Verstappen clinches third world title
  
Max Verstappen’s relentless drive to his third successive world drivers’ championship has firmly established the flying Dutchman as one of the modern Formula 1 icons


VERSTAPPEN: BEHIND THE WHEEL

2015: F1 debut for Toro Rosso at Australian Grand Prix at age 17 – youngest ever F1 driver

2016: Joins Red Bull. Aged 18, victory in Barcelona makes him youngest F1 winner, replacing Sebastian Vettel

2017: Victories in Malaysia and Mexico secure sixth place in Championship

2018: Attacking driving style earns stern rebuke from team principal Christian Horner (right). Finishes fourth in standings

2019-20: Successive third-place finishes boost growing reputation

2021: Seizes maiden F1 title with dramatic final lap victory over Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi, in contentious climax to season-long duel

2022: Wins second title, with new records for most wins (15) and points (454) in single season

2023: 14 wins in 17 races to date, with two runner-up spots and one fifth- place finish.
Clinches third F1 crown after second-place finish in Qatar sprint race


ALL-TIME F1 RACE WINS

Lewis Hamilton 		GBR Starts: 327 103
Michael Schumacher 	GER 306 91
Sebastian Vettel 	GER 299 53
Alain Prost 		FRA 199 51
Max Verstappen 		NED 180 49
Ayrton Senna (inset) 	BRA 161 41
Fernando Alonso 	ESP 372 32
Nigel Mansell 		GBR 187 31
Jackie Stewart 		GBR 99 27
Jim Clark 		GBR 72 25
Niki Lauda		AUT 171 25                                 

   
Jul 2023: Verstappen overhauls race tally of F1 legend Ayrton Senna at age 25, younger than Vettel (28), Hamilton (30), Schumacher (31) and Senna himself (33)
   

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