Nico Rosberg won the fourth race of his Formula One career on Sunday. He has now scored as many wins as Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren and Eddie Irvine, and needs only one more to equal his father’s tally.
This was the second time the younger Rosberg won a race in which Keke Rosberg also took a victory. Rosberg Snr won the 1985 Australian Grand Prix for Williams, the first to be held at Adelaide.
Rosberg’s win was the 100th for a Mercedes-powered car in Formula One, making them the fourth engine builder to reach a century of wins. They join Ferrari, Ford-Cosworth and Renault.
Lewis Hamilton also gave them their 100th pole position on Saturday. Driving car number 44, this was the highest number on pole position since Jean-Pierre Jarier at the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix, substituting for the late Ronnie Peterson at Lotus.
Kevin Magnussen’s Formula One debut for McLaren bore a striking similarity to Hamilton’s at the same circuit seven years ago. Both qualified fourth and finished third on the road. But Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification promoted Magnussen to second.
Hamilton was the last driver to finish on the podium in his first race before Magnussen, who is the 23rd driver in F1 history to do so. He is the 14th driver to score a top-two finish on his world championship debut, and eight of those before him did so either in the first year of the championship or in the Indianapolis 500 when it counted towards the title.
It was also the first podium appearance by a Danish driver. They are the 28th nation to have a driver on the podium.
Five other countries have seen one of their citizens reach the F1 podium just once. They are Monaco (Louis Chiron, 1950 Monaco Grand Prix), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe; John Love, 1967 South African Grand Prix), Portugal (Tiago Monteiro, 2005 United States Grand Prix), Russia (Vitaly Petrov, 2011 Australian Grand Prix) and Venezuela (Pastor Maldonado, 2012 Spanish Grand Prix).
Magnussen enters F1 following a highly successful Formula Renault 3.5 campaign. This was his 14th podium finish in 18 starts – and he was disqualified from another on a technicality.
Speaking of which, spare a thought for poor Ricciardo. He was the first Australian driver to reach the podium at his home race before the stewards excluded him from the race. But no one can take that moment of joy in front of his home crowd away from him.
Another consequence of Ricciardo’s disqualification was that Jenson Button achieved his 50th podium result but didn’t stand on the rostrum. He is the 14th F1 driver to reach a half-century of podium finishes.
Even before Ricciardo’s exclusion McLaren had taken the lead of the constructors’ championship for the first time since the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. They haven’t won the title since 1998, although the total points confiscated from them in 2007 over the ‘Spygate’ and Hungarian Grand Prix incidents would have been enough for them to claim the title that year.
Valtteri Bottas scored the best finish of his F1 career so far with fifth. Team mate Felipe Massa retired soon after his 192nd F1 start, which was his first powered by something other than a Ferrari (or Petronas-badged Ferrari) engine.
Had it not been for the two Toro Rossos, Renault’s streak of 100 consecutive points finishes would have come to an end in Australia.
Daniil Kvyat finished tenth and was promoted to ninth behind team mate Jean-Eric Vergne. By doing so he became the youngest ever F1 point-scorer:
Date of birth | First points | Age | |
---|---|---|---|
Daniil Kvyat | 26/04/1994 | 2014 Australian Grand Prix | 19 years, 329 days |
Sebastian Vettel | 03/07/1987 | 2007 United States Grand Prix | 19 years, 354 days |
Jaime Alguersuari | 23/03/1990 | 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix | 20 years, 17 days |
Jenson Button | 19/01/1980 | 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix | 20 years, 72 days |
Ricardo Rodriguez | 14/02/1942 | 1962 Belgian Grand Prix | 20 years, 128 days |
Sebastien Buemi | 31/10/1988 | 2009 Australian Grand Prix | 20 years, 154 days |
Nico Rosberg | 27/06/1985 | 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix | 20 years, 263 days |
Chris Amon | 20/07/1943 | 1964 Dutch Grand Prix | 20 years, 314 days |
Felipe Massa | 25/04/1981 | 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix | 20 years, 331 days |
Sergio Perez | 26/01/1990 | 2011 Spanish Grand Prix | 21 years, 121 days |
As well as losing that record to Kvyat, Sebastian Vettel’s run of nine consecutive race victories came to an end. This is a record for the most victories by a driver in consecutive races. Alberto Ascari also entered nine races in a row and won them all but they were not all consecutive – he missed the 1953 Indianapolis 500.
