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Unstoppable Max Verstappen All Set to Equal Legendary World Champion Niki Lauda & Others at Monaco GP

Published 05/23/2022, 4:19 AM EDT

Despite his 2 painful DNFs this season which made him lose out on about 36 points, Max Verstappen now leads the Drivers championship. And after the latest race, Verstappen is up in 11th place on the all-time race winners table. Now, Max can sit level with an Austrian racing legend as early as next week.

The Dutchman is on an incredible run of form this season. To put things in perspective, every time Verstappen has crossed the finish line, he’s done it as the winner, even at the sprint race at Imola. He might not be the best yet, however, he’s quickly chasing down records created by the very best. With a win in Barcelona, the Dutch world champion beat Nelson Piquet in overall F1 wins.

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Max overtook Piquet’s 23-win record with his 24th win at the Spanish Grand Prix. And at just 24 years of age, Verstappen is just getting started. His 24th win also brought Max level to another legend, Juan Manuel Fangio.

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However, the Red Bull man can take his tally to 25 wins as early as next week at the Monaco Grand Prix. The win will put him on level terms with another legend of the sport: Niki Lauda. The late Austrian racing driver has been a huge inspiration to a lot of drivers. And it will be an incredible achievement for Verstappen to sit level with the 3-time world champion.

The 25th win will also put Max in the top ten of all-time race winners. And that’s exactly what Red Bull will want from their driver who has signed a long-term contract with them. But only time will tell us where Max will finish on the table of all-time race winners.

Max Verstappen has a long hill to climb in the all-time race winner table

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Max is already 11th on the table of the all-time race winners, at just 24. It is an incredible achievement, but climbing to the top won’t be an effortless task.

To sit atop the list of the race winners, Max will have to overcome a host of exceptional drivers. And three of them from the current grid, namely Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, and Lewis Hamilton. Among them, Lewis has amassed the most wins with an incredible 103 wins so far.

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We will be treated to some incredible racing over the course of Verstappen’s career as he tries to chase the all time greats.

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Mahim Suhalka is an F1 Author at EssentiallySports. This Sports Management post-graduate is an ardent supporter of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team and their lead driver, Lewis Hamilton. The fact that Lewis dominated one of the most expensive sports in the world for all these years, despite his humble beginnings, has been a huge inspiration for Mahim and has made him a tenured fan of the competitive sport itself.

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Ranvijay Singh

Unstoppable Max Verstappen All Set to Equal Legendary World Champion Niki Lauda & Others at Monaco GP

Max Verstappen has a long hill to climb in the all-time race winner table

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