![]() ![]() ![]() Īfter the test, Verstappen was contacted by every Formula One team except Ferrari and Williams, and was eventually signed as the Benetton team's test driver for the 1994 season. He tested again on September 30 and was lapping near his existing record after five laps, but then crashed the car, ending the test early. His best lap time of the day was 1:14.45, which was only 0.07 seconds slower than regular driver Derek Warwick had lapped during qualifying, and would have placed him tenth on the grid. Despite the large increase in power (from a 175 bhp Formula Three car to the 750 bhp of Formula One), Verstappen set a time that would have qualified him in the preceding race on his fourth timed lap, and improved his time by more than a second after 65 laps. The test took place on September 28, 1993, two days after the Portuguese Grand Prix was held at the same circuit. Verstappen first drove a Formula One car when he tested for the Footwork Arrows team alongside Gil de Ferran and Christian Fittipaldi at the Estoril circuit in Portugal. Subsequently, in German Formula Three, he won several international competitions, including the 1993 Marlboro Masters and the German Formula 3 championship. During that European winter season, he raced in New Zealand Formula Atlantic. He won the European championship in his first year, and got an offer to drive in Formula Three with Van Amersfoort Racing, who also developed other drivers such as Christijan Albers, Tom Coronel and Bas Leinders. He drove in Formula Opel Lotus, a class in which identical cars compete against each other. Īt the end of 1991 he made the transition to car racing. He remained successful, and won two European titles. Verstappen began karting at the age of 8, and was participating in national competitions not long after. Jos has also served as a manager for Max. Verstappen has coached his son Max from an early age in karting, through to Max's successes as an F1 driver becoming the 20 Formula One Drivers Champion. Since leaving F1, Verstappen won races in A1 Grand Prix and Le Mans Series LMP2 races, winning the 24 hours of Le Mans' 2008 LMP2 class. From 1994 through 2003, he scored two podium finishes in his career, the first Dutch F1 racer to do so. In Formula 1, Verstappen raced for seven different teams during eight seasons. Verstappen was the German Formula Three champion and Masters of Formula Three winner in 1993. Johannes Franciscus Verstappen ( pronounced born 4 March 1972) is a Dutch former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Benetton, Simtek, Footwork Arrows, Tyrrell, Stewart, and Minardi. ![]() Van Merksteijn Motorsport, Aston Martin Racing Benetton, Simtek, Footwork, Tyrrell, Stewart, Arrows and Minardi ![]()
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