Max Verstappen remains loyal to Red Bull Racing: it was announced during the Zandvoort Grand Prix weekend that the Dutchman has extended his contract early by two years, taking it through to the end of 2030.<\/p>\n
Max said: \u201cI\u2019ve always said \u2013 Red Bull is my family; I feel a strong connection to the Red Bull Racing team. I simply wanted to clarify what I want for the future, and to find out what the team\u2019s strategic plans are. But my primary goal hasn\u2019t changed. I told Didi Mateschitz back then \u2013 my aim is to end my career with Red Bull.\u201d<\/p>\n
Max has now competed in 221 World Championship races for Red Bull Racing; in terms of loyalty, he has long since left Michael Schumacher at Ferrari (180 races) behind, and in 2027 he will break Lewis Hamilton\u2019s record with Mercedes (246 races).<\/p>\n
Time and again in the premier class, we see drivers remaining loyal to their team for years on end. We\u2019ve compiled a list for you of the 27 drivers who have contested 100 Grands Prix or more for the same F1 team.<\/p>\n
Special mention must be made of one driver who does not appear amongst these 27: The Scot Jim Clark drove all 72 of his Formula 1 races for Lotus, winning an incredible 25 times, securing pole position 33 times and becoming World Champion in 1963 and 1965.<\/p>\n
Formula 1 drivers with the most races under their belt<\/p>\n
1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 246 Grands Prix<\/p>\n
2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) 221<\/p>\n
3. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 180<\/p>\n
4. Lando Norris (McLaren) 162<\/p>\n
5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 161<\/p>\n
6. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen (Ferrari) 151<\/p>\n
7. David Coulthard (McLaren) 150<\/p>\n
8. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 145<\/p>\n
9. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 139<\/p>\n
10. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 136<\/p>\n
11. Jenson Button (McLaren) 136<\/p>\n
12. Jacques Laffite (Ligier) 132<\/p>\n
13. Mika H\u00e4kkinen (McLaren) 131<\/p>\n
14. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) 129<\/p>\n
15. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 122<\/p>\n
16. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 118<\/p>\n
17. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) 113<\/p>\n
18. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 110<\/p>\n
19. Alain Prost (McLaren) 107<\/p>\n
20. Nelson Piquet (Brabham) 106<\/p>\n
21. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 105<\/p>\n
22. George Russell (Mercedes) 104<\/p>\n
23. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 102<\/p>\n
24. Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) 102<\/p>\n
25. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 101<\/p>\n
26. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing) 100<\/p>\n
27. Alex Albon (Williams) 100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen remains loyal to Red Bull Racing: it was announced during the Zandvoort Grand Prix weekend that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-863246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}