Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix, i eke a Verstappen ki runga i nga huihuinga whakangungu katoa, a, i muri mai ka eke ki te tuatoru o nga tuunga tuunga. Koinei te wā tuatahi i eke ai ia ki ngā tūnga pou-ki-pou. I whawhai ia ki a Lewis Hamilton mo te wikitoria i te whakataetae, ana i te hurihanga 53 ka eke a Verstappen ki a Hamilton, engari i puta ke ia i te wa e mahi ana, na te mea i whakahaua ia e te whakahaere whakataetae kia hoki mai a Hamilton ki te arahi, a, i te mutunga ka mutu te tuarua i muri i a Hamilton. I te whakataetae e whai ake nei,
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, i eke a Verstappen ki te tuatoru me tana hoa kapa Sergio Pérez 2nd, e tohu ana i te wa tuatahi i paahitia ai ia e tetahi hoa kapa mai i te 2019 Italian Grand Prix. I te tīmatanga o te whakataetae, ka taea e Verstappen te haere i a Pérez me te polesitter Lewis Hamilton ki te arahi. I noho tonu ia i te ara i muri i te rauna tuatahi o nga pitstops me te tiimata ano, whai muri i te aukati o te whakataetae i te poro 33. I mutu a Hamilton i te tuarua, i whakaiti i tana toa toa i runga i Verstappen ki te 1 tohu. I te Portuguese Grand Prix e whai ake nei, ko Verstappen te tuarua i muri i te pakanga roa ki a Lewis Hamilton. I te Spanish Grand Prix, i haere tonu te whawhai i waenga i a Verstappen me Hamilton, me te whakamahi a Hamilton i te rautaki tere-rua ki te whakataetae kotahi-mutu a Verstappen. I hoatu tenei ki a Hamilton te painga o nga taera tere ake, ka taea ai e ia te eke ki a Verstappen me etahi huringa e toe ana i te whakataetae. I riro i a Hamilton te wikitoria, me Verstappen i te tuarua me te huri tere, i piki ake te rangatira o Hamilton ki nga tohu 14.