Max Verstappen and his father, Jos Verstappen at the 2014 F1 Belgian Grand Prix. (Photo by Gerlach Delissen/Corbis via Getty Images)
Max Verstappen's father, Jos Verstappen, was once stunned by his son's performance at the 2016 F1 Brazilian GP, where he plowed through the field and secured a podium in extremely wet conditions.
In 2016, Max Verstappen was promoted to Red Bull Racing from Toro Rosso. He replaced Daniil Kvyat after the Russian GP and drove for the Austrian giants for the rest of the season. He instantly started showing promising performance, bagging several podium places despite being a relatively young driver on the grid. One of his best performances of the year came nearly at the end of the season, in Brazil.
In the qualifying session, Verstappen was able to secure P4 and had a good start in the race. He managed to keep his car on track and avoided collisions with other cars that were crashing out. The two red flags somewhat helped him retain positions. However, he soon realized that intermediate tires had no grip and he needed full wet tires. In the latter stages of the race, the team pitted him for wet tires.
