The first sprint qualifying weekend created some bizarre statistics after the British Grand Prix, which also saw Lewis Hamilton’s 99th career win.
Stats and facts articles archive
Stats and facts on each race weekend
Verstappen’s first grand slam drives Hamilton’s points deficit to five-year high
2021 Austrian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onAfter Max Verstappen’s Austrian grand slam, the last time Lewis Hamilton was this far behind in the points standings he lost the world championship.
The stats which show how Red Bull are ending Mercedes’ dominance of F1
2021 Styrian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onThe Styrian Grand Prix stats show Mercedes’ days of dominance are increasingly behind them as Max Verstappen and Red Bull won again.
Verstappen takes his first sweep of pole, fastest lap and victory
2021 French Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen scored his first ‘hat-trick’ of pole position, fastest lap and win in the French Grand Prix. Here are more stats from the race.
Hamilton records his worst finish for 12 years with 15th place
2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton took his worst finish since 2009, Sergio Perez became the first driver to win with two teams in the hybrid era, and more Azerbaijan Grand Prix stats.
Verstappen leads a championship for the first time since his karting years
2021 Monaco Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen took the lead of the world championship last weekend – the first time he has led any series since graduating from go-karts.
Next stop 100 race wins: Hamilton’s hundredth pole position in stats
2021 Spanish Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton’s 100th pole position puts him far ahead of anyone else, though four drivers have higher strike rates of grabbing the top spot on the grid.
Williams’ longest-ever point-less run reaches 30 races in a row
2021 Portuguese Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Williams have gone 30 races in a row without scoring a point, McLaren is the only team to have scored with both cars in every race this year.
Two British drivers on the podium for the first time in nine years
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onSunday’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was the first time in nine years that two British drivers had appeared on the podium.
Mazepin has shortest grand prix debut of any driver since 2002
2021 Bahrain Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onNikita Mazepin’s first-lap retirement was the shortest debut for a rookie in F1 for 19 years. Here’s more stats and facts from the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mercedes break Ferrari’s record as F1’s longest-running constructors’ champions
2020 Russian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMercedes have become the longest-running holders of Formula 1’s constructors championship title, breaking the record previously held by Ferrari.
Hamilton poised to beat Schumacher’s wins record as well as winning rate
2020 Tuscan Grand Prix Ferrari 1000 stats and facts
Posted onMichael Schumacher announced his retirement when he won his 90th race. Lewis Hamilton didn’t when he reached the same milestone, and is on course to set a new wins record.
Gasly beats Sainz in closest F1 finish for 10 years
2020 Italian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onPierre Gasly’s 0.415 second victory over Carlos Sainz Jnr was the closest finish a Formula 1 race has seen for a decade.
