Max Verstappen can beat Sebastian Vettel’s 9-year-old record that was thought to be unbreakable

Tanish Chachra | 01/09/2022
Max Verstappen can beat Sebastian Vettel's 9-year-old record that was thought to be unbreakable

Max Verstappen can beat Sebastian Vettel’s 9-year-old F1 streak from 2013, where the German won nine races in a row with Red Bull.

In 2022, Red Bull is marching away with the F1 title without some real hindrance. It’s about a time before Max Verstappen amasses enough points to redeem the championship award.

With over eight more races in 2022, Verstappen can beat Sebastian Vettel’s one of the most illustrious records. In 2013, when Vettel was with Red Bull and dominated the whole grid, he won nine races in a row.

It had never happened before, and nobody could replicate it for over nine years. Even in Mercedes’ turbo-hybrid era, only Nico Rosberg came close when he won seven races in a row.

But now Verstappen, who is also dominating this season with Red Bull, has already won nine races this season. Out of which the last three came in the last three races.

Thus, he is on a streak, and with over enough races remaining, Verstappen could possibly match that tally, and if things go alright, he could even break it.

It would be something extraordinary. Moreover, if he wins seven out of the remaining eight races, he would smash another record by Vettel, which he jointly holds with Michael Schumacher.

in F1’s history, no driver has won more than 13 races in a season. The German duo holds this record, but Vettel only needs five more wins out of eight to beat that, and as per his form, it’s pretty achievable.

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Can nothing beat Max Verstappen?

Even if all the luck comes to Ferrari, it’s hard to see Verstappen losing this title. The Dutchman is probably under the least amount of pressure and yet is motivated enough to go for the wins.

With Red Bull’s form, Verstappen can likely lift the title even with 3-4 races yet to go, as he currently boasts a gigantic lead of 98-points over Charles Leclerc. And over 93 points lead his own teammate Sergio Perez.

There is nothing in terms of merit that can stop the Dutchman. Even Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has admitted that they now rely on Verstappen not completing races in order to win the championship.

But it’s apparent that, like any top driver, Verstappen is unlikely to make regular mistakes. Only if the Maranello-based team could do better with their strategies they wouldn’t have been praying for such things.

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Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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About the author

Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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