ALL ABOUT FORMULA 1
REVIEWS OF ALL SEASONS
LANGUAGE
F1 CURIOSITIES
OLD F1:
1) Driver to come second and fourth in the same race (it was allowed in the old regulations until 1957):
Fangio at GP Monaco /56 and Italy/56. Swapped cars with teammate.
NOTE: This happened because the driver could take his teammate's car and at the end of the race he would arrive in two different classifications.
2) Drivers who finished second and third in the same race (it was allowed in the old regulations until 1957):
Trintgnant and Farina at GP Argentina 55. They exchanged cars with their teammates.
NOTE: This happened because the driver could take his teammate's car and at the end of the race he would arrive in two different classifications.
3) Riders who made the VMR together in the same GP:
Ascari and Gonzalez at the British GP 53
Fangio, Gonzalez, Hawthorn, Ascari, Moss, Marimon and Behra at GP England 54
NOTE: This was due to the rudimentary timing system of the 1950s.
4) Drivers who won races for different teams in the same season:
Fangio in 1954 (won for Maserati and Mercedes)
Moss in 1958 (won for Cooper and Vanwall)
5) Drivers benefited from the regulation that allowed taking a teammate's car or racing in dsingle or in trio (until 1957, 64 times):
Fangio (7X): Ita/50 and Fra/51 (Alfa Romeo), Bel/53 and Sui/53 (Maserati), Arg/56, Mon/56 and Ita/56 (Ferrari).
Gonzalez (5X): Hol/53 (Maserati), Bel/54, Ita/54, Arg/55 and Arg/57 (Ferrari)
Schell (6X): Fra/52 (Maserati), Arg/53 (Gordini), Arg/55 (Maserati), Ing/55 and Fra/56 (Vanwall), Mon/57 and Ita/57 (Maserati)
Moss (5X): Arg/55 (Mercedes), Bel/56, Fra/56 and Bel/56 (Maserati) and Ing/57 (Vanwall)
Ascari (4X): Ita/50, Fra/51, Ale/53 and Ing/54 (Ferrari)
Behra (4X): Arg/55, Mon/55, Bel/55 and Ita/56 (Maserati)
Collins (4X): Ing/56, Ale/56, Arg/57 and Ing/57 (Ferrari)
Farina (3X): Ita/51 (Alfa Romeo), Sui/52 and Arg/55 (Ferrari)
Musso (3X): Ita/53 and Arg/55 (Maserati), Ale/56 (Ferrari)
Castellotti (3X): Ing/55, Ing/56 and Ale/56 (Ferrari)
Hawthorn (2X): Ale/54 and Mon/57 (Ferrari)
Villoresi (2X): Arg/55 (Lancia), Ita/56 (Maserati)
Chaboud (1X): Fra/50 (Talbot)
Rosier (1x): Fra/50 (Talbot)
Fischer (1X): Fra/52 (Ferrari)
Flinterman (1X): Hol/52 (Maserati)
Flockhart (1X): Ing/54 (Maserati)
Volunteer (1x): Esp/54 (Maserati)
Menditeguy (1X): Arg/55 (Maserati)
Frère (1X): Mon/55 (Ferrari)
Tritignant (1X): Arg/55 (Ferrari)
Walker (1X): Ing/55 (Connaught-Alta)
Oscar Gonzalez (1X): Arg/56 (Maserati)
Pilette (1X): Mon/56 (Gordini)
Landi (1X): Arg/56 (Maserati)
Brabham: (1X) Fra/57 (Cooper)
Simon(1X): Ita/57 (Maserati)
6) Teams that changed their car drivers or raced in pairs or in trio, allowed by the old regulations (until 1957, 64 times):
Ferrari (26x)
Maserati (24x)
Alfa Romeo and Vanwall (3x)
Gordini and Talbot (2x)
Mercedes, Lancia, Connaught-Alta and Cooper-Climax (1x)
SUMMARY BY YEARS:
1950 (4): Talbot (2X), Alfa Romeo (1X) and Ferrari (1X)
1951 (3): Alfa Romeo (2X) and Ferrari (1X)
1952 (4): Maserati (2X) and Ferrari (2X)
1953 (6): Maserati (4X), Ferrari (1X) and Gordini (1X).
1954 (6): Ferrari (4X) and Maserati (2X)
1955 (15): Maserati (6x), Ferrari (5X), Mercedes (1X), Lancia (1X), Vanwall (1X) and Connaught-Alta (1X)
1956 (17): Ferrari (8X), Maserati (7X), Gordini (1X) and Vanwall (1X)
1957 (9): Ferrari (4X), Maserati (3X), Cooper/Clímax (1X) and Vanwall (1X)
F1 OLD AND MODERN:
7) Drivers who lost titles in discards:
Graham Hill in 1964
Alain Prost in 1988
8) Drivers who led the championship, but lost the title in the last race of the year:
Fangio in 1950 for Farina
Graham Hill in 1964 for Surtees
Regazzoni in 1974 for Fittipaldi
Lauda in 1976 for Hunt
Prost in 1983 for Piquet
Mansell in 1986 for Prost
Schumacher in 1997 for J Villeneuve
Irvine in 1999 for Hakkinen
Hamilton in 2007 for Raikkonen
Alonso in 2010 for Vettel
9) Drivers who were champions, but lost the title a few laps ago:
Stirling Moss at the 1958 Morocco GP as Phill Hill let Hawthorn pass on the last lap.
