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Welcome To Zandvoort! 📍

Let’s give you a rundown of the circuit 📊

First race: 1952, won by Alberto Ascari for Ferrari

Laps: 72

Lap distance: 4.259km

Race distance: 306.587km

Corners: 14

Straight Mode Zones: 2

Pirelli tyre range: C2-C3-C4

Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P10 by Rene Arnoux in 1983 for Ferrari

  • P10 by Niki Lauda in 1985 for McLaren

Lap Record:

  • 1:11.097 by Lewis Hamilton in 2021

Track Record:

  • 1:08.662 by Oscar Piastri in 2025

Most Wins 🥇

Most Wins By Team

1st: Ferrari - 8

2nd: Lotus - 6

3rd: McLaren - 5

4th: Red Bull - 3

t8th: Mercedes - 1

t8th: Williams - 1

Most Poles 🛞

Most Poles By Team

1st: Lotus - 8

2nd: Ferrari - 7

t3rd: Renault - 4

t3rd: Brabham - 4

t5th: Red Bull - 3

t5th: McLaren: 3

8th: Mercedes - 1

Most Podiums 🏆

Most Podiums By Team

1st: Ferrari - 26

2nd: Lotus - 16

t3rd: McLaren - 9

t6th: Mercedes: 5

t6th: Red Bull - 5

t8th: Williams: 3

t16th: Alpine - 1

t16th: Aston Martin - 1

t16th: Racing Bulls - 1

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • Pole - 17 (48.57%)

  • P2 - 10 (28.57%)

  • P4 - 2 (5.71%)

  • P5 - 2 (5.71%)

  • P10 - 2 (5.71%)

  • P3 - 1 (2.86%)

  • P8 - 1 (2.86%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Jo Bonnier - 1959

  • Wolfgang von Trips - 1961

  • Graham Hill - 1962

  • James Hunt - 1975

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • Jo Bonnier - 1959

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • Jo Bonnier - 1959

  • Graham Hill - 1960

  • Innes Ireland - 1960

  • Trevor Taylor - 1962

  • Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 1968

  • James Hunt - 1973

  • Isack Hadjar - 2025

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Stats Of The Week 😲

The 11 races this season have brought us:
• 11 different podium combinations
• 9 podium trios we’ve never seen before

How Teams Have Fared Recently In Zandvoort 🏎️

Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Zandvoort? ⚔️

Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

  • NA | NA

Consecutive Poles

  • NA | NA

Consecutive Podiums

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2 | Mercedes - 11

  • Max Verstappen - 2 | Red Bull - 2

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Lewis Hamilton - 7

  • Charles Leclerc - 3

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2

  • Max Verstappen - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 12

  • Isack Hadjar - 7

  • Arvid Lindblad - 6

  • Lando Norris - 5

  • Charles Leclerc - 4

  • Max Verstappen - 2

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 42 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 39 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 28 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 27 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 16 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 11 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 11 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 8 (Japan 2026)

  • Arvid Lindblad - 4 (Barcelona 2026)

📊 2026 Leaderboards

Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Had a grand slam in last year’s race (pole, win, fastest lap, led every lap)

  • Last year’s win was Piastri’s first career grand slam & McLaren’s first since Mika Hakkinen in Monaco in 1998

  • Piastri is only 1 of 3 drivers to get a grand slam at the Dutch GP, joining Jim Clark (1963) & Alberto Ascari (1952)

  • The 2025 Dutch GP is Piastri’s most recent victory to date

  • Piastri’s pole margin of 0.012s in 2025 in Zandvoort was 3rd smallest in circuit’s history & the smallest since 1961

  • Piastri is 1 of 3 Australian drivers to win in Zandvoort (2025 - Piastri, 1979 - Alan Jones, 1966 & 1960 - Jack Brabham)

  • Every Australian that’s won in Zandvoort is a world champion except Piastri

  • No McLaren driver has consecutive wins or multiple wins in Zandvoort; Piastri could become the first

