The 2024 Formula 1 world championship was, officially, the 74th season of competition in the highest level of motorsport. And it was definitely one for the record books.
After smashing records in 2022, Red Bull and Max Verstappen somehow took their incredible success to an even greater level this season, producing what was, statistically, the most dominant year in the sport’s history.
But there were other records broken or notable statistics from the year, including a high number of teams with a podium finish and a unique quirk for Oscar Piastri.
As ever, this is not an exhaustive list. But these are the most notable records that were set, broken or came to an end over 2023…
Record breakers
It’s impossible to look back at the record breaking moments from the 2023 season and not shine the spotlight directly on Max Verstappen and Red Bull.
By almost every possible metric, this was the most dominant season in history for both the world champion driver and his constructors’ world championship winning team. When it comes to drivers, Verstappen’s 575 points is the highest total ever achieved in a single season in the history of the sport – 121 one more than his total of last season. His winning margin of 290 points over team mate Sergio Perez is not only the greatest in terms of points, but the first time in history where a driver has scored over twice the points total of the runner-up.
Verstappen achieved this dizzying score with 19 grand prix wins, breaking his own record of 15 set the previous year, as well as four victories from the six sprint rounds over the year. He did so by matching and then beating Sebastian Vettel’s record of nine consecutive grand prix victories by winning every round between the Miami Grand Prix in early May to the Italian Grand Prix in September, before the unprecedented streak was finally broken by Carlos Sainz Jnr and Ferrari in Singapore. However, Verstappen ended the season with another seven consecutive wins, meaning he is already on the equal-third best ever winning streak in history immediately after having his record run broken.
He also finished on the podium 21 times in 22 attempts, only failing to do so in Singapore, setting a new record for the highest total podium finishes in a season but just failing to match Michael Schumacher’s perfect 100% record of a podium in every round of the 2002 season. While Verstappen also set a new record by finishing…
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