Victory

"WIN" redirects here. For the driver with the three-letter abbreviation "WIN", see Markus Winkelhock.

Victory is a term used to describe the act of the winning a race, giving the driver the maximum number of points in a race.

Out of the 770 drivers who have started a championship race, only 111 drivers have achieved race wins.

Lewis Hamilton holds the record of most victories with 105, ahead of Michael Schumacher (91) and Sebastian Vettel (53). Schumacher also holds the record for the greatest gap between his first and last victories, with over 14 years between the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix and 2006 Chinese Grand Prix. Alberto Ascari and Vettel share the record for wins from consecutive starts with nine, although only Vettel has done this in consecutive races (Ascari missed the Indianapolis 500 in 1953). The youngest winner is Max Verstappen, who won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix at the age of 18 years and 228 days old. The oldest winner is Luigi Fagioli, who was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the 1951 French Grand Prix with Juan Manuel Fangio. The most starts without a victory is 208, achieved by Andrea de Cesaris.

When combined with pole position, a driver achieves a double. A hat-trick is achieved when the driver also gets the fastest lap. A Grand Chelem is when the driver takes wins from pole, taking the fastest lap and leading every lap of the race.

Records

Note: Current drivers in bold.

Most Victories

Overall

Main article: Victory/Overall

Top 10

Rank	Driver	Wins	First Win	Latest Win
1	Lewis Hamilton	105	2007 Canadian Grand Prix	2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
2	Michael Schumacher	91	1992 Belgian Grand Prix	2006 Chinese Grand Prix
3	Max Verstappen	61	2016 Spanish Grand Prix	2023 Italian Grand Prix
4	Sebastian Vettel	53	2008 Italian Grand Prix	2019 Singapore Grand Prix
5	Alain Prost	51	1981 French Grand Prix	1993 German Grand Prix
6	Ayrton Senna	41	1985 Portuguese Grand Prix	1993 Australian Grand Prix
7	Fernando Alonso	32	2003 Hungarian Grand Prix	2013 Spanish Grand Prix
8	Nigel Mansell	31	1985 European Grand Prix	1994 Australian Grand Prix
9	Jackie Stewart	27	1965 Italian Grand Prix	1973 German Grand Prix
10	Jim Clark	25	1962 Belgian Grand Prix	1968 South African Grand Prix

In one season

Rank	Driver	Wins	Season
1	Max Verstappen	19	2023
2	Max Verstappen	15	2022
3	Michael Schumacher	13	2004
	Sebastian Vettel	13	2013
4	Michael Schumacher	11	2002
	Sebastian Vettel	11	2011
	Lewis Hamilton	11	2014
	Lewis Hamilton	11	2018
	Lewis Hamilton	11	2019
	Lewis Hamilton	11	2020
5	Lewis Hamilton	10	2015
	Lewis Hamilton	10	2016
	Max Verstappen	10	2021

Consecutive Wins

Note: Numbers and races in parentheses at consecutive race wins from races the driver started, and are non-consecutive in terms of World Championship races.

Rank	Driver	Wins	Races
1	Max Verstappen	10 {11)	2023: {Miami), Monaco, Spanish, Canadian, Austrian, British, Hungarian, Belgian, Dutch, Italian
2	Sebastian Vettel	9	2013: Belgian, Italian, Singapore, Korean, Japanese, Indian, Abu Dhabi, United States, Brazilian
3	Alberto Ascari	7 (9)	1952: Belgian, French, British, German, Dutch, Italian; 1953: Argentine, (Dutch, Belgian)
	Michael Schumacher	7	2004: European, Canadian, United States, French, British, German, Hungarian
	Nico Rosberg	7	2015: Mexican, Brazilian, Abu Dhabi; 2016: Australian, Bahrain, Chinese, Russian
6	Michael Schumacher	6	2000: Italian, United States, Japanese, Malaysian; 2001: Australian, Malaysian
7	Jim Clark	5 (6)	1965: (South African), Belgian, French, British, Dutch, German
	Jack Brabham	5	1960: Dutch, Belgian, French, British, Portuguese
	Nigel Mansell	5	1992: South African, Mexican, Brazilian, Spanish, San Marino
	Michael Schumacher	5	2004: Australian, Malaysian, Bahrain, San Marino, Spanish
	Lewis Hamilton	5	2014: Italian, Singapore, Japanese, Russian, United States
	Lewis Hamilton	5	2020: Eifel, Portuguese, Emilia-Romagna, Turkish, Bahrain

By Age

Youngest winners

Note: first win only

Rank	Driver	Age	Race
1	Max Verstappen	18 years, 228 days	2016 Spanish Grand Prix
2	Sebastian Vettel	21 years, 73 days	2008 Italian Grand Prix
3	Charles Leclerc	21 years, 320 days	2019 Belgian Grand Prix
4	Fernando Alonso	22 years, 26 days	2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
5	Troy Ruttman	22 years, 80 days	1952 Indianapolis 500
6	Bruce McLaren	22 years, 104 days	1959 United States Grand Prix
7	Lewis Hamilton	22 years, 154 days	2007 Canadian Grand Prix
8	Kimi Räikkönen	23 years, 157 days	2003 Malaysian Grand Prix
9	Robert Kubica	23 years, 184 days	2008 Canadian Grand Prix
10	Jacky Ickx	23 years, 188 days	1968 French Grand Prix

Oldest Winners

Note: Last win only

Rank	Driver	Age	Race
1	Luigi Fagioli	53 years, 22 days	1951 French Grand Prix
2	Giuseppe Farina	46 years, 276 days	1953 German Grand Prix
3	Juan Manuel Fangio	46 years, 41 days	1957 German Grand Prix
4	Piero Taruffi	45 years, 219 days	1952 Swiss Grand Prix
5	Jack Brabham	43 years, 339 days	1970 South African Grand Prix
6	Sam Hanks	42 years, 321 days	1957 Indianapolis 500
7	Nigel Mansell	41 years, 97 days	1994 Australian Grand Prix
8	Lee Wallard	40 years, 264 days	1951 Indianapolis 500
9	Maurice Trintignant	40 years, 200 days	1958 Monaco Grand Prix
10	Graham Hill	40 years, 92 days	1969 Monaco Grand Prix

Most races without a win

Rank	Driver	Entries	Starts
1	Andrea de Cesaris	214	208
2	Nick Heidfeld	185	183
3	Nico Hülkenberg	221	219
4	Romain Grosjean	181	179
5	Martin Brundle	165	158
6	Derek Warwick	162	147
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	145	134
8	Eddie Cheever	143	132
9	Adrian Sutil	128	128
10	Pierluigi Martini	124	119

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