{"id":129328,"date":"2025-09-11T06:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/129328\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:32:09","slug":"red-bull-now-five-wins-away-from-matching-mercedes-victory-total-%c2%b7-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/129328\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull now five wins away from matching Mercedes’ victory total \u00b7 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a lean 12 months for Red Bull but Max Verstappen\u2019s<\/a> third victory of the season moved them closer to matching the victory total of rivals Mercedes.<\/p>\n

While Ferrari and McLaren lie well ahead with over 200 wins each, Mercedes holds third place on the all-time winners\u2019 table, with 130 grand prix victories. Verstappen delivered Red Bull\u2019s 125th last weekend.<\/p>\n

Red Bull have started more races than Mercedes (including Mercedes original stint in the championship in 1954 and 1955), so their winning rate is quite a bit lower: 30.6% to 39%. But at their current rate Red Bull are likely to claim bragging rights for total wins by the end of next year, if not sooner.<\/p>\n

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He is responsible for well over half of them. He scored the 66th victory of his career on Sunday, having taken pole position for the 45th time.<\/p>\n

Verstappen claimed two all-time speed records with these achievements. His pole position lap of 1\u201918.792 set a new average lap speed record of 264.682kph. <\/p>\n

His pole position time was less than a tenth of a second inside Lewis Hamilton\u2019s<\/a> 2020 record, and Verstappen said afterwards factors other than the improvements to the cars contributed the new record. \u201cThe new Tarmac helps around here,\u201d he said. \u201cThe kerbs [have] opened up a little bit. I think the 2020 Mercedes is still quicker if you would put it on the track now.\u201d<\/p>\n

However with no Safety Cars or Virtual Safety Cars in the grand prix, Verstappen smashed the 22-year-old record for fastest race. He won at an average speed of 250.706kph, almost two-and-a-half kilometres per hour quicker than the record from 2003.<\/p>\n

The first eight drivers home all beat the 2003 record. However officially only the top seven classified finishers did, due to Andrea Kimi Antonelli\u2019s<\/a> five-second time penalty.<\/p>\n

This is only the second time the record for fastest race has been broken in the last 54 years. This is partly because circuits now feature more corners and more slow corners. Peter Gethin set the record in 1971 in the last race before chicanes were added to the layout.<\/p>\n

The two previous records were set during F1\u2019s last visits to the original Spa-Francorchamps<\/a> circuit in Belgium. Here are the last five times the record was broken:<\/p>\n

Event
\nCircuit
\nWinner
\nCar
\nSpeed (kph)<\/p>\n

1968 Belgian Grand Prix
\nSpa-Francorchamps
\nBruce McLaren
\nMcLaren
\n236.797<\/p>\n

1970 Belgian Grand Prix
\nSpa-Francorchamps
\nPedro Rodriguez
\nBRM
\n241.308<\/p>\n

1971 Italian Grand Prix
\nMonza
\nPeter Gethin
\nBRM
\n242.616<\/p>\n

2003 Italian Grand Prix
\nMonza
\nMichael Schumacher
\nFerrari
\n247.586<\/p>\n

2025 Italian Grand Prix
\nMonza
\nMax Verstappen
\nRed Bull
\n250.706<\/p>\n

Verstappen achieved the most dominant victory at Monza since Michael Schumacher<\/a> won the 1998 race 37 seconds ahead of Ferrari team mate Eddie Irvine. This was Verstappen\u2019s third win at Monza in the last four years, and the first time any driver has won from pole position at this track since Charles Leclerc<\/a> did for Ferrari in 2019.<\/p>\n

He ended McLaren\u2019s run of five consecutive grand prix victories. It was also the first time in eight grands prix that Oscar Piastri<\/a> did not lead a single lap.<\/p>\n

Not only were Ferrari unable to repeat their victory of last year, they didn\u2019t get a car on the podium either, having done so for the last three years in a row at Monza. <\/p>\n

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Alexander Albon<\/a> took seventh place for Williams, moving them onto a total of 86 points. That surpasses their 2017 score, putting them on their highest championship tally since 2016.<\/p>\n

Finally, Antonelli became the first Italian to score points at home since Antonio Giovinazzi<\/a> for Alfa Romeo in 2019 \u2013 who also finished ninth.<\/p>\n

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