Max Verstappen: How Crimson Bull driver made historical past with unprecedented streak as he closes in on third world title

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Mercedes group principal Toto Wolff questions whether or not Max Verstappen would maintain any significance to setting a brand new report of ten consecutive Grand Prix wins

Max Verstappen moved into unchartered territory with victory on the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday as he grew to become the primary Formulation 1 driver to win 10 consecutive races.

Verstappen has gained each race because the Miami Grand Prix on Might 7 and is about to affix solely Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton as drivers who’ve gained a hat-trick of championships.

The Dutchman surpassed Vettel’s benchmark of 9 straight victories set in 2013, additionally with Crimson Bull, and is wanting merely unstoppable as F1 embarks on the flyaway occasions.

Miami Grand Prix: The streak begins

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Watch all of Verstappen’s overtakes on the Miami GP as he went from ninth to first place

Ranging from ninth, with Sergio Perez beginning on pole place and seeking to make it back-to-back wins, Verstappen was not anticipated to be standing on the highest step of the rostrum in Miami.

However Verstappen picked vehicles off one after the other and stayed out of bother, regardless of having to go off line to make some strikes. He was in second place by Lap 16 and impressively matched Perez’s lap occasions after the Mexican pitted for brand new rubber and Verstappen was on used tyres he began the race with.

Verstappen pitted on the finish of Lap 45 and got here out just some seconds behind his Crimson Bull team-mate. Two laps later, he was within the lead on the exit of Flip 1 and claimed an excellent win.

Perez thought he would not see Verstappen on this race however, wanting again, this was absolutely a psychological blow for him and marked the beginning of an unbelievable streak…

Monaco Grand Prix: Bravery with the boundaries

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Verstappen steals pole place from Fernando Alonso with a shocking ultimate sector in an exhilarating ultimate qualifying session on the Monaco Grand Prix

This was a race Verstappen may have misplaced and we have now to first discuss Qualifying. Fernando Alonso was on provisional pole after his second Q3 effort and Verstappen discovered himself two tenths down on the Aston Martin driver after two sectors.

Figuring out he had time to make up, Verstappen merely went for it and brushed the boundaries on the Swimming Pool Chicane and the ultimate nook to grab pole by 0.084s.

Within the race, it was wanting like a easy win till rain got here in the midst of the race. A number of drivers went off and Verstappen had a second himself when he nudged the wall at Portier however bought away with it.

Alonso, in second, had a possibility to benefit from the moist climate if Aston Martin bought their technique spot on, however they misplaced their likelihood when pitting twice in two laps for brand new slicks and new intermediates.

Spanish Grand Prix: An ideal weekend

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Crimson Bull’s Verstappen joked together with his engineer over group radio after listening to a telephone ring throughout second observe!

Is their such a factor as perfection? Properly, Verstappen notched up a uncommon Grand Slam with pole place, quickest lap of the race and led each lap on his approach to victory on the Spanish Grand Prix.

He took pole by almost half a second from Carlos Sainz and gained the race by 24 seconds from Lewis Hamilton. To rub salt into the injuries, Verstappen was instructed to take no dangers by not going for quickest lap, however he could not assist himself and set a shocking lap with six laps to go.

Do not forget, earlier within the weekend, Verstappen recognised the telephone of Helmut Marko when chatting with his race engineer from inside the automobile.

Though it was only a observe session, Christian Horner believes it confirmed the “added bandwidth” of the reigning world champion.

Canadian Grand Prix: Giving Crimson Bull their one hundredth win

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Verstappen, group principal Christian Horner and chief technical officer Adrian Newey all hailed Crimson Bull’s one hundredth victory on the Canadian Grand Prix

Similar to 2022, Verstappen was the category of the sphere in a moist Qualifying by taking pole by over a second with a shocking lap.

Come Sunday, though Crimson Bull weren’t as dominant in comparison with earlier races, Verstappen held off something Hamilton and Alonso had and gave Crimson Bull their one hundredth win in F1.

The stiffest problem would as soon as once more be himself, with Verstappen saying he “almost knocked himself out” with a tough trip over the kerbs with simply 5 laps remaining. He additionally matched Ayrton Senna in 41 race wins – the joint-fifth most victories within the sport on the time.

“To win the one hundredth GP for the group is fairly unbelievable. It is superb. I by no means anticipated to be on these type of numbers myself as nicely. We hold having fun with it and hold working laborious. At this time has been a fantastic day once more,” stated Verstappen.

Austrian Grand Prix: Racing instincts kick in

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Verstappen was heard arguing on the group radio for a ultimate pit cease to take the quickest lap on the Austrian Grand Prix

A dash weekend masterclass on Crimson Bull’s house turf noticed Verstappen in a league of his personal over three aggressive days of motion.

He gained a blended circumstances Dash Race by 21 seconds from Perez and led all however 9 laps in Sunday’s Grand Prix, solely failing to guide as a consequence of his technique, which gave him more energizing tyres over Charles Leclerc.

