Motor Sport News ; From karting at age 4 to F1 World Champion - Max Verstappen's road to glory

Formula 1 has a new World Champion, Max Vesrtappen, who snatched a record 8th title from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the final race of a dramatic 2021 season.

New F1 World Champion Max Verstappen was born in Hasselt, Belgium in 1997.

His Belgian mother Sophie competed in karting, his Dutch father Jos was a F1 driver.

He made his debut in F1 with Toro Rosso at the age of 17 years and 166 days, becoming the youngest driver to start a World Championship race.

He claimed his first triumph in Barcelona with Red Bull in 2016, beating Sebastian Vettel's record as youngest F1 winner ever.

He went on to win 19 more Grand Prix. With his last dramatic triumph over Hamilton in Abu Dhabi on Sunday he was crowned World Champion.

With his win in the Emirates, Verstappen gave The Netherlands their first ever F1 World Championship title.

The 24-year-old Dutchman has a record of 60 podiums and 20 triumphs in 141 F1 starts.