  • Piastri is 1 of 5 McLaren drivers to win in Zandvoort (Piastri - 2025, Norris - 2024, Lauda - 1985, Prost - 1984, Hunt - 1976)

  • Every McLaren driver that’s won in Zandvoort is a world champion except Piastri

  • No McLaren driver has consecutive poles or multiple poles in Zandvoort; Piastri could become the first

  • Only McLaren drivers with poles in Zandvoort are Piastri (2025), Norris (2024) & Prost (1984)

  • Piastri could join Niki Lauda (1984-1985) & Alain Prost (1984-1985) as the only McLaren drivers with consecutive podiums/multiple podiums in Zandvoort

  • Perfect Q3 rate & points-scoring rate at the circuit

  • Qualified inside the top 3 in Zandvoort in back-to-back years (P3 in 2024, P1 in 2025)

  • Has led 76 laps in Zandvoort, tied with Hungary for his most ever at a circuit

  • Piastri, Verstappen & Leclerc are only drivers on grid with perfect Q3 rate in Zandvoort (min. 2 appearances)

  • Piastri, Verstappen, Alonso & Perez are only drivers on grid with perfect points-scoring rate in Zandvoort (min. 2 appearances)

KEY STATS

  • Piastri’s DNF in Hungary came on his 81st race weekend as an F1 driver. OP81 DNFs on race weekend #81

  • Piastri is coming off of his first DNF since Baku 2025

  • Piastri has never had consecutive DNFs

  • Piastri became the 38th driver in F1 history to lead more than 600 career laps (617)

  • Piastri has now led more laps (617) than his manager Mark Webber (611)

  • The only drivers to lead more than 600 laps since Piastri’s F1 debut are Max Verstappen (2025), Lando Norris (726) & Piastri (617)

  • McLaren has won the first race after the summer break in back-to-back years (Piastri - 2025 Zandvoort, Norris - 2024 Zandvoort)

  • Piastri is 9 points away from hitting 900 career points

  • Has not collected more than 12 points in a race weekend since Miami

  • Piastri’s most common finishing position this year is P5 (Monaco, Canada, Spa)

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since Miami

  • Piastri’s 7 races without a podium is his longest drought since he went 12 races without a podium from Austin 2023 to Imola 2024

  • Piastri now has 2 podiums, 2 races not started & 2 finishes outside the points (P11 in Canada & Silverstone) & 1 DNF (Hungary) this season

  • Has failed to finish in the points in 3 of his last 7 races

  • OP7 - Piastri has qualified P7 in 5/8 races since the F1 season resumed in Miami

  • Best race result of the season is 2nd in Japan, best qualifying result of the season is 3rd in Japan

  • Has been outqualified by Lando Norris in 7 of the last 8 races (only outqualified Norris in Monaco during this stretch)

  • After starting the season up 3-0 in qualifying H2H against Norris, Piastri is now trailing 7-4 against his teammate

  • Has made Q3 in 39 consecutive races, second longest streak on the grid

  • Piastri is on a 20-race winless streak, the 2nd longest of his career (34 winless races from the start of his career to 2024 British GP)

OTHER STATS

  • Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

Lando Norris

CIRCUIT STATS

  • DNFed in Zandvoort last year from P2

  • His DNF last year in Zandvoort put him 34 points back of Oscar Piastri in the championship; a deficit that Norris overcame to win the drivers’ title

  • Has qualified inside the top 2 in 3 straight years at Zandvoort (P2 in 2023, P1 in 2024, P2 in 2025)

  • Had 4 straight points finishes & 100% points-scoring rate in Zandvoort before his DNF last year at the circuit

  • Has led 52 laps in Zandvoort (51 in his win in 2024, 1 in 2023)

  • At the 2024 Dutch GP in Zandvoort, Norris became the 1st McLaren driver to convert pole to victory since Lewis Hamilton at the 2012 Italian GP

  • His 2024 win in Zandvoort at the time gave McLaren its 1st win at the circuit since Niki Lauda in 1985

