Top 11 Formula 1 Records Set By Verstappen

Since bursting onto the Formula 1 scene at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, Max Verstappen has been setting the track on fire, rewriting the record books time and again. With each race, he adds another chapter to his legacy, showcasing his incredible talent and potential. At only 26 years old, with potentially many more years ahead on the track, Verstappen stands as one of the most statistically impressive drivers Formula 1 has ever seen. Here are 11 mind-blowing records that Verstappen has smashed since his arrival in Formula 1.
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[@antonfloor344]

And still the hater’s will say it’s the car, this man is on the same level as Senna, Schumacher and Hamilton. Yes Hamilton is still a great driver. Although I think Max is the beter one.

[@renevanderschuur4811]

True , if Perez have the same car you can see how good he is 😊

[@TheBazino]

Gerhard Berger was the best friend of Aryton Senna and he said in an interview, that with a heavy heart and after a lot of consideration, he has to say that Max Verstappen is the best who ever drove in F1.

[@epolpier]

@@renevanderschuur4811 Do you have some insights on that claim ? Of course not so you're just making yourself stupid with that comment...

[@gab0rik]

@@epolpier use google. The interview with Berger is in many places and that he questioned his own previous estimates because Verstappen has shown thing's he has never seen. He added: “I said before that Senna was the best driver of all time. I have to say, I think Max Verstappen is even better now. He has skills that I haven’t even seen yet."

[@epolpier]

@@gab0rik Why do you write it to me ?

[@BelegCuthali0n]

Crazy to think that between the last Chinese GP in 2019 and this one there have been 106 races and Max won 53 of them... That's 50% of all the races in the last 5 years... And that's including 2 dominant Mercedes seasons and a season where Max and Lewis were very closely matched. Insanity!

[@JamesMiller-lb3sk]

Max’s save in the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix was the most impressive one I have ever seen

[@HandofNot]

That ride was one of the best rain drives we will ever see in formula 1.

[@fredschepers5149]

💯 agree... Nail biting how he just flew over the track like there was no rain. And how he controlled the car when he nearly, or actually lost it, was insane. It shows how adrenaline and skills results in magic. It's still one of my favourite races, though he didn't win. But just his exceptional driving skills proofed to m that he was a legend in the make. 🙂

[@andyburkhart9125]

one of, if not the most, impressive drives and saves ever and he didn't even win the race. i never tire of watching him save that car.

[@marmas1857]

Fun fact: When LH whas the same age as MV is now, he had 16 F1 Victories and 1 F1 driver’s championships. The future is bright; the future is Orange 🍊🎉

[@Jona-cn3le]

Well, Max said he isn't interested in staying for a long time in f1. He wants to do other race stuff too, and build a racing school.

[@ismael9694]

@@Jona-cn3le With a bit of "luck" he's going to have 'all' records before his current contract is ended.

[@jessienameles5063]

i like his torro rosso time when you see a young kid without a license to drive on the road , bashed by everyone in the msm and shocked the whole f 1 world ..!!!!!!!! champ in the making....

[@Disturbx.]

Max didn't start 16th in Brazil 2016.. he initially started 4th, but some wrong tyre choices by RB got him to the back of the grid

[@MasterSandman]

Exactly!! At one point before that peculiar strategy decision, he was comfortably in 2nd and even had a serious outlook on challenging Lewis for the win!!

[@2Fast4Mellow]

@@MasterSandman To be honest, also Lewis (unlike Nico) didn't make a mistake either in that race. Hamilton did screw up during the Hockenheim 2019 race, but Verstappen had trouble getting the car on the track in China. At no point during the 2016 race Verstappen came within 2 seconds of Hamilton except during the restarts. However Verstappen was driving circles around Nico. I think he passed Nico 3 times during that race and if there were 2 more laps in that race, we would even secured 2nd. I still think Brazil 2016 was his best race...

[@MasterSandman]

@@2Fast4Mellow The outlook on challenging Lewis, was ofcourse based on the situation *before* RBR implemented their curious strategy! Had they kept to a more conventional one, Max just might have been able to get to Lewis. 🤷

[@ismael9694]

Which is even more impressive, because he didn't had the whole race for making up those places.

[@Drrolfski]

You forgot an important one. In 2023 he broke the most records ever in a single season.

