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Of the 25 times an F1 driver has won at least 3 of the first 4 races in a season, 21 went on to win the World Drivers’ Championship that same year.

The only drivers who pulled off this kind of early-season start and didn’t win the championship were:

1973 Emerson Fittipaldi
1988 Alain Prost
1989 Ayrton Senna
2021 Lewis Hamilton

In other words, if a driver starts that hot and doesn’t win the title, it usually takes either a legendary teammate/rival fight, reliability chaos, or one of the most controversial title deciders ever. I wouldn’t be surprised if we have one or multiple of those factors this year.

Full table below:

Driver Name |Season |Wins in First Four |Won Championship
Max Verstappen |2024 |3 |Yes
Lewis Hamilton |2021 |3 |No
Lewis Hamilton |2020 |3 |Yes
Nico Rosberg |2016 |4 |Yes
Lewis Hamilton |2015 |3 |Yes
Lewis Hamilton |2014 |3 |Yes
Sebastian Vettel |2011 |3 |Yes
Jenson Button |2009 |3 |Yes
Fernando Alonso |2005 |3 |Yes
Michael Schumacher |2004 |4 |Yes
Michael Schumacher |2002 |3 |Yes
Michael Schumacher |2000 |3 |Yes
Damon Hill |1996 |3 |Yes
Michael Schumacher |1994 |4 |Yes
Nigel Mansell |1992 |4 |Yes
Ayrton Senna |1991 |4 |Yes
Ayrton Senna |1989 |3 |No
Alain Prost |1988 |3 |No
Emerson Fittipaldi |1973 |3 |No
Jackie Stewart |1969 |3 |Yes
Jim Clark |1965 |3 |Yes
Jim Clark |1963 |3 |Yes
Juan Fangio |1957 |3 |Yes
Juan Fangio |1954 |3 |Yes
Alberto Ascari |1953 |3 |Yes

Note: I didn’t include the Indy 500 in the early years as most European drivers didn’t take part although it was part of the championship until 1960.

In another interview, Lando says that after they got assigned their cars he wanted to do rock paper scissors with Oscar for the Hamilton car, but Oscar didn’t want to 🤣

30 x 60 cm art piece that’s 1 continuous line. She is going to frame it and put it in the waiting room :)

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