Max Verstappen: The Next Generation

he's obviously a very talented young man I think age is irrelevant with homier called compare it's done Sedna age just 16 it was announced max Verstappen would become a record breaker he'll become the youngest-ever Formula One driver when come across this is a story of Maxie's record-breaking journey there's never-before-seen footage shows exactly what it takes to reach the top of Motorsports as he joins the next generation of Formula One drivers on August 19th on Austrian television the world was stunned as max Verstappen was announced as a Toro Rosso driver for 2015 when he will become the youngest competitor in the sports history by almost two years he always dreamed to get into a fall and then had 70 signed a contract at 16 I was back then so yeah and then when I came home you know I looked at my dad and we were about like we are now for next year that's that was our dream together and we made it I never expected it that it happened that fast I knew what the reaction would be you know too young and not good for everyone but yeah they just read the news really they don't really look into the results and how much work there is before you get even there they just think I'm a 17 year old guy jumps in in a fun car but we already had so much work before you know to get even a chance to jump in an f1 car and that's what many people forget and also I'm the second for stop a name now and so yeah I think that will be really cool max is the son of former Formula One driver Josephus Tappan the most successful dutch driver of all time who drove in over 100 grand prix then 94 started in Formula One with Benneteau till 2003 lasting was Minari what it's no Toro Rosso so it's a it's a good combination I must say when he was young he was always interesting in engines motorcycles cars go-kart former one he he knew everything when he was small a few times I went you know together with him to the races and yeah the paddock was a bit like a playground for me so I was just running around and having fun and especially when you come back like ten years later after that you're like whoa and then you think about it like seven years ago I was just playing around here for fun so it was quite funny he was two-and-a-half he was driving a quote and the electric jeeps he had and he was always you know going as close to the walls and things you know not to hit them but he had a feeling how to drive and you could see immediately in a go-kart you could see that he had a lot of talent he was not pushing me he was just if he wants a driver will buy him ago cut at the end of the day so it really had to come from myself because I think at the end if your dad starts to push you maybe five six years it will be alright but at the end you won't enjoy it anymore so luckily wasn't like that and it came you know completely for myself I made many mistakes I made stupid mistakes but I think as soon max got racing and I learned from my mistake and I tried to to get that through to max that he didn't want you know didn't make the same mistakes as I did when something happens to you you can get like angry or you know aggressive and I think that's also where my dad really teach me and how to approach the race better than he did he knew what went wrong in his career and we tried to do it battle now so he was trying to make a four seven two point zero really while he has a famous son name it was Max's results that made people set up and take notice excitement and you know enthusiasm there was around max and how competitive he was immediately in Formula three it was quite sensation there was a race it Norris rink which is a tidy circuit in Newberg and in the wet he was around one and a half to two seconds per lap quicker than anybody else in the field and there was clearly something very very special such where his results at junior level max found themselves being approached by several top teams and just his first year away from go-karts when he started winning of course the others were interested and I think every Formula One team from the top five interested in him then it was clear we want him and we want him in Formula One as soon as possible well we got some phone calls so yeah I mean then I got the chance you know at the end from Red Bull and we were we were already talking since 2010 I think we got a really good feeling about it and at the end I think was mainly the feeling would make the decision the verdict was clear max had the potential to be a once-in-a-generation talent and each was no factor in max we've got a really talented youngster Cathy gage is irrelevant you know whether you Bernie Ecclestone or you know when I was in 30 coming into this this job it's not how old you are it's how you conduct yourself from and what you do so I think age is just a number pH doesn't make any difference I mean every person is different I think it's also the way this muxes growing up please grow an upward racing car you can't say that driver has to reach a special age to to Formula One he has reached such a high level from the driving side that I have no doubt that he will do a good job in Formula One there's absolutely no doubt I I would definitely say it's a Capri beam and the rest we will see I'm Hannah Paz ensure that marks can reach the top of the former one Maxie's first duty as a driver in waiting for Toro Rosso it's a show car run in Rotterdam it would be first ever time in a Formula One car with thousands watching I think in one hour so I will do a run on the bridge with a phone call so looking forward to it my tree was always you know to get to have one and then I think when you get the first time in in an f1 car just where you always work for will be the first time here in Holland so yeah really excited but his first time in the car doesn't go to plan yeah it's just pushing forward really and I was trying to stop the car but then you know the anti stock kicks in so it pushes you forward again you know was too late to take the clutch I was trying to take it but I just couldn't get it on time and I know I hit the barrier with five kilometers I think but in the end was a mistake but you know I think many drivers made that mistake was stupid but things like that will happen he's learning from it and for sure there won't happen again but it's all about the experience he doesn't have long to dwell on it though as he heads to meet his new team and his new boss for the first time red color dorsal max