Jim Clark at the 1962 South African Grand Prix, Clark broke his engine with 21 laps to go.
Jim Clark at the 1964 Mexico GP, Clark broke his engine on the last lap.
Michael Schumacher in the 1997 European GP, crashed with Villeneuve with 21 laps to go.
Massa at GP Brasil 2008, Hamilton overtook Glock on the last lap.
Hamilton at GP Abu Dhabi 2021, Verstappen overtook Hamilton on the last lap.
NOTE: Jim Clark lost 2 titles due to retirements just a few laps from the end.
10) Last lap wins:
GP: Piloto (team) Laps Led
Italy 1953: Fangio (Maserati) 13
France 1954: Fangio (Mercedes) 48
USA 1959: McLaren (Cooper) 1
France 1961: Baghetti (Ferrari) 7
Belgium 1964: Clark (Lotus) 1
Italy 1967: Surtees (Honda) 1
Belgium 1968: McLaren (McLaren) 1
Monaco 1970: Rindt (Lotus) 1
England 1970: Rindt (Lotus) 63
Italy 1971: Gethin (BRM) 3
Spain 1975: Mass (McLaren) 3
France 1977: Andretti (Lotus) 1
South Africa 1978: Peterson (Lotus) 1
San Marino 1982: Pironi (Ferrari) 10
Monaco 1982: Patrese (Brabham) 2
Canada 1991: Piquet (Benetton) 1
Japan 1991: Berger (McLaren) 18
Hungary 1997: J Villeneuve (Williams) 1
Europe 1997: Hakkinen (McLaren) 1
Spain 2001: Schumacher (Ferrari) 39
Austria 2002: Schumacher (Ferrari) 2
USA 2002: Barrichello (Ferrari) 5
Brazil 2003: Fisichella (Jordan) 1
Europe 2005: Alonso (Renault) 9
Japan 2005: Raikkonen (McLaren) 6
Canada 2011: Button (McLaren) 1
Abu Dhabi 2021: Verstappen (Red Bull) 1
11) Pilotwho never won races in F1, but dmissed 4 teammates who won races, two of them world champions:
Nick Heidfeld defeated the following teammates:
- Kimi (21 wins) in 2001 champion
- Massa (11 wins) in 2002
- Villeneuve (11 wins) in 2006 champion
- Kubica (1 win) in 2006, 2007 and 2009
12) Champions without pole and without Fastest laps in the year they were champions.
- Denny Hulme in 1967 and Niki Lauda in 1984 (did not take any poles in those years.)
- Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972 and 1974 (did not make any Fastest lap in those years)
13) Only races without retirement in the history of F1:
GP Holland/61- no one abandoned or entered the pits
GP USA/2005- nobody abandoned, but only 6 pilots started
GP Italy/2005
GP Europe/2011
GP China/2016
GP Japan/2016
GP France/2021
GP Türkiye/2021 (race in the rain)
GP Belgium/2021 (lasted 3 minutes)
GP Miami/2023
GP Spain/2023
GP Abu Dhabi/2023
GP Bahrain 2024
GP Japan/2025
GP Singapore/2025
OBS: Türkiye/2021 was the only race in history in the rain without abandonment.
14) F1 races without overtaking on the track:
Monaco 2003
USA 2005
Europe 2009
Russia 2017
Mônaco 2021
Belgium 2021 (There was only a race with a Safety Car, no one could overtake because of that)
Source:https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_recordes_da_F%C3%B3rmula_1
NOTE: In the 2000s, due to the aerodynamics of cars, it was difficult to overtake on the track.
15) Race with the fewest cars completing the race:
Monaco/82: just 1 car. Patrese was the only one to complete 100% of the race, the other drivers were classified by FISA, but they crashed and didn't complete the last lap.
England/75: only 1 car. Emerson Fittipaldi was the only one to complete 56 laps, all the other cars ran and ended up with 55 laps.
Monaco/96 and Monaco/66 arrived 4 cars.
Germany/56, Monaco/59/62/68, Belgium/66, France/67, Spain/68/69/70, Argentina/77, San/82, East USA/84, Afr/93 5 cars arrived.
OBS:
Monaco and Belgium 1966: Nobody completed 90% of the race in 6th place.
Spain and Monaco 1968: Nobody completed 90% of the race in 6th place.
USA 1984: Nobody completed 90% of the race in 6th place.
16) Race with the most cars completing the race:
GP Europe/2011-24 cars arrived.
