Max Verstappen missed out on the 2025 F1 drivers’ championship, but the Red Bull driver still put together an impressive campaign. Verstappen faced a challenging start to the season, with Red Bull struggling to get the best out of the RB21.

Even in defeat, Max Verstappen stole the spotlight. His latest analogy after losing the F1 title by two points perfectly summed up his ruthless, no-nonsense approach to racing.

Max Verstappen has ended the guessing game around his Formula 1 identity for 2026, making it clear he will not revive his long-time race number 33 and instead is committing to a fresh chapter. After four seasons carrying the champion’s No.

Max Verstappen earned the Las Vegas Grand Prix crown for a second time in his career. Lando Norris and George Russell finished second and third, respectively.

Max Verstappen has doubled down on his claim that he would have wrapped up the Formula 1 title earlier than Lando Norris had he driven McLaren’s 2025 car. Verstappen sustained a late-season charge to push the McLaren drivers to the wire, but Norris did enough in the last race in Abu Dhabi to pip him by two points.

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen has reacted to losing out on his bid to make it five Formula 1 Drivers' Championship titles in a row after Lando Norris secured the crown in the final race of the season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Lambiase has been Verstappen’s voice from the pit wall since the Dutchman was promoted to the Red Bull senior team in early 2016, and the duo have since formed one of F1’s most iconic driver-engineer relationships, reminiscent of Lewis Hamilton and Peter Bonnington’s pairing at Mercedes.