All You Need To Know About Max Verstappen’s Step Family & More

Dutch racing superstar Max Verstappen is currently the most sought-after personality in Formula 1. After his back-to-back driver’s championship wins in 2021 and 2022 with Red Bull, the Dutchman has become the household name of every family that loves racing. As much as Verstappen’s racing career is followed, it is similar when it comes to his family, spearheaded by his famous father Jos Verstappen.

Max Verstappen is the first child of his father, Jos Verstappen. He has a sister who was born with Jos’s first wife Sophie Kumpen named Victoria Verstappen. Apart from her, the Dutch champion has a stepbrother and two step sisters. Named Blue Jaye, Jason Jaxx, and Mila Faye, who were born with Jos’s second and third wife, respectively.

Into the details of the Verstappen family

Jos Verstappen, the father of Max Verstappen, is the first popular name of the Verstappen family in the racing circuit. Son of Frans Verstappen, the 50-year-old himself is a former Formula 1 driver. With 107 race starts to his name, he raced for teams like Benetton, Stewart, Arrows, Minardi, etc., and has over seven years of experience.

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Apart from being in F1, Verstappen Sr. is also an A1 Grand Prix winner and the 2008 24 hours Le Mans LMP2 class winner. However, when it comes to Jos Verstappen’s personal life, he is as versatile as his racing life, marrying three times, which includes a former racing driver, Sophie Kumpen.

Kumpen is the Belgian ex-kart driver champion and got married to Jos Verstappen in 1996. She is the mother of Max Verstappen and Victoria Verstappen. However, both Jos Verstappen and Sophia Kumpen decided to call off their marriage after 12 years of union. As their partnership worsened, they decided to divorce each other in 2008.

The second marriage of Jos Verstappen

After parting ways with Sophie Kumpen, the Dutchman got back to his ex-girlfriend, Kelly van der Waal. After this, the duo got married in 2014 and subsequently gave birth to a daughter named Blue Jaye that year. Jaye is the first half-sister of the current Red Bull driver and the third child of Jos Verstappen.

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On a side note, there isn’t much information available on the internet on van der Waal’s personal life, age, date of birth, or original. Nevertheless, van der Waal’s marriage with Jos Verstappen didn’t last as the duo sought a divorce in 2017. Apparently, the duo decided to part ways and called off their marriage in 2017 after a divorce settlement.

Third Marriage

As his second marriage ended with another divorce, Jos Verstappen decided to marry for the third time. The father of the two-time world champion got married to Sandy Sijtsma. In 2019, Jason Jaxx, the couple’s first child, and Jos’s fourth child, was born.

As Jaxx was born, Jos Verstappen was delighted to announce him on Instagram, “We are happy to let you know that our little boy, Jason Jaxx, is born. I am very proud of my wife and mother of our son.” Later on, in 2020, Sijtsma have birth to her second child with Jos named Mila Faye. Faye is the fifth and final child of the Dutchman, and the third daughter as of 2023.

Jos Verstappen and Sandy Sijtsma are still together and are currently married to each other. There isn’t much information available on the internet Sijtsma as well. Her personal life and personal details. However, the father of Red Bull champ makes sure he keeps the internet updated about themselves on social media.

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As things stand, the defending F1 champion has a sister, who was also into racing, and a half-brother and two half-sisters. It’ll be interesting to see if the sisters make it to racing as well. Lastly, Jason Jaxx, who was born two years back in 2022, it’ll also be nice to see if he can continue the Verstappen family legacy into the world of motorsport.