F1 champion Max Verstappen admits considering move to rival racing series

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Max Verstappen admits considering move to rival racing series

Max Verstappen doesn't hide his love for MotoGP

Originally written by Dan Ripley. This version is a translation.

Sunday 16 November 2025 19:05

Max Verstappen can't have too many complaints about his F1 career so far, but things could've gone down a completely different path.

The Dutchman has racked up four world championships despite not yet reaching his 30th birthday, and is still in with an outside shot of adding to that this year.

Yet, that doesn't mean Verstappen's love for motor racing purely exists in F1, or even the four-wheeled variety.

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The Dutchman has admitted that if he wasn't an F1 driver he would have almost certainly tried his luck in the motorcycle equivalent world of MotoGP.

"If I could choose something, let's say if you couldn't race on four wheels or in general, I would say MotoGP," he said on the podcast Pelas Pistas.

It wasn't all just in the mind too. Verstappen even admitted in his younger days he would try riding mini-bikes, "I rode these mini-bikes when I was about eight to twelve years old,"

Despite 'enjoying it a lot' he admitted one thing prevented him from taking his interest further was that he 'had more talent on four wheels.'

Is Max Verstappen's F1 youngest ever driver?

It was a wise choice. Verstappen became F1's youngest ever driver in 2015 at the Australian Grand Prix, driving for Toro Rosso at the age of 17 years and 166 days.

Such was his rapid development he was promoted to the Red Bull factory team barely a year later, winning his first F1 race on his team debut at the Spanish Grand Prix.

After pipping seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton to his first F1 title in 2021, he has since he retained the championship each year.

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