Max Verstappen had statistically the greatest Formula 1 season in history after breaking several more records at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The triple world champion secured a record-extending 19th victory of the 2023 season, which added to other achievements like most laps led in a season, biggest points gap to second in the championship and more.
It came just a week after Verstappen made history at the inaugural Las Vegas GP, where he became the first driver to ever win three times in one country during a single campaign.
His victory in the streets of Vegas added to wins in Miami and Austin meaning he won every grand prix in the United States in 2023.
Verstappen also broke a 60-year-old record in Vegas having led for 29 laps before taking the chequered flag.
It meant at the time the Red Bull driver had led 75.06% of laps in 2023, the highest percentage ever, which is greater than Jim Clark’s record of 71.47% from the 1963 season. But, after the Abu Dhabi GP Verstappen has increased that total.
So with the 2023 season over, which records has Verstappen set or broken?
F1 records Verstappen has in 2023
F1’s highest percentage of wins in a season
In only F1’s third season, Ascari became a world champion after winning six of the eight races that year for Ferrari. It is a win percentage that the likes of Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel could not even break during their championship-winning campaigns.
But then came Verstappen. Being far and away the most dominant driver in 2023, he won 19 of the 22 races in 2023, which gives Verstappen a win percentage of 86%.
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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19, 1st position, parks his car in Parc Ferme
F1’s most wins in a season
While Verstappen broke Ascari’s record in Sao Paulo, he is also beating his own. In 2022, Verstappen won 15 grands prix which surpassed Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel’s record of 13 victories in 2004 and 2013, respectively.
But, amazingly, Red Bull and Verstappen took it to new heights in 2023. Verstappen now stands at 19 victories for the season where he surpassed his total from 2022 at October’s Mexico GP.
F1’s most consecutive wins
Verstappen continued to break the records set by Red Bull’s other drivers’ world champion. Vettel won the final nine races of the 2013 season, which broke the previous record of seven straight wins set by Ascari and…
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