Racing
Son of the former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen, the Belgian-Dutch F1 racer Max Verstappen has accomplished a lot despite his young age. He races for Red Bull Racing in Formula One and has raced on behalf of Scuderia Toro Rosso. In addition to making his dad proud, Max has managed to convey a message that age doesn't matter when it comes to success.
Max Verstappen has taken part in numerous races and has been a boon for his team. So does his team reward him sufficiently? Let's dive right into his career and net worth.
Max Verstappen is one of the highly paid Formula 1 drivers. His salary for 2018 season is reported to be $10 million which makes him one of the highest paid F1 drivers only behind few including Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton etc.
In 2017, he had the salary of $3 million a year, being only $600,000 annually in the previous year. In 2015, he was paid $300,000 as salary.
| Year | Salary |
| 2015 | $300,000 |
| 2016 | $600,000 |
| 2017 | $3 million |
| 2018 | $10 million |
He has also signed an endorsement deal with Ziggo. It has been confirmed that he has moved out of his dad's house to live independently in Monaco. Not much is known about his other real estates and car collections.
His net worth is estimated to be $10 million. This figure is expected to increase as his career took off not long ago.
Max Verstappen began karting at the age of 4. He participated in the Mini Junior Championship in his province of Limburg. In 2007, Max won the Dutch Minimax Championship. Verstappen also won the Dutch and Belgian Minimax Championship in his CRG Kart. Two years after, he joined Team Pex Racing and won the Flemish Minimax Championship and the Belgian KF5 Championship.
After a nice day karting with @CEPSA_Sports had a nice visit to the @realmadrid stadium!! Pretty impressive tour!! pic.twitter.com/dCJp8sNrGz
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) January 22, 2015
The next year, Verstappen stepped up his game and participated in international karting. CRG signed him to race in European championships. In 2011, Max won the WSK Euro Series and was picked for the Intrepid Driver Program. At the age of 15, Verstappen won the 2013 World KZ Championship, the highest karting category. Later he switched to racing cars.
2014 was the year in which Verstappen drove in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. In August of the same year, he joined the Red Bull Junior Team after testing a Formula Renault 3.5 car. For the 2015 season, he was confirmed to be driving for Scuderia Torro Rosso and chose 33 as his racing number. In the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, he became the youngest one to take part in a major event like this.
CAPTION: Max Verstappen in Style SOURCE: Autoevolution.com At the end of the 2015 season, he received three awards: Rookie of the Year, Personality of the Year and Action of the Year. In 2016, it was announced that Verstappen would replace Daniil Kvyat in the Spanish Grand Prix. After qualifying fourth for the Spanish Grand Prix, he rose to second behind Daniel Ricciardo, his teammate. 2017 became a rough year for him as he suffered seven retirements.
