Verstappen’s stats are mouth watering!
It’s a lgood season for Max Verstappen. Despite some confusion, consternation and connoisseurs who do not know the rules, he turned out to be the only possible champion.
This makes him the driver to win a championship in the most spectacular way and the most confusing way. Even Johnny Herbert, who was the first to call Verstappen world champion, did not understand it.
But of course there are many more nice statistics from Verstappen. We’ll go through a few with you!
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There are still four races to go, while Verstappen is already champion. That has not happened often. The last time a driver became champion with four races to go was in 2011, when Vettel won. The record is also held by Michael Schumacher, who became champion in 2002 with 6 races to go. Why Lewis Hamilton does not appear? Simple: his teammate stayed ‘too long in the race’. In other words, Rosberg and Bottas got too many points. However, it was always clear early on that a Mercedes driver was going to become champion.
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Verstappen is one of the eleven drivers who successfully defends his title. In other words, he won two titles in a row. Nothing to the detriment of Verstappen, but it is not such a rare fact. It is also quite logical to explain, often teams are ‘at the top’ in a certain period, so it is logical that drivers (who are also in shape) get a successive title. Schumacher and Hamilton are the only two to have become world champions for more than two consecutive seasons.
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You know what really doesn’t help you, but Verstappen has never finished twelfth in his F1 career.
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The number of pole positions of Verstappen in his entire career. That is relatively little. It is exactly as much as Leclerc, who has only won 5 races. By the way, Valtteri Bottas has more: 20 poles. Of course, the multiple world champions Hamilton (103), Vettel (57) and Alonso (22) also have more.
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Verstappen has won 23 different Grands Prix in his career since the Japanese GP 2022. He has won the next four Grands Prix – USA (1x), Maxico (3x), Brazil (1x) and Abu Dhabi (2x) – won
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Max Verstappen’s number of victories since May 18, 2016, the day everyone became a Formula 1 fan. With this, Verstappen wins more often than he drops out: that has happened 31 times.
66.6
This is an interesting one. It is about the percentage of races that Verstappen has won this season. This means that statistically Max will win 2 out of 3 races in 2023. Because it is a percentage, it is easier to compare with other seasons, where there are fewer races. It is the highest percentage since 2013 (again because Bottas and Rosberg won too often). Vettel won 68.42% in 2013. He can break that. The record is held by Alberto Ascari, who won 75% of all races in 1952.
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That is the lead over his colleague Sergio Pérez, who is second in the championship. The record for ‘greatest distance on the number 2’ is 155 points and is in the name of Sebastiaan Vettel. In the end, Vettel had 155 points ahead of the number 2 (Fernando Alonso) in that season.
366
The number of points Verstappen has. He can therefore no longer be overtaken. However, he can still score points. Last year Max scored 395.5 points. There are still four races to go, so he could break his own record. In fact, he can also quite easily break the record for ‘most points in 1 season’. That is now in the name of Lewis Hamilton, who scored no less than 419 points in 2019.
458
The number of laps Verstappen has driven in front. The record is once again in the name of Sebastian Vettel, who took the lead in 2011 with 739 laps. There are still 256 laps to go this season, so Verstappen cannot break this record.
1,923.5
The total number of points he has earned. This means Verstappen scores an average of 12.1 points per race. Alonso (2,045), Vettel (3093) and Hamilton (4345.5) have gained more points. If you look at the average, only Hamilton is better, who scores an average of 14.20 points per race. Secretly not a special statistic at all, because in the past (much) fewer points were awarded.
Sergio PerezI
No name, but his colleague. All these stats are of course brilliant and it would be brilliant if Verstappen broke them all. However, if Verstappen is first and Pérez second during the Mexican GP, we understand that Max will go off the gas for a while.
A small thank you for the Spanish GP 2022 and of course the legendary ‘Animal’ action of the Abu Dhabi GP 2021. This allowed Verstappen to narrow the gap to Hamilton and Hamilton was unable to enter the pits after Latifi’s crash. The great thing is with Verstappen’s statistics he can break the records and help Perez to win his home race.
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