{"id":301879,"date":"2023-12-09T10:54:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T10:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301879"},"modified":"2023-12-09T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T10:54:34","slug":"lewis-hamilton-sent-fresh-max-verstappen-warning-as-all-time-record-under-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/lewis-hamilton-sent-fresh-max-verstappen-warning-as-all-time-record-under-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton sent fresh Max Verstappen warning as all-time record under threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Max Verstappen will one day surpass Lewis Hamilton\u2019s record of 103 Grand Prix victories, according to Express Sport readers. The reigning world champion moved into third on the all-time list for race wins with his triumph at the 2023 season finale in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

Verstappen\u2019s victory at the Yas Marina Circuit increased his tally to 54 career race wins, moving him one clear of four-time world champion and fellow Red Bull legend Sebastian Vettel in the rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The next target for the Dutchman is Michael Schumacher, who claimed 91 race victories en route to his seven Drivers\u2019 Championship titles. Only Hamilton stands above the legendary German as the sole centurion in F1 history.<\/p>\n

Express Sport readers were asked whether or not the Red Bull star would go on to surpass Hamilton\u2019s current tally of 103 Grand Prix wins before the end of his career. Of the 7,471 who voted in the survey, a decisive 63 per cent believed that Verstappen will eventually move clear of the seven-time world champion at the top of the win charts.<\/p>\n

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If the extent of Verstappen\u2019s dominance in 2023 is a sign of things to come then Hamilton\u2019s record could be in trouble sooner than expected. The Dutchman claimed an unprecedented 19 Grand Prix victories this season with the other three wins shared by team-mate Sergio Perez and Ferrari\u2019s Carlos Sainz.<\/p>\n

Even more ominous for the chasing pack was the fact that Verstappen dominated the season finale in Abu Dhabi, crossing the line with an advantage of just under 18 seconds to second-placed Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n

This dominance was achieved in spite of the fact that Red Bull shifted their entire development focus to the RB19\u2019s successor after the Singapore Grand Prix, and this was something that Hamilton himself noted after the race.<\/p>\n

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