17) Race with the highest number of retirements:
96.2% Spain 75
95.0% Monaco 82
81.8% Monaco 96
18) Race with more pit stops:
Hungary 2011: 88 pit stops
19) Smallest difference between 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places at the finish:
GP Italy/71 - Top 5 in less than 0.6s
GP Spain/81 - Top 5 in less than 1.3 s
20) Biggest difference in workouts:
GP Germany/68: Ickx (pole) to Amon (2nd) 10.9 s -Long Track (fog training)
GP Italy/57: Fangio (pole) to Moss (2nd)- 10.1s-Long Track (Old Monza)
GP Germany/67: Clark (pole) to Hulme (2nd) - 9.4s -long track
GP Germany/64: Surtees (pole) to Clark (2nd) - 8.4slong track
GP Germany/61: P Hill (pole) to Brabham (2nd)- 6.2s-long track
GP Belgium/56: Fangio (pole) to Moss (2nd) 4.9 s -long track
GP Germany/53: Ascari (pole) to Fangio (2nd): 3.9s -long track
GP Belgium/68: Amon (pole) to Stewart (2nd): 3.7 s -long track
GP Germany/65: Clark (pole) to Stewart (2nd): 3.4s - long track
GP Germany/54: Fangio (pole) to Hawthorn (2nd): 3.2s -long track
GP Belgium/66: Surtees (pole) to Rindt (2nd): 3.2s -long track
GP Belgium/67: Clark (pole) to Gurney (2nd): 3.1 s -long track
GP Belgium/51: Fangio (pole) to Farina (2nd): 3.0s -long track
GP Belgium/52: Ascari (pole) to Farina (2nd): 3.0s -long track
US GP/59: Moss (pole) to Brabham (2nd): 3.0s - long track
GP Germany/62: Gurney (pole) to G Hill (2nd): 3.0s -long track
GP Australia/2005: Fisichella (pole) to Trulli (2nd) - 3.0s It rained in practice and he took the dry track. His time was Q1 + Q2.
GP Germany/52: Ascari (pole) to Farina (2nd): 2.9s -long track
GP Germany/57: Fangio (pole) to Hawthorn (2nd): 2.8s -long track
GP Monaco/50: Fangio (pole) to Farina (2nd): 2.6s
Swiss GP /52: Farina (pole) to Taruffi (2nd): 2.6s
GP Belgium/60: Brabham (pole) to Brooks (2nd): 2.5s
GP France/83: Prost (pole) to Cheever (2nd) 2.3s
GP Argentina/56: Fangio (pole) to Castelotti (2nd): 2.2s
GP Belgium /92: Mansell (pole) to Senna (2nd) 2.2s
Dutch GP/52: Ascari (pole) to Farina (2nd): 2.1s
GP Belgium/65: Hill (pole) to Clark (2nd): 2.1s-long track
GP Portugal/59: Moss (pole) to Brabham (2nd): 2.0s
GP Belgium/53: Fangio (pole) to Ascari (2nd): 2.0s-long track
21)Drivers who were 1 second (or more) faster than 2nd place in Qualifyings:
Fangio (17): Mon/50, Fra/50(*), Sui/51, Bel/51 (*), Fra/51 (*), Bel/53 (*), Bel/54 (*), Fra/54 (*), Ing/54, Ale/54 (*), Arg/56, Bel/56 (*), Fra/56 (*), Arg/57, Fra/57 (*), Ita II/57 (*), Ale/57 (*).
Senna (10): EUA/85, Mon/88, Mon/89, EUA/89, Ale/89, Ita/89, Jap/89, EUA/91, Hun/91 e Bel/91.
Ascari (10): Ale/51 (*), Esp/51, Bel/51 (*), Fra/52 (*), Ale/52 (*), Hol/52, Hol/53, Ing/53, Ale/53 (*) e Esp/54.
Mansell (7): Bel/87, EUA/87, Bra/92, Esp/92, San/92, Ing/92, Bel/92 (2,2s mais rápido).
Clark (6): Mex/63, Ale/65 (*), Ale/66 (*), Bel/67 (*), Ale/67 (*), Afr/68.
Moss (4): Por/59. EUA II/59 (*), Arg/60 e Mon/60.
(*) Long Tracks, increase the time difference between the pilots.
22) Women who have raced in F1:
Maria Teresa de Filippis (ITA) 58 by Maserati.
Lella Lombardi (ITA) 75 to 76, scored the only point by a woman in F1 at Spain 75 for March.
Divina Galica (ENG) 77 ran in an unofficial race for Surtees.
NOTE: Giovanna Amati did 3 F1 practices in 1992, but failed to qualify for any races, but she wore number 208, the highest number used on a car in F1 history. Divina Galica raced with number 13, only she and Moises Solana at GP Mexico 1963 used the number 13 in F1.
