George Russell beat Lewis Hamilton for the seventh consecutive race in Azerbaijan. But the multiple world champion has turned his season around since then.
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Aston Martin set to lose their top-performing driver for the third time in a row
2022 F1 team mate battles: Stroll vs Vettel
Posted onSebastian Vettel is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of 2022, meaning that, once more, Aston Martin look set to lose their better performing driver.
Despite a change of team mate, Latifi continues to lag at Williams
2022 F1 team mate battles: Latifi vs Albon
Posted onNicholas Latifi has been regularly out-paced and out-performed by Williams’ new arrival Alexander Albon so far in 2022.
Departing Alonso’s points deficit to Ocon is no reflection of his performance
2022 F1 team mate battles: Alonso vs Ocon
Posted onEsteban Ocon is on course to become only the second of Fernando Alonso’s team mates to out-score him over a season. Are the 41-year-old’s skills waning?
Norris’s demolition of Ricciardo leaves McLaren facing a 2023 dilemma
2022 F1 team mate battles: Ricciardo vs Norris
Posted onThe first of our mid-season assessments of each pair of team mates in Formula 1 looks at whether there are any signs of improvement for Daniel Ricciardo in his second year at McLaren.
What made Verstappen’s 10th-to-first win in Hungary a rare achievement
2022 Hungarian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onOnly a small fraction of the 1,070 world championship races have been won from a double-digit starting position. Max Verstappen achieved the latest last weekend.
Leclerc could win every remaining race but still lose the title to Verstappen
2022 French Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onCharles Leclerc has fallen so far behind Max Verstappen he could win all of the remaining races yet still lose the championship.
Ferrari is most-improved team year-on-year at halfway point in 2022
2022 Austrian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onAt the halfway point in the season, Ferrari has gained the most points compared to last year while Lewis Hamilton has seen the biggest drop.
Sainz’s victory means more than half the F1 grid are race-winners
2022 British Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMore than half of the Formula 1 field have now won races, while Mick Schumacher scored his first points, and the second for car number 47.
Hamilton has equalled his longest win-less streak in Formula 1
2022 Canadian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onFor the fourth time in his career, Lewis Hamilton has gone 10 consecutive races without winning one. More stats and facts from the Canadian Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s 80-point swing against Leclerc in five races fires him into title lead
2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onCharles Leclerc’s head must be spinning at the speed with which his championship fortunes have reversed in the space of just seven weeks.
Verstappen now has as many poles as Leclerc – but six times as many wins
2022 Monaco Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onAnother pole without a win for Charles Leclerc leaves him with the second-lowest pole-win ratio of any driver in Formula 1 history. Here are more Monaco Grand Prix stats.
Verstappen equals Fangio’s win tally with third consecutive victory
2022 Spanish Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen scored the 24th win of his career in Spain, equalling the tally of five-times world champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
Alonso has more penalty points than championship points after luckless start to 2022
2022 Miami Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Max Verstappen’s binary season continued, Fernando Alonso added only penalty points to his tally in F1’s first Miami Grand Prix.
Verstappen becomes 14th driver in F1 history to score more than one ‘grand slam’
2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen scored a ‘grand slam’ in Imola, making him only the 14th driver in Formula 1 history to achieve more than one.
Ferrari make their best start to a Formula 1 season since 2004
2022 Australian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWith their second win from the first three races of the year, Ferrari have made their best start to a season since their dominant 2004 campaign.
Statistics: New Las Vegas GP will be the 74th championship round not held on a Sunday
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Posted onFormula 1 will break with decades of tradition when it returns to Las Vegas next year for a new race which will take place on a Saturday.
“Is there even a point for that position?” Hamilton’s worst start to a season for 13 years
2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton has made his second-worst start to a season but he helped British drivers reach a landmark 10,001.78 points in yesterday’s race.
China is first country to score points on its debut since the championship began
2022 Bahrain Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Charles Leclerc ended Ferrari’s 910-day wait for a win, China’s first Formula 1 driver Zhou Guanyu scored a point on his debut.
The key data from F1’s first test of its new cars for 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted onHave Formula 1’s new rules for 2022 produced a close field? Which team was quick ‘out of the box’? And who has the most catching up to do? A look at the data.