After a mixed start to the season that promised a good duel with Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen set the record straight to go solo at the top of the world championship. The Red Bull driver scored his second consecutive score, crushing the competition and breaking an incredible record. Here are the crazy numbers of his season.
For the first time in his career, Max Verstappen had to put his world champion title on the line this season. Overwhelmed by the event or just plain unlucky, he had made a terrible start to his campaign. Verstappen he had retired in two of the first three rounds of the season. After Australian Grand Prix3rd event of the season, he was 46 points behind Charles Leclerc. Very quickly, he recovered from the marching order.
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15 Grands Prix in one season, a record!
However, a complicated start to the season rhymes with victory for Max Verstappen. For the second race of the season, a Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, won the first of his 15 wins of the season. He then threw his arms up three weekends in a row at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prixfrom You love me and’Spain. bat a Monkhas found its way to success in Azerbaijan it’s at Canada. Not at the best Silverstone It’s inside Austria, Verstappen he returned with the knife between his teeth French Grand Prix who won. The first of his 5 hits in a row since following the Hungarythe BelgiumThey Holland et Monza in Italy. He has aggravated the sign to the Japanwhere it was titled, Austinau Mexico and finished with style a Abu Dhabi. With 15 hits in a single season, Max Verstappen broke the previous record co-held by Sebastian Vettel et Michael Schumacher with their 13 victories.
17 podiums and 7 poles
In 22 races, Max Verstappen I climbed the box 17 times, 15 times on the first step, once on the second Austria and once the third a Monk. The 5 times he didn’t make the top 3, Verstappen he surrendered twice. The other 3 concern a damaged flat bottom a Silverstone (7th), match compromised a Singapore (7th) after an error of Red Bull in qualifying and a difficult weekend at Brazilpenalized after contact with Hamilton.
Less successful on Saturday, Max Verstappen He “has” only achieved 7 pole positions this season. Charles Leclerc signed 9, record of the year.
Quite a lot of time spent in mind
Max Verstappen often led the way this year. He completed no fewer than 616 laps in the lead, or 3,164km to lead the field. Faster than the others, he also set the fastest lap 5 times during the season.
