The Red Bull driver heads into the new campaign bidding to win his third F1 world title off the back of his controversial triumph over 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in 2021 and dominan🐲t run to a second crown last year. 

If Verstappen were to go on to become a three-time world champion in 2023, he would be just the fifth F1 driver in history to win three world titles on the bo🥂unce. 

Verstappen would also become j♐ust the✃ 11th driver in F1 history to win three or more world championships. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Juan Manuel Fangio, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel and Hamilton are the only other F1 driv𓄧ers to acquire three consecutive champion🍎ships. 

Fangio was the first t𒁏o do so when he won four of his five titles in a row betweenꦛ 1954 and 1957. 

I♊t took nearly 50 years for the achievement to be repeated by Schumacher, who set a new benchmark with five straight ti💛tle successes in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. 

Next to join the club was Vettel, who matched Fangio in winning four consecutive world titles between 2010꧋ and 2013.

The most recent driver was Hamilton, who w▨on four of his seven world championඣships in a row until Verstappen ended his streak in 2021. 

Asked ⭕about the prospect of becoming the fifth member of the illustrious club, Verstappen said: “We work hard as a team to try and make sure we have a chance to fight for it again.

“But only ▨time will tell. I’m not even thinking about these things at the moment. 

“It’s more important that we just focus on having a competitive car and then if we have a competitive car, 🐼t🐲hese things can happen. We have to make sure the car is running well, has no issues, and is quick!”