{"id":300701,"date":"2023-11-27T18:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300701"},"modified":"2023-11-27T18:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:24:04","slug":"revealed-every-record-max-verstappen-broke-in-history-making-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/revealed-every-record-max-verstappen-broke-in-history-making-season\/","title":{"rendered":"REVEALED: Every record Max Verstappen broke in history-making season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>REVEALED: Every record Max Verstappen broke during F1 world champion&#8217;s history-making season<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Max Verstappen has spent the 2023 season rewriting Formula 1&#8217;s history books\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The three-time world champion has been a class apart &#8211; and broke 18 records\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ: Verstappen coasted to victory in Abu Dhabi to cap off dominant title win<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even to the most casual observer of Formula One throughout the 2023 season, it was obvious to see Max Verstappen found himself in a league of his own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman cantered to a third world championship title and rarely did he find himself under much duress.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull&#8217;s poster boy stood atop the podium in Abu Dhabi at the season-ending race to toast a 19th race win of the season. Across the 22-race calendar only once did a Red Bull driver &#8211; Carlos Sainz in Singapore &#8211; not finish first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen&#8217;s dominance was a sight to behold as he demolished records from yesteryear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Such was his advantage across the rest of the field, Verstappen began rewriting records he himself had set 12 months ago en route to his second drivers&#8217; championship title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/16\/78284185-12796437-image-a-1_1701102030251.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen&#8217;s victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi race made it 19 wins in 2023 season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/16\/78284177-12796437-image-a-2_1701102033369.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The three-time world champion was in a league of his own and he has rewritten history books<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind,\u00a0VegasInsider.com have trawled the record books to find the 18 records Verstappen chalked up across this most dominant of campaigns.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, let&#8217;s start with his own records that he has now improved on.<\/p>\n<p>Victory in Abu Dhabi meant that Verstappen broke his own record for the most championship points in a single season.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen previously set this\u00a0record at 454 points won in 2022. Fast forward a year and he finished 2023 with 575 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, Verstappen broke his own 2021 record for the most podium finishes in a season with 21 &#8211; his 2021 record was 18.<\/p>\n<p>His 21 total also meant that Verstappen joins. old adversary Lewis Hamilton as the only driver\u00a0to have 17 or more podium finishes in three separate seasons &#8211; Hamilton has had 17+ podium finishes a record-breaking five times.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, Verstappen bettered the number of race wins he needed to win the title in 2022, winning on 19 occasions this season.<\/p>\n<p>But along with that toppled record Verstappen also broke Alberto Ascari\u2019s record for the highest percentage of wins in a season.<\/p>\n<p>In a record that has not been broken since 1952 &#8211; Ascari won six races out of right that season with a percentage win rate of 75 &#8211; Verstappen&#8217;s win-rate of 19 out of 22 left him with a better percentage of 86.3.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/16\/78248787-12796437-Max_Verstappen_brought_the_curtain_down_on_his_dominant_season_w-a-3_1701102055697.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Verstappen brought the curtain down on his dominant season with victory at the Yas Marina<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/16\/78284179-12796437-image-a-4_1701102087398.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2022 Verstappen (middle) set the record for most wins in a season but he has beaten it now<\/p>\n<p>As well as Hamilton, Verstappen&#8217;s latest championship &#8211; and the expectation is that more will follow &#8211; puts him in esteemed company with the sport&#8217;s greatest.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen has became only the second driver ever to win three world championships by the age of 26, only after Sebastian Vettel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To put Vettel&#8217;s accomplishments into context, the German had won four titles by the time he was 26.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen has also now joined the top five of drivers with the most consecutive seasons with at least one Grand Prix win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Red Bull superstar is currently tied for 5th place with Nelson Piquet with eight seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s got a way to go yet to get top spot given the great Michael Schumacher is top of the pile with 15 consecutive seasons with at least one win.<\/p>\n<p><span>Full list of records and accomplishments below&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/16\/78069559-12796437-Red_Bull_driver_and_two_time_world_champion_Max_Verstappen_was_v-a-6_1701102121882.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/16\/78069561-12796437-Verstappen_left_sprays_his_Red_Bull_teammate_Sergio_Perez_with_c-a-5_1701102121877.