Marussia described their result as their “first two-car finish” of the year, but this overlooks the fact Jules Bianchi was not classified as he had not covered at least 90% of the race distance.
Neither Lotus driver finished a race although the team did say Romain Grosjean’s 45-lap run was the most consecutive laps the car has completed so far. He also managed to pick up a drive-through penalty before the race even began when he was sent out of his garage too soon.
Finally, deteriorating conditions during qualifying created an unusual situation: every driver in Q2 lapped slower than they had in Q1 and the same happened again in Q3.
Review the year so far in statistics here:
- 2014 F1 championship points
- 2014 F1 season records
- 2014 F1 race data
- 2014 F1 qualifying data
- 2014 F1 retirements and penalties
- 2014 F1 strategy and pit stops
- 2014 F1 driver form guides
Spotted any other interesting stats and facts from the Australian Grand Prix? Share them in the comments.
2014 Australian Grand Prix
Images © Red Bull/Getty, Renault
Optimaximal (@optimaximal)
17th March 2014, 12:46
So what was that fuss over Monaco last year about @keithcollantine?
andae23 (@andae23)
17th March 2014, 12:49
Yeah, I’ve seen that one floating around quite a lot…
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
17th March 2014, 14:55
@optimaximal @andae23 Sorry! Should’ve remembered this:
2013 Monaco Grand Prix: Like father, like son: Another Rosberg win in Monaco
fractal (@fractal)
17th March 2014, 14:18
Yeah, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_Grand_Prix
Winner – Monaco GP
-> Keke Rosberg 1983
-> Nico Rosberg 2013
Joe (@jbarber43932)
17th March 2014, 12:46
These are my fave articles, cheers Keith
andae23 (@andae23)
17th March 2014, 12:48
This is what I noticed:
– Germany scored its tenth win in a row, starting with Vettel’s nine consecutive victories last year. Only Great Britain has more, with 18 consecutive wins between 1962 and 1964, courtesy of Jim Clark, Graham Hill and John Surtees. Dan Gurney’s wins for Porsche in 1962 and for Brabham in 1964 encloses this series.
– Kevin Magnussen became the first driver to debut with a podium since Lewis Hamilton in 2007. There are some similarities between the two: in their first race, the Australian Grand Prix, they qualified their McLaren in fourth and finished the race third.
– For the first time since the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix (WEB VET KUB), there was no World Champion that stood on the podium (that’s 72 Grands Prix). The last time no future champion was on the podium either was the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix (KUB HEI COU).
– For the first time since the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix (Jacques Villeneuve and Damon Hill), two sons of ex-Formula 1 drivers stood on the podium.
– Nico Rosberg’s 57 laps in the lead meant he passed the 1000 km in the lead mark. He becomes the seventh driver on the current grid to do so, after the five World Champions and Felipe Massa.
– Lewis Hamilton gave the number 44 its first pole position. However he didn’t manage to give it its first victory since Maurice Trintignant’s victory at the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix. The number 20 got its first podium since Martin Brundle at the 1992 Australian Grand Prix.
– The number 25 scored its first points since Allan McNish 2002, 26 since Mark Blundell in 1993, 27 since Jean Alesi in 1995 (who also won with it) and 77 since Rolf Stommelen in 1976 (coincidentally in a Martini-liveried Brabham).
– Three Scandinavian finished in the top ten for the first time.
– Only three drivers who scored a point at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix managed to score a point in 2014: Raikkonen, Alonso and Button.
– Sergio Perez finished 11th for the 13th time in his career. However due to Ricciardo’s disqualification, that becomes tenth.. which is not very good for my stats. :P
electrolite (@electrolite)
17th March 2014, 12:57
Awesome, as always.
George O'Donnell (@georgeod)
17th March 2014, 13:08
Very good, although Allan McNish never scored any points. I have no idea when car 25 last scored points.
andae23 (@andae23)
17th March 2014, 13:49
@georgeod Whoops, sloppy… then it was Aguri Suzuki at the 1995 German GP.
George O'Donnell (@georgeod)
17th March 2014, 13:52
Awesome stat! Thanks :-)
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
18th March 2014, 20:14
Martin Brundle got on the podium at Spa in 1995 – after Hockenheim – with the number 25 Ligier. I remember he’d made a good tyre choice in the rain, and only lost out to Damon Hill on the last lap.