23) Drivers who won without leading the race:
Fagiolli- Fra/51
Musso-Arg/56
Brooks-Ing/57
Lauda-Ita/78
Prost-Bra/82
De Angelis-San/85
D Hill –Bel/94
24) Fastest GP`s in history:
GP Belgium/2021- 3 minutes
GP Australia/91- 24 minutes
GP Spain/75- 42 minutes
GP Austria/75- 57 minutes
GP Monaco/84- 1 hour and 1 minute
GP Italy/78- 1 hour and 7 minutes
GP Belgium/2001- 1 hour and 8 minutes
25) Longest GP in the hitory:
GP Canada/2011- 4 hours and 4 minutes
26) Teams that scored points in every race of the season:
Cooper in 1960
BRM in 1962
Lotus in 1963
Benetton in 1992
Williams in 1993
Ferrari in 2000, 2002 and 2004
RBR 2011, 2013, 2022 and 2023
Mercedes 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022
27) Most overtaking races (1983-2023)
Holanda 2023 with 180 overtakes
China 2016 with 161 overtakes
SOURCE: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_recordes_da_Formula_1
28) Drivers who raced for more teams:
Ammon (14)
Trignant and Johansson (11)
Moss, Ickx and De Cesaris (10)
29) Podium with 3 world champions:
Silverstone (Great Britain) - 1953
1 - Ascari (Ferrari) 2 - Fangio (Maserati) 3 - Farina (Ferrari)
East London (South Africa) - 1965
1 - Clark (Lotus-Climax) 2 - Surtees (Ferrari) 3 - G. Hill (BRM)
Silverstone (Great Britain) - 1965
1 - Clark (Lotus-Climax) 2 - G. Hill (BRM) 3 - Surtees (Ferrari)
Zandvoort (Holland) - 1966
1 - Brabham (Brabham-Repco) 2 - G. Hill (BRM) 3 - Clark (Lotus-Climax)
Monza (Italy) - 1967
1 - Surtees (Honda) 2 - Brabham (Brabham-Repco) 3 - Clark (Lotus-Ford)
Mexico City (Mexico) - 1967
1 - Clark (Lotus-Ford) 2 - Brabham (Brabham-Repco) 3 - Hulme (Brabham-Repco) (Hulme had won the title in that race)
Kyalami (South Africa) - 1970
1 - Brabham (Brabham-Ford) 2 - Hulme (McLaren-Ford) 3 - Stewart (March-Ford)
São Paulo (Brazil) - 1973
1 - Fittipaldi (Lotus-Ford) 2 - Stewart (Tyrrel-Ford) 3 - Hulme (McLaren-Ford)
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 1983
1- Piquet (Brabham-BMW) 2- Keke Rosberg (Williams-Ford) and 3 Lauda (McLaren-Ford)
Adelaide (Australia) - 1988
1 - Prost (McLaren-Honda) 2 - Senna (McLaren-Honda) 3 - Piquet (Lotus-Honda)
(considering that Senna won the title in the previous race, at Suzuka)
Phoenix (United States) - 1991
1 - Senna (Mclaren-Honda) 2 - Prost (Ferrari) 3 - Piquet (Benetton-Ford)
Montreal (Canada)-2010
1-Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 2-Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 3-Alonso (Ferrari)
Catalunya (Spain) -2011
1- Vettel (RBR- Renault) 2- Hamilton (McLaren- Mercedes) 3- Button (McLaren- Mercedes)
Monte Carlo (Monaco)-2011
1- Vettel (RBR- Renault) 2- Alonso (Ferrari) 3- Button (McLaren- Mercedes)
Hungary (Hungaroring) 2011
1- Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 2- Vettel (RBR- Renault) 3- Alonso (Ferrari)
Italy (Monza) 2011
1- Vettel (RBR-Renault), 2- Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 3- Alonso (Ferrari)
Japan (Suzuka) 2011
1-Button (McLaren-Mercedes), 2-Alonso (Ferrari) and 3-Vettel (RBR-Renault)
india 2011
1- Vettel (RBR-Renault), 2- Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 3- Alonso (Ferrari)
Abu Dhabi 2011
1-Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes), 2-Alonso (Ferrari) and 3-Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
Australia 2012
1- Button (McLaren-Mercedes), 2-Vettel (RBR-Renault) and 3- Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
Europe 2012
1-Alonso (Ferrari), 2-Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault) and 3- Schumacher (Mercedes)
Germany 2012
1- Alonso (Ferrari), 2- Button (McLaren-Mercedes) and 3- Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault)
Belgium 2012
1-Button (McLaren-Mercedes), 2-Vettel (RBR-Renault) and 3- Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault)
singapore 2012
1- Vettel (RBR-Renault), 2- Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 3- Alonso (Ferrari)
Abu Dhabi 2012
1-Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault), 2-Alonso (Ferrari) and 3- Vettel (RBR-Renault)
USA 2012
1-Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes), 2-Vettel (RBR-Renault) and 3- Alonso (Ferrari)
Australia 2013
1- Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault), 2- Alonso (Ferrari) and 3- Vettel (RBR-Renault)
china 2013
1-Alonso (Ferrari), 2-Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault) and 3 Hamilton (Mercedes)
Canada 2013
1-Vettel (RBR-Renault), 2- Alonso (Ferrari) and 3- Hamilton (Mercedes)
Hungary 2013
1- Hamilton (Mercedes), 2- Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault) and 3- Vettel (RBR-Renault)
Belgium 2013
1-Vettel (RBR-Renault), 2-Alonso (Ferrari) and 3-Hamilton (Mercedes)
singapore 2013
1-Vettel (RBR-Renault), 2-Alonso (Ferrari) and 3-Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault)
USA 2017
1- Hamilton (Mercedes), 2- Vettel (Ferrari) and 3- Raikkonen (Ferrari)
Australia 2018
1- Vettel (Ferrari), 2- Hamilton (Mercedes) and 3- Raikkonen (Ferrari)
England 2018
1- Vettel (Ferrari), 2- Hamilton (Mercedes) and 3- Raikkonen (Ferrari)
hungary 2018
1- Hamilton (Mercedes), 2- Vettel (Ferrari) and 3- Raikkonen (Ferrari)
Australia 2023
1-Verstappen (Red Bull), 2-Hamilton (Mercedes) and 3-Alonso (Aston Martin)
NOTE: Podium with more titles together: 11 titles.
Canadá 2023
1- Verstappen (Red Bull), 2-Alonso (Aston Martin) and 3-Hamilton (Mercedes).
NOTE: Podium with more titles together: 11 titles.
30) Race with more Brazilians in F1:
Canada and Germany 2001 (5) (Barrichello, Bernoldi, Marques, Zonta and Burti).
