Max Verstappen is setting the benchmark right now in Formula 1. Verstappen came into the 2024 season on the back of the most dominant campaign in F1 history. Verstappen won 19 out of 22 Grands Prix to take the title by a record 290 points ahead of teammate Sergio Perez. Stretching back to the start of 2022, he’s won 39 of the last 52 races. He’s now looking to become only the fifth driver in F1 history to retain the championship three times. Juan Manuel Fangio (1954-57), Sebastian Vettel (2010-13) and Lewis Hamilton (2017-20) have also managed it, while Michael Schumacher did it on four occasi…