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Dutch and Belgian racing driver (born 1997)
Max Emilian Verstappen is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won consecutively from 2021 to 2024 with Red Bull, and has won 72 Grands Prix across 12 seasons.
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British racing driver (born 1985)
Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Michael Schumacher—and holds the records for most wins (106), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (208), among others.
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Town in Selangor, Malaysia
Sepang is a small border town and also a mukim in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. The most known part of the town is its western part, which contains both Kuala Lumpur International Airport – Malaysia's largest airport – and the Sepang International Circuit, where the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix was and Malaysian MotoGP Grand Prix is held.
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SEPANG, Malaysia — Max Verstappen finally returned to the top step of the Formula 1 podium Sunday. After a frustrating 2026 season, Verstappen delivered exactly the kind of drive that has made him one of the sport’s greatest drivers. The Wait Is Finally Over Verstappen entered the Bahrain Grand Prix without a victory…
Max Verstappen claimed his first pole position of the season in Malaysia, at the same circuit where he won the last time the race was held at Sepang in 2017.
In F1's first qualifying session in eight years at Sepang, it's Max Verstappen who takes pole position!