2023 Topps Chrome Formula 1: Verstappen's Record 19-Win Title Year
The set from Max Verstappen's third World Championship season — the year he won a record 19 races. What the base, refractors and numbered parallels are, and how to buy them on eBay.
2023 Topps Chrome Formula 1 is the set from the most dominant season of Max Verstappen’s career. He won his third consecutive World Championship and set the record for the most race wins in a single Formula 1 season with 19 — rewriting the record he had only just set the year before. Cards from this set carry that story: a title run so decisive it turned the championship into a formality, backed by a win total no driver had ever reached.
Why 2023 is a milestone year
Verstappen’s modern card timeline starts in 2020, the debut year of Topps’ licensed F1 program and the anchor of his rookie-era cards. 2023 is the fourth year of that Chrome program — so these are fourth-year cards, not rookies — but on-track it’s the statistical peak of the four title seasons. Where 2021 was the breakthrough and 2022 was the runaway, 2023 was the demolition: a record 19 wins across the season, a level of dominance rarely seen in the sport’s history. In the four-consecutive-title run (2021–2024) that defines his card market, 2023 is the year the numbers went from great to historic.
The card ladder, base to 1/1
As with any Chrome set, everything is the same card photo dressed in a different finish. Reading that ladder is how you know what you’re holding:
- Base — the standard chrome finish. The accessible entry point and a clean target for a first graded card.
- Refractor — adds the signature rainbow shimmer. The first real step up in scarcity and shine.
- Numbered color parallels — Topps builds a rainbow of colored refractors, each serial-numbered. The lower the print run, the scarcer the card and, generally, the stronger the price.
- 1/1 SuperFractor — the single rarest version of any given card, sitting at the top of the rainbow.
New to reading that ladder? Our parallels & refractors guide decodes every tier and what a serial like /50 actually means.
Verstappen’s 2023 card numbers
The 2023 Chrome F1 checklist gives him more base slots than any other driver, reflecting the season:
- #1, #2, #3, #4 — F1 Drivers. Four base cards, not one.
- #102 — F1 Cars.
- #145, #147, #148, #149, #151, #152, #155, #156, #157, #158, #159, #161 — Grand Prix Winners, one per victory.
- #169, #170, #178, #179, #180 — Grand Prix Driver of the Day.
- #189, #190 — F1 Award Winners. (The Oracle Red Bull Racing team cards in that subset are #188 and #191.)
His confirmed 2023 signature is CAC-MV, in the 61-card Autographs checklist at 1:57 packs. He also appears at CAM-MV and its variations (Camber), AM-MV (F1 Armour), AU77-MV (Autos of 1977) and TUTL-MV (Turn Up the Lights) — but the published 2023 Topps Chrome Formula 1 checklist files all four of those under its insert checklist, not its autograph checklist. Two of them carry “Autos” and “Signatures”-adjacent names without sitting in the signed section, so confirm ink on the card face before you pay an autograph price.
The Sapphire edition
Topps has issued an online-exclusive Chrome F1 Sapphire edition alongside standard Chrome for most years of the program — a glassier chromium finish with its own parallel ladder, prized by collectors who chase the shiniest version of a card. The 2023 edition is the earliest Sapphire F1 release with a published checklist. Sapphire trades separately from standard Chrome, so confirm which edition a listing is before you buy. Full breakdown in our Topps Chrome F1 Sapphire set guide.
How to buy the 2023 Chrome Verstappen
Singles from this set trade on eBay, not Amazon, so search the live market for the exact card and finish you want. Use the buttons below to open current listings for the base, refractors, numbered parallels, the Sapphire edition and graded copies. For anything at a serious price point, buy it graded (PSA or SGC) — chrome shows wear on the edges and surface easily, so a slab protects both condition and authenticity. Our grading guide covers which cards are worth grading and when it pays off.
To see how this record-19-wins year fits the wider timeline, follow the year-by-year Verstappen card guide from the 2020 debut through all four championships, and compare it against the 2024 Topps Chrome Formula 1 fourth-title set that closed out the dynasty, the 2022 Topps Chrome Formula 1 record-wins set that came before it, the 2021 Topps Chrome Formula 1 first-title set, and the 2020 Topps Chrome Formula 1 rookie set that anchors the run. New to the program? Start with the rookie cards guide for the full set-family map, then the “what’s it worth” page for reading values by card type and grade. For the high-end signed side of the Topps program, see the autographs & chrome guide, and for how his cards fit the wider hobby, our collecting guide. Background on the team he won the title with is on our Red Bull Racing page.
Find singles from this set on eBay
Rookies, refractors, numbered parallels and autos from this set trade on eBay, not Amazon — these open live listings for each. Buy graded (PSA or SGC) for anything at a serious price point.