Formula 1 is seeing a spate of new winners: Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly and Sergio Perez have all taken their first wins in the past 12 months.
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Verstappen is first driver to score points without completing a lap in grand prix
2021 British Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onThe first sprint qualifying weekend created some bizarre statistics after the British Grand Prix, which also saw Lewis Hamilton’s 99th career win.
How Formula 1 got its tenth different points system in 2021
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Posted onGiuseppe Farina scored 30 points to win the first F1 championship. Next week 29 points will be awarded for a single grand prix. Here’s how the scoring system has changed.
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.
Why Hamilton thinks a “great leap forward” by Red Bull has swung the title fight
Lap time watch: 2021 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton said Red Bull have “made a great leap forward” after taking their third pole position in a row. Here’s what the data says.
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.
Williams are having their most competitive weekend for five years
Lap time watch: 2021 Styrian Grand Prix
Posted onGeorge Russell nearly reached Q3 as Williams posted their most competitive performance since the same race five years – and 99 grands prix – earlier.
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.
Trends in F1’s pecking order emerge at Paul Ricard
Lap time watch: 2021 French Grand Prix
Posted onAfter the seventh qualifying session of the 2021 F1 season, the pecking order of the teams has come into clearer focus.
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.
Ferrari surprised to be quickest for the second weekend running
Lap time watch: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onAzerbaijan Grand Prix pole-winner Charles Leclerc admitted he did not expect Ferrari to lead the way at the Baku City Circuit as they did in Monaco two weeks earlier.
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.
Ferrari are fastest for the first time since Japan 2019
Lap time watch: 2021 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onFor the first time since Sebastian Vettel took pole position at Suzuka in 2019, Ferrari have set the quickest lap time during a race weekend.
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.
Did ‘benchmark Barcelona’ reveal how close F1’s title fight will be?
Lap time watch: 2021 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onThe Circuit de Catalunya is often described as a “benchmark” F1 track, so the 0.03s gap between the title contenders points to an exciting year ahead.
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.
Why the ‘third-quickest’ team may be the true pace-setters in Portugal
Lap time watch: 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull failed to beat their practice pace in qualifying, and set the third-quickest time behind Mercedes and McLaren, after an unhelpful “gust of wind”.
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.
Despite rules complaints, Aston Martin are only 0.07s slower at Imola
Lap time watch: 2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
Posted onAston Martin claim they were unfairly disadvantaged by the FIA’s rules change, but they almost matched their 2020 lap times at Imola.
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.
