19-yr-old racer sets record for most overtakes in F1 season
The youngest Formula One race winner, 19-year-old Max Verstappen has set the record for most overtakes in an F1 season after making 78 successful passes over the 21-race campaign in 2016, tyre supplier Pirelli announced. Three-time world champion Britain's Lewis Hamilton recorded 18 overtakes in the China Grand Prix, most in a single race in the recently ended season.