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Originally Posted by ted
Most wins in a single F1 season
Schumacher - 13
Vettel - 13
Hamilton - 11
Verstappen - 11*
*6 races to go
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Schumi had 13 in 2004 when 18 were on the calendar.
Seb had 13 in 2013 on a race calendar of 19 races.
2022 has 22 races on calendar. Not to take away from Max but it isn't exactly apples to apples. For historical reference, the 1972 calendar had 12 races.
The strange part is at least for me it doesn't seem like Max has won 11 races this year. As if someone else has won a bunch but I guess that is my recollection of the start of the year.
It is always hard to compare years to years or eras to eras. Hammy had incredible good fortune and a car that almost never broke. I remember in one of Shumi's early years at Ferrari his car flung a half-shaft out and that was a DNF, not to mention his injury at Silverstone that took him out of most of the season. And who can forget Phil Massa getting plonked in the head by that little spring in Hungary and missing a few races.