HUHHII (@huhhii)
17th March 2014, 13:10
@andae23
Very cool facts, but three Scandinavians didn’t finish in top ten, as Finland officially doesn’t belong to Scandinavia. Kevin Magnussen was the only Scandinavian in top ten.
However you could say “Three drivers from Nordic countries finished in the top ten for the first time”.
Metallion (@metallion)
17th March 2014, 13:44
In English Scandinavia is widely used as also including Finland so while Finns and perhaps other Nordic countries wouldn’t use that term I wouldn’t say it’s incorrect to use it in English. It just has a slightly different meaning than in Scandinavia / the Nordic countries. Finland also has a long common history with Sweden as well as a Swedish speaking minority so it could be included in Scandinavia for this reason as well.
Thanks for the great stats @andae23
Alexander (@)
17th March 2014, 15:03
This is something I didn’t know, I have always considered myself a Scandinavian but apparently I have been wrong… Almost heart breaking :/
JCost (@jcost)
17th March 2014, 15:53
@alexanderfin now I’m even more confused! :)
bananarama (@bananarama)
17th March 2014, 13:20
It’s not really anything of significance, but of the last 20 races 16 have been won by two Germans, one of them contributing slightly more :P
Also since I’ve been writing this thing for the last many races here I will put again my Vettel (Schumacher) stats: first 121 starts: Wins 39 (35), Podium 62 (68), Pole 45 (20), Flap 22 (28), Points 1451 (1583), PointsPerFinish 14,2 (17,8). As always, it’s not to rub anyone the wrong way, just to put things into perspective.
Sumedh
17th March 2014, 13:21
This is unfortunately not true due to Ricciardo’s disqualification
andae23 (@andae23)
17th March 2014, 13:50
For this comment and the one below: the keyword here is ‘stood’. Button didn’t ‘stand’ on the podium (I had to improvise after Ricciardo’s disqualification :P)
HS
17th March 2014, 13:24
Button “stood” on the podium, so that stat regarding World Champions becomes wrong. :)
sato113 (@sato113)
17th March 2014, 14:31
he didnt stand on the podium though did he
JerseyF1 (@jerseyf1)
17th March 2014, 17:08
I could have sworn he wasn’t up there when I watched it yesterday morning.
The Bear! (@justgassing)
17th March 2014, 14:26
You are the “man”.
Steven (@steevkay)
17th March 2014, 15:07
Always love these statistics posts. I’m assuming they’re all accurate, but it’s fun reading nonetheless!
Please keep doing these! =)
Serban7 (@serr7)
17th March 2014, 15:46
Very nice list, although the last time no future champion stood on the podium (before Monaco 2010) was Germany 2009: WEB VET MAS, in fact there was no future WDC in the top 6 at that race.
DM0407 (@dm0407)
17th March 2014, 16:25
Have you been under a rock since that race? I think Vettel would qualify as a future champion at that time.
Luth (@soulofaetherym)
17th March 2014, 17:20
He obviously means Vettel wouldn’t get to win the 2009 WDC -.-
Serban7 (@serr7)
17th March 2014, 21:00
Oops, bad use of words, my bad.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
18th March 2014, 20:19
How do you know there was no future champion up there, anyway?
And what are next week’s lottery numbers?
GeeMac (@geemac)
18th March 2014, 6:09
I like that one, didn’t even notice it. :)
f199player (@f199player)
17th March 2014, 12:57
Since the summer Break last year only 2 drivers have won more races than Max Chilton
The new rules were mean to shake up the order, however a German still finished 1st ahead of an Australian. (Before Ricciardo was DSQ)
Daniel Ricciardo paid tribute to Mark Webber by falling over on the podium and then took all his bad luck by getting disqualified for something outside of his control
Jason (@jmwalley)
17th March 2014, 15:44
+1
GeeMac (@geemac)
18th March 2014, 6:08
That’s class. :)
Erivaldo moreira (@erivaldonin)
17th March 2014, 13:02
Since Schumacher in 2005 the current champion not retired from the opening race
Ferrari with 2 World Champions (Alonso , Raikkonen) it has not happened since the 1953 Italian GP (Farina, Ascari).
