Max Verstappen 2022 Drivers' Title
Four-time champion racing in the 2026 season with Red Bull's Ford-powered RB22.
Max Verstappen is a four-time World Champion driving for Red Bull Racing in the 2026 Formula One World Championship.
Quick Facts
- Champion
- Max Verstappen
- Team
- Red Bull Racing
- Season
- 2022
- Wins
- 15
- Pole positions
- 7
- Podiums
- 17
Lore & Background
Verstappen drives the RB22, the first Red Bull car powered by a Ford-branded power unit. He crashed in qualifying at the 2026 Australian Grand Prix but finished 6th in the race. He suffered gearbox issues at the Chinese Grand Prix, forcing a retirement. In Japan, Pierre Gasly kept him at bay for most of the race, leaving him in 7th. He scored points in the Miami sprint and main race, and claimed Red Bull's first podium of 2026 with a 3rd-place finish in Canada. In the Netherlands, he crashed on the first lap.
Reader's Guide
Verstappen is a four-time World Champion competing in the 2026 season with Red Bull Racing. His season has included a crash in Australian qualifying, a gearbox retirement in China, a 7th in Japan, points in Miami, a podium in Canada, and a first-lap crash in the Netherlands.
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