[@Lanse1984]

He did it in 2022 and 2023 lol

[@giannapple]

To everyone that says “it’s the car”; first, it has ALWAYS been the car in F1 history: second, if a driver can’t drive every time, all the time at 100% of the car’s potential, can’t “read” the situations on track and use them to his/her own advantage, doesn’t have the guts and aggressivity to “go in a gap that exists”, can’t be constant, this driver will not win championships. Races, yes, but not championships, no matters how good the car is. That’s true for Ascari, Fangio, Prost, Senna, Lauda, Schumacher, Vettel, Hamilton, Verstappen… and sorry for the champions l didn’t list here.

[@sergio_81]

The best ever! Senna and Max the Kings in F1

[@pman1902]

i hope he stays long enough to beat most F1 wins and championships.

[@underSTATEDexcellence]

People don’t like this but Verstappen is becoming the greatest natural talent of all time even higher then Senna(Blasphemous I know) but seriously this kid does not make mistakes and has the natural born killer instinct required.

[@EntropicExergy]

Berger has already said Max has surpassed Senna. If anyone can know, i'd say it's him, he raced in the same team as Senna for several seasons.

[@whiteybester9160]

Just proof. Max is better than any driver before him.

[@user-qb5bd3kc6v]

We will never know, you cannot compare drivers from different era's unfortunately. If we had a time-machine, would Verstappen be better than Fangio in the 50's? or better than Senna in the 90's?

[@bjrnchrstn]

The useless discussion of who is the best ever. All you want is to be in the discussion. That he has achieved (already).

[@user-qb5bd3kc6v]

@@bjrnchrstnMy point is that that discussion is useless

[@worfoz]

@@user-qb5bd3kc6v If he had a time-machine, he would be the fastest time-traveler ever. He would finish each race even before Fangio or Senna were able to start.

[@user-qb5bd3kc6v]

@@worfoz 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBazino]

Didn't mention his best record "Most rules made specifically against him".

[@KylaraKuhn]

And the fun of it that he was never punished for even one of those rules.. Others, however, who wanted those rules got punished for breaking them instead 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrRepsie]

😂😂

[@user-zo2ty9zx8v]

But don't forget that Hamilton has some rules against him: waving on straight. Elite drivers do know the rule ms and will try to drive around them

[@MrRepsie]

@@user-zo2ty9zx8v what a disgusting name you say there!

[@bobkeul7682]

The entire world thinks he is great accept the British, and the British media. Kravitz, Crofty, Hill, Lazenby, Jordan. They all diminish Max where they can, bias a f. can't handle Max breaking records of their national hero. Or saying its Newey, whilst Wache is the team lead. Embarrassing.

[@MarkDewet]

The brits always think they the best in everything,thats why their sport teams are one generstions wonders

[@brammiddelkamp1861]

Lets hope keeps going for several years

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Max now has the highest winning percentage in the modern era, passing Schumacher and Hamilton.

[@joostprins3381]

Not true, but close, Max 30,53%, Lewis 30,56%. So if Max keeps going he will be the one with the best percentage. What he does have is the percentage races won from pole. Btw, Charles has got one of the worse stats with that 82,61%, Max 16,22% and Lewis 41,35 % poles without a win.

[@tjallingcnossen8495]

@@joostprins3381 he probably meant in a season

[@dethshroom9493]

@@joostprins3381 Doesnt max have more wins from Charles poles than Charles does from his poles? I sorta remember that being a meme curse in 22' lol

[@joostprins3381]

@@dethshroom9493 that’s an interesting one, it wouldn’t surprise me at all. 😂

[@r0p]

The reason why max is so good is because he is extremely consistent. Always able to deliver the same lap times, saving the tires. Like many greats, max will only be fully appreciated once he doenst compete anymore or is gone.

[@SamS-qn4tv]

Well said

[@kakhak]

Just Learn to ignore miserable jealous Max haters/mediocre Hamilton fanatics.

[@xXPremiumBeefXx]

That boy can DRIVE. Super max, the flying Dutchman

[@rubenlevi]

MAX the GOAT🐐

[@HEERB.]

The farma company's make a lot more money because all the Max haters can't stand Max is so much better than L.H.