With debuts of magnussen, kiuwit and ericson, to Australia increased to 52 the number of rookies, only behind the Gra betanha with 101.
Two drivers (Kevin Magnussen, Daniil Kvyat) scored on their debuts, it has not happened since 1957 (Masten Gregory and Stuart Lewis-Evans). This also means that 1969 is the only season that no driver scored the first points of his career.
andae23 (@andae23)
17th March 2014, 13:53
Nice one.
safeeuropeanhome (@debaser91)
17th March 2014, 13:05
I believe at 34 years of age, Kimi Raikkonen is the youngest oldest driver on the grid in F1 history. I checked back and couldn’t find a younger driver who happened to be the oldest in the field but maybe someone will prove me wrong. I remember watching Kimi and Jenson make their debuts and now they are old men of the field!
Lancer033 (@lancer033)
17th March 2014, 13:20
….and then i realized that I’m only 1 year younger than the oldest F1 drivers. Damn.
Flip J (@flipjj)
17th March 2014, 14:43
You think that’s bad? I’m 3 years older than Kimi…
I will now go tend to my lawn, that is being trampled by good for nothing whippersnappers listening to loud music and talking in ways I don’t understand…
pSynrg (@psynrg)
17th March 2014, 13:22
Jenson is 10 months older than Kimi
Gwannel Sandiego (@gwan)
17th March 2014, 13:24
No he’s not. 17 October 1979 for Kimi, 19 January 1980 for Jenson.
Patrick (@paeschli)
17th March 2014, 18:38
Indeed, I remember Kimi making a comment about the fact that we was the oldest F1 driver on the grid.
deanmachine (@deanmachine)
18th March 2014, 13:36
It also makes Kimi the last driver still in the sport born in the 70s.
BasCB (@bascb)
17th March 2014, 13:10
Nice statistics, looking forward to another year of these!
Gwannel Sandiego (@gwan)
17th March 2014, 13:22
Thanks, love these! The only thing I noticed was that more than likely Magnussen would have equalled, not bettered, Hamilton’s debut performance, if only Hamilton hadn’t retired from this race.
Rigi (@rigi)
17th March 2014, 13:29
this was also the 12th time in a row, that we heard the german national anthem on the podium!
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
17th March 2014, 14:14
15th time in a row actually! Last time we didn’t hear it was last year when Alonso won.
sato113 (@sato113)
17th March 2014, 14:36
@jackysteeg no wasn’t it when Hamilton won in hungary?
Rigi (@rigi)
17th March 2014, 14:41
oh snap, for some reason i had webber as winner of silverstone last year. thanks for the heads up!
Khalid (@leblep)
17th March 2014, 15:24
What about Hamilton’s win in Hungary last year?
Erivaldo moreira (@erivaldonin)
17th March 2014, 15:30
your team is German
Khalid (@leblep)
17th March 2014, 19:17
Oh, I forgot about constructors
Karthikeyan (@ridiculous)
17th March 2014, 16:40
if HAM won in Hungary how is that possible?
Sumedh
17th March 2014, 13:33
1) Rosberg set the fastest lap on lap 19 of the race. That is the earliest someone has set the fastest lap of the race since in-race refueling has been banned in 2010.
2) Till Ricciardo’s disqualification, we had the unique scenario of three non-champions on the podium all of whom had world champion team mates.
3) The last podium driver to be disqualified was Lewis Hamilton in the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. Although, he finished 4th on the road, he was elevated to third position due to Trulli’s penalty. And then he was disqualified from the race entirely.
Bleu (@bleu)
17th March 2014, 14:01
1) You need to add “dry race” here. In China 2010 FL was set on lap 13/56.
sumedh
17th March 2014, 14:29
Aah yes! Thanks.
PJ (@)
17th March 2014, 13:41
Prior to Ricciardo’s DQ, this would have been the first time since the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix that none of Hamilton/Alonso/Vettel/Raikkonen/Button were on the podium.
With Button now officially on the podium for this race, the last race not to have a (then) World Champion on the podium was the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix, in which Webber/Vettel/Kubica were the top 3.
michaeldobson13 (@michaeldobson13)
17th March 2014, 13:44
Marussia and Caterham are beating Red Bull in the championship for the first time ever.
Also, this is the first time since 2009 (the last major rules change) that Red Bull have failed to score in the first race.