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The Red Bull driver<\/p>\n<h3>THE RECORDS MAX VERSTAPPEN BROKE OR EQUALLED IN 2023<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen became only the second driver ever to win 3 Formula 1 championships by the age of 26 after Sebastian Vettel (Vettel won 4 titles by the time he was 26)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen clinched his championship win with the the highest # of races remaining &#8211; 6, tying Michael Schumacher who also clinched his win with 6 races remaining in 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen joined a group of only 10 other drivers who have ever won 3 or more Formula 1 championships and he is currently tied for 6th place with 5 other drivers for the most overall championships won (Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton are tied for #1 win 7 wins each)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen joined a group of only 4 other drivers with 3 or more consecutive championship wins (Schumacher, Fangio, Vettel, Hamilton) and he is currently 5th overall (Michael Schumacher is #1 with 5 consecutive championship wins between 2000 and 2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen broke his own record for the most races won in a season with 19 wins in 2023 (previously he set a new record in 2022 with 15 wins); Verstappen also broke Alberto Ascari\u2019s record that has not been broken since 1952 &#8211; the highest percentage of wins in a season &#8211; Ascari won 6 races out of 8 with a percentage win rate of 75% and Verstappen won 19 out of 22 with a percentage win rate of 86.36%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen broke the record for the most consecutive races won in a season since he won 10 races in the 2023 season, thus he broke Sebastian Vettel\u2019s record of 9 consecutive wins from 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen also joined the top 5 of the drivers with the most consecutive seasons with at least one Grand Prix win, he is currently tied for 5th place with Nelson Piquet with 8 seasons (Michael Schumacher is #1 with 15 consecutive seasons with at least one win)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen joined a group of only 4 other drivers with more than 9 fastest laps in a season &#8211; he has 9 fastest laps in 2023, tying for 3rd place with Mika H\u00e4kkinen (Michael Schumacher and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen are tied for #1 with 10 fastest laps in one season with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen achieving this feat twice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen broke his own 2021 record for the most podium finishes in a season &#8211; 21 (his 2021 record was 18), and he joins Lewis Hamilton as the only driver to have 17 or more podium finishes in three different seasons (Hamilton had 17+ podium finishes record-breaking 5 times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen joined the top 4 of the drivers with the most consecutive podium finishes with 15 podium finishes between Abu Dhabi GP 2022 and Italian GP in 2023, tying for 3rd place with Fernando Alonso (#1 is Michael Schumacher with 19 consecutive podium finishes between 2001 and 2002)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen is now the #2 driver with the most consecutive podium finishes from first race of a season (he had 14 podium finishes between Bahrain GP and Italian GP, which makes his second only to Michael Schumacher who had 17 podium finishes in the 2002 season)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen has come closer to breaking Lewis Hamilton\u2019s record for the most consecutive points finishes (48) &#8211; Verstappen\u2019s current run started in 2022 at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and is still ongoing with 41 consecutive point finishes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen broke Lewis Hamilton\u2019s record for the most consecutive points scored (998) &#8211; Verstappen\u2019s current run started in 2022 at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and is still ongoing with 1004 consecutive points scored<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen has come closer to breaking Lewis Hamilton\u2019s record for the most consecutive race finishes (48); Verstappen\u2019s current run started in 2022 at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and is still ongoing with 41 consecutive race finishes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen broke Nigel Mansell &amp; Sebastian Vettel\u2019s record for the most wins from pole position in a season from 1992 (9 wins from a pole) &#8211; Verstappen has achieved 12 wins from pole position in 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen broke his own record of most championship points in a season (he previously held the record with 454 points achieved in 2022, and he has achieved 575 points in 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen climbed up in the rankings for scoring the most hat tricks (thus pole, win and fastest lap in one race) &#8211; he did so 6 times in 2023, bringing his career total to 11 and putting him in 3th place overall, tying Jim Clark (Michael Schumacher is #1, achieving hat trick on 22 occasions); Verstappen also climbed up in the rankings for scoring the most grand slams \/ chelems (thus pole, win, fastest lap and led every lap) &#8211; he did so 2 times in 2023, bringing his career total to 4 and tying him for 5th place with 4 other drivers (Jim Clark is #1 with 8 grand slams)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Verstappen equaled Jenson Button\u2019s record for the most pit stops by a winning driver in one race (6) at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix (Button did so in 2011 at the Canadian Grand Prix)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12796437\/Every-record-Max-Verstappen-broke-F1-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REVEALED: Every record Max Verstappen broke during F1 world champion&#8217;s history-making season 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