2023 Formula One World Championship

Max Verstappen won his third World Drivers' Championship, driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT.
Sergio Pérez finished second, giving Red Bull Racing their first ever 1–2 in the World Drivers' Championship.
Lewis Hamilton finished third, driving for Mercedes.
Red Bull Racing won their sixth World Constructors' Championship.
Mercedes finished second in the World Constructors' Championship.
Ferrari was third in the World Constructors' Championship.

The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, which was the 74th running of the Formula One World Championship. It was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, which were held around the world. It began in March and ended in November.[1]

Drivers and teams competed for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion respectively. The season was dominated by defending champion Max Verstappen, who cruised to his third consecutive Drivers' Championship title at the Qatar Grand Prix, winning a record 19 out of 22 Grands Prix held and finishing on the podium 21 times (also a record number for most podiums in a season) by the end of the championship.[2] His team, Red Bull Racing achieved their sixth Constructors' Championship title, the second consecutively, at the preceding Japanese Grand Prix.[3] Red Bull Racing won 21 out of 22 Grands Prix, breaking the team record for highest percentage of Grand Prix wins in a season at 95.45%,[4] beating McLaren's 1988 season. Verstappen also broke the record for the highest Grand Prix win percentage for drivers, with a win rate percentage of 86.36%, beating the previous record set by Alberto Ascari in 1952.[5]

  1. ^ "Formula 1 update on the 2023 calendar". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Verstappen secures third F1 world title as Piastri takes Sprint victory in Qatar". Formula1.com. 7 October 2023. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Verstappen dominates for Japanese GP victory as Red Bull secure back-to-back constructors' titles". Formula1.com. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "All the records Red Bull set with its crushing 2023 display". 17 December 2023.
  5. ^ "F1 records broken by Max Verstappen in 2023". 26 November 2023.

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