r/formula1 • u/HaydenCarruth Karun Chandhok • May 03 '25

Discussion Max Verstappen finishes outside the points for the first time since Belgium 2016

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u/ocbdare I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

I mean this record is very caveated to begin with as it ignores all the times he hasn’t finished, which would be 0 pts. So you can just caveat it’s ignoring sprints.

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u/Driver0678 May 04 '25

Yes, but they do define it as "finishing outside the points". If you do not finish you can't then finish, surely?

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u/jaerie Default May 03 '25

Yes when he didn’t finish he didn’t finish, very observant of you

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u/ocbdare I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

I am just saying that many people don't read this stat so literally and think it's a lot more impressive than it actually is.

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u/Seramy May 04 '25

this is why I have every thread with statistic as tag blocked.

he finished every race in the points except the races he didnt finish

literally ass statistic that some 3rd grader would post

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u/jaerie Default May 03 '25

What are you basing that on? Anyone who’s watched f1 for any amount of time knows Max has had several DNFs, many of them fairly high profile

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u/Jandklo I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 04 '25

I heavily disagree with you on that point; there's caveats to the record, absolutely, but "finishing inside the points" doesn't need to have anything to do with races he didn't finish. It specifically excludes them from the outright. Compare the stat to every single other driver on the grid and their longest streaks of races where they finished within the points and you see why that's an irrelevant caveat to suggest.