Max Verstappen showcased super-human reflexes during scrap with sumo wrestler

Max Verstappen showed exactly why he's one of the best Formula One drivers of all-time during a recent bout with a sumo wrestler.

Having won four consecutive Formula One Drivers Championship titles and coming within just a few points of a fifth, there can be no doubt that Verstappen is one of the best to ever do it.

The Dutchman has 71 Formula 1 Grand Prix wins under his belt having competed in 11 full seasons of Formula One.

Competing at the top of the sport for so long requires training and dedication to the key talents that make an F1 driver able to do what they do.

Skills like extreme physical fitness, rapid reflexes and pure confidence in your ability are all required if you're going to compete in Formula One

And Verstappen showed off all of these traits when he stepped into the ring with a huge sumo wrestler ahead of the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix.

With his then-Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez watching on alongside Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson, Verstappen faced off with the sumo wrestler in a test of his balance and reflexes in Tokyo.

Initially, it appeared that it would be a close match between the pair, but eventually it was the wrestler who fell due to Verstappen's swift reflexes.

The video was a part of a series of tests that the Red Bull star took part in ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix as he, Perez, Lawson and Tsunoda also appeared in a crazy Japanese Game Show that saw them driving trucks carrying boxes through an obstacle course while blindfolded.

And it appears the strange training sessions paid off as when it came to the race itself, Verstappen finished comfortably in first, crossing the line 19 seconds ahead of second-place Lando Norris.

He then went on to win the 2023 title with a total of 19 wins, 21 podiums and 575 points with teammate Perez finishing 290 points in second with a total of 285 points.

However, the 2026 race didn't go quite as well for Verstappen as he the race in ninth, 32.6 seconds behind winner Kimi Antonelli, as he continues to search for his first podium of the year amid his struggles with the current regulations.