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Max Verstappen broke several records in 2023 including most wins in a season (19), most points in a year (575) and biggest title winning margin to second (290 points) in the standings. There are more records that look likely to get broken in 2024, but not all of them would make the driver proud – so here are 10 unwanted records that could be beaten or extended this year... Most grand prix starts without a win Current holder: Andrea de Cesaris (208) Could be broken by: Nico Hulkenberg (203) Andrea De Cesaris, Jordan Photo by: Motorsport Images Hulkenberg is set to break F1’s record for the most race starts without a victory this year. The Haas driver has started 203 grands prix, five less than Andrea de Cesaris, meaning he could match the record at the Chinese Grand Prix before breaking it in Miami two weeks later. Given Haas finished bottom of the 2023 constructors’ championship, it would take something completely out of the ordinary ...

Red Bull Racing head into the season finale having amassed 16 wins from 21 races in a dominant 2022 season. Max Verstappen wrapped up the Drivers' title at the Japanese Grand Prix, while the Constructors' Championship was secured in the United States - Red Bull's first championship 'double' since the 2013 season. However, for all the dominance shown by the team this year, there is one Mercedes record from the turbo-hybrid era that Red Bull will fall just short of nicking for themselves. Red Bull to miss Mercedes' points record In 2016, Mercedes scored a record 765 points in the Constructors' Championship - winning 19 races from 21 as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg enjoyed a tussle for the Drivers' title. That was an average of 36.42 points per race in an era without sprint races or bonus points for fastest lap. The maximum number of points available f...

Lewis Hamilton blamed " track specific " issues with the W13 for the reason why he couldn't challenge for pole and maintain his career record in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The seven-time World Champion had achieved a pole in every season he's participated in prior to the session, with this one being the last opportunity of 2022 to maintain that record . But after qualifying in fifth – nearly seven tenths off the pace – Hamilton blamed the issues with the W13, including porpoising, for why the team are so far off despite leading the way in practice on Friday. "[I] definitely wasn't expecting to see such a big gap, but we're losing six tenths on the straights," Hamilton told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "It's kind of reminiscent of some of the previous races before Austin, [and the] bouncing is back, which is costing us time." Hamilton also noted the issues they've had with their brakes, which h...

1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill says Max Verstappen can win a record eight World Championship title s. After snatching the 2021 title on the last lap of the season finale in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen retained his crown in much more dominant fashion last year, taking a record 15 wins in a single season. Having won two of 2023's first three races, and with his Red Bull RB19 appearing to be the class of the field, Verstappen looks well placed to take this season's title as well. Speaking on the F1 Nation podcast, Hill backed the Dutchman to break F1's record of seven World Championship titles, jointly held by Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. "I'm sure he'll get better. He has shown more maturity in the application of his talents in races," said Hill. "He knows when to twist and when to stick. There's no need to go flat out everywhere but he's always got something in his back pocket if he needs it. "The sky is...

Mercedes -AMG's latest road car project - the ONE - has smash ed the production car lap record at Italian Grand Prix venue Monza. Armed with a 1.6L V6 turbo engine, the same as in the Formula 1 cars - the machine lapped Monza in 1m:43.902s to smash the existing record for a production car by nearly 11 seconds. For comparison, the fastest lap time recorded in the 2022 Italian Grand Prix was a 1m:24.030s from Sergio Perez, with pole being a 1m:20.161s from Charles Leclerc. 275 examples of the car are set to be sold, with customers needing to stump up $2.7 million USD or £2.1 million GBP. Lewis Hamilton has snapped up two of them, one each for him and father Anthony, with no word whether he got an employee loyalty discount... Source: https://thefoxposts.com/new-mercedes-smashes-monza-lap-record-TheFOXposts-18635.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: F1 News Post by: TheFOXpos...

Esteban Ocon broke an unusual eight-year-long F1 record thanks to his late pit stop at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Alpine driver was required to start the race from the pit lane after his car was modified under parc ferme conditions. As such, the team opted to run Ocon on a different strategy to much of the field, keeping him out for most of the race on the Hard tyre. It was not until the final lap of the event that the Frenchman made his mandatory pit stop, which then led to a controversial moment as photographers, marshals and other officials had gathered near the entry of the pit lane just as Ocon was driving in. Ocon was forced to take avoiding action and fortunately nobody was harmed in the incident. He ended the Grand Prix outside of the points in P15. Since the race, Pirelli have revealed that Ocon's late stop meant that he had broke n the record for the longest stint on a C3 compound tyre, having ran them for 300km. This breaks the previous record ...