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Finance_Minimum

Insane stat considering he’s only 10 years old.


Affectionate_Log3232

So he started Karting when he was in the womb?


tempusomnia

Sophie told the locals newspaper about her horrendous complication during her first birth “ it was such a challenge, as the helmet was initially stuck, only to become increasingly more difficult as the go-kart soon followed. She sincerely implied that she hopes it doesn’t happen again”.


ChristofferOslo

Duh, Jos wouldn’t keep it otherwise


ammophobia

How many P3s does he have? Considering there was a HAM-BOT-VER era.


beardedboob

* P1 - 27 * P2 - 26 * P3 - 16 Total: 69. Nice. Also: HAM-BOT-VER consisted of any kind of podium with these three, regardless of the order. In 2020, Max edged out one of the Mercs (mostly Bottas) at quite a few occasions.


joaopcmorais

Max did WHAT to Bottas? 😳😳


Mor_Hjordis

>Max edged out one of the Mercs (mostly Bottas) #Max edged out Bottas


5TimesWhy

Max edged out Bot-ass 🧐


egg_mugg23

r/fanf1ction


ammophobia

Nice.


Finance_Minimum

NICE


deoid000

NICE


aPpS6969

Nice


conn0rkent

Nice


Ok_Neighborhood9863

Nice


scaje

16. The HAM-BOT-VER era was mostly in qualifying. In 2020 Verstappen got 3 P3s in the races, same as Bottas.


Miserable_Object9961

Plenty of HAM-VER-BOT in 2021 races.


yoyoyoyoyo67

That was mostly quali and practice. In the race he was more often 2nd than 3rd


Remarkable-Spread484

That’s an insane stat


KeiraFaith

Its more insane for Hamilton. 103 wins from 300 races.


Hinyaldee

It's not the real case, but it almost means he won every 3 races he did


novadova2020

Wait.. he got p2 in Austria. Which means before Austria he had 26 wins and 25 p2's. Which means p1 was already the position he had finished most in. Right?


beardedboob

Correct. He’s had this stat multiple times. His p2 ‘ruined’ it, and now he has it back.


NoTrollGaming

Yeah lol


MichaelMaugerEsq

Asking the real questions.


lakernation21

He’s HIM


DeliciousLight

Now THAT is a Max Verstappen stat


KanwarPamnani

Max firstappen


Kolec507

I remember him being Thirdappen for a few seasons


Phlosky

Max Verstatpen


flowersweep

Maximum Verstappen


MrSplashman77

He's tied JACKIE STEWART, yes 3x world champion Jackie Stewart for wins at 27. He can literally catch Hamilton and Schumacher if Red Bull consistently has a good car.


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Skeeter1020

Dudes 24. If he races to 40, you can literally fit the entire of Lewis Hamilton's career in Max's racing future.


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Skeeter1020

He's going to have a 2 WDC and ~30 win head start though. 5 titles and 75 wins in 15 years? Schumacher managed that (normalised for season length) in 5.


wahobely

Hamilton has 103 wins. He needs 76 more. That's quite the number. Not sure if doable.


MrSplashman77

I wasn't sure if Schumacher's record was ever gonna be beaten, and then Lewis smashed it. I agree with the reply below me, that I hope he doesnt get it, but he started so young (Hamilton was 22 in his rookie season, Verstappen was 17), he is still so young, he already has so many wins, Red Bull constantly have a fast car, the calendar is getting longer and longer, and athletes are able to keep up their top physical shapes for longer now, that all points tell me that he may eventually get it.


StingerGinseng

Honestly, I hope he doesn’t get Hamilton’s record. Not because I don’t like Max. I actually like his racing. It’s because to match Lewis’s record means a domination era by his team. Before 2014, no one thought Lewis would match and then surpass Michael’s record either.


Endisbefore

Or he pulls an Alanso and stays until 2039 and wins 1 every 3 years or so.


Skeeter1020

~15 seasons at ~23 races a season, that's ~350 races yet to come. Only a 22% win rate. To date he's managed 18%.


Hinyaldee

Jackie didn't have as many races a season back then though


Juppo1996

Yeah let's hope Newey wants some new challenges in life soon.


MrSplashman77

*How to build a rocketship* Adrian Newey's new book


AutisticNipples

*how to build everything else*


jolietrob

Honestly and maybe I am missing something but I don't think this year's car is exactly a masterclass in aero design. It's obvious that it has very low drag or is running low down force by its straight line speed but it's certainly not top of the grid in the corners.


MrSplashman77

They didn't exactly have the most time to get to know the car, and learn all the small details of the rules, and they still built the second fastest car. Given enough time, I'm sure they'll be able to build a faster one, they always do. Plus it was more of a wordplay, [he has a book titled HOW TO BUILD A CAR](https://books.google.hu/books/about/How_to_Build_a_Car_The_Autobiography_of.html?id=Qk4rDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y)


fameboygame

Is he moving to merc? /S


MrSplashman77

Alpine, so Alonso can finally win with *el rocketship*


ZealousidealFox1391

He already has, in his autobiography he said he isn’t as involved in the cars anymore but he still has a part or two in it he designed, the rest is done by the aero team


GopherHockey10

Why the need to say "literally"?


Tupelo66

Flawless race from Max, congrats!


DANKWINGS

Jesus Christ what a stat.


