Verstappen's "The Max Show" picked as the best F1 performance of 2025

For the first time in his career, Verstappen was eliminated from Q1 purely on pace at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The Dutchman qualified only 16th, and eventually started from the pit lane after Red Bull Racing made changes to his power unit and setup.

After starting from the pit lane, Verstappen could stepped onto the final spot of the podium after finishing just behind Kimi Antonelli.

Former Haas F1 team boss Steiner also enjoyed the Red Bull driver's 'all-time' performance that Sunday.

He said on The Red Flags Podcast: "I will go with Brazil. The Max show. I quite liked that one. They have really shown, starting from pit lane and moving that far up, that was pretty cool."

He added: "Yes, [Verstappen can make a bad race good]. That race was lost."

In his end-of-season 'awards', F1 TV analyst Jolyon Palmer also picked Verstappen's Interlagos performance as the best one of the 2025 Formula 1 campaign.

Additionally, the Briton chose the Dutchman over world champion Lando Norris as the best driver of the season.

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