Verstappen passes Prost with 11 straight F1 seasons featuring a Grand Prix win
GPBeat reports that Max Verstappen’s 4 October win at Sepang extended his streak to 11 consecutive F1 seasons with at least one Grand Prix victory, moving him past Alain Prost’s 10. Only Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, with 15 each, have longer runs.
Max Verstappen’s 4 October victory at Sepang moved him past Alain Prost in Formula 1’s record for consecutive seasons with a Grand Prix win. Verstappen has now won in 11 straight seasons, from 2016 through 2026; Prost’s run lasted 10, from 1981 through 1990.
The streak began with Verstappen’s first Grand Prix victory, in Spain during his second season in F1. He has added at least one win in every season since.
Only Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have longer runs: Schumacher’s lasted from 1992 through 2006, and Hamilton’s from 2007 through 2021. Each reached 15 consecutive seasons, four more than Verstappen’s current streak.
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The source links the Sepang win to passing Prost and dates the Bahrain round to 4 October 2026.
The table gives the 11-season span, and the article describes his first win in Spain and a win in every season since.
The article identifies Hamilton and Schumacher as the only drivers ahead in the comparison and lists both runs at 15 seasons; 15 is four more than 11.
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