It marked the Red Bull driver’s 19th win in 22 races at the end of a season in which the Dutchman ༺claimed his third consecutive championship crown.&꧋nbsp;

Verstappen broke severalꦿ records during an astonishing campaign. Here ar𝕴e all of them…

Wins: 19 (from 22 races) 

Best win percentage: 86.36% (breaking Alberto Ascari’s record 𝓀that stood since 1952)

Most consecutive wins: 10 

Podiums: 21 (out of 22)

Points: 575 (out of 620 - 92.7% of possible points) 

Laps led: 1003 (out of 1383) 

Points gap to P2: 290 points 

Speaking after his Abu Dhabi win, Verstappen said: "Was an incredible season, it was a bit emotional on the last lap. The last timeꩵ sitting in the car which of cour📖se has given me a lot. 

"Of co𒆙urse, very proud to win the final race, I have to say thanks to everyone at Red Bull it’s been an incredible year. It will be hard to do something similar, but we definitely enjoyed this year.

"It w🅠ill be very hard to have another season like this, we 🉐know that, you always want to do better, but doing better is not always race wins and winning the championship. 

"We are working hard for next year for a very competitive car. For sure all the other teams want to try and beat us next year, but we are ready f✤or the battle and in the meantime we’re going to enjoy this year as well."