicts won Best Illustrated Book at the 2006 British Sports Book Awards; Lewis Hamilton, The Full Story was released in 2008; and he co-authored Crashed And Byrned, which won the 2008 William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year. Born into motorsport, Max started karting aged four and in 2015 became the youngest driver ever to race in F1, less than six months after his 17th birthday.He is also the technical editor for the renowned motor racing annual Autocourse and provides analysis for Sky F1's TV coverage. The prescience of that comment, which turned out not to be optimistic enough when you consider that Max made his F1 debut four years earlier than that, was not merely the exuberance of a new father. Nevertheless, his progress was perhaps stifled due to the fact that his manager, 12Huub Rothengatter, still believed he could extract hefty retainers for Jos’ services from teams despite the nickname ‘Vercrashen’ still following him round the paddock. 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). Hughes' immaculate credentials and first-rate access enable him to generate fresh and fascinating insights, and to paint a fully-rounded and richly-textured portrait of one of the most exciting young sportsmen on the planet.