Coupled with being the most competitive and skillful driver on the grid Max Verstappen was driving the RB19 which was the most competitive car.

Figure 1-RB19

The RB19 car powered by the Honda RBPTH001 power unit won 21 of the 22 races that season. Besides Max Verstappen winning 19 races, Sergio Perez won two races. Sergio was in the top 5 for 15 of the 22 races, which included 4 second places.

Only Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) managed to win a race. That was the Singapore GP where after a superb qualifying effort secured him pole position, a valiant drive holding off all challengers secured him his career second race win.

As far as the World Drivers’ Championship was concerned, Max Verstappen dominated (575 points) with Sergio (265 points) coming second.

The World Drivers’ Championship was dominated by Red Bull who had 860 points while Mercedes and Ferrari managed 409 and 406 points respectively.

Norman