On Record: How Verstappen stacks up against previous Formula One greats at this point in his career.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen rewrote the F1 record books with a dominant performance en route to his third world title in the 2023 season, taking his tally to 54 wins, 98 podiums and 32 poles after 185 starts . Race weekend.

Comparing different eras is often pointless and comes with various caveats, but it still got me thinking about how the key figures at this point in Verstappen’s journey into the F1 office compare to the legends who came before him. We take a look at Verstappen’s arrival at the three-time champions’ club this year. Regardless of age, some started at a much younger age than other drivers. It shows how each driver compares after the same race. Talk about titles and wins. , posts and podiums that are not affected by deviations such as the new points system.

Also included was the proportion of drivers whose illustrious careers ended after fewer Grands Prix due to shorter schedules and tragic accidents. Max Verstappen

Statistics after 185 race weekends*
3-time World Champion / 54 wins (29.1%) / 98 podiums (52.9%) / 32 poles (17.2%)

Verstappen made his debut aged 17 in 2015 and when Red Bull promoted him from Toro Rosso, it took the Dutchman more than a year to win a race. Since then, he has climbed to the top of the podium every season and secured a title contender in 2021. Since then, Verstappen has achieved incredible feats, winning 44 of 66 Grands Prix and winning all three world titles between 2021 and 2023. Aged just 26, he is committed to F1’s current dominant team until 2028, following more to come. It is worth noting that the dozens of the now calendar are noted with previous generations, and after the victory of the last few seasons, there are many races in front of the world themes.

• With Toro Rosso except the first debuggle at the first debut FP1

Michael Schumacher
185 days of racing on the weekend
5 world titles / 67 wins (36.2%) / 118 podiums (63.7%) / 54 Pool positions (29.1%)

Michael Schumacher attracted Jordan from the Belgian Grand Prize in 1991 and Billian from Benetton, where they won his first stage, won some of the last votes with opponents. Schumacher moved to Ferrari to try and make the one-time championship contenders a major force again and suffered disqualification drama at the turn of the century in 1997 when he stormed Jacques Villeneuve’s Williams and twice crashed Mika Hakkin from McLaren. This brought the turning point the drivers and team were looking for.

Schumacher won five of the last seven world titles (sixth that season) with more wins, podiums and poles than Verstappen until he achieved a 185-race weekend at the 2003 Monaco Grand Prix. After 185 race weekends, Schumacher was on his way to legendary status.

4 times world champion, 45 wins (24.3%), 92 podiums (49.7%), 47 poles (25.4%)

Sebastian Vettel went from being a junior sensation for BMW Sauber in 2007 to a Toro Rosso winner in 2008 and a Red Bull winner in 2009 and is next in the standings after an incredible run of four consecutive victories from 2010 to 2020.

After a difficult 2014 season, the introduction of turbo-hybrid rules in F1 saw Ferrari lure Vettel away from Milton Keynes and the German battled to add more titles to the red, but the result was not to be. But there were still plenty of wins, podiums and poles.

Monaco 2017 marked the first of two seasons in which Vettel finished second in the drivers’ standings behind Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Vettel has won 45 of his 53 career wins, 92 of his 122 career wins and 47 of his 57 career wins. pole position. * Excluding 7 FP1 races before BMW Sauber debut

lewis hamilton
Statistics after 185 race weekends
3 world champions / 50 wins (27%) / 101 podiums (54.5%) / 58 poles (31.3%)

Another man burst onto the F1 scene when Hamilton teamed up with two-time world champion Fernando Alonso in his rookie season at McLaren in 2007. He scored podiums, poles and race wins early on and almost became world champion.

Hamilton dusted himself off and returned to battling Ferrari’s Felipe Massa for the 2008 crown, but Mercedes asked McLaren to fight for another title challenge and he accepted, making it the Woking team’s only championship. their suggestions. Hamilton and Mercedes have had a steady start to 2013, with a few podiums and breakthroughs, but their eyes have always been on the turbo-hybrid era. The Silver Arrows marched down the field and proved that Hamilton was a three-time champion in the 185th running of Austin in 2016. Four more titles are scheduled for release between 2017 and 2020.

