Which driver has the most wins in a single Formula One season?

Which driver has the most wins in a single Formula One season? Max Verstappen holds the record, with 19 wins in 2023.

Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races in the 2023 World Championship, producing a winning percentage of 86.36%. He also won 10 races consecutively, another season record, during a dominant campaign with Red Bull Racing. The streak began at the Miami Grand Prix and ended at the Italian Grand Prix.

The 19-win total surpassed the previous record of 15, which Verstappen himself had set in 2022. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel had each won 13 races in a season, while Lewis Hamilton’s best single-season total was 11. Comparing different eras requires care because the calendar has grown substantially: modern seasons offer far more races than earlier championships.

This is a season record, not a career record or a record for consecutive victories. Verstappen’s 2023 campaign combined reliability, Red Bull’s aerodynamic efficiency and his ability to convert pole positions and race pace into an unusually high proportion of wins.