Max Verstappen has a chance to win a fourth straight Formula 1 race this weekend, and he can do it in his home Grand Prix.
Starting in 14th place on Sunday at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps wasn’t enough to keep reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen from leading the most laps en route to a dominant Belgian Grand Prix win, making him just the second driver in Formula 1 history to win two consecutive races from starting positions of 10th or lower.
It marked Verstappen’s third consecutive race win, with none having come from pole position, and it sets him up to potentially do something in this coming Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix, his true home race at Circuit Zandvoort, that he has never done in his career: win four races in a row.
Prior to 2021, Verstappen had never won back-to-back races. His first streak of that nature was a three-race winning streak, a streak that included a win at Circuit Paul Ricard and two wins at the Red Bull Ring but ended with the infamous lap one collision with Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone.
He added another three-race winning streak earlier this season, winning at Imola for the second year in a row before winning the first ever race in Miami and returning to the top step of the podium in Barcelona for the first time since achieving his first career win back in May 2016.
That streak ended with a third place finish in Monaco.
In addition to his second consecutive Belgian Grand Prix win, his current streak includes another win at Circuit Paul Ricard from second on the grid and his first win at the Hungaroring from 10th.
A fourth straight and 30th career victory would give him 10 wins this year, matching his single-season career-high of 10 from last season.
With nine wins in 14 races, Verstappen is currently on pace to win an all-time record 14 races before the 22-race season ends.
And if he wins the next two races to extend his winning streak to five, a streak most recently pulled off by Hamilton in 2020, we’d currently be less than two weeks away from him matching Hamilton’s career-high single-season win total of 11 — and with six races to go.
The Dutch Grand Prix is set to be broadcast live on ESPN from Circuit Zandvoort beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET this Sunday, September 4. Begin a free trial of FuboTV now!