Max Verstappen Inches Closer to the 15-Year Lewis Hamilton F1 Record

The boy from a small town called Hasselt in Belgium has made it big. There aren’t many motorsport fans who haven’t heard of Max Verstappen in 2022. From picking up his maiden win in 2016 to picking up his maiden F1 Championship in 2021, the Dutchman has come a long way.

Max is one of the few drivers to have won in consecutive seven straight seasons. His first win was in the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix and his latest is in the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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Lewis Hamilton is the one the Dutchman would want to beat in the coming days, as the Brit has recorded 15 consecutive seasons of wins.

How the journey has been for Max Verstappen over the years?

The 2016 Spanish Grand Prix was the dream start for the 24-year-old. Verstappen has debuted for Red Bull after swapping seats with Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso. The race couldn’t have started better for the Red Bull star as Lewis Hamilton took race leader Nico Rosberg out of the race. Seeing both the Mercedes out, Max made the most of the situation at hand.

However, the battle for glory was far from over, as Max was constantly pushed by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. The four-time world champion gave the Dutchman a run for his money for his winning debut. What a lovely debut it was!

Interestingly, the first win for Max Verstappen has come after a hard fight with a Ferrari. Similarly, the latest win has come in the same way. Verstappen has won the latest Jeddah Corniche Circuit race by defeating another Ferrari. This time it was Charles Leclerc.

After a disappointing start to the season in Bahrain, the Red Bull man came back stronger after a brilliant victory in Jeddah. Despite qualifying in P4 in Saturday’s qualifying, Verstappen took advantage of the Safety Car situation to move to P2 and from there on took the chequered flag with a 0.5 second lead from the Ferrari driver.

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Max Verstappen is indeed one of the most popular icons out there. He’s just 24-years-old, and he already pulled in a $50 million a year contract to his name which would keep him with the Bulls till 2028. The Jeddah race has given him the 21st win of his career. It’ll be interesting to see how many more wins the defending F1 champion can pick up over the coming years.