Yahoo Autos Verstappen Closes Record F1 Season with 19 Wins
Max Verstappen's record-setting 2023 Formula 1 season ended today with another win at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his 19th win of the year. The win was also the 21st in 22 races for his Red Bull Racing team. Both are records.
Verstappen's 19 wins in a single season is four more than his own previous record and six more than the next-best seasons recorded by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. By winning 19 of 22 races, Verstappen has also taken a record for win percentage in a season that Alberto Ascari has held since 1952. His stretch of 10 consecutive wins in the middle of the year, starting in Miami and ending in Italy, beats out a then-record stretch of nine straight wins held by Sebastian Vettel. Today's win was his seventh in a row since losing that streak, tied for the third-longest winning streak ever.
With two additional wins from Sergio Perez, Red Bull also earns new records for wins in a season, win percentage, and consecutive wins. The record for total wins has been held by Mercedes AMG F1 since 2016, while the records for win percentage and consecutive wins date back to McLaren's 1988 season.
The 2024 Formula 1 season starts on March 2nd in Bahrain. Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, and Aston Martin will all come into Winter testing with an expectation that they have built a car capable of challenging Red Bull on a weekly basis. If they cannot, Red Bull and Max Verstappen have an expanded 24-race season to beat all of these records.
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