Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe
Autosport Plus

Why Verstappen's impatience could explode F1's driver market

Max Verstappen is enduring an annus horribilis as Red Bull-Renault toils with poor reliability. If it keeps going, he will be the number-one target for the 2019 driver market

Max Verstappen's racing career is a study in impatience. He is a young man in a hurry to achieve world domination.

Multiple champion in karting; 'get me straight to Formula 3!' Immediately successful in F3; 'I must be in Formula 1 as soon as possible!' Enormously impressive as a grand prix rookie with Toro Rosso; 'put me in a top team now!' Race winner with Red Bull on his debut with the team; 'next year I must win the championship!'

Previous article Why Hamilton is not F1's greatest ever qualifier
Next article Sean Bratches: Up to 40 new venues interested in adding F1 dates

More from Ben Anderson

The supercharged Revolution that has piqued an Olympic legend's motorsport taste

The supercharged Revolution that has piqued an Olympic legend's motorsport taste

MISC General
The supercharged Revolution that has piqued an Olympic legend's motorsport taste The supercharged Revolution that has piqued an Olympic legend's motorsport taste
How Radical revamped its record-breaking flagship model

How Radical revamped its record-breaking flagship model

Plus
Plus
RAD Radical
How Radical revamped its record-breaking flagship model How Radical revamped its record-breaking flagship model
Inside the lightweight Czech sportscar making its mark on the UK

Inside the lightweight Czech sportscar making its mark on the UK

Plus
Plus
NTNL National
Inside the lightweight Czech sportscar making its mark on the UK Inside the lightweight Czech sportscar making its mark on the UK
Why the Jaguar E-type remains special at 60

Why the Jaguar E-type remains special at 60

Plus
Plus
GT GT
Why the Jaguar E-type remains special at 60 Why the Jaguar E-type remains special at 60
How McLaren’s GT3 ‘single-seater’ defies expectations

How McLaren’s GT3 ‘single-seater’ defies expectations

Plus
Plus
GT GT
How McLaren’s GT3 ‘single-seater’ defies expectations How McLaren’s GT3 ‘single-seater’ defies expectations
How Radical's latest machines fare on track

How Radical's latest machines fare on track

Plus
Plus
MISC General
How Radical's latest machines fare on track How Radical's latest machines fare on track
From the archive: Button's last spell with Williams

From the archive: Button's last spell with Williams

F1 Formula 1
From the archive: Button's last spell with Williams From the archive: Button's last spell with Williams
Driving club racing's Revolution

Driving club racing's Revolution

Plus
Plus
NTNL National
Driving club racing's Revolution Driving club racing's Revolution

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe