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Verstappen already walked the paddock in Formula 1 during his third or fourth year of life
- GPblog.com
The entire grid was asked by Formula 1 's official Twitter account about their first moment of contact with the pinnacle of motorsport. Max Verstappen was also asked. For him, his first experience with Formula 1 was going to the paddock with his father Jos.
Jos Verstappen took Max with him
"It was 2000 or 2001, I was three or four years old. I walked around in the paddock together with my father", the ten times Grand Prix winner told. At that time Jos Verstappen raced for the Arrows team. The now 49-year old Verstappen scored five and one points respectively those seasons.
Lando Norris was there a bit later than his good friend Verstappen. For the McLaren driver, it was 2007. "It was Lewis against Fernando in the McLarens". Those battles (and McLaren's livery) impressed Norris that he also knew immediately that he wanted to drive in Formula One.
See what all the Formula One drivers had to say about their first memories of Formula 1 here.