1. 2022 French Grand Prix: Verstappen wins
2. 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix: Verstappen wins from 10th
3. 2022 Belgian Grand Prix: Verstappen wins from 14th, Perez 2nd, Verstappen becomes the first driver in 62 years to win consecutive races from outside the Top 9 on the grid (Bruce McLaren, 1959-60)
4. 2022 Dutch GP: Verstappen wins from pole
5. 2022 Italian GP: Verstappen wins
6. 2022 Singapore GP: Perez wins
7. 2022 Japanese GP: Verstappen wins from pole, Perez 2nd, Verstappen secures his second Drivers' Championship
8. 2022 US GP: Verstappen wins, Red Bull secure first Constructors' Championship since 2013, Verstappen ties Michael Schumacher (2004) and Sebastian Vettel's (2013) record of 13 wins in a single season
9. 2022 Mexico City GP: Verstappen wins from pole, surpasses Schumacher & Vettel with his 14th win of the season, Red Bull match their longest winning streak in team history (Vettel's 9 wins from Belgium to Brazil in 2013)
10. 2022 Sao Paulo GP: Verstappen 4th in the Sprint, 6th in the Grand Prix, Perez 5th in the sprint and 7th in the Grand Prix, George Russell records Mercedes' only win of the season.
11. 2022 Abu Dhabi GP: Verstappen wins from pole to end the year, sets the new single season victory benchmark at 15
12. 2023 Bahrain GP: Verstappen wins from pole, Perez 2nd
13. 2023 Saudi Arabian GP: Perez wins from pole, Verstappen 2nd after starting 15th
14. 2023 Australian GP: Verstappen wins, Perez 5th after changing his engine and starting from the pit lane
15. 2023 Azerbaijan GP: Perez wins the sprint race and the Grand Prix, Verstappen finishes 2nd in both
16. 2023 Miami GP: Verstappen wins, Perez 2nd
17. 2023 Monaco GP: Verstappen wins from pole
18. 2023 Spanish GP: Verstappen wins from pole
19. 2023 Canadian GP: Verstappen wins from pole
20. 2023 Austrian GP: Verstappen wins from pole, sets fastest lap and leads every lap to complete a first grand slam
21. 2023 British GP: Verstappen wins from pole, Red Bull ties McLaren's 1988 record of 11 consecutive victories by a constructor... appropriately, both cars were powered by Honda, and a McLaren finished 2nd in the race.
22. 2023 Hungarian GP: Verstappen wins, Red Bull set the benchmark for consecutive Grand Prix victories at 12... once again, a McLaren finishes 2nd in the race
23. 2023 Belgian GP: Verstappen wins the sprint race and the Grand Prix, Perez 2nd in the Grand Prix
24. 2023 Dutch GP: Verstappen wins from Pole and ties the record for the most consecutive Grand Prix victories (9), first set by Alberto Ascari in 1952-53 and matched by Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull in 2013
25. 2023 Italian GP: Verstappen wins and sets a new benchmark for consecutive victories , Perez 2nd
24 out of 25 Grand Prix victories, the only blemish being George Russell's victory for Mercedes in Sao Paulo.
3 wins to Sergio Perez, 22 wins to Max Verstappen, which is more victories than multiple World Champions like Mika Hakkinen, Graham Hill, Emerson Fittipaldi, Alberto Ascari and Sir Jack Brabham had during their entire careers.
The first constructor in history to win 15 consecutive Grands Prix.
Max Verstappen becomes the first driver to win 10 consecutive Grands Prix.
Meanwhile, Toto Wolff's reaction:
"I don't know if he (Max Verstappen) cares about the records. It is not something that would be important for me, those numbers, it is for Wikipedia and nobody reads that anyway." - The same man whose team celebrated Lewis Hamilton winning 100 races and making 300 appearances in Q3.
There's a homophone for that phrase...
Sauerkraut.
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