After a much-discussed race in Japan, Verstappen is again world champion. In addition, he is one win away from a record in Formula 1. The Red Bull driver recorded his twelfth victory of the season in Japan and the record for most wins in one F1 year with thirteen is in the name of the Germans Michael Schumacher. and Sebastian Vettel.
Seven-time world champion Schumacher won thirteen of the eighteen races in 2004, when he became world champion in his Ferrari. Vettel came in 2013 as a driver of Red Bull to thirteen first places in nineteen grands prix. The current season has four more races. ,,I’m very close to thirteenth. I want to at least equal that,” Verstappen said.
Can Verstappen already equal the record in the United States? If you want to see that, you should in any case stay up for a long time. Check below the times of the race weekend in the United States.
Note: these are the Dutch times!
• Second free practice: Verstappen limits himself to tire test and chats with Brad Pitt
• Third free practice: 9 p.m.
• Qualification: 00.00 hours