Max Verstappen He’s in steamroller mode in 2024. In fact, he’s been virtually unopposed since the second half of the 2022 campaign. This season’s numbers prove it. We just bring it seven events were held and in five of them the three-time world champion won. And in the pole positions the records are even better. The seven contested fell on the Dutchman’s side.
Exactly related to turn ins classification, the Red Bull driver has two records to reach in Saturday’s session on the streets of Monaco. And these are not just any two records, but they are owned by two F1 legends such as Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.
Right now Verstappen is adding eight poles in a row from the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP to last week’s Imola GP. If you add the Monaco GP you get that ninth would stop him from tying Senna as the driver with the most consecutive pole positions. In Senna’s case, he achieved them between the 1988 Spanish GP and the 1989 United States GP aboard a McLaren-Honda.
On the other hand, the Dutchman is also tied Prost as the driver with the most consecutive pole positions at the start of the World Championship with sevenand each other. The Frenchman achieved that feat in 1993, when he returned to F1 to claim his fourth title with Williams.
Monaco is good for Max
It was difficult for Verstappen to achieve his first victory in Monaco but in the last three editions he has taken two. As far as the poles are concerned, only one. However, if he wins, he will be the first to do so back-to-back since Nico Rosberg achieved it between 2013 and 2015.
The undisputed king of the streets of Monaco remains Senna, who managed to win up to six times in all kinds of conditions. ‘Magic’ also achieved five pole positions.
Source: La Verdad
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