  • No McLaren driver has multiple wins in Zandvoort; Norris could become the first

  • Norris is 1 of 5 McLaren drivers to win in Zandvoort (Piastri - 2025, Norris - 2024, Lauda - 1985, Prost - 1984, Hunt - 1976)

  • No McLaren driver has multiple poles in Zandvoort; Norris could become the first

  • Only McLaren drivers with poles in Zandvoort are Piastri (2025), Norris (2024) & Prost (1984)

  • Norris could join Niki Lauda (1984-1985) & Alain Prost (1984-1985) as the only McLaren drivers with multiple podiums in Zandvoort

KEY STATS

  • McLaren has won the first race after the summer break in back-to-back years (Piastri - 2025 Zandvoort, Norris - 2024 Zandvoort)

  • Norris is the first & only non-Mercedes driver to qualify on pole in GP race format this season

  • Is tied on career poles (17) with Jackie Stewart (17)

  • Got his first victory as a world champion last race in Hungary

  • Is the first non-Mercedes driver to convert GP pole to victory

  • Became the first McLaren driver to win a race using the No. 1 since Jenson Button at the 2010 Chinese GP

  • Norris is also responsible for McLaren’s 1st win with Mastercard as title sponsor, McLaren’s 40th season with a victory & McLaren’s 100th win using a Mercedes engine

  • Is the 11th McLaren driver to win a race with #1 on their car

  • Norris has only won consecutive races once in his career (Mexico-Brazil 2025)

  • The last time a McLaren driver won consecutive races with the #1 on their car was Mika Hakkinen in 2000 (Hungary-Belgium) That streak also started with Hungary

  • If Norris wins another race this season, he will have the same number of wins using the #1 as Lewis Hamilton (2)

  • Is now tied with David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • The only McLaren drivers with more wins than Norris (12) are Ayrton Senna (35), Alain Prost (30), Lewis Hamilton (21) & Mika Hakkinen (20)

  • Norris now needs only 2 more podiums (47) to equal Lewis Hamilton's total number of podiums for McLaren (49)

  • Norris has converted 75% of his poles to victory since the start of 2025

  • Has converted 7 of his last 9 poles to victory since Abu Dhabi 2024

  • Has the most podiums since 2024 with 34, Max Verstappen is next closest with 33

  • Norris already has more non-podium results (8) than he did all of last season (6)

  • There were only 3 races last season that Norris finished/wasn’t DSQ where he wasn’t on the podium. He’s already finished 5 races this year off the podium

  • Has made Q3 in 42 consecutive races, the longest active streak & the 6th longest streak ever

  • Norris is 1 of 5 drivers ever to make Q3 in over 40 consecutive races

  • Has outqualified Oscar Piastri in 5 straight races, tying him with Carlos Sainz for the longest active streak on the grid

  • Has outqualified Oscar Piastri in 7 of the last 8 races

  • After starting the season 0-3 in qualifying H2H against Oscar Piastri, Norris is now up 7-4 against his teammate

  • Norris, Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win a GP race this season

  • Norris (Miami sprint) & Kimi Antonelli (Monaco GP) are the only drivers to lead from start to finish in any format this season

  • Norris, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen are the only drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

OTHER STATS

  • Norris is 28th in F1 history in laps led (757)

  • Has now won a race in 3 consecutive seasons (2024-2026)

  • Norris has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2020-2026)

  • Norris, Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

  • Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 47 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

  • Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Has 17 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (17), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

Max Verstappen

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Wins in Zandvoort were 2021, 2022 & 2023

  • Poles in Zandvoort were 2021, 2022 & 2023

  • Has 5 straight podiums at his home race (2021 - P1, 2022 - P1, 2023 - P1, 2024 - P2, 2025 - P2)

  • Another win in Zandvoort will tie Verstappen with Jim Clark for most at the circuit

  • Verstappen is tied with Rene Arnoux for most poles at Zandvoort (3)

  • Another podium will see Verstappen tie Jim Clark & Niki Lauda for most podiums at Zandvoort (6)

