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. 

Verstappen broke several reco♓rds during an astonishing campaign. Here areꦗ all of them…

Wins: 19 (from 22 races) 

Best win percentage: 86.36% (breaking Alberto A�ꦍ�scari’s record that 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 a𓆉 bit emotional on the last lap. The last time sitting in the car which of course has given me a lot. 

"Of cou𝐆rse, 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 will be very hard to have another season like this, we know tha൩t, you always want to do better, but doing better is not always race wins and w﷽inning the championship. 

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