Max Verstappen Early Childhood | Sophie Kumpen

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Max Emilian Verstappen is a four-time Formula One World Champion (2021–2024) with Oracle Red Bull Racing. Born 30 September 1997 in Hasselt, Belgium, raised in Maaseik on the Dutch border, he races under the Dutch flag. In 2025 he finished runner-up. In 2026 he is still with Red Bull, now in the new-reg era, with a contract through 2030.
Off the track he is often described as calm and straightforward. On it he is relentless. That split was already there as a child.
Childhood

He grew up between two countries and two racing parents: Jos Verstappen, a former F1 driver, and Sophie Kumpen, a Belgian kart champion. Sister Victoria is younger.
He rode a quad before he could really read. At four he saw a younger boy karting, begged for a kart, and six months later he had one. The paddock was his playground — bike from morning to night, running between motorhomes, talking to other drivers’ kids with signs when they had no language in common.
People who met him as a teenage F1 driver called him quiet and introverted off the track. The childhood photos show the other side: dummy in his mouth, toy racing car in his hand, open-mouthed excitement next to his mum. He says he takes more after Sophie — calmer. Victoria is more like Jos.
He hated school. He loved racing. By seven he was winning national events between Belgium and the Netherlands. The boy from Maaseik was already on the path to the top of the world.