{"id":184115,"date":"2025-10-02T03:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/184115\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:34:07","slug":"seven-f1-race-tracks-max-verstappen-has-never-won-at-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/184115\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven F1 race tracks Max Verstappen has never won at to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen has won at almost every circuit on the current F1 calendar, courtesy of his all-conquering 2023 season, but he has not yet won at every track in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The Covid-interrupted seasons of 2020 and 2021 see some otherwise unlikely entries to this list, but for all of Verstappen\u2019s success in his career to date, there are still some circuits where he has yet to take to the top step of the podium \u2013 with victory at the Singapore Grand Prix being last on his list to conquer of the current selection.<\/p>\n<p>Seven F1 race tracks where Max Verstappen has not won<\/p>\n<p>Statistics as of 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Entries: 8<br \/>Best result: P2 (x2)<br \/>Last raced: 2024<\/p>\n<p>Even in taking 19 victories out of a possible 22 in the 2023 season, Verstappen\u2019s only non-podium came at the Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, this is the only circuit on the 2025 calendar where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/driver\/max-verstappen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verstappen<\/a> has yet to taste victory in his career.<\/p>\n<p>While he has taken second place on two occasions around Marina Bay in the past, he has yet to earn a win at the sport\u2019s original night race, with Singapore having shown up as something of a \u2018bogey\u2019 circuit for Red Bull in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time World Champion is not a person to rely too heavily on statistics, but completing the \u2018set\u2019 of the current schedule would represent a huge achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Sochi Autodrom, Russia<\/p>\n<p>Entries: 7<br \/>Best result: P2 (x2)<br \/>Last raced: 2021<\/p>\n<p>For the remainder of these circuits, we\u2019re going to have to delve back to the recent past for locations no longer on the calendar where Verstappen has not yet won a race.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen had seven starts at the Sochi International Autodrom in Russia, which circled around the city\u2019s Olympic Park after it hosted the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Barring one retirement, Verstappen was in the points every other time he raced in Sochi, with two podium finishes in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Sochi was removed from the schedule following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, so a return to the circuit is unlikely in the coming seasons.<\/p>\n<p>More on F1 history and statistics<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/ranked-max-verstappen-top-10-f1-grand-prix-victories\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranked: Max Verstappen\u2019s top 10 Grand Prix victories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/max-verstappen-h2h-record-against-teammates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen vs The World: How the Red Bull driver stacks up against his team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Park, Turkey<\/p>\n<p>Entries: 2<br \/>Best result: P2<br \/>Last raced: 2021<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen was not in Formula 1 for the sport\u2019s first stint racing at Istanbul Park, but it would return to the calendar during the Covid-affected years of 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch driver finished sixth in difficult conditions in 2020, starting on the front row but falling backwards with an extremely slippery track surface to navigate, including an in-race\u00a0spin which dropped him down the order.<\/p>\n<p>The following season, in a tight title battle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/driver\/lewis-hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, Verstappen would earn a P2 finish behind Hamilton\u2019s Mercedes team-mate, Valtteri Bottas.<\/p>\n<p>Circuit officials are believed to be seeking a way back onto the Formula 1 calendar in future, but demand is such that a space on the calendar may not open up for some time yet.<\/p>\n<p>Algarve International Circuit, Portugal<\/p>\n<p>Entries: 2<br \/>Best result: P2<br \/>Last raced: 2021<\/p>\n<p>Portim\u00e3o would join the Formula 1 calendar as organisers looked to fulfil a World Championship as the pandemic put most countries into lockdown, and the circuit proved a hit among the drivers and fans.<\/p>\n<p>Both times it would appear on the schedule, Verstappen would earn podium finishes, but ultimately it was Hamilton to win both of the most recent Portuguese Grands Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the circuit will return to the calendar one day remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Mugello, Italy<\/p>\n<p>Entries: 1<br \/>Best result: Retired<br \/>Last raced: 2020<\/p>\n<p>The first and only (to date) Tuscan Grand Prix took place at the legendary Ferrari-owned Mugello Circuit, a staple on two-wheel calendars and a proving ground for the Scuderia\u2019s Formula 1 programme, alongside its in-house Fiorano Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen qualified, as was often the case in the 2020 season, third behind the dominant Mercedes pairing.<\/p>\n<p>After a slow getaway, Verstappen was caught in the middle of a first-lap crash as Pierre Gasly found himself wedged between Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. With all three drivers suffering damage, Verstappen was tagged and sent into the gravel trap, where his car was beached.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00fcrburgring, Germany<\/p>\n<p>Entries: 1<br \/>Best result: P2<br \/>Last raced: 2020<\/p>\n<p>Having fallen away from the calendar after its rotational deal to host the German Grand Prix with Hockenheim ended, the N\u00fcrburgring GP circuit was called back into action during the lockdown-affected 2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>It was an historic day in the sport as Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher\u2019s record career victory tally of 91 wins, with Verstappen keeping a watching brief early on as the two Mercedes drivers scrapped for position.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen moved up to second after Bottas was forced to pit early following a long lock-up into Turn 1, but despite a late-race duel, Hamilton was able to hold Verstappen at arm\u2019s length to take victory.<\/p>\n<p>Sakhir, Bahrain (Outer Circuit)<\/p>\n<p>Entries: 1<br \/>Best result: Retired<br \/>Last raced: 2020<\/p>\n<p>While Verstappen has won around the \u2018standard\u2019 Bahrain layout in 2023 and 2024, the once-used \u2018Outer\u2019 layout in 2020 proved to be a difficult weekend for the Red Bull driver.<\/p>\n<p>Lap times were under a minute long as 87 tours of the Bahrain Outer circuit saw Sergio Perez take his first ever Grand Prix victory, a performance which helped him eventually become Verstappen\u2019s Red Bull team-mate for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Dutch driver, like at Mugello earlier that season, his race ended on the first lap as he was again caught in an accident. This time, Verstappen took avoiding action at Turn 4 as Perez and Charles Leclerc tagged wheels, but found himself without enough room to get back on track as he took to the gravel and collided with the barrier.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain has a long contract to host Formula 1 into the future, and while a return to that \u2018Outer\u2019 circuit is unlikely, it cannot be fully ruled out if Formula One Management and circuit officials decide on a future layout tweak.<\/p>\n<p>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-schedule-next-race-calendar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 schedule: When is the next F1 race and where is it being held?<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has won at almost every circuit on the current F1 calendar, courtesy of his all-conquering 2023&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,5691,13408,576,577,1613,1885,1882,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-184115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-f1-features","12":"tag-facts-stats","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-home-page","16":"tag-max-verstappen","17":"tag-red-bull","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}