{"id":293825,"date":"2023-11-12T11:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293825"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:24:18","slug":"verstappen-has-chance-to-break-another-hamilton-record-ahead-of-final-f1-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/racing\/f1\/verstappen-has-chance-to-break-another-hamilton-record-ahead-of-final-f1-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen has chance to break another Hamilton record ahead of final F1 races"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Max Verstappen has the chance to match Lewis Hamilton\u2019s career-best pole position tally in the final two rounds of the season. The Dutchman needs just one more pole to draw level with his rival on 12 P1 awards in one campaign.<\/p>\n

Verstappen has been totally dominant this season claiming victory in 17 of the 20 races that have occurred thus far. However, the three-time world champion hasn\u2019t always exerted that control during qualifying sessions.<\/p>\n

Despite Red Bull claiming victory in 19 races already this season, the Milton Keynes-based team have had to make some sacrifices. Most notably, they have regularly sacrificed one-lap pace for superior set-ups on Sundays with the RB19\u2019s sensational tyre degradation allowing Verstappen to comfortably manage longer stints while still maintaining blistering speeds.<\/p>\n

This is something that was touched upon by McLaren team principal Andrea Stella earlier this season. His team haven\u2019t registered a pole position in 2023, but Lando Norris has been the most consistent challenger to Verstappen in the second half of the campaign.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have seen that when some of the cars get some grip from the soft tyres, certainly McLaren, we can almost close the gap to Red Bull \u2013 like in a Q3 session or the sprint shootout Q3,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think it was apparent already, even in the shootout on medium [tyres], that they had this advantage. Then, in the races, as soon as the tyres degrade and you have less grip available, you see that they can extract the real advantage from their car.\u201d<\/p>\n

The result of this sacrifice has been that Verstappen has just 11 pole positions to go alongside his 17 race wins this season, with team-mate Sergio Perez only able to register two.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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