(Pending appeal)
French Steve (@french-steve)
17th March 2014, 13:54
Before Ricciardo’s disqualification, there were 2 drivers sharing their first podium on the same day.
Last time it happened was on the 1994 German Grand Prix (Olivier Panis 2nd and Eric Bernard 3rd).
Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
17th March 2014, 13:54
Magnussen became the second son of a former F1 driver to outqualify his teammate and finish on in 2nd in his debut race.
Max Chilton has won as many races as all 5 of the world champions combined, as well as scoring as many fastest laps.
13 classified finishers. Lowest for a grid of 22 cars since Spain 2008. Britain that year also had 13 finishers and I believe that’s the most recent to date but only had 20 cars.
100% of Russian F1 drivers have scored points.
Kobayashi equalled Caterham’s best grid position to date. He started directly behind Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen.
The car number 13 continues its unusual record of never finishing a race.
Unlike last season, 2/3 of the rookies have already scored points, just Ericsson to go.
13th is Max Chilton’s best race result to date, it’s also Jules Bianchi’s best result so far, which earned Marussia 10th last year in the WCC.
It’s the 7th time Lewis Hamilton has retired after setting pole position. 3 of these retirements late came in 2012. It’s also the first time he finished the first race of the season pointless (although he was disqualified in 2009).
Williams already have double their 2011 and 2013 points tallies.
*All these are assuming Ricciardo’s 2nd place is not reinstated
Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
17th March 2014, 13:56
Also the first race since the 2012 German Grand Prix where the podium did not reflect the actual race result. In both cases, Jenson Button benefited from this.
mnmracer (@mnmracer)
17th March 2014, 16:05
Curiously, also by a Red Bull driver.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
17th March 2014, 17:52
@craig-o
Hahaha very good!
You forgot one: Chilton’s continued streak of bringing a Marussia to the checkered flag.
Mike (@mike)
19th March 2014, 0:12
He finished 3rd?
Bleu (@bleu)
17th March 2014, 14:29
* First time since Italian GP 2009 as two Finnish drivers scored points in a same race.
* Nico Rosberg’s second win where he led all laps. A total of 31 drivers have done the same. Along non-champions, Moss (5), Reutemann (4), Regazzoni (3), Coulthard (3) and Webber (3) have more, Peterson, Berger and R Schumacher the same amount.
* First time since Monaco GP 1957 where two debutants scored points. Masten Gregory was 3rd and Stuart Lewis-Evans 4th in that event. Obviously that is nowadays easier with points distributed to top 10. In the last 20 years, two or more drivers have scored their first points in Australia 2001 (Heidfeld/Räikkönen), Spain 2003 (da Matta/Firman), USA 2005 (Monteiro/Karthikeyan/Albers/Friesacher), Australia 2008 (Bourdais/Nakajima) and Malaysia 2010 (Alguersuari/Hülkenberg)
* Felipe Massa retired on the first lap of Australian GP for the third time (also in 2002 and 2006). Other drivers who have retired same Grand Prix on the first lap at least three times are: Michele Alboreto (Australia 1986, 1988, 1992), Mika Häkkinen (Canada 1995, 1997, 1998) and Jarno Trulli (Canada 1998, 1999 and 2004; Italy 2000, 2001 and 2003)
Dan_the_McLaren_fan (@dan_the_mclaren_fan)
17th March 2014, 14:35
Pastor Maldonado has failed to see the checkered flag of the Australian Grand Prix in all of his 4 attempts. I could say the same thing in two weeks time : Pastor has never finished the Malaysian Grand Prix, and he could retire there once again this year…
matt90 (@matt90)
17th March 2014, 15:06
This was the first ever round of a world championship to be awarded half points despite being completed. This is the first ever round of a world championship to be deemed less important than another.
Erivaldo moreira (@erivaldonin)
17th March 2014, 15:26
Kvyat breaks R Rodriguez’s record as youngest driver to score points for the last time
Kvyat 19y 10m 18d Australia 2014
R Rodriguez 20y 05m 22d Germany 1962
Madi Murphy (@ladym)
17th March 2014, 16:22
Nico Hulkenberg finished the Australian GP for the first time in his F1 career. He had previously never completed a lap of the race, having retired on lap 1 in 2010 and 2012, and not even starting the race in 2013.
