Modern Formula 1 is all about dominance streaks — one driver, one team, crushing the calendar. And in the stat book, one man sits on top.
The record
- Max Verstappen — 19 wins in 2023. Out of 22 races, he won all but three, a level of control the sport had never seen before.
Who came close
- Sebastian Vettel — 13 wins in 2013, the final year of Red Bull’s first empire.
- Michael Schumacher — 13 wins in 2004, Ferrari’s peak dominance.
- Lewis Hamilton — 11 wins multiple times during the turbo-hybrid era, when he was the unstoppable Mercedes spearhead.
The drivertalk take
The difference isn’t just the raw number — it’s the proportion. Verstappen turned the 2023 season into a private championship, winning nearly 90% of the races. In a sport where margins are measured in hundredths of a second, that kind of domination is freakish. Vettel had the streak, Schumacher had the aura, Hamilton had the era — but Verstappen had the season.
