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Max Verstappen · Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort 2024

Verstappen targets first Formula 1 win of 2026

Archive photograph: Max Verstappen · Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort 2024 · 2024-08-25Archive photo · 2024-08-25 · Steffen Prößdorf · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 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.

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  1. 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.