Valtteri Bottas and Nico Rosberg have each spent 78 races as Lewis Hamilton’s team mate. Who measures up best against the seven-times champion?
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Will lap times keep falling in the last blast for F1’s fastest cars ever?
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe fastest Formula 1 cars ever seen will be history at the end of the year. Will they set more records in 2021 – or have rules tweaks successfully clipped their wings?
Penalty points analysis: Who has the most in 2021 and why Mazepin’s F2 rap sheet doesn’t matter
2021 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton and George Russell will start the 2021 F1 season with the most penalty points, while newcomer Nikita Mazepin has his total reset after coming close to an automatic ban in F2.
Will F1’s game-changing engine freeze allow Mercedes to lock in their winning edge?
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 will freeze its power units at the beginning of 2022 – and no ‘balance of performance’ will be used to equalise teams’ engines. That could play into Mercedes’ hands.
Analysis: Mercedes’ 2020 dominance and their chances of being caught this year
F1 statistics
Posted onMercedes ran rampant throughout 2020. What does last year’s data tell us about whether Red Bull, Ferrari or another team might catch them in 2021?
20 facts on 2020: Telling stats on every F1 driver’s season
2020 F1 season review
Posted onWho did the best starts, was the most formidable qualifier, and suffered the most retirements during 2020? Here are 20 revealing statistics on each driver’s season.
The remarkable stats of Ferrari’s worst season for 40 years
2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onFerrari failed to lead a lap and never qualified on the front row all year on their way to their worst championship position for four decades.
Ranked: The F1 cars of 2020, from fastest to slowest
Lap time watch: 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onWith the final qualifying session of 2020 in the books, we can answer the question: Who had the quickest and slowest F1 cars this year?
Perez breaks Webber’s record with 190-race wait for first win
2020 Sakhir Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onSergio Perez set a new record for the longest wait before winning a race, and became the first Mexican to win in F1 for 50 years. Here’s all the Sakhir Grand Prix stats.
Bottas breaks Lauda’s 46-year-old record as Mercedes pair are closest team mates in qualifying
Lap time watch: 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
Posted onValtteri Bottas set a new record for the shortest ever lap in F1. And George Russell’s impressive performance meant Mercedes had the most closely-matched team mates.
Hamilton equals his best winning streak in F1’s longest race since Brazil 2016
2020 Bahrain Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton scored his fifth consecutive win in the longest Formula 1 race since the rain-drenched 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix.
All Ferrari-powered teams lap slower in Bahrain, by up to 1.3 seconds
Lap time watch: 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onHaving locked out the front row in Bahrain last year, Ferrari are lapping 1.2 seconds slower this year, and their customers have also lost performance.
The three undecided qualifying battles and two drivers aiming for perfect scores
2020 F1 season
Posted onTwo F1 drivers could end the season with perfect scores in qualifying, while the Saturday battles are still undecided at three other teams.
Why Hamilton’s seventh title was his most dominant yet
2020 Turkish Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton’s seventh world championship victory is his most dominant performance to date. He won the title earlier in the year and with a greater share of points than ever before.
Vettel has gone a full year without a podium finish
2020 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onA year since he criticised his Mexican Grand Prix trophy, Sebastian Vettel still hasn’t won another. Meanwhile Mercedes scored their 100th victory of the hybrid era.
The unwelcome development Ferrari face in their third home race
Lap time watch: 2020 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari have been steadily improving but AlphaTauri pulled off another surprise performance in qualifying at Imola, which could have championship implications.
Mercedes set to win constructors’ title at Imola, Hamilton’s coronation will have to wait
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Mercedes are on course for a coronation at Imola this weekend, Lewis Hamilton will have to wait at least one more race to clinch the drivers’ championship.
Bottas misses pole despite being fastest in all three sectors
Lap time watch: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix
Posted onValtteri Bottas knows he had a car quick enough for pole position – he set the fastest time in all three sectors of the Algarve circuit. But he lost out to team mate Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton and Mercedes equal two major F1 records in one race
2020 Eifel Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMichael Schumacher’s 91 wins wasn’t the only Formula 1 record which was matched by Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes at the Nurburgring.
Red Bull cut Mercedes’ lap time advantage to new low at Nurburgring
Lap time watch: 2020 Eifel Grand Prix
Posted onAlexander Albon said Red Bull’s upgrade has “put us a lot closer to the Mercedes” after his team mate lapped within two-tenths of a second of them. But they aren’t the only team who’ve closed the gap.