Vistapan successfully won the second F1 driver world championship in his personal career, becoming the 11th driver in F1 history to complete the defending title.
Compared with the 2021 season, Verstappen has shown strong dominance this season. Although in the first few games, the failure encountered a bad situation due to the racing car. But as the season deepened, the Dutch driver's gestures were unstoppable and he successfully defended his title easily.
Perhaps, we can use a set of numbers to peek at how terrifying Verstappen’s dominance in the 2022 season!
12
This is the number of sub-station championships that Verstappen has won this season. He is getting closer to the F1 record of 13 wins in a single season held by Schumacher and Vettel . With the remaining four games, he is very likely to break the record.
66.6%
This is Verstappen's winning rate after 18 games so far this season. This is the highest winning rate since F1 will enter the hybrid era. In history, only Ascari in 1952 (75%), Schumacher in 2004 (72.2%), Clark in 1963 (70%) and Vettel in 2013 (68.42%) were higher than Verstappen this season.
14
Verstappen has been on the podium 14 times this season. If all the remaining 4 games are on stage, he will tie the single-season podium record he set in the 2021 season.
11&13
It is easy to win the championship and it is difficult to defend the title. There are only 11 drivers in F1 history that have defended drivers world champions in total 13 times, and Verstappen joined the ranks yesterday.
4
With four games left, Verstappen was crowned the world champion in advance. This is the earliest crowning since Vettel in the 2011 season. Coincidentally, Vettel was also driving Red Bull Racing Team at that time, and was also on the Suzuka Track, and was crowned four games in advance.
F1 The fastest crown in history was created by Schumacher in 2002, six games ahead of schedule.
25 years old and 10 days
In fact, not all Verstappen's name is on the F1 "youngest" record list.
was crowned in Suzuka yesterday. Verstappen was 25 years and 10 days old. He became the second youngest driver in history to defend the world champion, second only to Vettel, who was 24 years old.
5
Verstappen completed his first five consecutive victories this season, and this winning streak can rank sixth in F1's 73-year history.
458
Vestapan has led the race for 458 laps so far this season. There are 256 laps left in the remaining four games of the season, and it is not impossible for Verstappen to break through the 700-lap mark in a single season.
F1 In history, only Vettel has achieved a feat of leading more than 700 laps in a single season in the 2011 season.
113
Currently Verstappen leads second in the standings Perez 113 points, and the biggest advantage in F1's history is Vettel's 155 points in 2011. Verstappen still has the hope of breaking this record.
366
Vistapan has scored 366 points this season, which is only 47 points away from the single-season score record maintained by Hamilton .
At the beginning of the season, perhaps no one would have thought that the suspense of the championship this season would end so early. But the fact is that Verstappen and Red Bull Racing's performance is infinitely close to breaking more than one F1 record.
As Red Bull leader Horner said, after achieving the defense of the title, Verstappen and Red Bull Racing both "go to the next level" and came to a better level.
"This (defending) is beyond all our imaginations. Max is really really dominant this season. We have had some difficulties in the early few races of the season, but frankly, he and the team have come to another level."
"I'm extremely proud of everything he accomplished, everything the team accomplished. All the people at Milton Keynes headquarters have made great progress under tremendous pressure. It's really special to win this world championship."
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