Mexico Grand Prix | Verstappen sets F1 record for most wins in a season

Verstappen's win was his fourth in Mexico

Red Bull’s double world champion Max Verstappen won the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday to set a Formula One record of 14 victories in a single season.

The Dutch driver led from pole position at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and made one stop before a long stint on the medium tyres to take the chequered flag 15.186 seconds clear of Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton.

“It’s been an incredible year so far, we are definitely enjoying it and we’ll try to go for more,” said the 25-year-old Verstappen, who clinched his second title in Japan on Oct. 9.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez finished third in front of his cheering home crowd after a race low on thrills but with plenty of strategy.

Verstappen’s win was his fourth in Mexico and the podium was the same as last year.

In Austin, Texas, last weekend he had equalled the record for most wins in a season on 13 with German greats Michael Schumacher (2004) and Sebastian Vettel (2013).

There are more races now than then, however, with the 2022 season featuring 22 compared to 19 in 2013 and 18 in 2004.