All-time records of achievement in F1 are very of the moment given Max Verstappen's victory in Zandvoort which equalled the consecutive grand prix victory tally of nine (held by Sebastian Vettel in 2013, also with Red Bull, and by Alberto Ascari in 1952-53, with Ferrari). Especially so given that Verstappen heads to Monza this weekend poised to make that record his own, unshared with anyone.
The other record up for being broken is the greatest number of consecutive team victories (14 by Red Bull in 2013 and Ferrari in '52-53). Assuming either Verstappen or Sergio Perez wins at Monza to break that record, there will then be a further marker of achievement within Red Bull's cross-hairs – that of winning every single grand prix in a season. Though that wouldn't be unique: Alfa Romeo managed it in 1950 and Ferrari in '52 (I am deliberately ignoring the anomalous inclusion of the Indy 500 in the championship in the '50s, as it was not a grand prix, just a borrowed set of results from another championship to justify the 'world' championship tag when all the grands prix were in Europe). McLaren came infamously close to the achievement in 1988 until Ayrton Senna's lapping of Jean-Louis Schlesser's Williams went all wrong...
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