Unbelievable: Verstappen surpassed a record dating back to 1952

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Max Verstappen A few weeks ago in Mexico he surpassed his own record from last year of 15 victories in an F1 season, raising the bar to 16, but he has to go for another more important record in history: the highest percentage of win by number. disputed race. That record has stood since 1952, achieved by the legendary Alberto Ascari, who in 1952, won 6 out of 8 races that year, representing 75% of the total. And in Mexico, Achieving his 17th victory of the year in 20 races held, Max Verstappen made sure to break that historic record Whatever you do in the last two races is left to finish the course.

If Verstappen doesn’t win more races

Right now, Max Verstappen has a winning percentage of 85% in the total number of races held until then. A real madness. And if he doesn’t win either of the last two events, that leaves him with 17 victories out of a possible 22, with a new record of 77.27%surpassing the previous record of Ascari, who had not lost in over 7 decades, by more than two points.

If you win one or both of the remaining races

If Verstappen wins one more race out of the two remaining (Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi), he will leave that record at 18 out of 22 overall, with a ratio of 81.81%. And if he wins the last two events, he will get an amazing 19 out of 22, that is, with a winning percentage of 86.36% of the total. Numbers that no one could imagine, that

Max makes this a reality thanks to the unbeatable pairing he has formed with his car, the Red Bull RB19, taking advantage of the fact that his Red Bull has no clear antagonist at its level yet. McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari and Aston Martin fight in the second step for the podiums, but always do not disturb Max, who wins again in Brazil without opposition.

Source: La Verdad

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