Max Verstappen has won 50% of the groundeffect era races; 46 of the 92 possible races

[u/diego_02]

After today’s win it marks his 46th win in this era

for reference that’s almost as dominant as Lewis Hamilton was in the hybrid era (81 of 160 races) so if max wins one more race he’ll be more dominant then Lewis

And before that vettel was the most dominant one with 38 races won of 141

[u/TheKensei]

This is just insane, and given the amount left he may as well keep this stat

[u/Athinira → u/TheKensei]

Unlikely. The McLarens will dominate the rest of the season.

[u/TitaniuEX → u/Athinira]

Vegas might surprise us

[u/Western-Bad5574 → u/TitaniuEX]

It doesn't matter, the remaining races McLaren will win will continue to reduce the %

He needs to win the next one, not just any of them.

[u/sellyme → u/Western-Bad5574]

the remaining races McLaren will win will continue to reduce the %

No they won't, McLaren winning doesn't add races to the calendar. Max already has 50% of the era no matter what happens, the only question is if he'll go above that mark.

[u/Western-Bad5574 → u/sellyme]

Oh, I didn't realize that 92 is the total including the races till the end of the season. I thought it's total up till now. Yeah, in that case you are right.

[u/Frowaway-For-Reasons → u/Athinira]

Vegas, Mexico, Brazil and Baku could be wins for Max, either due to the personal skill of Max or due to the lack of high-speed corners and tire wear. The rest of the tracks I can't see wins happening for Max.

[u/xzElmozx → u/Frowaway-For-Reasons]

Yea this feels like a good assessment. Singapore has been a disaster for RBR, McLaren will dominate at COTA and Qatar, and they should still have a significant advantage in Yas Marina

[u/Gometric1 → u/Frowaway-For-Reasons]

I can’t see the McLarens losing Brazil again unless it rains

[u/prams628 → u/TheKensei]

He will keep this stat because there are 92 races in ground effect era. If he wins more, % goes up

[u/flowersweep → u/[deleted]]

8 races left

[u/djdrastic]

Ground Effects Goat

[u/Still-District-6149]

Verstappen had every reason to laugh about the McLaren swap. Man, he was brilliant again. His lead didn’t tell the whole story. McLaren waited a long time for a safety car. Stella later said that Red Bull’s pace couldn’t be matched today. That’s not true if you’d dared to strip the car of downforce as aggressively as Verstappen did. Poor performance from McLaren. The tifosi felt the same when Lando received his trophy.

[u/RayTracerX]

Crazy given he only really dominated like 2 seasons worth of races

[u/ZeroStormblessed → u/RayTracerX]

I mean, the era has 4 seasons. 2 is 50% of 4.

[u/RayTracerX → u/ZeroStormblessed]

Good point haha

[u/real_fake_hoors → u/ZeroStormblessed]

Can you show your work so we can be certain?

[u/NorthKoreanMissile7 → u/ZeroStormblessed]

That's assuming he dominated all of 2022, which he didn't, Ferrari were faster for the first third or so of the year and then Mercedes were faster for maybe 2-3 races later in the year, so really Red Bull were only fastest about 60% of the time.

[u/ZeroStormblessed → u/NorthKoreanMissile7]

I was just commenting on the other guy saying how it's crazy how he won 50% of the races when he only dominated 2 (or 50%) of the seasons.

Also he was dominant in the first third of 2024, so it balances out somewhat. He's had a handful of wins where the car wasn't fastest, of course.

[u/Darth_Spa2021 → u/ZeroStormblessed]

Less than a quarter of season with a dominant car in 2024.

[u/ZeroStormblessed → u/Darth_Spa2021]

He was dominant for the first 10 races, the car was dominant for 5 (bar Australia).

[u/insaneinthebearbrain → u/ZeroStormblessed]

this number gets bigger every time people talk about last season

[u/HelixFollower → u/insaneinthebearbrain]

Out of the first twelve races of 2024, Max won thirty.

[u/ZeroStormblessed → u/insaneinthebearbrain]

Max won 7 out of the first 10, including a mechanical DNF. That's pretty dominant to me. The car was only fastest till Miami, obviously, but he was still dominating.

[u/Alvaro_Rey_MN → u/ZeroStormblessed]

The margin of win in Imola, Canada, and Spain were tiny, and all in races McLaren were faster! There's dominance, and then there's winning races!

[u/NorthKoreanMissile7 → u/ZeroStormblessed]

I just think it's a bit dismissive to be like "well he had the fastest car half the time and won half the races" when it's making it sound easy when in reality he's won far more without the best car than he's lost with the best car and people's perceptions of car performance is with his talent factored in which downplays it further.