  • Another podium in Zandvoort this year would see Verstappen break Jim Clark’s record for most consecutive podiums at the Dutch GP (both tied at 5, Clark had 5 consecutive from 1963-1967)

  • Has scored 112 points in Zandvoort, most of any driver in the circuit’s history, with Niki Lauda (46) being the next closest

  • Has led 200 laps in Zandvoort, second only to Jim Clark (370) & most on the current grid with Oscar Piastri (76) next closest

  • Verstappen (2021-2023) & Jim Clark (1963-1965) are the only drivers to win 3 times in a row at Zandvoort

  • Verstappen (2021-2023) is the only driver ever to take 3 poles in a row at Zandvoort

  • Has never qualified worse than P3 (P1 in 2021-2023, P2 in 2024, P3 in 2025)

  • Perfect Q3 rate, podium rate & points-scoring rate

  • Verstappen is responsible for 2 of the 5 smallest pole margins in Zandvoort’s history (0.021s in 2022 is 4th, 0.038s in 2021 is 5th)

  • Verstappen, Piastri & Leclerc are only drivers on grid with perfect Q3 rate in Zandvoort (min. 2 appearances)

  • Verstappen, Piastri, Alonso & Perez are only drivers on grid with perfect points-scoring rate in Zandvoort (min. 2 appearances)

  • Verstappen, Carel Godin de Beaufort, and Gijs van Lennep are only Dutch drivers to score points in Zandvoort

  • The first driver to win a race using the #3 came at Zandvoort in 1961 when Wolfgang von Trips won for Ferrari. Now Verstappen can be the latest & do it at the same track

KEY STATS

  • Verstappen has won 50 of the last 100 F1 races

  • It’s been over 8 months since Verstappen’s last win

  • Verstappen now has 4+ podiums in each of his last 11 seasons since joining Red Bull in 2016

  • Verstappen got his 100th podium since the start of 2020 last race; he is the only driver to hit 100 since the start of this decade

  • Responsible for 131 of Red Bull’s 301 podiums

  • Has podiums in 3 of the last 4 races

  • Tied with Kimi Antonelli for most podiums over the last 4 races (3)

  • Has podiums in 4 of the last 7 races

  • Since Canada, the only driver with more podiums than Verstappen (4) is Kimi Antonelli (5) (Lewis Hamilton also tied with 4)

  • Verstappen & Oscar Piastri are the only drivers with multiple podiums not to win a race this year

  • Since Miami, Verstappen hasn’t finished worse than 5th any time he’s able to complete the race

  • Since Canada, Verstappen hasn’t finished worse than 4th any time he’s able to complete the race

  • Has been responsible for the last 29 Red Bull podiums, last 34 wins & last 26 poles

  • Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are tied for most front row starts among non-Mercedes drivers this season (3 each)

  • Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season in GP format

  • Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

  • The most common front-row starting combination this season is Kimi Antonelli on pole & Verstappen in P2, which has happened 3 times (Miami, Monaco, Spa)

  • Best qualifying result of the season is 2nd in Miami, Monaco & Spa

  • This is the first time since 2020 where Verstappen doesn’t have a pole after 11 races

  • Has now been outqualified by Isack Hadjar the same number of times (3) as he was outqualified by his teammates from 2023-2025 (3)

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

  • Verstappen hasn’t finished behind his teammate in 61 consecutive races, the longest streak in F1 history

  • The last time Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate was Baku in 2023

  • Verstappen has lost 28 combined positions on Lap 1 whenever he starts on the front row this season (-7 in Miami, -20 in Monaco, -1 Spa). He has combined to gain 3 positions in all other GP races on Lap 1

  • Would become the first driver to win a race with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

OTHER STATS

  • Will now make his 250th race start in Singapore

  • 2026 is the first season where Verstappen has 3+ DNFs since 2021

  • Verstappen has 3 DNFs due to technical issues this season. He only had 3 DNFs not related to a collision from 2022 to 2025