31) Three Brazilians in the scoring zone (5 times with 3 Brazilians):
Germany 1973 (Pace, Wilsinho and Fittipaldi)
England 1988 (Senna, Gugelmin and Piquet)
Belgium 1990 (Senna, Piquet and Gugelmin)
Belgium 1991 (Senna, Piquet and Moreno)
Monaco 2004 (Barrichello, Da Matta and Massa)
32) Doubles from Brazil (11):
Bra/75: Pace and Fittipaldi
Ing/75: Fittipaldi and Pace
Bra/86: Piquet and Senna
Ale/86: Piquet and Senna
Hun/86: Piquet and Senna
Mon/87: Senna and Piquet
USA/87: Senna and Piquet
Hun/87: Piquet and Senna
Ita/87: Piquet and Senna
Can/90: Senna and Piquet
Japan/90: Piquet and Moreno
NOTE: 8 Senna-Piquet doubles.
33) Three South Americans in the first 3 positions on the starting grid:
GP Japan 2003: Barrichello 1st, Montoya 2nd and Da Matta 3rd.
34) Fastest F1 Pit Stops (official times are marked *):
McLaren-Norris- GP Qatar 2023 time 1.80s (2nd stop, Official FIA information on GP Bahrain 2024)
McLaren-Norris- GP Qatar 2025 time 1.8s (2nd stop)
RBR-Verstappen – GP Brazil 2019 time 1.82s (1st stop, on TV it showed 1.9s) According to official information from FIA.
RBR- Verstappen – GP Russia 2020 time 1.86s (1st stop on TV showed 1.9s)
RBR- Albon – GP Portugal 2020 time 1.86s (2nd stop on TV appeared 1.8s)
RBR-Verstappen – GP Germany 2019 time 1.88s (1st stop, on TV it showed 2.0s) Information from Reginaldo Leme on GP Hungary 2019.
RBR- Albon – GP Russia 2020 time 1.88s (TV didn't show)
RBR-Verstappen – GP Hungary 2021 time 1.88s (4th stop, TV showed 1.8s)
RBR- Albon – GP Mexico 2019 time 1.9s (2nd stop)
RBR- Verstappen – GP Brasil 2019 time 1.9s (1st stop)
RBR- Verstappen – GP Brasil 2019 time 1.9s (2nd stop)
RBR- Verstappen – GP Spain 2020 time 1.9s (1st stop)
RBR- Albon GP Sakhir 2020 time 1.9s (1st stop on TV appeared 2.0s)
RBR- Verstappen – GP Bahrain 2021 time 1.9s (2nd stop)
RBR- Verstappen - GP Portugal 2021 time 1.9s (2nd stop)
RBR- Verstappen- GP Azerbaijan 2021 time 1.9s (1st stop)
RBR- Verstappen - GP China 2024 time 1,9s (2nd stop)
RBR- Perez - GP Miami 2024 time 1,9s (1st stop)
Ferrari- Leclerc - GP Miami 2024 time 1,9s (1st stop)
McLaren-Piastri Hungarian GP 2025 time 1.9s (1st stop)
McLaren-Norris Hungarian GP 2025 time 1.9s (1st stop)
McLaren- Piastri GP Italy 2025 tempo 1,91s (1ª stop, by official FIA information)
RBR-Gasly - GP England 2019 time 1.91s, (1st stop, by information from Reginaldo Leme at GP Hungary 2019)
Williams-Massa- GP Europe 2016 time 1.92s (1st stop) According to official FIA information. Some sites report 1.89s.
Mercedes-Bottas GP China 2019 time 1.92s (2nd stop) According to information from AUTOESPORTE on 06/16/2019.
RBR- Verstappen GP Germany 2020 time 1.92s (1st stop on TV appeared 2.0s)
RBR-Webber- GP USA 2013 time 1.923s (1st stop) According to Reginaldo Leme on lap 65 of GP Brasil 2013.
RBR- Albon- GP Delle-Mile Romagna 2020 time 1.93s (1st stop on TV showed 2.1s)
RBR- Verstappen GP Styria 2020 time 1.95s (1st stop but TV didn't show)
RBR- Verstappen GP Portugal 2020 time 1.96s (1st stop, but the TV didn't show it)
Ferrari- Vettel- GP Brasil 2018 time 1.97s (1st stop) According to official FIA information it was 1.97s.
RBR- Ricciardo GP Italia 2016 time 1.98s (by FIA website) (2nd stop) In the race, a time of 2.10s was shown.
McLaren- Ricciardo GP Mexico 2022 time 1.98s (by FIA website) (1st stop) The TV did not show this pit stop.
