How many wins does Max Verstappen have in Formula 1?

Verstappen in the top three

Verstappen is only 26 years old and is already in the top three on the all-time list for the number of races won. In fact, he is way beyond halfway of the total number of wins Hamilton has achieved in his career.

Verstappen is now ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who has 53 wins. Verstappen has won 30% of the races he has entered. On the 2024 calendar, Verstappen has won at every venue except Singapore.

Verstappen's F1 winning history

The first victory for the Limburger was during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend in 2016. Verstappen drove for Red Bull Racing for the first time and it was an immediate success. The Dutchman qualified in fourth place on Saturday, more than a second behind pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton. After a crash between Mercedes teammates Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, there was suddenly a chance for the other drivers to win. The battle for victory was between Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn pressed, but was never able to launch an attack on a strongly defending Verstappen, making Verstappen the youngest race winner in F1 history.

Verstappen officially achieved his first victory on Sunday, May 15, 2016. At 18 years and 288 days, he is the youngest winner to date. He is above Sebastian Vettel (21 years, 73 days) and Charles Leclerc (21 years, 320 days) in the record list. In addition to this record, there is another to his name since that weekend. He is the youngest leader in an F1 race.

Verstappen dominates Formula 1

In 2017 he achieved two victories in Malaysia and Mexico, and in 2019 even three (Austria, Germany and Brazil). In 2020, Verstappen won two Grands Prix. In a year that Mercedes dominated, Verstappen still took victory in Silverstone and Abu Dhabi.

The victory in Abu Dhabi was a foreshadow for 2021, when Verstappen made a serious bid for the F1 world title for the first time. In a battle with Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen won ten Grands Prix that year. The Red Bull driver won in Emilia-Romagna, Monaco, France, Styria, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States, Mexico and Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, Verstappen broke another record. Verstappen became champion for the second time with 15 victories in one season. That is more than Michael Schumacher (2004) and Vettel (2013), who shared the record with 13 victories. Verstappen has also defeated Hamilton: Hamilton had a record of eleven victories (in 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2020). Verstappen won in 2022 in Saudi Arabia, Emilia-Romagna, Miami, Spain, Azerbaijan, Canada, France, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, the United States, Mexico and Abu Dhabi. In Japan, Verstappen conquered his second world title.

The 2023 Formula 1 season was sublime for Verstappen, with an immediate victory in Bahrain. Verstappen then also won in Australia, Miami, Monaco, Spain, Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands and Monza (Italy). Verstappen, therefore, won 11 of the first 13 races and continued to win race after race in the second half of the season.

Verstappen picked up where he left off in 2024 with wins in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Japan. Formula 1 returned to China for the first time in 2019, and the Dutchman ensured that circuit and event was added to his winning list. After a winless run between June and the start of November, Verstappen returned to winning ways in Brazil.