[@noitnem]

Max is real humble given his place in the world of F1. You have to respect the raw talent. I'd love to see a demonstartion race where each team pulls a name out of a hat and races in a another teams car.

[@Ellen1600]

That would be nice! But a great driver needs a good car🤷🏻‍♀️

[@edsfilmarchief7069]

Overlooked is the fact that Verstappen had to retire his car in his first race being sixth, in a Toro Rosso…

[@hees320]

This guy lives racing..

[@Dan-dm2pm]

MaxisTheGreatestDriver in F1 Right Now theres NO bodyany better then Max...working on his 4th Championship

[@hermanklunder789]

he won 58 until now !

[@paulw9821]

He´s the Boss 🏆🏅

[@peterdevries8589]

Max V is the greatest driver ever. No doubt.

[@adrianw7793]

Driver's age limit of 18? if you are GOOD enough, you are old enough

[@gilded_lady]

IMHO, that's to stop overzealous teams from recruiting younger and younger, not a knock against the drivers themselves.

[@HEERB.]

Max win in Sir L.H. his Mercedes,right now!!

[@fredschepers5149]

He is a record breaker. I don't think he will stop until he broke them all. He has got every thing to go for it. Age, the records he already broke and a bright future. He could settle all records in 2028. That's not that far away for him. He would be just 30 years old. Still enough in the tank for another 5 years, if he wants. It doesn't matter if he is better than Senna, or Schumi. He will be one of the F1 legends together with them who became GOAT. There is not one GOAT. Every era has one. But he will be remembered for another 50+ years as the legend and co-GOAT who broke all records available. And gave us the excitement we expect from F1. For me the excitement every race is the thought of: "is he gonna do it again... And again.... And again". No mistakes, no engine failures and no crashes... I love F1..... For decades now!

[@swoosh26]

He is the best no matter what anyone says. His records speak for themselves and facts are facts

[@robertdejong1966]

He is already the best all time

[@shanebutcher9558]

To think the haters say he makes it boring, he makes racing in F1 for fans like me exciting, Max is literally trying to achieve the impossible and break records, not to mention if no slip ups happen in the 2025 season, he could be the first driver in Motorsport history to win every race in a single season, achieving 24 wins according to the 2025 calendar

[@976darkboy]

Currently on 58 race wins*

[@thomasbakker6492]

If he had not lost the singapore GP, he would have had 18 consecutive wins last season 😮

[@user-zo2ty9zx8v]

In 2022 he could have gotten pole except that the car was out of fuel and had to abort with two purple sectors. (Rain Q)

[@Creature_NL]

Imagen RB had that Honda engine in 2016. Renault literally spoiled his career start.

[@2Fast4Mellow]

Oh oh, Verstappen wins so often, that is tally of wins is no longer 56, but 58 at the date the video was published...

[@EntropicExergy]

Max is too fast for youtubers to keep up with, can't really blame them for it.

[@Wappie667]

1 month later 2 records added

[@chipdale490]

To be fair, we should be looking at percentages, considering the ever increasing number of races every year.

[@kevinvandorst]

Not for everything, for example it's easier to get a 100% winrate in a season when it's only 4 races compared to 25 races in a season.

[@weetjijwel050]

Np, Max has the highest win % of them all (appx 31%)

[@MajieB]

This year he has set his sights on Senna's consecutive pole record (8), he is on 6 right now.

[@zedearl5181]

Actually it’s 5 from the start of the 2024 season and that itself is a record.

[@MajieB]

@@zedearl5181 Yes but its 6 with Abu dhabi 23 its consecutive doesnt matter if he started it last season. And ye 4 in a row season start last 1 to do it was Hakkinen

[@Custom_Tundra_XFire_Audio]

Mate… really? You make a video about max verstappen’s records and you mis like HALF OF THEM? Shame on you.

[@DuxJerome]

Well maybe he is working on a part 2.

[@sokolum]

GOAT

[@jamessykes2760]

He's the goat.

[@anarastasis9062]

Kinda makes me think that if Max Verstappen of all people can't break the record for the youngest driver to win a world championship, probably no one ever will xD

[@clvecooledge2407]

No one is allowed to overtake him he cries & spits his dummy out .

[@talk844]

That Otter will say it to the media again : F1 has become boring.