RBR- Perez GP Hungria 2023 tempo 1,98s (2nd stop)
Williams- Massa GP Germany 2016 time 2.00s (1st stop)
Williams- Massa GP Malaysia 2016 time 2.00s (1st stop)
RBR- Verstappen GP Abu Dhabi 2018 time 2.0s (1st stop)
RBR- Verstappen – GP Hungary 2020 time 2.0s (2nd stop)
RBR- Verstappen – GP Spain 2020 time 2.0s (2nd stop)
RBR- Albon – GP Toscana 2020 time 2.0s (1st stop)
Williams- Russell GP Russia time 2.0s (1st stop but TV didn't show)
RBR- Verstappen GP Eifel 2020 time 2.0s (1st stop)
RBR- Verstappen GP Styria 2021 time 2.0s (1st stop)
RBR- Verstappen GP Styria 2021 time 2.0s (1st stop)
RBR- Perez GP Netherlands 2022 time 2.0s (1st stop)
RBR- Perez GP Brasil 2022 time 2.0s (1st stop)
McLaren- Piastri GP Hungria 2023 time 2,00s (1st stop)
McLaren- Piastri GP Catar 2023 time 2,00s (2nd stop)
McLaren- Norris GP EUA 2023 time 2,00s (2nd stop)
RBR- Perez GP China 2024 time 2,00s (1st and snd stops)
RBR- Perez GP England 2024 time 2,00s (1ª stop)
McLaren- Piastri GP Bélgica 2024 time 2,00s (1ª stop)
RBR- Perez GP Mexico 2024 time 2,00s (1ª stop)
RBR- Verstappen GP Las Vegas 2024 time 2,00s (1ª stop)
McLaren- Norris GP Abu Dhabi 2024 time 2,00s (1ª stop)
Ferrari-Leclerc – GP Arábia Saudita 2025 time 2,00s (1ª stop)
Ferrari-Leclerc – GP Monaco 2025 time 2,00s (1ª stop)
Ferrari-Hamilton – GP Canada 2025 time 2.00s (2nd stop)
McLaren- Piastri GP Áustria 2025 time 2,00s (2ns stop)
Ferrari-Leclerc Hungarian GP 2025 time 2.00s (1st and 2nd stops)
Ferrari-Leclerc – 2025 Dutch GP time 2.00s (1st stop)
Racing Bulls- Lawson- GP Brazil 2025 time 2,00 s (1st stop)
Ferrari-Leclerc – 2025 GP Abu Dhabi time 2.00s (2st stop)
35) More drive through penalties for speeding or jumping the start:
Rubens Barrichello (11 times): Aus 94, Mon 95, Fra 95, Ing 95, Aus 99, Mon 2002, Mon 2005, Aus 2006, Mal 2006, Mon 2006 and Aus 2008.
36) Pilot who was most involved in accidents and incidents with other pilots:
Romain Grosjean: 31 times
2009 (1): Belgium (crashed with Button).
2012 (7): Australia (bump with Maldonado), Malaysia (bump with Schumacher), Monaco (bump with Alonso and Schumacher), Europe (bump with Maldonado), Belgium (bump with Hamilton and Alonso), Japan (bump with Webber), Abu Dhabi (wheel touch with Rosberg and crash with Perez).
2013 (3): Spain (tap with Sutil), Monaco (tap with Ricciardo), Hungary (tap with Button).
2014 (1): Russia (Tap the Subtle).
2015 (4): Australia (crash with Maldonado), Monaco (crash with Verstappen), Canada (touch with Stevens), England (made salseiro at the start provoked SC).
2016 (2): China (broke nose at the start in contact with another car), Belgium (wheel contact with Kimi).
2017 (3): Russia (beat with Palmer), Canada (touch Sainz), Brazil (beat with Ocon).
2018 (4): Spain (made salseiro at the start and provoked SC), England (crashed with Sainz), USA (crashed with Leclerc), Abu Dhabi (crashed with Hulkenberg).
2019 (3): Germany (wheels touch with Magnussen), Singapore (crash with Russell), Russia (crash with Giovinazzi).
2020 (1): Bahrain (crash with Kvyat and after hitting the wall the car catches fire).
NOTE: Hungary 2014 and Azerbaijan 2018, Grosjean crashed alone with a Safety Car on the track. Rare event in history.
37) Driver most disqualified for unsportsmanlike attitudes:
Clay Regazzoni: USA/1975 (holding Fittipaldi for Lauda to win) and England/1976 (by causing a crash with Lauda)
38) Who used the number ZERO on the car:
Jody Scheckter in 1973 (at the last race of the year)
Damon Hill in 1993.
39) Who used the number ONE in the car without being champion:
Ronnie Peterson in 1974
Reason: Stewart was the 73 champion and retired, Emerson was runner-up and left Lotus. Number 1 went to Peterson in Lotus, which was the constructors' champion, according to the 73 regulations, which only counted for the best result of a team driver in each stage.
40) Most common trio on the F1 podium:
1- Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen 20
2- Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel 14 (Note: In 2016 there were 9 podiums with all three).
3-Vettel, Webber and Alonso 13
4- Schumacher, Hakkinen and Coulthard 12
5- Hamilton, Bottas and Vettel 12
41)Most common identical podium:
1- Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel 8
2- Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen 7
3- Hamilton, Verstappen and Bottas 6
4- Vettel, Webber and Alonso 5
5- Hamilton, Rosberg and Ricciardo 5
42) F1 champion who most abandoned races with physical problems:
Mansell 5 times (England 82, Canada 83, France 83, Hungary 88, Spain 95)
43) Most drivers within a second in qualifying:
20 pilots (9): Aut/23, Bra/23, Aut/24, Abu/24, Esp/25, Can/25, Aut/25, Ita/25, Mex/25
19 pilots (11): Ita/09, Abu/23, Bah/24, Mia/24, Hun/24, Mia/25, Ing/25, Hun/25, Hol/25, Cat/25, Abu/25
18 pilots (15): Ita/13, Sak/20, Est/21, Aut/21, Hun/22, Hol/22, Mon/23, Hun/23, Ita/23, Chi/24, Mon/24, Esp/24, Aze/24, Mon/25, Bra/25
17 pilots (21): Jap/08, Bra/08, Esp/09, Ale/09, Bel/09, Jap/09, Eur/10, Chi/11, Chi/12, Can/12, Ale/12, Cor/12, Mon/19, USA/19, Hol/21, Bah/23, Sin/23, Aus/25, Jap/25, USA/25, Ara/25.
