Each F1 driver can request platinum status Back to Max Verstappen, who has been marked by the FIA as a platinum driver since last summer, just like Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris, Franco Colapinto ...

Max Verstappen has fully committed to Red Bull for the 2026 Formula 1 season, removing any lingering doubts about his ...

The FIA on Sunday immediately imposed a 10-second time penalty and added three points to Verstappen’s super license, moving him within a single point of a mandatory race ban.

Under current FIA regulations, any driver who scores 12 penalty points within a 12-month period is handed a one-race suspension. Verstappen now sits at 11, only one point shy of the threshold.

The FIA should do more than slap his wrist with a 10-second penalty. Verstappen should have all of the 137 points he has earned thus far in the season revoked.

Max Verstappen is teetering on the brink of a one-race suspension following his reckless run-in with George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago. The FIA hit the Red Bull star and four ...

Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, sits in his car during a pit stop at the F1 Canadian Grand Prix auto race, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Montreal.

Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, sits in his car during a pit stop at the F1 Canadian Grand Prix auto race, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Montreal.