2023-08-12 20:03:06
No one disputes that Max Verstappen is going to be a three-time world champion. The Dutchman has gone into the summer break with a 125-point advantage over ‘Checo’ Pérez, so he has a very wide cushion to face the final stretch of the year with peace of mind.
In fact, to give us an idea of how big this advantage is, he could go on vacation until October and still be the leader. For this reason, the interest now is in how many records the still two-time world champion can break.
Most consecutive wins
It is the first record that could fall. It is held by Sebastian Vettel who won nine races in a row in 2013, also driving for Red Bull.
Verstappen would match him at home in the first race after returning from vacation, the Dutch GP, and could surpass him at the Italian Grand Prix.
Highest number of races leading the championship
The Dutchman has not left the first position in the Drivers’ World Championship since the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix. He currently has 29 consecutive races, and the record was set by Michael Schumacher at 37, between the 2000 United States Grand Prix and 2000 Japan.
If he is champion, he will chain 39 races in a row as the World Cup leader, and barring disaster, it is very likely that it will happen.
highest number of points
This record is held by Verstappen himself. He set that last season, in which he racked up 454 points. With 10 races to go, he already has 314 units, so he only needs 140 to improve his record. Obtaining half the points per race that in the first half of the year would be enough.
Greater number of poles
The Saturday record is, without a doubt, the most difficult to beat. Sebastian Vettel established it in 2011. Despite his dominance, Verstappen has only achieved six pole positions in the first twelve grand prix, being the only aspect in which he seems beatable.
Sergio Pérez, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have managed to beat him in qualifying, while Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris have been very close to doing so. To beat this record, he would have to achieve all the pole positions that remain at stake, something that seems highly unlikely, although in the case of Verstappen it cannot be ruled out.
Highest number of wins
It is Verstappen’s greatest obsession. The objective is to beat the record that he himself established in 2022, with 15 wins. To improve it he needs to win six of the remaining ten races.
The champion with the most margin in history
If the Dutchman wins the Japanese Grand Prix or sooner, he would become the champion with the most races to spare at the end of the season, beating the record set by Michael Schumacher in 2004.
If the progression of the first half of the year is maintained, Verstappen would become the champion with the most difference in the history of Formula 1.
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