The 26-year-old earned $64 million last year primarily in prize money, salaries and bonuses.
Max Verstappen on the track during the F1 U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas in Austin earlier this month.True to the speed at which he leads his professional life, catching three-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen for an interview takes patience.
In a Zoom interview while in Mexico City for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix, the 26-year-old spoke matter-of-factly about his track record and approach to life. It was understandable if he looked a little worse for wear — aside from gearing up for another weekend on the track, he was traveling with bodyguards reportedly due to social media threats.
Wearing his team Red Bull jacket and baseball hat, the half-Dutch, Belgian-born racer competes under the Dutch flag. He now calls Monaco home, but the F1 circuit keeps him on the road. His career track may be genetically engrained. Verstappen’s father Jos is a former F1 driver and his mother Sophie Kumpen excelled in kart driving. At the age of 17, Max Verstappen became the youngest race winner in Formula 1 history.
Understandably, personal style was not something that Verstappen was interested in talking about, despite his Brazilian model partner Kelly Piquet being a familiar face on the designer scene. Equally at ease ator on the F1 circuit, she knows of what she speaks. Her father Nelson was a three-time F1 World Champion and the father of her own daughter is F1 driver Daniil Kyvat.
WWD: Given your father’s reputation and your mother’s accomplishments, was this your destiny? How young were you when you decided that this would seriously be your career?.: Racing, in general, I started when I was four . I was really enjoying it. Of course, you cannot predict or plan to go all the way to Formula 1. Of course, that was the goal. But I always wanted to achieve something within racing. Of course, it doesn’t stop here. I want to win more races.
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