F1 is officially underway for 2024 with pre-season testing this week at the Bahrain International Circuit.
It follows a dominant championship-winning campaign for Max Verstappen, who broke several records in 2023 including most wins in a season (19), most points in a year (575) and biggest title winning margin to second (290 points) in the standings.
There are more records that look likely to get broken in 2024 as well, but not all of them would make the driver proud – so here are 10 unwanted records that could be beaten or extended this year.
Most grand prix starts without a win
Current holder: Andrea de Cesaris (208)
Could be broken by: Nico Hulkenberg (203)
Nico Hulkenberg is set to break F1’s record for the most race starts without a victory this year. The Haas driver has started 203 grands prix, five less than Andrea de Cesaris, meaning he could match the record at the Chinese Grand Prix before breaking it in Miami two weeks later.
Given Haas finished bottom of the 2023 constructors’ championship, it would take something completely out of the ordinary for Hulkenberg to win before Shanghai.
However, in the past he’s actually come close to victory. Hulkenberg claimed a shock pole position for the 2010 Brazilian GP, but then the superior pace of cars around him paid dividends as he ultimately finished eighth.
The German also led much of the wet 2012 Brazilian GP as he climbed from sixth in a rapid Force India, but he spun out of the lead on lap 48 before crashing with Lewis Hamilton when trying to regain first six tours later.
De Cesaris’ best shot of victory ended in retirement despite scoring five podiums in his career. At the 1991 Belgian GP, the Jordan driver was second and applied late pressure on Ayrton Senna, only for his engine to blow with three laps to go while the McLaren driver eventually won by just 1.9 seconds.
Most podiums without a win in F1
Current holders: Nick Heidfeld and Lando Norris (13)
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images
Lando Norris is one of the highest-rated drivers on the current grid, however, being winless in his five-year F1 career so far is often used against him. It’s not like he’s never come close to victory either.
At the 2021 Italian GP, Norris came second behind team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in a McLaren 1-2, despite the then 21-year-old repeatedly finishing ahead of the Australian that season. At the following race, the 2021 Russian GP,…
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