16 pilots (24): Aus/07, Eur/08, Mal/09, Tur/09, Hun/09, Aus/12, Mon/12, Cor/13, Ind/13, Abu/13, Aus/19, Can/19, Aut/19, Ita/19, Esp/21, Bra/21, Cat/23, Mex/23, Emi/24, Can/24, Hol/24, Veg/24, Bah/25, Bel/25.
15 pilots (41): Eur/06, Mal/06, Mal/08, Esp/08, Bel/08, Bah/09, Eur/09, Sin/09, Tur/11, Ind/11, Bah/12, Eur/12, Hun/12, Bel/12, Ale/13, Jap/13, Mon/17, Fra/19, Ing/20, Ing II/20, Esp/20, Emi/20, Aze/21, Emi/21, Cat/21, Ara/21, Esp/22, Mon/22, Abu/22, Mia/23, Esp/23, Ing/23, Jap/23, USA II/23, Aus/24, Ita/24, Sin/24, USA/24, Mex/24, Chi/25, Sin/25.
14 pilots (23): Hol/75, Hol/76, Aut/97, Esp/06, Ita/06, Mal/07, Chi/09, Ing/10, Jap/10, Mal/11, Jap/12, Ita/12, Aut/14, Mon/16, Ale/19, Bah/20, Aut/20, Por/20, Ita/21, Ara/24, Jap/24, Bel/24, Cat/24.
13 pilots (29): Afr/73, Afr/74, Afr/75, Bra/03, Bra/06, Fra/07, Bra/07, Fra/08, Ing/08, Chi/08, Mon/09, Can/10, Bra/10, Bra/11, Ind/12, Mal/13, Hun/13, Bah/14, Can/15, Bra/17, Mon/18, Bel/20, Bah/22, Jap/22, Bra/22, Ara/23, Aze/23, Ing/24, Emi/25.
12 pilots (32): Fra/74, Ing/75, Afr/77, USA/07, Mon/08, Ale/08, Ita/08, Aus/09, Mon/10, Tur/10, Abu/10, Ing/11, Jap/11, Esp/12, Ing/13, Bel/13, Mal/16, Jap/16, Bah/17, Aut/18, Abu/18, Aze/19, Ing/19, Eif/20 Abu/20, Bah/21, Mon/21, Mex/21, Abu/21, Mex/22, Aus/23, Aze/25.
11 pilots (23): Afr/76, Ita/77, Afr/79, Fra/97, Ing/97, Fra/04, Aus/06, Jap/06, Aus/08, Tur/08, Can/08, Ing/09, Aus/10, Ale/10, Ita/10, Chi/10, Mal/12, Bra/12, Ita/15, Mex/15, Bra/18, Mex/19, Tur/21.
10 pilots (49): Ing/61, Afr/72, Aut/74, Bel/75, Fra/75, Ing/77, Afr/78, Can/97, Ita/97, Eur/97, Aut/01, USA/03, Ita/04, Bra/04, USA/05, Mon/06, Ing/06, Fra/06, Hun/06, Tur/06, Esp/07, Can/07, Ing/07, Eur/07, Sin/08, Abu/09, Aus/11, Can/11, Abu/12, Aus/13, Bah/13, USA/13, Bra/14, Bel/16, Ale/16, USA/16, Can/17, Mex/17, Aus/18, Aze/18, Can/18, Ale/18, Sin/18, Mex/18, Hun/19, Rus/20, Fra/21, Ara/22, Mia/22.
44) Seasons with GRIDS with 10 or more drivers in the same second:
2024, 2025 >> 23
2023 >> 18
2012 >> 17
2008, 2009, 2021 >> 16
2013 >> 13
2006, 2010, 2019, 2020 >> 12
2022 >> 11
2018 >> 10
2007, 2011 >> 9
1997, 2016 >> 6
1975, 2017 >> 5
1974, 1977, 2004, 2014, 2015 >> 3
1976, 2003 >> 2
1961, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 2001, 2005 >> 1
45) Years with more drivers on different poles:
2005 (9): Fisichella, Alonso, Kimi, Montoya, Heidfeld, Button, Schumacher, Ralf and Trulli.
OBS: 1968, 1985 and 2009: 8 drivers took pole positions.
46) Smallest difference in training times between pilots (from the fastest to the last):
0.750 s in Q1 of the GP Austrian 2024.
0,803s no Q1 os the GP Abu Dhabi 2024
0.858 s in Q1 of the GP Austrian 2023.
0.935 s in Q1 of the GP Brazilian 2023.
1.039 s in Q1 of the GP Bahrein 2024.
1.163 s in Q1 of the GP Hungarian 2022.
NOTE: In Q2 of the 2012 European GP, 13 drivers were within 0.3s.
47) Years with more different winning drivers:
1982 (11): Villeneuve, Pironi, Tambay, Piquet, Rosberg, Alboreto, Arnoux, De Angelis, Patrese, Lauda and Prost.