[@TheRtm68]

It’s always a combo of driver,car and teamperformance! It’s a stupidity to compare a driver with another one! You only can compare with you’re teammate! With that saying, till today no one has achieve to proof who is the best, Max is just Max with a goat mentality! There are only a couple drivers who can get more out of the car than what the car is capable of, that’s talent without doubt!

[@clvecooledge2407]

Put verstaapen in the williams he would not win anything he is only dominating because he has the fastes car at redbull.

[@myselfandeye3884]

Verstappen also took Kvyat's seat at RBR, his girlfriend and daughter in record time. Pretty impressive. Kvyat might disagree but that's just sour grapes.

[@weetjijwel050]

Max didnt take Kvyats' daughter. What a weird thing to say?

[@erikxtrema3845]

@@weetjijwel050 hoe wil jij het verwoorden dan ?

[@weetjijwel050]

@@erikxtrema3845 Hij heeft zn wijf gepakt, punt. Maar dan pak je toch niet ook zn kind? Het blijft het kind van Kvyat, lijkt me. En zoals hij het zegt, klinkt het nogal smerig 😉.

[@LogiForce86]

@@weetjijwel050 Daarnaast komt Kvyat gewoon gezellig op de verjaardag van z'n dochtertje (daar zijn foto's van), en hoe ze verder de omgangsregeling hebben dat houden ze maar lekker privé. Privacy mag wat mij betreft wel wat meer gerespecteerd en gewaardeerd worden in de huidige maatschappij, bij Verstappen, Piquet en Kvyat maar ook bij een ieder ander individu in Nederland en daarbuiten. De wereld hoeft niet alles te weten, niet van mij en van niemand niet. De DDR was al misdadig op dit gebied, en huidig China doet er nog een bootlading bovenop.

[@weetjijwel050]

@@LogiForce86 Ik weet niet waarom je dit allemaal zegt? Ik zeg toch dat het gewoon zijn dochter blijft? En dat het ons verder allemaal geen kloot aangaat HOE ze dat doen (omgang etc.), daar ben ik het mee eens.

[@anoniem9518]

Many of those F1 drivers also break a record when it comes to avoiding paying taxes and contribute to society (just like most modest earning people do). Paying taxes is a job do they leave to their fans.

[@arnoudahern2658]

You must be a happy and cheerfull person to be with 🎉🎉

[@anoniem9518]

@@arnoudahern2658 true... but for some people this is not the case. Those people in need, living on too little money, would be much healthier if the rich would stop avoiding paying their share of taxes.

[@EntropicExergy]

All the rich people do that, bit single-minded to only look at F1 drivers for that.

[@anoniem9518]

@@EntropicExergy How can you call someone single minded, if you are annoyed by the fact that someone else is simply telling the truth. Sometimes you have to take some time to observe reality. Try to acknowledge the fact that you adore a limited group of people who are competing against the same limited group of people by driving in circles once in two weeks, polluting the local and global environment big time, not only by racing but also by travelling around the world in huge quantities, while in the mean they back slap each other about how extraordinary they are justifying their greed.

[@EntropicExergy]

@@anoniem9518 Maybe you should read, because i just did and gave the reason why. Like i said all rich people do it, so why single out a specific group, it's rather hypocritical. So what rich folks do you love, music, acting, go on, tell us who you are specifically ignoring because of personal preference? And no, i don't care for all of them, i am a Max fan. I hate lulu for obvious reasons (which have nothing to do with the sport) and i don't care much for the others as they are mostly overhyped or not that good. All humans pollute, that's just a consequence of being alive and the rich folk do it a bit more, i don't care. And F1 is no more polluting than other events, so that frame is utter BS.

[@arposkraft3616]

Meh that record is diluted....oh even then still the top...okido

[@aniketkumar2210]

It’s car guys believe me guys I know better than Lauda Nico etc

[@speeddemon9555]

it's the car, Perez can't keep up simply because he's an ordinary driver ( by f1 standards ) put Lando or Lewis in Perez's car and you would get a true idea of how good Verstappen is, Verstappen would revert to barging and filthy driving, as i said it's the car, not him, the Red Bull car is the best car ever to race in F1.

[@patrickpasson7247]

Good idea then he would put LH on 20 seconds in the same car and we are finally done with the discussion, now they say it is the car, but huh LH and Mercedes in their iron hold on the F1 was all Lewis I suppose????? LH is nothing more then a driver a really good one, where Verstappen is a racer there is a difference, LH is a kitten where Verstappen is a Tiger.

