From ABANDONED at a gas station to FOUR-TIME Formula 1 champion

Yes, he was abandoned at a gas station as a child, and years later became the man who dominates all of Formula 1. Nice. This is the story of how Max Verstappen was forged, not raised. And what you're about to see explains why no one else can stop him. [music] [music] Max Verstappen wasn't born with a silver spoon; he was born inside a workshop. Son of Jos Verstappen, a former 90s Formula 1 driver, and Sophie Kumpen, one of Europe's best kart racers. The DNA was inevitable, but what shaped Max wasn't the blood; it was the method. Jos was always obsessed with correcting what went wrong in his own career. He reached Formula 1 in '94 as Michael Schumacher's second driver at Benetton but could never handle the weight of comparison. He saw up close what it was like to live with a genius, and if he ever had a talented son, he wouldn't go through the same thing. And Jos didn't want a good kid; he wanted a monster. Max grew up amidst the noise of pistons, the smell of fuel, and tires being changed in the backyard. There was no playing racing. At 4, he was already training with a motorized kart. At five, he already understood the basics of setup. When the kart understeered, his father made him write down the reason. While other kids spent a Saturday watching cartoons, he watched telemetry, and when he made a mistake, there was no hug, there was a scolding. And Jos created a military system. Trips were in an RV, sleeping in track parking lots, cooking on a portable stove. And if Max didn't win, the race wasn't discussed. It was after one of those defeats that the most famous incident happened. Jos left his son at a gas station on the way home, in the middle of the snow. It was his way of saying: "No one is going to carry you on their back." Cold, cruel, but