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Verstappen targets first Formula 1 win of 2026

The Red Bull driver wants at least one victory this season after seven podium finishes without a win.

GPBeat · Newsroom01 Oct 2026, 08:36 · 1 min

Max Verstappen wants to win at least one Formula 1 race before the 2026 season ends, Dutch news agency ANP reported after an FIA press conference. The Red Bull driver said he was doing everything he could and felt he was getting closer, but that his prospects in the coming races would depend on how the car performed.

The four-time world champion has 71 Grand Prix victories in his career but none this season. He has finished second four times and third three times, including runner-up finishes in the past two races, in Madrid and Baku.

George Russell beat Verstappen by 0.196 seconds in Baku. With eight races left in the season, Verstappen still has opportunities to reach his goal.

Sources 01

PRIMARY SOURCEVerstappen wil dit seizoen minstens één keer winnenNieuws.nl (ANP report) · Source date as found: 2026-10-01

Source context

ANP’s account, published by Nieuws.nl on 1 October, summarises Verstappen’s FIA press-conference remarks and recent results.

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According to an ANP report published by Nieuws.nl on 1 October 2026, Max Verstappen said he wants to win at least one Formula 1 race this season. This is his stated aim, not a prediction or a position attributed to the FIA.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Verstappen's stated goal at a reported FIA press conference 2026 Formula 1 season; reported on 1 October 2026 The supplied source is an ANP account republished by Nieuws.nl, not a press-conference transcript.

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Verstappen said he was doing everything he could and getting closer, but that performance in the coming races would depend on how the car performed.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Verstappen's assessment of his prospects Coming races in the 2026 Formula 1 season His assessment does not establish that a victory is imminent.

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ANP reported that Verstappen had 71 career Grand Prix victories but none yet in the 2026 season. It listed four second-place and three third-place finishes that season.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Season results reported as context for his goal Career total and 2026 season record as reported on 1 October 2026 These figures are reported by the supplied ANP account; no independent results record was supplied.

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ANP reported that Verstappen finished second in the Madrid and Baku races, and that George Russell beat him in Baku by 0.196 seconds.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Recent results reported by ANP The two races preceding the report of 1 October 2026 The race results and margin were not independently checked against a results record.

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