[@speeddemon9555]

@@patrickpasson7247 bolloks !! Lewis never had the car that Red Bull is today, even Perez, who is a very ordinary driver runs up front, it's definately the car !!

[@WhoStoleMyAlias]

@@speeddemon9555 Hamilton has never been that good a driver. Same as Perez he is horrible at overtaking and when he gets frustrated about being stuck behind another driver he has a habit of PIT-ting his opponent. Notably in the 2021 season he literally catapulted VES from the track twice. He received a penalty for the first time but still won that race. The second time he forgot to take into account where VES would land, which happened to be on top of him and he caused his own DNF. Norris might be better equipped to keep up with VES, but I don't think he is consistent enough to do that in every race. Other options for RB to have a better chance at maximizing the number of 1-2 finishes (and take the record away from Mercedes) would be Alonzo or Sainz.

[@speeddemon9555]

@@WhoStoleMyAlias take off your rose coloured glasses, both the accidents you mention were Verstappens fault, Verstappen's way was " get out of my way or we'll crash " look at his history, he was a nutter when challenged.

[@WhoStoleMyAlias]

@@speeddemon9555 You mean orange... No buddy, the whole reason that VES even got onto the A-team to challenge HAM was because Kvyatt pulled the same stunts HAM did. RB did what Merc didn't dare do to BLM's golden boy and handed 17 year old VES the car which he instantly drove to victory in the GP of Spain that year. Yes VES was eager, he made errors in judgement (like when he attempted to block lapped Ocon making a stupid move which caused him to lose the race). HAM on the other hand was already a veteran at the height of their clash. He knew exactly what he was doing, after all he had been doing it to other drivers for years. I laughed my pants off when Alonso fulminated about HAM "that guy can only drive when he is in front", I'm guessing for you that truth was to hurtful.

[@thenazgul3669]

Well he is a good driver but you cannot compare this boring era of formula 1 with the past. All drivers are driving on 99.5 percent of what the car is able to do. Cars are slower than in the past. We had tankpitstops and bigger engines.

[@51bikerboy]

In all the Seasons the last 30 years at least all the drivers drove in the same kind of car the engines changed etc. but per season the cars were more or less the same! So if you compare in percentages you can easily compare all the Seasons!

[@mickeyh2561]

So, what's your point? They could use several engines in one weekend, 2 cars in one weekend, and tankpitsstops causes accidents and the big engines were getting dangerous because of to much speed.

[@bjrnchrstn]

Ahhh the useless discussion of who is the best ever. All you want is to be in the discussion. That he has achieved (already).

[@parkershaw8529]

True, but that is not Max's fault.

[@EntropicExergy]

Cry more, you just can't handle the facts.

[@alangunningham5667]

good god , put any good driver in the RB car he will do the same ...the true hero is Adrian Newey ...max wasn't even trying and he was 1.5 seconds faster than the next best ..there has never been such a big gap ever! put Max in the Ferrari or the McClaren he wouldn't even win any race

[@that0guy9]

Why is Perez not second in every race if that were the case?

[@that0guy9]

Why is Perez not second in every race if that were the case?

[@arnoudahern2658]

Iff you don’t know what you’re talking about… don’t say anything. Look at Max’s career with inferior cars.

[@alangunningham5667]

@@arnoudahern2658 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING FANBOY... if he is that good get him to go to Mercedes next year ... he wont win one race ...face the truth its the car !

[@alangunningham5667]

@@that0guy9 are you dumb ...if you get told not to win and let max win ...you arent ever going to be a good driver in that team ...when Check first came to the team he was beating max ... so the team told him , let max win ...so there you go ...ho and in a wet qualy in the fastest car he didn't even get 1or 2 or 3 as it took skill more than the car .....so max didn't get it !!

[@chrisstone5786]

Max not only took over Daniel Kyviat’s seat at Red Bull but also his woman! 😂 Max Max SUPER SUPER MAX MAX!!! 🥳🙌❤

[@jameshickey1294]

Never meet you're hero's some say- -?word in the tyre racks hes a bit up himself--? So moral of story--"be ur own hero in ur own skin skin 🫳🎤