Max Verstappen is on track to have the best season in modern auto racing history.
After beating Lewis Hamilton in a back-and-forth battle over the course of the 2021 season, Verstappen and Red Bull Racing have been far and away the best over the past two seasons in F1. And for as good as Verstappen was a season ago, he’s been even better in 2023.
Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix victory was his 14th win of the season through 17 races. One more win will tie the record for most wins in a season … a record Verstappen set a season ago. Verstappen also needs two wins over the final five races to break a record that once seemed untouchable in Formula 1. Michael Schumacher won 13 of 18 races in 2004 for a 72% win percentage. If Verstappen finishes the season with 16 or more wins, he’ll beat Schumacher’s mark and set a record that could stand for decades.
For a great perspective on just how good Verstappen has been this season, here’s how his 2023 stacks up to the most dominant F1 seasons of the 2000s.While Schumacher would set the F1 record for win percentage two years later, his 2002 season is arguably better. His lowest finish all year was a third in the second race of the season. He finished second five times and won every other race. Schumacher never qualified lower than third in 2002 and completed every lap of every Grand Prix.
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