Julien (@jlracing)
17th March 2014, 17:37
I’ve noticed a few things.
– Thanks to Ricciardo’s DSQ, Vergne’s 7th place was the best placed car with a Renault engine. This was the worst result for Renault since the 2008 European GP
– Ricciardo has scored plenty of points with the new scoring system, and he has a best result of 7th. With the scoring system used untill 2002, he still wouldn’t have scored any points in his carreer. Incidently he has now driven the same amount of GP’s (51) as Luca Badoer who holds the record for most starts without scoring a point.
– The last time we’ve seen a driver lose a podium after the race was in Germany 2012. That time it was Vettel also in a Red Bull also losing a second place.
– This was the 22nd race in a row that a German has led. Great Britan is record holder with 39 races in a row that a countryman has led the GP (between 1961 and 1965)
– With 18 points out of 1 GP Kevin Magnussen is currently the driver with the most points scored per GP start. Of course this is a bit misleading due to the new scoring system but it’s still a record
– Ricciardo’s DSQ was the first time ever that a Red Bull has been disqualified from a race
– This was the first time since Monaco 2010 that 3 teams had none of their cars classified after a race
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
17th March 2014, 20:51
The Badoer stat is amazing! Such a good point about how the different scoring systems skew records.
Under the 2010 scoring system, Badoer would have scored 26 points over his career.
And, he would have broken his duck in his 4th race.
Poor Luca!
Hyoko
18th March 2014, 1:11
–
Correct me if I am wrong but this may be true even if we equalize the scoring system (using the present scoring table for all GPs). I believe Juan Manuel Fangio was the best ever with 17.12 (modern) points/race start.
paulgilb (@paulgilb)
17th March 2014, 18:25
4 DNFs from 4 starts for Maldonado in Australia (although he was classified in 2012).
At all 4 circuits at which Rosberg has won, he has also managed 1 other podium (at no other circuit has he managed 2 podiums).
Rosberg’s 2 most recent wins have both come in races where Hamilton was on pole and both Hamilton and Vettel suffered mechanical problems.
Magnussen crossed the line in 3rd – the same position as Hamilton on his debut (for McLaren in Australia).
2nd time (after Canada 2004) that Button has scored a podium finish but not actually stood on the podium – the reverse happened in San Marino 2005.
Button’s top 5 finishes: 15 wins, 15 2nd, 20 3rds, 20 4ths, 25 5ths.
Both drivers to have won 13 races in one season have failed to finish the first race of the following season (in both cases their team-mate crossed the line 2nd).
Ricciardo is the 2nd Australian driver (after Webber in 2002) to have stood on the Melbourne podium without officially having a podium finish there.
2nd time in 3 years that Hamilton has been on pole in Australia but his team-mate has won.
Last 5 F1 disqualifications have all happened at Australia.
Second time (after Brazil 2000) that a driver has been disqualified from 2nd place in a race where the record for Youngest Ever Points Scorer has been broken (in both cases the DQ’d driver’s team-mate broke down, as did the pole-sitter, although they were the same driver in 2000).
First race without a Renault engine in the podium places since Brazil 2012.
And from magnetimarelli.com:
Alonso’s 30th consecutive race without a front-row start – the worst such run of his career.
First time since Abu Dhabi 2009 that the Enstone team did not get either car out of Q1.
12th consecutive points-scoring finish for Alonso in Melbourne – only Schumacher in Barcelona has a longer streak (14 years).
Chilton is only the second driver to have been classified last 4 races in a row – the first was Pascal Fabre in 1987.
Patrick (@paeschli)
17th March 2014, 18:41
On Kvyat, he just became the youngest point scorer in history, but when Vettel made that record, points were only allowed to the first 8 drivers.
Erivaldo moreira (@erivaldonin)
17th March 2014, 21:18
The same for vettel .
he just became the youngest point scorer in 2007, but when Button made that record, points were only allowed to the first 6 drivers.
Theo Parkinson (@theo-hrp)
17th March 2014, 21:16
Last ten races Rosberg has finished in every possible points scoring position.
Erivaldo moreira (@erivaldonin)
17th March 2014, 21:27
he dosen´t has finished 10º.
Theo Parkinson (@theo-hrp)
17th March 2014, 22:13
Whoops. Hopefully he finishes there in Malaysia then.