After getting his tyres as much as temperature, Verstappen eased into DRS vary and supplied delicate instance of the elite type he was in by neatly holding again at Flip 3, earlier than finishing the transfer on Leclerc to make sure the Ferrari did not achieve DRS on the next straight.

When Verstappen misplaced the lead, it introduced his streak of 249 consecutive laps on the entrance of the sphere to an finish. Remarkably, Verstappen had the arrogance to pit with two laps to go for recent medium tyres to set the quickest lap of the race and declare the bonus level, simply to rub salt into the injuries of his rivals.

British Grand Prix: Beating the Brits

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Verstappen’s first ever win at Silverstone sees Crimson Bull declare their eleventh consecutive win; a report shared with McLaren

Verstappen began on pole for the fifth consecutive race however was overwhelmed off the road by Lando Norris. Nonetheless, the McLaren driver may solely maintain onto the lead for 4 laps as Verstappen cruised by down the Wellington Straight.

From there, Verstappen steadily constructed a bonus whereas taking excellent care of his tyres, which ensured he was nonetheless out on monitor when a Security Automobile interruption got here.

He nonetheless needed to cope with a rolling restart, however executed it completely to catch Norris off guard and open up a vital two-second lead by the top of the lap to remain out of DRS risk.

Crimson Bull had additionally not gained the British Grand Prix since 2012, so Verstappen ended the group’s barren run on the occasion too.

Hungarian Grand Prix: Utter dominance after Hamilton overtake

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Lewis Hamilton leads to fourth place after the primary lap, with Verstappen within the lead and Oscar Piastri in second firstly of the Hungarian GP

Hamilton edged out Verstappen in an exhilarating Qualifying battle by 0.003s however put issues proper 24 hours later. Regardless of beginning on the soiled facet of the grid, he bought a fantastic launch and claimed Flip 1 on the within.

After that, it was arguably Verstappen’s most comfy win of the season as he gained by a whopping 33 seconds from Norris and Perez.

The victory noticed Crimson Bull transfer forward of McLaren’s 1988 report of 11 consecutive wins, set by Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.

Verstappen additionally joined Sebastian Vettel, Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg as the one drivers to say seven consecutive wins. However extra was to return…

Belgian Grand Prix: Rants can result in success

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Verstappen has an argument with Crimson Bull race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase because the Dutchman shouldn’t be blissful about his run plan

One other Dash sweep of pole place, Dash Race pole, Dash Race victory and profitable the primary Grand Prix from sixth after a five-grid place penalty for a brand new gearbox.

Verstappen prevented any incidents on the primary lap and overtook Hamilton, then Charles Leclerc with ease. After the primary spherical of pit stops, Verstappen caught Perez and breezed by as he went on to take one other dominant victory earlier than the summer season break.

There have been a couple of spicy moments although, together with arguments together with his engineer Gianpiero Lambiase. In qualifying, Verstappen apologised for an expletive-laden rant after solely simply scraping into Q3.

Within the Grand Prix, Verstappen was repeatedly instructed over radio by Lambiase that he wasn’t being smart by pushing too laborious on the ultimate stint, however the Dutchman appeared hell-bent on opening a spot that will permit him to pit once more for recent tyres to get the quickest lap of the race, which he didn’t get ultimately.

Dutch Grand Prix: What’s stress?

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After a difficult Dutch GP, former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde believes Verstappen drove his strongest but

This was the kind of race the place it simply may have gone so incorrect for Verstappen, but he emerged victorious for a record-equalling ninth time in a row.

He was over a dozen seconds behind Perez after pitting late to modify to the intermediates however reeled his Crimson Bull team-mate in as the opposite large groups didn’t capitalise.

Extra rain later within the Grand Prix may have seen Verstappen slide off the street, however he stored his calm and did not put a foot incorrect earlier than or after the purple flag because of the moist climate and made it a hat-trick of Zandvoort wins.

Given almost each fan on the venue was supporting him, Verstappen soaked up the stress like a sponge – and has achieved since 2021.

Italian Grand Prix: Unchartered territory

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Verstappen claimed first place on the Italian Grand Prix to set a brand new report of 10 consecutive first-place finishes

Crimson Bull group boss Horner admitted Verstappen wasn’t fairly his common self at Monza, maybe understanding he had the prospect to make historical past.

Ferrari turned up at their house occasion, able to upset the Dutch social gathering and Carlos Sainz took an excellent pole place. Verstappen tucked in behind Sainz after the opening lap and noticed the Ferrari driver was struggling together with his tyres.

After a couple of makes an attempt at an overtake, Verstappen pressured Sainz right into a mistake and bought a robust run out of Flip 2 and bought the transfer achieved into Flip 4.

Considerations concerning the automobile’s temperature was the one threat for the remainder of the race, however Verstappen got here house to take an unprecedented tenth consecutive win. The query is, how lengthy can this streak go on for?

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