Max Verstappen set the fastest ever lap of the Circuit de Catalunya as he claimed pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Verstappen surpasses Vettel as winner of most races for Red Bull
2023 Monaco Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen has now won more races for Red Bull than any driver in the team’s history. Here are more stats and facts from last weekend’s race.
Ferrari and two other teams are slower in Monaco than they were last year
Lap time watch: 2023 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onLast year’s Monaco pole winner Charles Leclerc said Ferrari’s poor performance over bumps is the reason why they are slower than they were 12 months ago.
Alonso’s wait for a grand prix win has now lasted a decade
2023 Miami Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhen Fernando Alonso lines up for the next Formula 1 race he will have gone a decade without winning a grand prix.
McLaren slowest in Miami – but how quick could Aston Martin have been?
Lap time watch: 2023 Miami Grand Prix
Posted onWhile one Mercedes customer team sank to the bottom of the times in Miami, another claimed a front row place with a time set on used tyres.
Red Bull could become first team to score 1,000 points in a season
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onRed Bull can become the first team to score more than 1,000 points in a single season if they continue to dominate the 2023 championship.
Ferrari make worst start to a season in 14 years while Hamilton breaks a record
2023 Australian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onFerrari have made their worst start to a season since 2009, but Lewis Hamilton’s 192nd career podium saw him break another record.
The drivers who are impressing in F1’s qualifying battles so far this year
2023 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onThree races into the 2023 F1 season, the qualifying battles have been one-sided affairs at the majority of the 10 teams.
The slowest car of the first two races beat three rivals in Melbourne
Lap time watch: 2023 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onSeven Formula 1 teams broke the Albert Park track record during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
Why Hamilton’s claim about the scale of Red Bull’s dominance doesn’t stack up
2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton claimed Red Bull are as dominant as Mercedes were when the V6 hybrid turbo era began, but the numbers show that’s an exaggeration.
F1 field closes up as half of teams lap Jeddah quicker despite track changes
Lap time watch: 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Posted onWhile Aston Martin are lapping Jeddah one-and-a-half seconds quicker than last year, rivals AlphaTauri are six-tenths slower.
Red Bull make most dominant start to an F1 season by a team in 25 years
2023 Bahrain Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onRed Bull’s dominant one-two victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix was the best start any team has made to a season in 25 years.
Aston Martin improved by 2.5 seconds while others only gained a tenth
Lap time watch: 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onAston Martin have found almost two-and-a-half seconds in lap time since the last Bahrain Grand Prix, which is twice as much as any other team did.
The key data from F1’s only pre-season test of 2023
2023 F1 season
Posted onWith the only pre-season test of the 2023 season in the books, what does the data say about which teams enjoyed a better three days than the others?
Who are they all up against? The Formula 1 drivers of 2023 in stats
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Posted onWhich F1 rookie is older than half the field? Which teams’ drivers have never won a championship? A look at the 2023 field in numbers.
Analysis: Did any F1 driver have worse luck than Alonso last season?
2022 F1 season
Posted onLooking back at the 2022 season, which drivers proved to be the unluckiest in the field through car problems or being hit by their rivals?
Records smashed and winning runs wrecked: The 2022 F1 season in stats
2022 F1 season review
Posted onA 15-year continuous run ended for Lewis Hamilton, in 2022. And something happened this season that has not occurred in Formula 1 since 1979.
22 telling stats on every driver to race in the 2022 F1 season
2022 F1 season review
Posted onWhat do the numbers tell us about the 2022 Formula 1 season? Here’s a revealing statistic on each of the 22 drivers…
Analysis: Only one F1 team swaps principals more often than Ferrari
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Posted onFerrari has appointed its sixth different team principal in the space of 15 years. Some of its rivals have had the same leader the whole time, and only one has changed more often.
Ricciardo grins and bears it through grim final season alongside Norris
2022 F1 team mate battles: Norris vs Ricciardo
Posted onWhen was the last time a driver rated as highly as Daniel Ricciardo joined a team and under-performed as unexpectedly as he did?