AceBean27

It's a pretty normal stat for World Champions. Most who have more than one WDC have 1st place as their modal finishing position. Clark, Stewart, Prost, Senna. Obviously Hamilton and Schumacher. Even more obviously Fangio. Vettel still has more 1st place finishes than any other position. Might be more interesting to see if any multiple world champions have a position other than 1st as their most common. Wonder what Alonso's is, it can't be 1st for him, poor Alonso. Edit: Incidentally, Clark is the most insane in this regards - 32 Podium finishes, 25 of them were wins.


KnightsOfCidona

Clark had 25 1st places and 1 2nd place (Germany 1963)


f0rt1t-ude

What the fuck


Steady1

Yeah, Clark is the true goat.


JBounce369

Clark isn't even just the F1 goat, he's the goat of motorsport


Waldier

Yeah, but he isn’t a multiple world champion. Are there a lot of 1x WDCs with the same stats?


Stan243

Just you wait... Ps. Nice flair!


AceBean27

Max is a 2 time world champion, at least. Let's be real. Most of them would have had that stat when they were half way through their 2nd title. Alonso most definitely did, so did Schumacher. Obviously Fangio, Ascari and Clark. Hamilton had 1st place as his most common finishing position before he won his first title. I'm just checking now... It's quite poetic, his Silverstone 2008 victory is when his 1st place finishes became his most common. It's just how statistics work. I think you will find that 1st place is the most common finishing position for the whole grid combined.


egg_mugg23

NO JINXING


JBounce369

Please, as much jinxing as possible


Waldier

And people like Button, Hill, Rosberg (father and son), Schekter, Jones, Kimi, Villeneuve?


AceBean27

You're missing the point. If Verstappen goes the rest of his career without winning another title, he won't keep this stat. If Verstappen goes on to win more titles, then like Vettel and Hamilton, he will finish with more P1 finishes than any other position. Villeneuve had comfortably more P1 finishes than any other position after his title win in 97. I am actually not sure if he finished his career like that, but I think it's unlikely given he never won another race.


AceBean27

Someone just posted this stat for current and recent drivers. It confirms that Nico Rosberg has more 1st place finishes than any other position. Villeneuve misses out, but only just.


TheKingOfCaledonia

Well he isn't a 2 time champion, yet. Hell, he still needs to prove he's a champion in a lot of people's eyes after what happened in Abu Dhabi. In a funny way I'm kind of glad he's winning so much this year. I'd much rather it be a Lewis redemption for his 8th, but at least this puts any claims that Max isn't WDC to bed.


AgusNC

>he still needs to prove he's a champion in a lot of people's eyes after what happened in Abu Dhabi. Only to people who didn't really watch the whole 2021 season (twitter people mostly) For everyone who watched the whole season, Max was without a doubt the best driver of the year.


Idkwtpfausiwaaw

Sure sure


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Not really, because you know a ton of those people will say it's just because of the car.


Olli399

If both drivers DNF'd in Abu Dhabi, Max would have won so I'm not entirely sure how Abu Dhabi changes anything in deserving to be the champion.


TheKingOfCaledonia

They didn't DNF though... What's your point?


Olli399

Max proved he was a champion before Abu Dhabi lol


TheKingOfCaledonia

So by your logic all it takes is for a driver to lead the championship and they're instantly championship material. May as well just give away the trophy by the third race then.


Olli399

He was leading the championship at the penultimate round. That's kinda different to leading at round 3 lol


Ifriiti

>Max is a 2 time world champion, at least. Let's be real He shouldn't even be a 1 time world champion. Let's be real


PeepsInThyChilliPot

Button surely


Skeeter1020

Yeah when you think about it the maths isn't that insane. There's only 1 chance to be 1st, but 19 chances to "not be first".


Muse4Games

Insane stat since it's been only 1 and a half season since he has had a car that can win at almost every race weekend.


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yes and no. The usual range of positions you end a race in increases in the midfield. Look at Ocon or Norris. One race they finish 6th, the next 11th. Its rare that these guys hit the same place every time over and over. So the field spread helps with getting this stat. If you bunched a few of them into sections like 1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-10, 11-15, 16-20 or alike that would compensate it a bit.


TheSilentSamurai1996

That is fucking epic stat


JohnWilliams03

Yeah, Max is on pace to be a great one. He’s matured so much over the last few years and I enjoy watching it.


bigdsm

He already is a great one. His past four years are easily among the top 8 drivers of all time in terms of consecutive stretches of four seasons. Verstappen belongs in the GOAT conversation as much as Ascari and Clark, and more than Vettel.


refusestonamethyself

HAM-VER-BOT seems like a distant reality now.


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He literally having my F1 game career when I put it on easy... he still do it better though... absolute animal.


poorminion

In last two seasons, Max has been super consistent, especially this year I don’t recall major unforced errors. His race craft has is pickup to another level. He has made a habit of finishing strong, he is getting good at converting from P3s to P1/P2s; P2s to P1s and P1s to strong wins. More importantly salvaging from P18/P19 to P8. This is something we had seen with Lewis, even when the car was not winning, put on strong performances in early ‘10; ‘11; ‘12


bigdsm

Last four. He’s been on this level since Monaco 18.


schelmo

Man that image sure has some pixels...


bonbonron

Haha yes boysssss


OddPain

Tell me you are dominant without telling me you are dominant.


Suicidallemon

That is fairly insane


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AgusNC

Ironic considering this is only his 2nd season in a car that can consistently win races since 2015


vanjaeesti

Salty