For the fourth time in a row, Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen started a Grand Prix from the best grid position. Most recently he had three start/finish victories in Monaco, Spain and Canada and again the Dutchman was unbeatable – victory in the Austrian Grand Prix! It is Max’s 42nd victory in the premier class, one more success than racing legend Ayrton Senna.
At the same time, Red Bull Racing is continuing a great series: the five-time winners of the Constructors’ Cup have won all nine races of the season so far, there are even ten wins in a row (because RBR also won the 2022 World Championship final in Abu Dhabi), the last other victorious The manufacturer was Mercedes in mid-November 2022 in Brazil.
Only one team has done better in the history of the premier class: McLaren in 1988, with eleven straight wins.
Verstappen has pulled away in the drivers’ championship, leading with 229 points ahead of Sergio Pérez with 148.
Here in the live ticker you can read again how the action developed at the Red Bull Ring.