Call him Maximum Verstappen: F1's runaway leader takes dominance to a new level

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Max Verstappen has been so dominant, Formula One's runaway leader may soon have to change his name to Maximum Verstappen. Verstappen won both the main F1 race and the shorter sprint race from pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix, topped every section of qualifying and led the only practice session on his way to collecting a fifth straight win, and a seventh in nine races so far this season. Make that eight in 11 if you include the two sprint races so far, which he's split with teammate Sergio Perez, to give Red Bull a clean sweep of every Grand Prix. But Perez, who has won the other two main F1 races for the untouchable-looking Red Bull team, is very much taking a back seat this season. Verstappen crushed the competition to such an extent at his team's home track in Spielberg that he even surprised himself.

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“It's been a pretty incredible weekend," he 25-year-old Dutchman said. «Something I didn't expect.» He was probably the only one who didn't expect it, for Verstappen's numbers are piling up as fast as his peerless driving. He now counts 42 F1 wins, one more than late great Ayrton Senna, and stands alone in fifth place all-time in F1. Next in Verstappen's sights is four-time F1 champion Alain Prost, who is fourth with 51 — one of only four drivers in history to reach the 50 mark.

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With 13 races left, starting next weekend at the British GP, it is realistic to consider Verstappen could beat his own F1 record of 15 victories from last year and surpass Prost in the process. If this prospect sounds like an