Longest F1 Win Droughts

Kimi Räikkönen leads on 112 races, ahead of Riccardo Patrese on 98.

Record holder

112races

Longest F1 Win Droughts
#	Driver	From	To	Races
1st	Kimi Räikkönen	2,003	2,018	112
2nd	Riccardo Patrese	1,982	1,992	98
3rd	Rubens Barrichello	2,000	2,009	84
4th	John Watson	1,976	1,983	74
=5th	Daniel Ricciardo	2,014	2,021	66
=5th	Johnny Herbert	1,995	1,999	66
7th	Lewis Hamilton	2,007	2,026	56
8th	Bruce McLaren	1,959	1,968	52
9th	Nelson Piquet	1,980	1,991	50
10th	Clay Regazzoni	1,970	1,979	48
11th	Gerhard Berger	1,986	1,997	46
=12th	Charles Leclerc	2,019	2,026	45
=12th	Jack Brabham	1,959	1,970	45
14th	Jenson Button	2,006	2,012	40
15th	Mario Andretti	1,971	1,978	37
16th	Elio de Angelis	1,982	1,985	36
=17th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1,997	1,999	35
=17th	Jo Siffert	1,968	1,971	35
=17th	René Arnoux	1,980	1,983	35
20th	George Russell	2,022	2,026	33
21st	Giancarlo Fisichella	2,003	2,006	31
=22nd	Alan Jones	1,977	1,981	30
=22nd	Max Verstappen	2,016	2,025	30
24th	Pedro Rodríguez	1,967	1,970	29
=25th	Damon Hill	1,993	1,998	28

How this is measured

Races started between one victory and the next. Only closed droughts count — drivers who never won again appear on the most starts without a win leaderboard instead.

A start is a race entry that took the start. Entries recorded as did not qualify, did not pre-qualify, failed the 107% rule, or withdrew are excluded.
The 1950–1960 Indianapolis 500 rounds counted towards the world championship but were run to American rules with roughly 33-car grids and almost no overlap in entrants. They are excluded from every leaderboard on this site.

Most Consecutive F1 Wins

10consecutive wins

Max Verstappen

Most Consecutive F1 Race Starts

279consecutive starts

Lewis Hamilton

Longest Wait for a First F1 Win

189races

Sergio Pérez

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Longest F1 Win Droughts

How this is measured

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