Maxiel
Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen
As Red Bull teammates, the grinning Australian veteran and the ferocious Dutch teenager built one of the paddock's warmest documented friendships — hugs, bickering press conferences, and genuine affection that outlasted Daniel's departure and career decline. Max lobbying for Daniel's return to the Red Bull family kept the story alive. Maxiel anchored F1 AO3 before Lestappen's rise.
What is Maxiel?
Maxiel is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen from Formula 1 RPF. With over 6,000 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.
Why fans love Maxiel
The sunshine teammate who softened the sport's most ruthless driver, and the loyalty that survived every team swap.
Most Popular Maxiel Fanfics
The highest-rated Maxiel stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.
fool's gold
Completeby Cazio
Pairs of Mercedes racecars lined either side of the hall, set on inclined pedestals that pointed their sharp noses at the entrant. History churned in each dead engine as George passed cars that used to belong to the legends of royalty: Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, and—of course—Lewis Hamilton.“
you've got to be kitten me
Completeby Quagswagging
Max uses his cat form to get the affection he doesn't dare to ask for when he's in human form. Along the way, he not only gets cuddled a lot, but he also gets a lot closer to Daniel, who has taken a liking to the stray cat he calls Captain McCloud.
And in the end I will seek you out amongst the stars
Completeby mandzilkos
It was already pretty late, so the streets were quiet. Max enjoyed the peacefulness, but on the last stretch that led to the hotel, he suddenly had the overwhelming urge to turn back. Charles was a few meters behind him, in a mid-brisk walk. Max stopped and waited for him to catch up. He fell into s
Road To Trust
Completeby Jilliet
Max Verstappen is abused by his father and his pack his whole life. He can't take much more of it. Then an unexpected help comes to him. They set to find a pack in Monaco that is rumored to accept lonely omegas. Will Max find people that would care about him? Can he ever truly trust people around h
With The Sun In Our Eyes
Completeby screwstyles
A fake dating AU set in 2025: It’s bad enough that Max is outed by an ex in the middle of racing season, and then his team suggests he pretend to date Daniel to soften the blow. It’s as bad an idea as it sounds.
A Ship to Wreck
Completeby m00nlightE
Charles has been a caged bird for as long as he can remember; pretty and purposeless. Secretly he dreams of another life, one not so restrained to the designated roles of his gender. One where he's free to be whoever he wants. He yearns for the sea and the world beyond, to escape his cage and experi
PowerPointless
by pucksandpower
The grid decide to throw George a birthday party based on the thing he loves most in the world: PowerPoint.orIn which twenty Formula 1 drivers give the most important (not really) PowerPoint presentations of their lives.
fuck me like i’m famous
Completeby alltimecharlo
“You… don’t know who I am.”Daniel’s eyebrow is back to being raised.“Should I?”“I am Max Verstappen.” God, he feels like an idiot explaining himself like this.When that doesn’t seem to stir anything in Daniel he goes on. “I am Formula 1 World Champion.”“Oh. Congrats I guess?”
#RedBullAdmin
Completeby alltimecharlo
Oracle Red Bull Racing ☑ (@redbullracing)Let's goooooooo 🔥Bills Mafia baby 😉🤠 Denny (@verstappening)Um... wrong account? lia⋆♱ (@h44mmertime)lmao Max Verstappen ☑ (@Max33Verstappen)🤦 (or, a social media fic in which daniel is the red bull admin and is not so subtley in love.)
Are They Gay or European? (the answer is both)
Completeby periwinkle_bumper_cars (Sunsets_Beget_Starlight)
Logan doesn’t think he’s a prude. He knows the reputation Americans have okay, he’s not stupid, but he likes to think he’s an exception. He’s been living in Europe since he was eleven after all! Then again, in his opinion, even the most crude person would probably get grossed out by walking in on yo
F1 🏎️ one shots
Completeby LRC06
FINISHED
50 Types of Kisses/F1 promptes (Completed)
Completeby Anonymous
Just a couple of prompts to help me get better at my writing, I'm open to requestsThese will be short because yes, also don't like attack my grammar please :)Requests are just delayed, bear with me.Requests are closed currently (they will be open soon, just struggling with some things. Sorry!!!) ;-;
home among the gumtrees
Completeby zandvoorts
"I, uh, can I come over for winter break?" Max says, voice rocky and wobbly. There's something else, something gritty and anxiety-ridden in the way the words flow through the speaker and it makes the hair stand up on the back of Daniel's neck."I'm in Perth for Chrissy? I'm not in Monaco—""I know you
you let me in, and baby that`s when
by betzykielberg
After accidentally witnessing a crime, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. becomes FBIs key witnesses in what will be the trial of the century against one of the biggest crime lords in the country. To protect them from retaliation, they are placed under witness protection and moved across the count
Tiny Drivers
by MerlinSpecter
Some of the drivers have been turned into toddlers and the other drivers need to babysit them.... Cue extremely cute and tiny toddlers and lots of fluff. 1: Daniel Ricciardo & Tiny!Max Verstappen2: Kimi Räikkönen & Tiny!Sebastian Vettel3: Fernando Alonso & Tiny!Stoffel Vandoorne4: Sergio Pérez & Tin
the little lion
Completeby myshkaa
Max finds a stuffed animal in his driver room. Where did it come from?But more importantly: Why is he sort of getting attached to it?
F1 Drabbles: Volume I
Completeby Quagswagging
A place to leave the fics I think are too short to publish on their own (but are too cute not to post)Will take requests of any pairing and any rating!
Baby Steps
Completeby awaywego (JKDoYouLoveMe)
“Are you a little?”Max's expression doesn't change when Daniel blurts the words at him.He answers, “Yeah.”Then he shrugs.Like Daniel’s entire world doesn’t tilt on its axis with the movement. Like this information was obvious, or innocuous, and shouldn’t completely blow Daniel’s mind the way it does
we'll try again (when we're not so different)
Completeby bloodmoonforme
Max's stare is hard to make out in the dark, but it pierces Daniel just the same."It's never been just girls. For me", he says. And Daniel's fucked. Truly fucking fucked because it's always been just girls for Daniel but then there was Max.---2028 Daniel wakes up in his 2018 body. He tries his best
I don't get drunk, I get less classy and more fun
Completeby Quagswagging
Date a younger man, they said, It will be fun, they said. Or, Max gets drunk with some of the other young driver and Dan needs to somehow get them home.
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Maxiel is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.
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