Four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen was involved in another first-corner incident as he earned a drive-through penalty in a IMSA Global Esports Championship sim race.

Helmut Marko named a couple of drivers who could be "near" to Max Verstappen in the same car, "but only near to him."

Max Verstappen will start his 2025 campaign on Sunday evening, but not on an F1 track, not on a real track at all, in fact. The F1 world champion is primed to compete in the IMSA Esports Global Championship final at the Daytona circuit after receiving a wildcard to make his return to top-flight virtual competition.

Max Verstappen's father Jos Verstappen has made a controversial statement about his son's success at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Verstappen Jr's overtake on seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton during the final lap of the Abu Dhabi GP has cemented itself in F1's history books,

David Croft, the commentator for British Sky Sports, which brings Formula 1 into living rooms in the UK and elsewhere, was critical of Max Verstappen at an Autosport fan meeting on Saturday. Yet the Brit says he also admires the Dutchman.

Max Verstappen, the reigning F1 world champion, will kick off his 2025 racing season in an unconventional way by competing in the IMSA Esports Global Championship final at the Daytona International Speedway.

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