
The longer this goes on, the more Max Verstappen looks set to become a phenomenon in Formula 1. If he continues to progress at this rate, he may come to dominate his sport in a similar fashion to the way Novak Djokovic rules tennis, Stephen Curry owns basketball, or Lionel Messi dazzles in football.
To take victory in the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix – 18-year-old Verstappen’s 24th start in F1, just his 72nd race in a car of any kind, and becoming the youngest-ever winner of a GP and the first teenager to win in F1 – represents a remarkable achievement.