  • Verstappen has 11 consecutive seasons of multiple podiums. He is the 5th driver ever to accomplish this, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel & Alain Prost

  • Verstappen is the 8th driver in F1 history to have a podium finish in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger, Fernando Alonso & Alain Prost

  • Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to currently have a podium streak of more than 10 consecutive seasons (next closest is Charles Leclerc with 8 & Lando Norris with 7)

  • Verstappen is the first driver to get on the podium using a Ford-branded engine since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian GP

  • Verstappen is 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen has recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 63)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Isack Hadjar

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got the maiden podium of his F1 career last year in Zandvoort

  • His maiden podium in Zandvoort last year made him the youngest French driver ever to stand on the podium (20y 11m 3d)

  • His podium in Zandvoort last year is still the only podium finish of his career

  • His podium in Zandvoort was the first podium for the Faenza-based team since Pierre Gasly in Baku in 2021

  • The only drivers who qualified ahead of Hadjar last year in Zandvoort was Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris & Max Verstappen

  • Scored a podium in 2020 at Zandvoort in French F4

  • Won the F2 sprint race in Zandvoort in 2023 with Hitech

KEY STATS

  • Has finished in the top 6 in 7 consecutive races

  • Has scored points in 7 consecutive races

  • The only driver on a longer points-scoring streak than Hadjar is Lewis Hamilton (12)

  • Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver in the 2nd seat to score points in 7+ consecutive races in a season since Sergio Perez had a 7-race points streak to start 2024

  • Over the last 3 races, Hadjar has scored 26 points, 14 more than Oscar Piastri (12) & only 3 fewer than George Russell (29)

  • Over the last 5 races, Hadjar has scored more points (42) than Oscar Piastri (34)

  • Hadjar has made Q3 in 16 consecutive races & in all 11 races so far this season

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all races this season

  • His best qualifying result of the season was 3rd in Australia, the season opener

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (3) than Verstappen’s teammates had from 2024-2025 (1-47)

  • Hadjar has outqualified Max Verstappen the same number of times over his first 10 races at Red Bull (3) as Verstappen’s teammates did from 2023-2025 (3)

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Max Verstappen again, it will mean he’s already outqualified him more times through 11 races (4) than Verstappen’s teammates have done over the last 70 races from 2023-2025 (3)

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 11 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

  • Has 4 career top 5 finishes (Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026, Monaco 2026, Silverstone 2026)

OTHER STATS

  • Hadjar has the most positions gained in a race by a Red Bull driver this season (+15 in Spa beating Max Verstappen’s +14 in Australia, P20 to P6)

  • Hadjar gaining 15 positions from his starting spot in Spa was the most by any driver in any race this season

  • Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver to gain +15 positions in a race since Max Verstappen gained 16 positions in Brazil last year (P19/PL to P3)

  • Hadjar in Spa was the first time a Red Bull driver other than Max Verstappen gained +15 positions in a race since Sergio Perez in Australia 2023 (P20 to P5)

  • No Red Bull driver has outqualified Max Verstappen in consecutive races since Sergio Perez in 2022 (Monaco-Baku)

  • Took Hadjar only 7 GPs to score more points (34) than the Red Bull 2nd seat had all of last season (30)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

George Russell

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Only 1 Mercedes driver has won or started on pole at Zandvoort (Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955)

  • Russell could become the first Mercedes driver with multiple podiums in Zandvoort

  • The only Mercedes drivers with podiums in Zandvoort are Russell - 2022, Bottas - 2021, Hamilton - 2021, Stirling Moss - 1955, Fangio - 1955

  • Has never qualified worse than 6th in Zandvoort as a Mercedes driver & has never qualified worse than 11th in Zandvoort over his entire career

