Verstappen has won 19 of the 22 races on the 2023 F1 calendar and won last year’s drivers’ championship in early October after finishing second in the Qatar sprint race.
His achievements over the past three seasons in F1 have secured him a place on this year’s Time 100 list, which includes world leaders, writers, artists and other global icons across a range of industries.
Verstappen joins an assortment of athletes who made this year’s list, including Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, rugby star Siya Kolisi – who led South Africa to victory at the Rugby World Cup 2023 – and Jenni Hermoso, who won the 2023 Women’s World Cup with Spain.
The Dutchman’s message was written by Sean Gregory, senior sports correspondent for Time, who wrote that “Verstappen is so confident behind the wheel that for at least one race he was able to keep an eye on the screens around the track in order to follow the battle that is taking place.” behind him.”
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20
Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images
The Time 100 officially began in 1999, and a selection of the members who make this year’s list will be invited to a summit on April 24 and a gala on May 15 – although it is unclear whether Verstappen will attend the one event or the other given his schedule this season. .
Other achievements accumulated by Verstappen during his time in F1 include 57 race wins and 36 pole positions, as well as his seemingly unbeatable record of becoming F1’s youngest driver at the age of 17, when he made his racing debut in 2015 for Toro Rosso.
Joining Red Bull in 2016, Verstappen won his first race for the Milton Keynes team at the Spanish Grand Prix, then sensationally beat Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to the title in a controversial 2021 championship showdown in Abu Dhabi.
Verstappen is not the only F1 driver to make the Time 100 list: Hamilton was included in the US magazine’s Century of Influential People in 2020, while seven-time champion Michael Schumacher made the 2005 list.
Verstappen has won 19 of the 22 races on the 2023 F1 calendar and won last year’s drivers’ championship in early October after finishing second in the Qatar sprint race.
His achievements over the past three seasons in F1 have secured him a place on this year’s Time 100 list, which includes world leaders, writers, artists and other global icons across a range of industries.
Verstappen joins an assortment of athletes who made this year’s list, including Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, rugby star Siya Kolisi – who led South Africa to victory at the Rugby World Cup 2023 – and Jenni Hermoso, who won the 2023 Women’s World Cup with Spain.
The Dutchman’s message was written by Sean Gregory, senior sports correspondent for Time, who wrote that “Verstappen is so confident behind the wheel that for at least one race he was able to keep an eye on the screens around the track in order to follow the battle that is taking place.” behind him.”
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20
Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images
The Time 100 officially began in 1999, and a selection of the members who make this year’s list will be invited to a summit on April 24 and a gala on May 15 – although it is unclear whether Verstappen will attend the one event or the other given his schedule this season. .
Other achievements accumulated by Verstappen during his time in F1 include 57 race wins and 36 pole positions, as well as his seemingly unbeatable record of becoming F1’s youngest driver at the age of 17, when he made his racing debut in 2015 for Toro Rosso.
Joining Red Bull in 2016, Verstappen won his first race for the Milton Keynes team at the Spanish Grand Prix, then sensationally beat Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to the title in a controversial 2021 championship showdown in Abu Dhabi.
Verstappen is not the only F1 driver to make the Time 100 list: Hamilton was included in the US magazine’s Century of Influential People in 2020, while seven-time champion Michael Schumacher made the 2005 list.