Max Verstappen also triumphs in Las Vegas and brings his season victories to 18. As always, there are some statistics from the Las Vegas GP many records broken by the Dutch and Red Bull, this time also helped by Sergio Perez. But not only. Let's discover them all together the most curious statistics from the Las Vegas GP.
Red Bull
- With the twentieth victory in 2023, Red Bull has broke the record for most wins in a season, exceeding the 19 of Mercedes Benz since 2016.
- Verstappen ha equaled Sebastian Hag al third place in the ranking of the drivers with the most victories Of all times. Now the Dutchman has only Michael Schumacher (91) and Lewis Hamilton (103) ahead of him.
- Verstappen is the first pilot in history to win three Grands Prix in the same country in a single season: Miami, Austin and Las Vegas.
- The Dutch hasn't missed a race in North America since 2019, when Valtteri Bottas won the US GP in Austin. Since then, in Mexico, Canada and the USA, the winner has always been the same.
- With the third place obtained on Sunday, Sergio Perez it's mathematically runner-up of the world. The Mexican gives the Red Bull il first 1-2 world champion in their history.
- With 951 laps leading out of 1235 total this season, Verstappen broke Jim's record Clark for highest percentage of laps led in a single season (71,77% so far versus Clark's 71,47% in 1963).
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- Leclerc he missed the win in each of the last 12 races started from pole position. The start of the negative streak dates back to the 2022 Spanish GP. Now the Monegasque is just one race away from René's record Arnoux.
Aston Martin
- For the first time Career, Lance Stroll it closed two races in a row in the top 5.
- Alonso is thesole pilot on the grid to be live when you ran thelast GP in Las Vegas in 1982.
- Spanish has also become the first driver in history to complete 300 Grands Prix, followed closely by Lewis Hamilton, at 299.
Mercedes Benz
- The Las Vegas weekend mathematically handed third place in the championship to Lewis Hamilton and theeighth a George Russell. As for the number 63, it is the worst championship result for a Mercedes driver since 2012 (ninth place for Nico Rosberg, 13th for Michael Schumacher).
McLaren
- Las Vegas Weekend (2 points) was the worse for the team from the Canadian GP (0 points).
- Norris has withdrawn for the first time from the 2022 Brazilian GP. Before this race, the Briton boasted the second longest winning streak in a row behind Verstappen. Now, therefore, the Dutchman remains the only driver to have finished all races in 2023.
Williams
- Il sixth place for Sargeant in qualifying, as well as being his best result ever in Formula 1, it is the best qualification for a US driver in his home race from sixth place Eddie Cheever in Detroit in 1987.
- For the first time since the 2016 Russian GP (Bottas second, Massa fourth), la Williams led both cars in the top 6 in qualifying.
To conclude, a couple of statistics on the circuit Las Vegas. The race saw 99 overtakings, highest number in a dry race since the 2016 Chinese GP (175) et al second place in 2023 behind the Dutch GP (188, all-time record). The Nevada city may be criticized for the show and the organization of the weekend, but the race certainly did not disappoint.