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Alain Prost
Statistics after 185 race weekends
3-time World Champion / 44 wins (23.7%) / 94 podiums (50.8%) / 20 poles (10.8%)

Alain Prost was a podium, race winner and title contender with Renault early in his career, but returned to McLaren after making his F1 debut with Renault in 1980, where he took many wins and his first double. . Championship performance. Prost, then McLaren’s number one, was joined by rising star Ayrton Senna in the late 1980s and a notorious battle within the team ensued. Prost lost out to Brazil for the 1989 title but returned to Ferrari. In race no. 185 from the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix, Prost safely won most of the F1 trophies, but a final switch to Williams and an impressive FW15C package saw the Frenchman claim another seven victories. And the fourth title.

Prost began his F1 career with back-to-back wins for McLaren in the mid-1980s.
Nelson Pickett
Statistics after 185 race weekends
3x World Champion, 20 wins (10.8%), 54 podiums (29.1%), 24 poles (12.9%)

Nelson Piquet took the lead in 1980 as Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham team took first place, while Williams pipped Brazilian Carlos Reutemann to second when he and Alan Jones got in the way. It’s time to get your first win. After a difficult 1982 campaign, Piquet and Brabham reunited in 1983 and took the title in second place to rivals Renault Prost, but a season full of retirements in 1984 and 1985 left Piquet with stiff competition from teammate Nigel. Continued. Mansell was developed.

After a dramatic clash in 1986 and tensions between the Williams pair reaching boiling point, Piquet returned to victory in 1987 when a heavy qualifying injury at Suzuka forced Mansell to miss the final two races. This was Piquet’s last F1 crown and he took all but three victories until his 185th race for Benetton in 1990.

Piquet achieved his first podium, race win and world championship with Brabham.
Three-time champion with less than 185 weekend appearances
Juan Manuel Fangio
Statistics after 51 Grands Prix
5-time World Champion, 24 wins (47%), 35-time podium (68.6%), 29-time pole (56.8%)

Juan Manuel Fangio won five world championships in eight F1 seasons in the 1950s. The Argentine has added another level to the success he has achieved with other teams. Won titles with Alfa Romeo in 1951, with Mercedes in 1954 and 1955 (after recovering from a serious crash at Monza a few years earlier) and with Ferrari in 1956. Title since 1957. Maserati.

In the end, “El Maestro” won almost half of the Grand Prix he entered, finished on the podium in two of the three races and usually started from the front of the grid. That continued in some races. Time is a blow to future generations. Top 10 F1 Drivers – 5 – Juan Manuel Fangio
jack brabham
Statistics after 123 Grand Prix
3-time World Champion, 14 wins (11.3%), 31-time podium (25.2%), 13-time pole (10.5%)

Jack Brabham’s title success can be divided into two periods. The first was in 1959 and 1960, when he won two championships with his innovative rear-engine Cooper, and the second was in 1966, when he added a third with his namesake team. F1. History is in progress.

Of the three champions listed here, only Piquet has a lower winning percentage than Brabham. But in his 15-year F1 career, the Aussie has won at key times. In fact, he won two of his three titles, achieving five consecutive jumps in 1960 and four in 1966.

Brabham remains the only driver in F1 history to win a world title with a car that bears his name.
Jackie Stewart
Statistics from 99 Grand Prix
3-time World Champion, 27 wins (27.2%), 43 podiums (43.4%), 17 poles (17.1%)

Jackie Stewart made his F1 debut with the BRM team in the mid-1960s and took the podium in eight of 12 races, including two wins, in his first three seasons, but moved to Matra/Tyrrell a few years later. . He took his career to new heights. From 1968 to 1973, the “Flying Scotsman” won three of six world titles, amassing a record 27 victories and becoming a standout podium finisher among the best. Stewart retired before the start of his 100th race after teammate Francois Severt suffered a tragedy at Watkins Glen. Stewart and Matra/Tirrell were a powerful combination in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Niki Lauda
Statistics after 171 Grand Prix
3x World Champion, 25 wins (14.6%), 54 podiums (31.5%), 24 poles (14%)

Niki Lauda began his F1 career with an uncompetitive and unreliable car, but his efforts in March and BRM soon attracted the attention of Ferrari, where he won the race in 1974 and became world champion in 1975. It was done.

