Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i te Malaysian Grand Prix i tua atu, i tino angitu a Verstappen. I wikitoria ia i tana whakataetae F1 tuarua i te 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, kotahi ra i muri i tana huritau 20, ka haere i a Lewis Hamilton mo te arahi i nga waahanga tuatahi o te whakataetae. Ko ia te tuarua i te whakataetae i muri mai i Hapani. I mutu ia i te toru o nga tau i te
United States Grand Prix, engari i whakarōpūtia i te tuawha i muri i tana huringa whakamutunga mo Kimi Räikkönen i kiia he ture (i kitea kua tapahia e ia te kokonga). I wikitoria e ia tana tuatoru o nga whakataetae Formula Kotahi (me te tuarua i te tau 2017) i te Mexican Grand Prix, i muri i te paahitanga o Sebastian Vettel i te huringa whakatuwhera me te arahi tae noa ki te mutunga o te whakataetae.