BUXTON: Nobody came close to Verstappen in 2023 – Catch him if you can


Max Verstappen, three-time Formula 1 world champion.
To put that into context, he now sits at a table surrounded by exceptional company: Senna, Stewart, Lauda, Brabham and Piquet. Verstappen’s three, however, all occurred together. Only Schumacher, Hamilton, Vettel and Fangio took three back-to-back. Only Vettel began his run, like Verstappen, with his first.

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