is shown around the factory by team principal french toast that's the meaty weapon many guys came to me and they said they I worked even with my dad they still remember you as a small kid walking around and then now they are working with you so yeah was was a special feeling and then you know when you see so many people working for two cars it's really impressive it's always something special if Formula One driver comes to the factory talks to the people let the people feel that they are part of it for the motivation you tossed has overseen the careers of many young drivers I'm really convinced that he has matured enough to jump into Formula One next year and be successful the team are already planning the car he will use next year to be monster today they will make a mold of his body to create his racing seats it'll ensure he's comfortable and safe in next year's car as you can see we are making this scene at the moment yeah still a lot of work to do the seat fitting has to be done now as an only a week max will take to the track in a Formula One car for the very first time today we are in a lugar Italy will be my first proper f1 test to do the 300 kilometer run for the super license so yeah exciting it's getting more really real we're all the time you know I said into the game today he will complete several hundred laps in an all Toro Rosso a necessary step in order to obtain his super license that allows them to compete in Formula One and one of the drivers max will be recently against in 2015 and sent him a message ahead of the test hey max I heard you offer your super license today all the best and I yeah we'll see on the grid in I don't know six month time or something it's a really nice guy yeah you this is the first time max will drive a Formula One car on the limit okay clear the cool today he gets the chance to practice everything from Starks to pick stocks from the market a gritty solution for more Louisville as you're living for youth from the car cookie will desire you are very consistent making proteins that - ever that was good literate rokkaku system of tulips a tile for finish for today isn't a very solid and very good job 400 kilometers not a single mistake the engineers were really pleased and impressed yesterday when I came in here we walk into the garage you see the car standing there with the Stepan and it makes me proud and then you see him the first time going out on a track yeah it's something special to see and I must say he's doing incredibly well he's adapting quick and yeah it looks looks good really it's so quick you can't imagine like the first few laps your eyes they can't keep up you just feel your stomach like in a roller coaster that is the same feeling but then even more aggressive max has also made an important decision his racing number it will stay with him throughout his Formula One career even if it's his second choice well my number here normally it should be three my favorite number is three but that's Daniel is using already but I mean maybe 33 means double luck a good day for Max and he's soon cleared by the FIA to drive in free practice for the remainder of the 2014 season but he also has unfinished business in the junior ranks he's a mlah racing in the European Formula three championship it was Max's results in this category that brought him to the attention of the Formula One world there are only two races left and max wants to end on a high he still has an outside chance of winning the championship at the moment we are imminent for the FG race European Championships it's always nice to win it of course but you have something already for next year's maybe they race a little bit different against max for a doesn't matter max has to to get more and more experience that's why also we finish off the this season in f3 it's his first race in Formula 3 since his promotion was announced but Reis one doesn't go to plan so I started 15 I had a good first lap I think I was really nice and then I was you know charging true defeat with some good overtakes and then I dry around the outside in the first she came but then I just run out of space and I just like the hiker up so the car bottom I couldn't steer anymore so I went off yeah it was my mistake I was too greedy I think I see like some more laps to do it so I drop down to p7 or p8 the rear suspension was bent so my speed wasn't great but I was still like on the same speed as the other guys but then like a few laps after I got bumped off the track they really wanted to be didn't everyone drivers all right yeah you could feel it and then I was trying to overtake another guy we touch so that was quite a action-packed race I'd say like that but in race two he showed the talent that took him to Formula One I just had I think a great race I really enjoyed it and lap by lap I was charging through the field at the end taking second position on the line is yeah was just really really amazing to be honest and in race three he took the win although his chances of winning the title had gone was a really good wicket and also for the commentators and everybody around there I think they were enjoying the races coming up max gets closest to Formula One as he visits red bull racing and begins his final preparations to join the next generation of Formula One drivers max only has one formula 3 race left and he's hoping to end the season with a positive result this time the races are at Hockenheim sharing the track with DTM and with a bigger event comes a bigger crowd and more attention from fans and press this team van amis for tracing have already held one Verstappen into Formula One Yas was also part of the team we always kept in contact with your since he drove for us in in 1992 so the first time max drove one of our cars and you know like all first opens your mouth falls open and it didn't close anymore they keep amazing you every day well Max's father is often by his side today he's joined by his mother as well I think he was three four years old and I remember my ex-husband was racing and I told me mom I want to have a go car so I called yours I said now it's time six years old when he did some races you can see it it's just a feeling that he has he's 17 but please is my boy at this point I cannot believe it I can I can't believe it you know I can I think I will realize it the moment when he is in the Australia when he is there and he goes out of the pit and realize it max is on pole for the first race just controlled