No driver has received extra System 1 races within the halo period than Lewis Hamilton, however Max Verstappen is on the verge of adjusting that.

The variety of System 1 data that Max Verstappen has damaged lately is seemingly growing nearly each time he takes to the observe on a Grand Prix weekend.

The 25-year-old Dutchman is coming off of a file 15-win season throughout which he secured his second world championship, only one yr after securing a file 18-podium season throughout which he received his first.

Together with his forty second and most up-to-date victory, he handed the legendary Ayrton Senna for fifth place on the all-time wins listing. With 13 races left on this yr’s schedule, he can mathematically ascend to as excessive as third on that listing by the tip of the yr, with Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel subsequent up.

There’s one other System 1 file that Max Verstappen is approaching that isn’t being talked about.

No driver has received extra races throughout System 1’s halo period, which started in 2018, than seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton received 11 races in 2018, 11 extra in 2019, and 11 extra in 2020. He received the title in all three of these seasons, and he added eight extra wins in 2021.

Whereas he hasn’t received since, he nonetheless owns 41 profession victories because the revolutionary cockpit safety gadget modified the aesthetic look of the open-wheel automobiles on the pinnacle of motorsport as we all know it — and added an entire new layer of security that hadn’t beforehand existed.

That complete, by itself, can be sixth on the all-time wins listing.

There have been 112 Grands Prix contested with the halo gadget, and the one different driver with greater than seven wins throughout that span is Verstappen. Verstappen, who owns 23 victories since Hamilton’s most up-to-date journey to the highest of the rostrum, has received 39 races since 2018.

Given the tempo of the RB19 and the recent streak that Verstappen has been on personally, even amid teammate Sergio Perez’s struggles in the identical automobile, Verstappen appears to be like poised to interrupt Hamilton’s file in some unspecified time in the future within the close to future.

Verstappen is the one driver to win in every of the primary six seasons of the halo period, and he has received a number of races every year.

Of the opposite 32 races which were contested because the begin of the 2018 season, seven have been received by Valtteri Bottas, six have been received by Sebastian Vettel, six have been received by Sergio Perez, 5 have been received by Charles Leclerc, three have been received by Daniel Ricciardo, one has been received by Kimi Raikkonen, one has been received by Carlos Sainz Jr., one has been received by George Russell, one has been received by Pierre Gasly, and one has been received by Esteban Ocon.

Verstappen is ready to go for his fortieth profession halo win in Sunday’s British Grand Prix. ESPN2 is ready to broadcast the 2023 season’s tenth race dwell from Silverstone Circuit beginning at 9:55 a.m. ET.

FanDuel Sportsbook, which is providing followers $200 only for signing up and betting $20, lists him because the -420 favourite to win. Start a free trial of FuboTV now and don’t miss it!

• Printed on 07/09/2023 at 10:00 AM
• Final up to date at 07/09/2023 at 10:00 AM