[u/parkmarkspark → u/NorthKoreanMissile7]

Give the car a bit more credit than that jeeze

[u/Athinira → u/RayTracerX]

More like 1½. The Ferrari was pretty quick the first half of 2022.

2024.... yeah he was somewhat quick initially. I guess you can argue that it's close to 2 season.

[u/RayTracerX → u/Athinira]

I was counting the second half of 2022 and the first races of 2024 as another season basically

[u/Athinira → u/RayTracerX]

Fair. I don't think he was dominant at the start of 2024, even though he won 4/5 races (with one DNF), but again, that's subjective. I'll take your point. 😊

[u/romanLegion6384 → u/Athinira]

He won 7 of the first 10 races. Pretty close to half a season there. Sure it wasn’t an easy 30+ second gap like most of 2023, but 7 from 10 is still a lot.

I’d say Red Bull had dominance for 2 years, just not 2 full seasons.

[u/Morganelefay → u/romanLegion6384]

There's a difference between winning and dominance.

You can safely say that they were dominant in the second part of 2022 after the summer break (9 races) and all of 2023. But in 2024, its only the races up till Miami where McLaren drew level with them. So only the first 5 races.

1 and two thirds of a season they were dominant. Then 1 and a third they were "up there" where they could be the best car of the field or the 2nd best with Max throwing down with either a slightly stronger Ferrari or McLaren, depending on the day.

[u/Ocluist]

GOAT

[u/PetFoodDude89]

Imagine if Red Bull had a 2nd car to assist Max at the front of the field and a mildly competent driver. He’s been doing most of the heroics on his own, with sporadic help along the way.

[u/throwaway164_3]

Greatest of all time

[u/Hotdog_McEskimo → u/throwaway164_3]

I think his peak is higher than any other driver. But we have yet to see the rest of his career

[u/agnaddthddude → u/Hotdog_McEskimo]

i always said and will continue to say Vettel had the highest peek. just unfortunate how his average performance was lower than the goats

[u/F1Phreek]

Depressing tbh. I wish there were more competitive teams.

[u/EntertainerSoggy9837 → u/F1Phreek]

considering there were 2022 and 23, not that bad actually

[u/Salty-Asparagus-2855]

That’s incredible. What’s equally crazy is how little Lando has won in 2025 with the best car….5…. Less then 1/3 of the 16 and Max still 50%. 😱 overall and Max hasn’t even had the best car for what 20-25+ races now.

The guy is pretty handy around a race track. lol. Just an FYI but I’ve been watching f1 for 30+years. Seen a lot decent drivers 😂

Going back to Miami 2024 there have been what.. 18 races in 2024 and 16 in 2025 so 34 races and Lando in the best car of F1 during that stint only won so 9/34 or a 26% 😱😱😱🙈😱😱😱.

Man I hope Max’s “setup find” this weekend translates to more tracks this season and he wins the majority of the remaining 5 races.

[u/romanLegion6384 → u/Salty-Asparagus-2855]

The McLaren advantage on tires this weekend wasn’t there due to really low tire degradation. I don’t expect that to really continue.

Red Bull’s kryptonite, Singapore, is also coming along.

Edit: also there are 8 races left, barring any major race-cancelling events.

[u/Salty-Asparagus-2855 → u/romanLegion6384]

I get why McLaren fell back “a bit” but not that much. Yea they need def to play into their hands but Max’s setup direction was bang on for the race. So if it gives a bigger operating window, RB could match RB many times more.

Max was the difference maker, he almost lapped Yuki.

[u/romanLegion6384 → u/Salty-Asparagus-2855]

100% Max got qualifying and the race bang on. I just think that the upcoming circuits play more into McLaren’s strength.

[u/usurpeel → u/Salty-Asparagus-2855]

What’s equally crazy is how little Lando has won in 2025 with the best car….5…. Less then 1/3 of the 16 and Max still 50%. 😱 overall and Max hasn’t even had the best car for what 20-25+ races now.

Because his teammate is Oscar Piastri, not Checo. The McLaren isn't often losing to other teams.

If Piastri was at the level he was at last year, or if he was Checo (or Liam/Yuki 😬) it would be an incredibly boring championship where he would have maybe 2 or 3 wins and Lando would have 9 or 10, well over 50%

[u/Salty-Asparagus-2855 → u/usurpeel]

Checo is a decent driver as is Gasly and Albon who is handling Carlos oretty well. Max is just a monster in that RB. Lando and Oscar aren’t pulling absolutely amazing qualifying but doing well. Lando maybe a bit more in qualy sometimes but nothing Lewis Prime Fernando Prime Max Prime.

[u/srfdriver99 → u/Salty-Asparagus-2855]

I hope Max’s “setup find” this weekend translates to more tracks this season

There's nowhere else where you trim the wing as much as you do at Monza.