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Max vs 100: Verstappen overtakes 100 amateurs in 14 laps at Silverstone
September 16, 2026 at 07:28 PM · Updated 29d ago
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Max vs 100: Verstappen jokes taking on '200' drivers next time after winning crazy challenge
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Max vs 100: Verstappen overtakes 100 amateur karters in just 14 laps
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Max Verstappen wins Max vs 100 in style after overtaking 100 go-karters in 35 minutes
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Max vs 100 LIVE! Race updates, commentary as Verstappen faces go-karters in epic Silverstone challenge
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Max vs 100: Verstappen admits it will be 'quite embarrassing' if he fails to beat amateurs
(opens the publisher’s site)Max Verstappen has completed his go-kart challenge at Silverstone, passing all 100 amateur drivers in 14 laps of a possible 35.
- Verstappen overtook all 100 drivers in 14 laps and 35 minutes, finishing with 40 minutes and 21 laps to spare.
- Racing was briefly suspended on the first lap after many of the 101-kart field crashed or spun out.
- The final three rivals, Jacky Martens, Lewis Osler and Zac Alsop, received extra "fast lap" corner cuts; pole-sitter Martens was the last driver passed.
- Verstappen told ESPN it would be "quite embarrassing" if the amateurs were faster, adding he had not driven a proper go-kart since 2016.
- Verstappen passed 63 of the 100 amateur drivers on the first lap of the challenge.
- Verstappen jokingly called the win his best victory yet.
- Verstappen joked that he might take on 200 drivers next time, following his win in the karting challenge at Silverstone.