Lauda looked set to complete a championship double the following year until his fatal crash at the Nürburgring opened the door for McLaren rival James Hunt, but the Austrian, despite his relationship with Ferrari, came back stronger in 1977 to claim a two crown occupied. Mountain. The move to Brabham brought a few more wins, but not another title challenge, and at the end of the 1979 season Lauda left the sport. However, he was lured by Ron Dennis and McLaren and 1984 gave him a third title alongside a significant number of wins, podiums and poles. Niki Lauda – his incredible career story
Ayrton Senna
Statistics after 161 Grand Prix
3-time World Champion, 41 wins (25.4%), 80 podiums (49.6%), 65 poles (40.3%)

Ayrton Senna produced one of the most memorable underdog performances in Formula 1 history when he took his first podium as a Toleman rookie in heavy rain at the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix, and Lotus signed a deal that led to the first of the 41 races in 1985. I signed it. . .

Moving to McLaren in 1988, Senna attracted attention in his first season when he beat team-mate Prost to win the title, before crashing out at Suzuka in his next. There was another controversial battle in 1990 when Senna won after facing his current Ferrari rival Prost, and the following year he won his third and final crown.

Senna’s hopes of more titles and victories ended tragically at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when he crashed and suffered fatal injuries after swapping his McLaren for a Williams. However, his percentages, especially in qualifying, lagged behind those of the mentioned Brazilian pole, Fangio.

Senna holds one of the highest poles in the history of the sport.

Other notable wins away from the three-time champion club
This section focuses on three-time champion Verstappen, but there are many other drivers who deserve mention for their key stats, along with more stories about the tragedies that cut short his impressive career. Excluding record Indianapolis 500 winners, Alberto Ascari and Jim Clark are second and third on the all-time list with 40.6% (from 32 Grands Prix) versus 40.6% and 34.7 respectively Fangio’s %. (72 Grand Prix) – Both fatal accidents occurred in people over 30 years old.

Luigi Fajili (14.2%), Ludovico Scarfiotti (10%) and Jochen Rindt (10%) are other drivers with double-digit wins who lost their lives during the race. Ascari is second only to Fangio on the all-time F1 race wins list.
Fagioli died of injuries sustained in a sports car crash in Monaco in 1952 after seven F1 races. Rindt died in a practice crash at Monza in 1970, but won the title that year posthumously. And Scarfiotti died climbing the hill in 1968, shortly after Clark’s death.

In addition, Sterling Moss Damon Hill (19.1), Nigel Mansell (16.5) and Tony Brooks (15.7) made the top 10, winning a quarter of the 66 Grand Prix events. %) and Giuseppe Farina (15.1%), Mika Hakkinen (12.4%), Nico Rosberg (11.1%), James Hunt (10.8%) and Alan Jones (10.3%) also received they score high. Verstappen’s other current rivals include Alonso, who has 32 wins in 378 starts and a success rate of 8.5%, followed by Valtteri Bottas (4.5%), Charles Leclerc (4%) and Daniel Ricciardo ( 3.3%). List.

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Top 25: F1 race wins by percentage

Driver Wins Percentage
Juan Manuel Fangio 24 47%
Alberto Ascari 13 40.6%
Jim Clark 25 34.7%
Lewis Hamilton 103 31%
Michael Schumacher 91 29.6%
Max Verstappen 54 29.1%
Jackie Stewart 27 27.2%
Alain Prost 51 25.6%
Ayrton Senna 41 25.4%
Stirling Moss 16 24.2%
Damon Hill 22 19.1%
Sebastian Vettel 53 17.7%
Nigel Mansell 31 16.5%
Tony Brooks 6 15.7%
Giuseppe Farina 5 15.1%
Niki Lauda 25 14.6%
Luigi Fagioli 1 14.2%
Mika Hakkinen 20 12.4%
Jack Brabham 14 11.3%
Nelson Piquet 23 11.2%
Nico Rosberg 23 11.1%
James Hunt 10 10.8%
Alan Jones 12 10.3%
Ludovico Scarfiotti 1 10%
Jochen Rindt 6 10%
With the exception of one-off Indy 500 winners