Max Verstappen’s Mother Sophie laments on frustrating issue faced by son

Just about a week ago, Max Verstappen put a lovely story on Instagram for his mother, Sophie Kumpen, on Mother’s Day, as he recalled when his whole family visited him for the Dutch GP and celebrated the win with the 3X champion. And now, it seems like Verstappen’s mother is returning the favor on social media as she celebrates her son’s double win after the Dutchman’s breathtaking battle with Lando Norris at the Emilia Romagna GP.

Coming into the Imola GP weekend, there were questions over whether Max Verstappen would have to leave his love out of F1, i.e., Sim Racing for the F1 race. The Virtual 24 Hours of Nurburgring took place at the same time as the Imola GP weekend, as Verstappen’s Sim Racing venture, Team Redline, took part in it. But the dominant Dutchman made it possible as he hopped onto the Sim right after the Imola GP qualifying to help team Redline, who eventually won the event.

Max Verstappen then took to the track in Imola, as he started from pole and built a comfortable gap of 5–6 seconds. The gap was maintained until the very end of the race, as the hard tires on Red Bull fell off in the last 10 laps, and Lando Norris came ever so close to taking the win, finishing less than a second behind Verstappen. Both drivers gave it everything, but despite nothing being in the Dutchman’s favor, he came out at the top, showing why he is a 3X champion.

And now, his mother, Sophie Kumpen, has taken to Instagram to congratulate her son for the same, as he won two races on the same day. The Virtual 24H Nurburgring with Team Redline and Emilia Romagna GP with Red Bull. Kumpen shared a picture of Verstappen in the Sim Racing Rig and him giving a thumbs up after winning the Imola GP as she celebrated the “Double Winner” on Instagram. The caption to the story was, “So proud of you