10 remarkable F1 records that Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and co could shatter in 2023
Most drivers’ championships
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton needs just one more drivers’ crown to move ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher and set a new recorജd of eight world championship titles.
After being controversially denied in 2021, and not having a car capable of fighting for the title in 2022, will 2023 be the year the Mercedes driver moves𝓰💟 clear as the most successful F1 driver of all time?
Most career ‘Grand Slams’
Hamilton is the close🍨st driver to surpassing Jim Clark’s record of eight Grand Slams with the seven-time world champion having racked up six so far in his career. However, th🌞e last time he achieved it was at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
A G🌺rand Slam - also known as a Grand Chelem - is achieved when a driver takes pole position, leads every lap and sets the fastest lap on their way to winning a grand prix.
The only other active F1 drivers to have recorded a Grand Slam are 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen (2021 Austrian GP and 2022 Emilia Romagna GP), 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso (2010 Singapore GP) and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc (2022 Austrian GP).
Most points in a single season
On his way to securing his second successive world championship, Verstappen broke several records during a stellar 2022 campaign.🃏
One of those was the most points scored in a single season. Verstappen scored a total of ✃454 points across 22 races in 2022 - despite two retirements!
With 2023 having an extra race and three additional sprints compared to last season, could Verstappen g𒀰o on to eclipse 🅰his own record?
Most wins in a single season
A 🤡big record that was smashed by Verstappen in 2022 thanks to a new benchmark of 15 victories in one year, breaking a Schumacher record that had stood for nearly two decades.
It will be a massive ask to n𓃲ot only replicate that number, but also surpass it, in 2023, but on curr𓃲ent form we wouldn’t put it past Verstappen.
Most podiums in a single season
Another record held by Verstappen from when the Dutchman claimed 18 podium finishes on his way to winn🧔ing a maiden world title in 2021.
With 23 races this yeꦆar, can Verstappen, or anyone else for that matter, set a new benchmark in 2023?
Most wins at the same grand prix
A record Hamilton will have two opportunities at brea꧒king in 2023.
Hamilton is equa𒁃l with Schumacher on eight victories at the same grand prix, but would set a new benchmark with a ninth win at either Silverstone or the Hungar🍰oring this year.
Most pole positions at the same grand prix
Similarly, Hamilton could su꧂rpass a record he shares with Ayrton Senna and Schumacher if he takes a ninth pole in either Australia or Hungary.
2022 marked the first season of Hamilton’s F1 career thꦆat he failed to cla𓆏im a pole, with his last coming at the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Most podiums shared
If Hamilton and Verstappen share the podium four more times in 2023, they wil🐠l set a new record for most podiums shared.
This is currently held by Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel, who have shared the rostrum on 56 occasions since 2009. Meanwhile, Hamilton and former Mercedes teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Valtteri Bottas have stood on the same podium 53 times.
Most pole positions without a title
A record that nobody wants, but one that could end up going ♔the way of Leclerc by the end of 2023.
Leclerc has earned a reputation for being one of the fastest drivers over a single lap and the Monegasque has already racked up an impressive 18 poles in his short F1 ca✨reer.
Three more (without winning the world title) this ꩵseason would see the Ferrari driver surpass Bottas’ tally of 20 poles wi൩thout winning a championship crown.
Most seasons with a grand prix start
Alonso💦 is set to break this record at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The two-time world champion, who is the oldest driver on the grid at 41, will embark on his 20th F1 season in 2023.
Only two other drivers have started a race in 19 different seasons - Schumacher and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Rubens Barrichello.
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