Belgian GP: As Red Bull and Max Verstappen continue to run away with both World Championships, they continue setting and extending various records. Here are a few stats, records, and numbers from the Belgian Grand Prix 2023:
- Max Verstappen won the race by 22.305s this year. His winning margin was 17.841s last year.
- Verstappen has now won 8 Grand Prix in a row and is just one win away from Sebastian Vettel’s all-time record from 2013.
Most Consecutive Wins in Formula 1
| Sebastian Vettel | 9 wins |
| Max Verstappen | 8 wins (and counting) |
| Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg | 7 wins |
| Michael Schumacher | 6 wins |
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- Verstappen had not won from P6 before this race. This means he now has wins from 9 different grid positions, tying Fernando Alonso for the all-time record.
| Fernando Alonso | 9 |
| Max Verstappen | 9 |
| David Coulthard | 8 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 8 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 8 |
| Michael Schumacher | 8 |
| Nelson Piquet | 8 |
| Niki Lauda | 8 |
- Verstappen has now finished on the podium in the last 13 races, which places him 4th 0n the all-time list.
| Michael Schumacher | 19 podiums |
| Lewis Hamilton | 16 podiums |
| Fernando Alonso | 15 podiums |
| Max Verstappen | 13 podiums (and counting) |
| Sebastian Vettel | 11 podiums (twice) |
- Having already broken the record for the most wins by a team in a row across seasons, Red Bull now get the record during a single season as well. They have won their 12th race in a row this season.
- With their 12th win in 12 races this season, they have also broken the record for the best start to a season by a team in Formula 1, surpassing 11 by McLaren in 1988.
- Red Bull achieved their fifth 1-2 finish in 2023, tying their best season tally (in 2022).
- Perez scored the 33rd podium of his career.
- Charles Leclerc has now lost the race from his last 9 pole positions.
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- Lewis Hamilton is the only driver other than Max Verstappen to have scored at every Grand Prix in the first half of 2023.
- Alonso finished 5th at Spa for the second year running and now holds a slim 1–point advantage over Lewis Hamilton in the championship.
- Esteban Ocon finished eighth today. This means he has now scored at Spa in his last 6 appearances.
- Lando Norris (P7) and Lance Stroll (P9) both had tied their best-ever finishes at this circuit, coincidentally coming in the same year (2020).
- Yuki Tsunoda found himself in the points once again with a P10 finish. This means he is still the lone point scorer for Alpha Tauri this season.
- Despite finishing P11 and not scoring today, Pierre Gasly takes home more points from the weekend (6) than his teammate Esteban Ocon (4).
- Carlos Sainz has failed to finish at Spa a heart-breaking 4 times. This doesn’t include his 2020 appearance where he failed to start the race.
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