it from the side and pulled away perfect lights to flag victory his tenth win of the season the other two races are more low-key in the midfield but one move does stand out on championship winner esta Bano con yeah I mean we're really close to each other you're not giving each other much room and you know he doesn't want to get pass by me because we're always rivals throughout the whole year so I think for everybody watching was just great which means at the end of the season and his rookie year max finishes third in the Formula three drivers championship as the Formula three season ends max is upping his preparations for 2015 today he's in Milton Keynes the headquarters of red bull racing when a few yeses one of mine in there he'll be getting some errors on the state-of-the-art race in Malaysia as testing is limited in Formula One the simulator is a vital part and Driver development it's a great tool for us to educate and develop the drivers I mean to look at the drivers technique work with him on his technique it's a very good tool for us to be able to to look at the development of any young driver it's also important for red bull racing to keep an eye on young talent since 2009 all the drivers have come from Toro Rosso though still it's really hard to get like the whole rotation on the steering hear this one as well all right okay so you gotta bring your knee I understand seem like he's going yeah well the purpose at or also is to develop young drivers you know as a pool of talent for red bull racing that's worked exceptionally well with Sebastian Vettel Daniel Ricciardo now Dani kiveat and time will tell with Max but it's really down to him now you know Toro Rosso have done a super job in developing young drivers and you know we'll see how he goes well max his car is busy being prepared in Italy he must use the winter to prepare his body for the demands of Formula One first we test them that we have a lot of informations and with all these starters we find out the deficits and then you have to decide which part is the first reality where you have to start with he's in Austria visiting the Talgo training center where specialists will keep an eye on his progress well the last few weeks have been really busy but I mean it's a part of it so you just deal with it it's 1/2 2 hours so it's really important that you're fit enough to do a race I think like the endurance training is really important I think they are preparing me well it's hard but it should be like that the endurance supports all the abilities for a long time that you have a high concentration level that all the function and the brain works because if you get tired all the functions are decreasing you just need to be physically strong enough you know that you don't have any problems while you're racing because we are doing so many switches on the steering wheel you're trying to improve the little bits of the car when you have a little oversteer or understeer you know you try to prove that by yourself as well so it's much more where you have to think about but before Maxie's life becomes too busy he will spend some time with his family we are going to Belgium where it all started for him to be some gokhale was really based in the last few months and then now about the chance again so back to to my roots you on this place is where is actually on this small track here and the left-hand side he was four and a half we asked the owner if he could have a private track because he was so small and it's where he started you I'm the owner of this circuit here I met all the guys who now in Formula One from Alonso bottom bottom was three years with me a lot of drivers he also driving with me and and he was also working with me on the engines we was 14 or 15 years old and he was extremely good this is the place where max is the first time we went on a coca in the beginning I think he was two three times a week testing and learning to drive but you can see that I accept feelings you know how it works now we want nearly all the races even in a little bit higher class and on high ground he was unbeatable they are footballers who playing in Champions League when they are 16 years old if you are good you're good you after months of training and preparation the day has come for max to drive the 2015 Toro Rosso car for the first time well we are a mission right now of course you know it's exciting and you've been waiting for it now a few months so you've seen the progress of what they were doing in the factory so you want to jump in the car right now when it is from laps to drivers a car and the whole team were in Misano including Maxie's new teammate Carlos Sainz also a rookie with a famous surname his father was a World Rally Champion we will work together hard this persistent testing push the car forward and do a good job so I'm pretty comfy and we'll get on very well and we can do a good season today max will have to watch as Carlos gets the first ever ride of the str 10 as pre-season testing approaches Max's media duties also step up finally after a morning of filming it's his chance to try the car it was good I mean it's always the first test you know to check all stuff and so far you know everything was working so yeah it's not really good hopefully in a few years I'm still enough one and I can look back at this documentary you know with the big smile I still have some years in front of me to try and be the youngest our form compra de so I I will try to go for that well maybe one day you know rabble gives me the chance if I do a good job I mean the important thing now is do a good job with Toros now it's all down to max

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Keywords: Max Verstappen, Auto Racing (Sport), toro rosso, Formula One (Sport), HiDiHo

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Length: 26min 8sec (1568 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 17 2015

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[u/FredNasr]

*2015, not 2014. My mistake.

[u/chrisnuggets]

I like how he mentions Daniel already uses the number he initially wanted to use, 3. So he goes for 33 for "double luck" and how true that proved to be in their first race as teammates

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Illuminati Confirmed

[u/vaarsuv1us]

Ricciardo with a good luck video message even before Max started for real.. He really is a very nice guy that Aussie!

[u/urooz]

this is too epic for words!