“Max Verstappen is a Freak!” – F1 fans smitten with reigning champion’s record of not finishing on podium only twice in last 50 races

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 17/06/2022
"Max Verstappen is a Freak!" - F1 fans smitten with reigning champion's record of not finishing on podium only twice in last 50 races

Max Verstappen has finished 40 of the last 5o races of which he has finished only two of the races outside the podium.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is slowly becoming the king of consistency having finished only two races outside the podium in the last 50 races that he has participated in.

Talent from the Red Bull’s driver programme, Verstappen has always delivered an impressive performance on the track since his debut in Formula 1 in 2015. He was promoted to Formula 1 directly from Formula 3 because of his talent.

He became the youngest Formula One driver in history when he debuted with Red Bull’s junior team Scuderia Toro Rosso. In the 2015 season, he went on to score an impressive 49 points in his debut season, taking two fourth places.

Since he stepped into the F1, he has grown in no other direction than up. Moreover, his latest records provide enough evidence about the Dutchman’s consistency in the sport.

Verstappen has finished 40 of the last 50 races, with only two of those finishes not resulting in a podium. The last 50 races are from USA 2019 to AZE 2022 (inclusive).

Breakdown

  • 38 podiums: 18 Gold, 15 Silver, 5 Bronze

  • 10 DNFs: 6 car/tyre issue, 4 collision

  • 2 exceptions: TUR 2020, HUN 2021

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Fans are amazed by Max Verstappen

The Dutchman took over the hearts of the F1 fans around the globe when he put up an intense battle with Lewis Hamilton in 2021. Verstappen won his first championship title in 2021 with Red Bull and further extended his contract until 2028.

Fans can’t help swooning over the achievements of the Dutchman.

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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