​Three-time world champion Max Verstappen reigns supreme in Formula 1, and with no rivals of his caliber to challenge his track supremacy, the Dutchman is battling for records that still stand.

In 2023, Max Verstappen won his third consecutive world championship title, practically dispersing the competition. Supermax, as the Dutch driver was nicknamed, won 19 of the 22 scheduled races with a percentage of 86%, thus setting a new record for victories in a Formula 1 season. Added to this was the record for the most laps in a season. single season (1,003) but also the biggest points gap with the player who finished next at the end of the championship to paint the full picture of what Verstappen’s dominance means.

After a 2023 marked by Verstappen’s dominance, those who had any illusions that 2024 would be any different have retreated after the first two races of the season. Two pole position wins for Verstappen each time was enough to realize that no one and nothing can stand in the way of the Supermax on his way to a fourth consecutive F1 world title. Verstappen’s only rival is himself and his fight remains in 2024 with records he has yet to break and we’ll see what they are.

Finishes on the podium in every race of the season

Michael Schumacher is the only driver in Formula 1 history to finish every race of the season on the podium every time (17). It happened in 2002 and Max Verstappen came close to achieving this record in 2023 when he reached the podium 21 times in 22 competitive races. The exception was the fifth place at the Grand Prix of Singapore, which was won by the Spaniard Carlos Sainz from Ferrari. In 2024, Max Verstappen took the podium twice in the first two races and recorded this record.

Most consecutive podiums

A division where Michael Schumacher remains the benchmark with 19 consecutive top three finishes. A record set by a German driver between the 2001 US Grand Prix and the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix. Max Verstappen’s 15 consecutive podium finishes in 2023 failed to match this record in Singapore, where he only finished fifth at the end races .

The most pole positions in a season

Despite almost always being the fastest driver in the competition, Verstappen only managed 12 pole positions in 2023. Charles Leclerc (5), Sergio Perez (2), Carlos Sainz (2) and Lewis Hamilton (1) were the drivers who in 2023 prevented Verstappen from reaching Sebastian Vettel’s record of 15 races starting from pole position, a record the German took participation in 2011 when he won his second world title. Verstappen started 2024 with two consecutive poles, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Most consecutive pole positions

The record in this chapter is held by the legendary and late Ayrton Senna, a driver who started from the front row of the grid eight times in a row in 1989. Max Verstappen stopped in 2023 on five pole positions in a row, between the Grand Prix of Monaco and Great Britain. The streak was interrupted by Lewis Hamilton’s pole at the Hungaroring. In 2023, the Dutchman already has two pole positions in a row and is again chasing Senna’s record.

The fastest laps of the season

In 2023, Max Verstappen had nine races in which he set the fastest lap and would need just one race to equal the record set by Michael Schumacher in 2004 and twice broken by Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 and 2008. Ten-race record for fastest lap in a race. Verstappen has already ticked the box Fastest lap this year at the track in Bahrain, only for Charles Leclerc to steal his fastest lap of the race on the last lap in Saudi Arabia.