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Originally Posted by AmuroRay
So far, washed Lewis has more poles and wins than Max does.
Is Max overrated and washed?
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You're ignoring a relevant aspect,
AmuroRay.
As of today:
- Verstappen: Sep 30, 1997 to today = 10,046 days (>27.5 years).
- Hamilton: Jan 7, 1985 to today = 14,695 days (>40 years)
Matching age:
- date when Hamilton was Verstappen's current age (today): July 9, 2012 (Jan 7, 1985 + 10,045 days);
- date when Verstappen will be Hamilton's current age (today): Dec 23, 2037 (Sep 30, 1997 + 14,694 days).
So Verstappen still has at least over 12.5 years (4,649 days) ahead of him to beat Hamilton's GP victories and pole position records. But Verstappen has repeatedly told that he's not interested by records statistics and that he doesn't plan to be still around in F1 in his mid 30s (he also wants to race in other categories).
Now let's have a look:
- Hamilton's GP victories at exactly the same age as Verstappen today (July 9, 2012 = 10,046 days): 18 wins.
- Verstappen's GP victories till today (Apr 1, 2025 = 10,046 days): 63 wins.
- Hamilton's GP pole positions at exactly the same age as Verstappen today (July 9, 2012 = 10,046 days): 21 pole positions.
- Verstappen's GP pole positions till today (Apr 1, 2025 = 10,046 days): 40 pole positions.
- not taking into account Sprint events (qualies and race), because these only exist since 2021 (Hamilton: 1 Sprint victory | Verstappen: 11 Sprint victories);
- and of course also not taking into account sim racing.
Conclusion: let's agree that both Hamilton and Verstappen are among the best F1 drivers ever. If you consider Hamilton better than Verstappen: I respect that opinion.
We could alternatively redo the math using the first F1 GP date as start date instead of the birthdate (>22 years for Hamilton [2007] versus >17 years for Verstappen [2015]).
Hamilton (>27.5 years): 18 GP victories
Vertstappen (>27.5 years): 63 GP victories
Hamilton (>27.5 years): 21 pole positions
Verstappen (>27.5 years): 40 pole positions