1975 (9): Pace, Fittipaldi, Lauda, Regazzoni, Mass, Reutemann, Brambila, Hunt, Scheckter.
1977 (8): Andretti, Nilson, Lauda, Reutemann, Scheckter, Hunt, Laffite and Jones.
1983 (8): Piquet, Patrese, Prost, Tambay, Arnoux, Watson, Rosberg and Alboreto.
1985 (8): Alboreto, Senna, De Angelis, Prost, Lauda, Piquet, Mansell and Rosberg.
2003 (8): Raikkonen, Coulthard Fisichella, Ralf, Montoya, Schumacher, Barrichello and Alonso.
2012 (8): Raikkonen, Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Rosberg, Button and Hamilton and Maldonado.
1968 (7): Clark, Hill, Stewart, Siffert, Hulme, McLaren and Ickx.
1980 (7): Reutemann, Jones, Piquet, Pironi, Laffite, Arnoux and Jabouille.
1981 (7): Piquet, Jones, Reutemann, Prost, Villeneuve, Laffite and Watson.
2024 (7): Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, Russell, Hamilton e Piastri.
NOTE: The 1977, 1982, 1983, 2003 and 2012 seasons are considered the most balanced seasons in F1 history.
48) Consecutive races with more different winning drivers:
France 61 to France 62 (9): Baghetti, Trips, Moss, P Hill, Ireland, G Hill, McLaren, Clark and Gurney.
Monaco 82 to Switzerland 82 (9): Patrese, Watson, Piquet, Pironi, Lauda, Arnoux, Tambay, De Angelis and Rosberg.
Germany 82 to France 83 (8): Tambay, De Angelis, Keke Rosberg, Arnoux, Alboreto, Piquet, Watson and Prost.
Austria 82 to San Marino 83 (8): De Angelis, Rosberg, Arnoux, Alboreto, Piquet, Watson, Prost and Tambay.
Monaco 77 to Austria 77 (7): Scheckter, Nilson, Andretti, Laffite, Andretti, Hunt, Lauda and Jones.
49) Most league leaders in a season (2010):
Alonso, Massa, Button, Webber, Hamilton, Vettel (6)
50) Most world champions in one championship (2012):
Vettel, Button, Alonso, Schumacher, Hamilton and Raikkonen (6)
51) Teams that won races or were champions in their debuts in F1:
Mercedes in 1954, Wolf in 1977, Brawn in 2009 (winners on debut)
Mercedes in 1954 and Brawn 2009 (champions in their debut year)
52) Only driver who was world champion and scored 100% of his team's points:
Emerson Fittipaldi, teammate Dave Walker scored no points in 1972 for Lotus.
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53) Race with the most dry spells in F1:
GP San Marino 1985: Warwick, Brundle, Piquet, Senna, Watson and Boutsen (6 drivers had a dry spell).
NOTE: In the 1980s (1983-1988) with turbo engines and limited gasoline consumption, the track with the highest number of breakdowns was San Marino with 17, followed by Estoril with 6 and Silverstone with 4.
54) MAXIMUM SPEED RECORDS:
- In 2001, Alesi at Jordan/Honda reached363.2 km/hon the straight of Monza in the race. (Yearbook Francisco Santos 2003 pg 174)
- In 2003, Michael Schumacher of Ferrari made368.8 km/hon the straight of Monza in the race. (Anuário Automotor 2003 page 137)
- In 2004, Pizzonia managed to369.9 km/hon the straight of Monza with the Williams/BMW in the race, on lap 9 of the race in the slipstream for the Sauber of Fisichella. (Anuário Automotor 2004 page 141)
- In 2005, Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes) managed to370.1 km/hat the end of the Monza straight in the race. Officially it was the highest absolute speed in F1 history. And Montoya did372.2 km/hin testing at Monza 10 days later. (Source Anuário Automotor 2005 pg 146)
- In 2016, Bottas (Williams-Mercedes) managed372.5 km/hat the end of the stretch of Mexico. (Automotor 2016 page 186)
- In 2005, Jacques Villeneuve (Sauber-Ferrari) managed to reach375 km/hon the straight of Monza in Friday's training sessions. Unofficial record. (Review GP Italy 2005)
- In 2016 in Baku, according to unofficial information from Williams, Bottas reached378 km/h(This was said at the beginning of GP Mexico 2016). Bottas caught slipstream from two drivers. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE1rZmbsu98
55) Senna and Prost have the same number of Poles, Victories and Fastest laps combined:
Senna: 65 poles, 41 victories and 19 Fastest laps = 125.
Prost: 33 poles, 51 wins and 41 Fastest laps= 125.
56) Races with the most Safety Cars in F1:
6 times: Canada 2011.
5 times: Brazil 2003 and Brazil 2016.
4 times: Canada 1999, Australia 2006, Canada 2007, Monaco 2010, Germany 2019 and Australia 2023.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuntXG_8aoU&t=3s (Canal Primeira Fila 1)
MORE CURIOSITIES:
San Marino 1982: Winkelhock came in 6th but was disqualified, and no one else completed 90% of the raceThe.
Brazil 1983: Rosberg came in 2nd place, was disqualified and strangely no one climbed the leaderboard.
Belgium 2021: because of the rain, the drivers were behind the SC and there was no race, but the points were worth half.