Naomi Schiff looks back at the best of Max Verstappen's 2023 season which saw the Red Bull driver take his third world title in Qatar.
Max Verstappen sealed his third consecutive title last weekend to put himself among Formula 1's greats. Verstappen joins Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna as a three-time champion. However, none of those aforementioned drivers won their titles consecutively, unlike Verstappen.The 26-year-old, who has won 64 per cent of the Grand Prix held since the start of 2021, isn't the first driver to do that but he certainly joins an elite club.
Another title came in 2003 after McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen and Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya pushed Schumacher hard.The German wasn't at his best and a controversial mid-season tyre changed seemed to favour Ferrari, with Schumacher crucially winning the Italian and United States Grand Prix prior to the finale in Japan.A record fifth consecutive championship turned out to be Schumacher's seventh and last title as he set a new benchmark of 13 wins.
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