The 2023 Formula 1 season will go down as a season of records as Max Verstappen and the Red Bull Racing team had an almost perfect campaign from start to finish! The team were unstoppable throughout the season as teams around them made upgrades to try and catch up but it was an impossible challenge for this season.
Verstappen’s 19 wins moved him up in the all-time wins to be the third most successful driver in F1 history, surpassing Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, and Sebastian Vettel by the end of the season to bring him to 54 victories overall. Although this wasn’t a record breaker itself, Verstappen’s dominance has moved him significantly up the list. But if that wasn’t a record breaker, what was?
Most Wins in a Season: Verstappen broke his own record that was set in 2022 with 15 wins in a season to go 4 better this time around and take 19.
Highest Win Percentage: An impressive 86%-win rate in 2023 broke Alberto Ascari’s 1952 benchmark of 75%. In 1952 Ascari won 6/8 races whereas in 2023 it was 19/22 making Verstappen even more impressive.
Most Consecutive Wins: Vettel won the final 9 races in 2013 and left people believing it could never be done again but Verstappen went on to win 10 in a row!
Most Points Scored in a Season: 575 championship points.
Biggest Difference Between 1st and 2nd: There was a 290 point gap to teammate Sergio Perez in p2.
First Driver to Lead Over 1000 Laps: Finishing the season on 1003 laps led, surpassing Vettel’s record of 739 laps led in 2011.
Most Consecutive Wins from Pole: 16 (starting from the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix)
Most Wins from Pole in a Season: 12
Most Consecutive Races as Championship Leader: 39 (starting at the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix)
Most Consecutive Points Scored
Most Pit Stops by the Winning Driver in one Race: Dutch Grand Prix
Most Sprint Wins in a Season: 4 (lets remind ourselves of that Piastri win while we are here!)
Lastly, by winning in Miami, Austin, and Las Vegas this year, Verstappen became the first driver to win in the same country 3 times in the same year, how about that!
Will the record-breaking streak continue in 2024 or will anyone be able to keep up with Max Verstappen and the Red Bull Racing team?
Written by Cesca.
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