F1 win records: overall, in a season, in a row and at the same circuit
F1 Legend Sim · Staff · 15 October 2026 · 7 min read
Lewis Hamilton has 106 Formula 1 wins, 15 more than Michael Schumacher. Max Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races of 2023, 10 of them in a row. We go through the win records, overall, in a season, in a row and at a single circuit, and add something no list has: how much of each record season was the car, according to our simulator.
Most wins overall
| # | Driver | Wins | Races | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | 106 | 397 | 26.7% |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | 91 | 306 | 29.7% |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | 73 | 250 | 29.2% |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | 53 | 299 | 17.7% |
| 5 | Alain Prost | 51 | 199 | 25.6% |
| 6 | Ayrton Senna | 41 | 161 | 25.5% |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | 32 | 443 | 7.2% |
| 8 | Nigel Mansell | 31 | 187 | 16.6% |
| 9 | Jackie Stewart | 27 | 99 | 27.3% |
| 10 | Niki Lauda | 25 | 171 | 14.6% |
| 10 | Jim Clark | 25 | 72 | 34.7% |
The total also rewards longevity. Fernando Alonso is 7th with 32 wins, but spread over 443 races: one in every 14. Juan Manuel Fangio, who misses the table with his 24, won them in just 51 races, almost one in two (47.1%). You can sort every driver by win rate, with a minimum number of races, in the driver statistics table.
In a single season
| Driver | Year | Wins | Of the calendar | Title in the simulation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | 2023 | 19 of 22 | 86.4% | 100 in 100 |
| Max Verstappen | 2022 | 15 of 22 | 68.2% | 100 in 100 |
| Michael Schumacher | 2004 | 13 of 18 | 72.2% | 100 in 100 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 2013 | 13 of 19 | 68.4% | 100 in 100 |
| Michael Schumacher | 2002 | 11 of 17 | 64.7% | 100 in 100 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2020 | 11 of 17 | 64.7% | 100 in 100 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 2011 | 11 of 19 | 57.9% | 100 in 100 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2014 | 11 of 19 | 57.9% | 95 in 100 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2018 | 11 of 21 | 52.4% | 100 in 100 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2019 | 11 of 21 | 52.4% | 100 in 100 |
The last column is ours. We took each year’s real grid, every car with its performance and every driver with his rating, and ran the championship a hundred times. In all 10 seasons the record holder wins the title 95 times or more: with that car, the outcome was all but written before the start.
As a share of the calendar
Counting wins favours modern seasons, which have more than twice as many races. As a share, Verstappen 2023 is still on top with 86.4%, but second is Alberto Ascari in 1952, who won 6 of the 8 races on that calendar, counting the Indianapolis 500, which scored World Championship points at the time.
| Driver | Year | Wins | Of the calendar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | 2023 | 19 of 22 | 86.4% |
| Alberto Ascari | 1952 | 6 of 8 | 75% |
| Michael Schumacher | 2004 | 13 of 18 | 72.2% |
| Jim Clark | 1963 | 7 of 10 | 70% |
| Sebastian Vettel | 2013 | 13 of 19 | 68.4% |
| Max Verstappen | 2022 | 15 of 22 | 68.2% |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1954 | 6 of 9 | 66.7% |
| Michael Schumacher | 2002 | 11 of 17 | 64.7% |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2020 | 11 of 17 | 64.7% |
| Jim Clark | 1965 | 6 of 10 | 60% |
In a row
The longest run belongs to Verstappen: 10 wins from the 2023 Miami Grand Prix to the 2023 Italian Grand Prix. He also has another of 9, from the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Runs are counted over the driver’s consecutive starts: a race he missed does not end one.
| Driver | In a row | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | 10 | 2023 Miami Grand Prix | 2023 Italian Grand Prix |
| Alberto Ascari | 9 | 1952 Belgian Grand Prix | 1953 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Sebastian Vettel | 9 | 2013 Belgian Grand Prix | 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Max Verstappen | 9 | 2023 Japanese Grand Prix | 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix |
| Michael Schumacher | 7 | 2004 European Grand Prix | 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Nico Rosberg | 7 | 2015 Mexican Grand Prix | 2016 Russian Grand Prix |
| Jim Clark | 6 | 1965 South African Grand Prix | 1965 German Grand Prix |
| Michael Schumacher | 6 | 2000 Italian Grand Prix | 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix |
At the same circuit
Hamilton has won 9 times at Silverstone, the most by any driver at a single track. Of the ten marks in the table, 9 belong to Hamilton or Schumacher.
| Driver | Circuit | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | Silverstone | 9 | 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 |
| Michael Schumacher | Magny-Cours | 8 | 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Hungary | 8 | 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Michael Schumacher | Imola | 7 | 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 |
| Michael Schumacher | Montreal | 7 | 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Montreal | 7 | 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Barcelona | 7 | 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2026 |
| Ayrton Senna | Monaco | 6 | 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 |
| Michael Schumacher | Spa | 6 | 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002 |
| Michael Schumacher | Barcelona | 6 | 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
Was it the car?
Almost always, and the simulation puts numbers on it. Among the 15 seasons with the most wins, the few the simulator was less sure about are Hamilton 2016 (92 in 100; the rest go to Nico Rosberg, of Mercedes), Verstappen 2021 (78 in 100; the rest go to Lewis Hamilton, of Mercedes) and Mansell 1992 (69 in 100; the rest go to Ayrton Senna, of McLaren). In those years another driver had a car to fight with, and the simulation sees it.
And one of them ended the other way round: Lewis Hamilton won 10 races in 2016 and was not champion. It is the only one of the 15 seasons with the most wins where winning more races than anyone was not enough.
To see what would have happened with another driver in those cars, in What If? you can put anyone in the car of any season and run it in full.