#stan max verstappen for happiness and depression at the same time

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for people wondering whether max is a good driver or he only just relied on his car this year to win the wdc i’m gonna be straightforward and say max is objectively an amazing driver.

we’re talking about a guy who won about 23 titles in karting alone, multiple drivers who have raced against him during that time have said that he was the benchmark, he was the guy to beat.

then we move on to single seaters when he’s around 15/16 where he had just one season of formula 3 (and he participated in another formulas but not really full time) and came 3rd in the standings as he got narrowly beaten by his arch enemy from brazil esteban ocon (who, let’s be honest, was in a better car and had been more consistent in the earlier part of the season).

at the time he signed with red bull to be in their academy and by the end of his season in formula 3 it was announced that he would be joining the toro rosso team in 2015 at just 17 years of age. this wasn’t very unexpected as max had racked up a lot of wins and pole positions in f3 and had dozens of previous titles that by this time every single team in formula 1 wanted him. we’re talking about the paddock filled with rumours about who was the lucky team that got max verstappen into their ranks. and after declining mercedes’ offer as they couldn’t guarantee him a seat in formula 1, max and his dad signed with red bull.

max qualified a number of times in the top 10 in his first year and even got two p4 finishes in races where his aggressive style of racing shined as he made incredible overtakes on much older and much more experienced formula 1 drivers. his first year was very impressive and he won rookie of the year at the fia gala as well. then we move onto 2016 where daniil kvyat was having a rough time in the red bull car and couldn’t get the results the team expected from him. so, prior to the spanish gp it was announced that max would replace him in the senior team and kvyat would be relegated to toro rosso.

max qualified on the second row for his first race with the big team and was able to take the lead after the mercedes teammates crashed each other out of the race. he managed the race perfectly and brought home his maiden win on his first race with the senior red bull team, an achievement that described by niki lauda “will never happen again”. and the rest is history, max was able to get several wins and podiums in every year that followed proving to red bull they had made the right decision when promoting him.

if y’all want more details i’d recommend watching this video https://youtu.be/ocT64A0WvG4

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