12/18/2023 0 Comments Max verstappen records![]() AdvertisementsĪ year later, after the fourth Grand Prix of the 2016 season, Max made the switch over to Red Bull Racing after Kvyat was demoted back down to Toro Rosso. Kvyat was promoted to the main Red Bull team for the 2015 season, whilst Verstappen would go on to take his seat – and record – at Toro Rosso. The previous record holder was Daniil Kvyat (Russia), who also drove for Toro Rosso when he finished ninth in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix, aged 19 years 134 days. He broke Jaime Alguersuari’s (Spain) record by almost two years.ĭriving for Red Bull’s secondary team, Toro Rosso, Max finished seventh in the race, breaking another record as the youngest driver to claim a Formula One World Championship point. Verstappen’s latest Guinness World Records title comes over seven years after his first, which he achieved at the 2015 Malaysia Grand Prix as the youngest driver to finish a Formula One World Championship race, aged 17 years 180 days. If he wins the remaining two Grand Prix in Brazil and Abu Dhabi, he will also top Schumacher (72%). Advertisementsįollowing his win in Mexico City, Verstappen now has a better win percentage (70%) than Vettel had in 2013 (68%). The Dutch driver equalled the record a week ago in Austin, Texas, at the US Grand Prix, where he came out on top after a thrilling battle with Hamilton.Īlthough there are more races this season compared to those in which the German drivers achieved their record 13 wins, Verstappen managed to equal the total in the same number of races as Vettel – 19 – and just one more than Schumacher. Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez (Mexico) rounded out the podium in third. Verstappen started the race in pole position and maintained a comfortable lead throughout, finishing 15 seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton (UK) in second place. So for me it's more about just enjoying the moment and trying to maximise every single opportunity.Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands) has earned his 14th first-place finish of the season at the Mexican Grand Prix, surpassing Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel (both Germany) for the record of most Grand Prix wins by a driver in a Formula One season. “So then you can get a season like we are having. You know, I feel good in the car, the car is very competitive, and the team barely makes mistakes as well. ![]() “These kinds of things come along when everything just works really well. I mean, it's not something that when I joined Formula 1, I need to have a 75% win record over a season, you know? READ MORE: Verstappen seals record 17th win of the season from Norris and Alonso in Sao Paulo Grand Prix What did Verstappen have to say?Īsked how much beating Ascari’s record meant to him at the conclusion of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Verstappen replied: “It's not about that. Sao Paulo already represented Verstappen’s 17th triumph, extending his own record for most wins in a single season – which in turn beat the record of 15 Verstappen claimed in 2022.īut for a brace of wins for Sergio Perez early in the year, plus a wonky race for Red Bull in Singapore that allowed Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to become the only non-Red Bull driver to claim a victory, Verstappen would have swept the lot in 2023. Verstappen’s relentless performance in 2023 will be across 22 Grands Prix. Key to Ascari’s record was that the dominance he displayed was married to a season that was so short by today’s standards, at just eight races. * As of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Why is Verstappen’s new record so impressive? ![]() ![]() With his main competitor, 1951 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio, sidelined for the 1952 season, Ascari mopped up every race win from round three in Belgium to round eight in Italy, giving him the incredible stat of a 75% win record. It was Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari, by winning six out of eight races in 1952, who claimed the original record of a 75% percentage win. Crucially though, having won 17 out of the 22 races slated for this season, Verstappen ensured that he will have won a minimum of 77.2% of the Grands Prix this year – breaking the previous record of 75% set in 1952.įACTS AND STATS: Verstappen passes Prost on wins, Alonso matches Prost on podiums Who held the original record? ![]() What record has Verstappen claimed?īy claiming win 17 out of 20 at the 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Verstappen took his current win ratio to 85%. He has claimed victory in every Grand Prix and Sprint ever since – ensuring he broke a very special 71-year-old record in the process. Max Verstappen may have claimed the 2023 championship at the Qatar Grand Prix during the Saturday Sprint but the Dutch driver hasn’t let up since then. ![]()
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