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Max Verstappen enters the new season as a three-time Formula 1 world drivers' champion — taking his third consecutive title in commanding fashion in 2023.
The Dutchman's dominance last year was historic, winning 19 of 22 races in an F1 record for both total and percentage of races in a season.
Heading into 2024 Red Bull is again expected to be a front-runner, with Verstappen taking pole for the season-opener in Bahrain.
These are some more records Max Verstappen can chase if he and Red Bull again lead the field.
Four consecutive F1 drivers' championships
Winning one drivers' championship is a career-defining achievement, with some of F1's most special champions claiming multiple crowns.
There are a select few who have a period of dominance that exemplifies their brilliance.
Just four drivers have ever won the F1 championship over four-consecutive seasons:
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1954-1957)
- Michael Schumacher (2000-2004 five consecutive)
- Sebastian Vettel (2010-2013)
- Lewis Hamilton (2017-2020)
Max Verstappen can join this elite group if he wins the 2024 drivers' championship.
History is on Verstappen's side, with the four men named above the only other drivers to claim three titles in a row.
Most consecutive races to score points
Max Verstappen has completed his previous 41 races by finishing in the point-scoring positions (top 10).
LoadingThe record for the most consecutive point finishes is held by Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton scored points in 48 consecutive grands prix from the 2018 British Grand Prix to the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Verstappen's streak started when won the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the fourth race of that season.
If the Dutchman scores points in the first eight races of 2024, he would coincidentally equal the record of 48 at this year's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and set the record at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Most consecutive race finishes
The current streak of 41 consecutive points finishes Verstappen has opened up another potential record.
Hamilton's 48-in-a-row is also the record for the most consecutive races completed in F1.
Verstappen will be the new holder of that record if he does not suffer a retirement in any of the opening eight races of 2024.
Moving up the list of most pole positions and podiums
While Max Verstappen holds plenty of records in the sport there are a few that are still well away.
It will take several more great seasons before anyone could fathom him matching Schumacher and Hamilton's championship record of seven titles, or Hamilton's record of 103 race wins — which the British star has every intention of extending.
But at just 26 years of age, Verstappen is climbing up several record lists, including most pole positions and most podium finishes.
Verstappen has been on pole 32 times in his F1 career, and two more poles will move him to outright fifth on the all-time list — overtaking Jim Clark and Alain Prost (33) and Nigel Mansell (32).
The Dutchman is currently seventh on the all-time list for podium finishes and could climb to fourth if he has a similar season to any of this title-winning campaigns.
Verstappen has finished on the podium 98 times and would need nine top-three results this season to overtake Kimi Räikkönen (103), Alain Prost and Fernando Alonso (106).
Alonso is still driving for Aston Martin in 2024, having stood on the podium seven times last season.
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