Mcquiz (@mcquiz)
17th March 2014, 21:25
I apologize if this has been said before but it was the first time Hamilton retired in the Australian Grand prix. Although he was disqualified in 2009 he crossed the finish line fourth. Also the first time he didn’t cross the line on a point scoring position in Australia.
mnmracer (@mnmracer)
18th March 2014, 0:10
4 of the 6 youngest point scorers in history come from the Red Bull Junior program: Daniil Kvyat, Sebastian Vettel, Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastian Buemi. Only Vettel scored his first points with another team (in his first and only race with BMW), but all the other drivers did so in Torro Rosso. With Felipe Massa still being the 9th youngest points scorer, doing so in a Red Bull sponsored Sauber, Red Bull has made their mark on young drivers in Formula 1.
Grego (@francogrego)
18th March 2014, 0:38
Do you think Perez could be in the podium if he wasn’t booted out by Mclaren?
Prof Kirk (@prof-kirk)
18th March 2014, 10:56
It wouldn’t surprise me if Vettel reclaimed that youngest points scorer record… somehow..
mnmracer (@mnmracer)
18th March 2014, 11:20
Maybe Emily will.
Ivan (@wpinrui)
18th March 2014, 11:20
This is what I noticed:
It was the first time a driver was disqualified since 2011, when both Sauber drivers were disqualified in Australia for running an illegal car. The time before that was Lewis Hamilton in 2009, coincidentally also in Australia, for misleading the stewards over an incident with Jarno Trulli.
Lewis Hamilton did not finish the season opener for the first time in his career, although he was disqualified as stated above in 2009.
Sebastian Vettel suffered a retirement, but it was due to a technical issue. He has not retired from a race due to a non-technical reason (e.g. collision) since the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix, unless the tyre puncture in the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was caused by himself.
Being in 6th position in the drivers’ championship, Nico Hulkenberg is sitting in the highest championship position of his career so far. Esteban Gutierrez is sitting in 12th position, also his highest championship position of his career. Finally, Nico Rosberg leads the drivers’ championship for the first time in his career.
Jenson Button scored his first podium position that wasn’t a win in Australia. He has won on 3 previous occasions, in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Pastor Maldonado has had 4 retirements in Australia out of 4 appearances. This could happen again in Malaysia and Monaco, as he has retired in both events 3 out of 3 times in his career.
McLaren are leading the constructors’ championship for the first time since China 2012. Red Bull are at the bottom of the constructors’ championship for the first time in their history.
It is the first time that Lotus F1 Team/Lotus-Renault GP or Renault (as a team) has failed to score any points in the Australian Grand Prix since 2002, when both Button and Trulli also retired.
Max Chilton scored the best finish of his career, with 13th place. He was however, also last of the classified finishers.
Marcus Ericsson is the first rookie driver not to be classified in his first race since Pastor Maldonado at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. Charles Pic retired in the 2012 Australian Grand Prix but was classified as he had completed over 90% of his race distance.
Without the exclusion of Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Perez would have notched up his 13th (unlucky number) 11th place (unlucky finish). However, since he was promoted to 10th, maybe his luck is changing! :P
Erivaldo moreira (@erivaldonin)
18th March 2014, 16:01
Rosberg leads the championship for the first time.
He is the 59th driver to do this
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
18th March 2014, 20:03
Daniil Kyvat is also the first ever points-scorer with a double i in his name…
Kirill Egorov (@bigraces)
24th March 2014, 17:58
The identity of the team which won the opening round of the season has changed every year since 2006.
2006: Renault
2007: Ferrari
2008: McLaren
2009: Brawn
2010: Ferrari
2011: Red Bull
2012: McLaren
2013: Lotus
2014: Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton have had a pole position in every season in his #F1 career
2014 has become 2014 the 12th consecutive season in which a Mercedes-powered car has managed a pole.
Jean-Eric Vergne has got the best qualifying result (6) in his F1 career.
The worst opening roud of the championship + the worst AustralianGP for Sebastian Vettel (the worst qualifying result (12) + not classified in the race)
Kroon (@kroonracing)
27th December 2014, 14:48
At 21 years 162 days Magnussen was 2nd youngest to be on a F1 podium.
Youngest was Vettel. 3rd youngest was Alonso.
No a bad company to be in.