F1 News: Verstappen breaks yet another Hamilton F1 record

Max Verstappen’s third consecutive victory at Imola was the 59th of his career.  With 59 wins from 192 starts, Verstappen’s winning rate now stands at 30.7%, surpassing that of Lewis Hamilton, who has gone over two years since his last win, and has taken victory in 30.4% of his 339 starts.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Drivers with the highest win percentages in F1 history, with 100+ race starts:

1) Max Verstappen: 30.73%
2) Lewis Hamilton: 30.38%
3) Michael Schumacher: 29.74%
4) Alain Prost: 25.63%
5) Ayrton Senna: 25.47%

Verstappen’s victory came from his eighth consecutive pole position. That equalled Ayrton Senna’s record run:

It was also Verstappen’s seventh consecutive pole position since the start of the season. That equalled another record, set by Alain Prost in 1993:

This was also Verstappen’s 10th consecutive front row start. However, he has much further to go to equal that record – Senna managed 24 in a row spanning the 1988 and 1989 seasons.

Win #59 – Tracking Max Verstappen’s march to greatness

We continue to track Max Verstappen’s march to F1 greatness because his complete domination of the sport is like nothing we have seen before. He is on pace to shatter all records, and it just cannot be ignored.

With his 59th F1 win in the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP, at the young age of just 26, he continues to amaze everyone given how young he is.

Another win for Max Verstappen, his 4th of the season, winning every race he has finished this year

At just 26 years of age, he is way ahead of all the previous F1 greats and on pace to beat all their records

Tracking Verstappen’s Record Run

Destined to beat them all

At Age 26 Michael Schumacher 19 F1 wins
At Age 26 Ayrton Senna 2 F1 wins
At Age 26 Lewis Hamilton, 17 F1 wins
At Age 26 Max Verstappen 59 F1 wins + 8 Sprint Race Wins

All-time F1 Race Winners

1.  Lewis Hamilton – 103 wins
2. Michael Schumacher – 91 wins
3. Max Verstappen – 59 wins (plus 8 Sprint Race wins)
4.  Sebastian Vettel – 53 wins
5. Alain Prost – 51 wins
6.  Ayrton Senna – 41 wins
7.  Fernando Alonso – 32 wins
8.  Nigel Mansell – 31 wins
9.  Jackie Stewart – 27 wins
10.  Jim Clark – 25 wins
11.  Niki Lauda – 25 wins
12.  Juan Manuel Fangio – 24 wins
13.  Nelson Piquet – 23 wins
14.  Nico Rosberg – 23 wins
15.  Damon Hill – 22 wins
16.  Kimi Raikkonen – 21 wins
17.  Mikka Hakkinen – 20 wins
18.  Stirling Moss – 16 wins
19.  Jenson Button – 15 wins
20.  Graham Hill – 14 wins
21.  Jack Brabham – 14 wins
22.  Emerson Fittipaldi – 14 wins
23.  Alberto Ascari – 13 wins
24.  David Coulthard – 13 wins
25.  Mario Andretti – 12 wins
26.  Carlos Reutemann – 12 wins
27.  Alan Jones – 12 wins
28.  Valtteri Bottas – 10 wins
29.  Mark Webber – 9 wins
30.  Daniel Riccardo – 8 wins
31. Sergio Pérez – 6 wins (plus 1 Sprint Race Win)
32.  Charles Leclerc – 5 wins
33.  Carlos Sainz Jr. – 2 wins
34.  Pierre Gasly – 1 win
35.  Esteban Ocon – 1 win
36. George Russell – 1 win (plus 1 Sprint Race Win)
37. Lando Norris – 1 win

Driver Age to Reach 100 F1 Podiums

1.  Verstappen – 26 years 5 mon. 
2. Vettel – 30 years 8 mon.  
3. Hamilton – 31 years 9 mon.  
4. Schumacher – 33 years 2 mon.  
5. Prost – 38 years 4 mon.  
6. Raikkonen – 38 years 10 mon.  
7. Alonso – 41 years 7 mon.

Verstappen has won 50% of last 106 races

Since the Chinese GP, back in 2019, F1 has had a total of 108 races. Max Verstappen, with his latest victory, has won 54 of them, which means 50% of all those races.

Wins by Number

Hamilton is worried Verstappen will destroy all his records

TBD: To Be Determined

In his last 56 races, Verstappen has won 43 of them….amazing consistent domination and a Red Bull team that is performing at an elite level. He has 48 wins since the start of 2021.

2022
P1 – Imola (Sprint)
P1 – Imola
P1 – Miami
P1 – Barcelona
P3 – Monaco
P1 – Azerbaijan
P1 – Canada
P7 – Silverstone
P1 – Austria (Sprint)
P2 – Austria
P1 – Paul Ricard
P1 – Hungary
P1 – Spa
P1 – Zandvoort
P1 – Monza
P7 – Singapore
P1 – Suzuka
P1 – Austin TX
P1 – Mexico
P4 – Brazil (Sprint)
P6 – Brazil
P1 – Abu Dhabi

2023
P1 – Bahrain
P2 – Saudi Arabia
P1 – Australia
P3 – Azerbaijan (Sprint)
P2 – Azerbaijan
P1 – Miami
P1 – Monaco
P1 – Barcelona
P1 – Canada
P1 – Austria (Sprint)
P1 – Austria
P1 – England
P1 – Hungary
P1 – Belgium (Sprint)
P1 – Belgium
P1 – Zandvoort
P1 – Monza
P5 – Singapore
P1 – Suzuka
P2 – Qatar (Sprint)
P1 – Qatar
P1 – Austin (Sprint)
P1 – Austin
P1 – Mexico
P1 – Sao Paulo
P1 – Las Vegas
P1 – Abu Dhabi

2024
P1 – Bahrain
P1 – Saudi Arabia
DNF – Australia
P1 – Suzuka
P1 – Shanghai
P2 – Miami
P1 – Imola

Winning Percentage in a Year

Bold = Active Driver