Lewis Hamilton holds the record for Grand Prix wins but the seven-time Formula One world champion recognised on Thursday that Max Verstappen could smash that mark.
Even though Hamilton is on the verge of signing a contract extension with Mercedes and will have an opportunity to add to his 103 victories — including seven at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve which will host this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix — he said the 25-year-old Dutchman had time on his side.
Verstappen can deliver Red Bull's 100th Formula One victory this weekend and step up alongside the late Brazilian great Ayrton Senna with a career haul of 41 wins. With 22 races on this year's calendar, if Red Bull and Verstappen can continue their imperious ways, the Dutchman could by the end of the season already be more than halfway to the 38-year-old Hamilton's record.
He will start his 318th grand prix on Sunday on the circuit where he claimed his first win in 2007. While no one is predicting a victory, there are signs that Mercedes, who before Red Bull were Formula One's supreme outfit, could be returning to familiar form.
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