  • Qualified 11th in 2021, 6th in 2022, 3rd in 2023, 4th in 2024, 5th in 2025

  • Picked up the 7th podium of his career in Zandvoort in 2022

  • Has 4 straight Q3 appearances in Zandvoort

KEY STATS

  • Has not been on the podium in 2 straight races

  • Last podium was Silverstone, 3 races ago

  • Since Canada, Russell now has 3 races finished without points (DNF in Canada & Spa, P12 in Monaco) & 3 races with a podium (Barcelona, Austria, Silverstone)

  • Trails Kimi Antonelli by 59 points

  • Trails Lewis Hamilton for P2 by 9 points

  • Russell trailed Antonelli by 68 points after Monaco. If Russell overcomes his initial 68-point deficit to win the championship, it would be the largest deficit in the championship ever overcome to win the title (Max Verstappen, 46 points overcome in 2022 is the record; Russell was at 68 points after Monaco)

  • Russell’s next win will mark a new career high for him (currently at 2, tied with 2025 & 2024, when he also had 2 wins each season)

  • His next pole will mark a new career high for Russell (currently at 4, tied with 2024 when he also had 4)

  • His next podium will make Russell the 39th driver in F1 history to reach 30 career podiums

  • Has already led more laps in 2026 (146) than any other season in his F1 career

  • Has made Q3 in 27 consecutive races

  • If you include sprints, Russell has taken pole in 6/15 competitive qualifying sessions this season

  • Is 1 Q3 appearance away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Since 2022, Russell has 11 poles while his teammates have combined for 7

  • Since the start of 2024, the only drivers with more poles than Russell (10) are Lando Norris (16) & Max Verstappen (16)

  • Russell has more podiums (29) than Oscar Piastri (28) & is tied on podiums with Carlos Sainz (29)

OTHER STATS

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Russell is responsible for Mercedes’ 150th pole as a team (Barcelona 2026)

  • The only races over the last 2 years where Russell has finished outside of the points are Monaco 2025 & Monaco 2026

  • Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 32 of 34 races (Monaco 2025 & Hungary 2026 are the only exceptions)

  • Career-long points scoring streak of 20 consecutive races came to an end in Canada earlier this year

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

  • 6 of Russell’s 7 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Kimi Antonelli

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Eliminated in Q2 in his first appearance in Zandvoort as an F1 driver last year (qualified 11th)

  • Finished 16th last year in Zandvoort, second last of all remaining finishers

  • Received a 10-second penalty for causing a collision after taking out Charles Leclerc in Zandvoort last year

  • Only 1 Mercedes driver has won or started on pole at Zandvoort (Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955)

  • The only Mercedes drivers with podiums in Zandvoort are Russell - 2022, Bottas - 2021, Hamilton - 2021, Stirling Moss - 1955, Fangio - 1955

  • No Italian driver has won in Zandvoort since 1953 (Alberto Ascari)

  • No Italian driver has taken pole in Zandvoort since 1953 (Alberto Ascari)

  • No Italian driver has been on the podium in Zandvoort since 1955 (Luigi Musso)

  • Won his first 2 races at Zandvoort with Prema in ADAC Formula 4 in 2022

  • Also won a race at Zandvoort in 2023 in the Formula Regional European Championship series

  • Has never finished worse than 2nd at Zandvoort over his junior single-seater career (3 wins, 2 P2s)

KEY STATS

  • Antonelli is 1 more podium away from becoming the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton in 2021 to have 10+ podiums in a season (Antonelli in 2026, Hamilton in 2022 & Russell in 2025 all have 9)

  • Owns the best average finishing position of the season (2.80)

  • Needs to win 6 more races to break Lewis Hamilton’s record for most wins in a season by a Mercedes driver (11). Antonelli already won 6 races in the first half of the season so he just needs to repeat that

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for most top 5 finishes this season (9 each)

  • Has led at least a lap in 10 consecutive GPs, becoming the 10th driver in F1 history to do that. The rest are world champions (Lewis Hamilton, Jackie Stewart, Michael Schumacher, Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Ayrton Senna, Fernando Alonso, Jim Clark, Alain Prost & Kimi Antonelli)

  • Is the first Mercedes driver to lead over 300+ laps in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 (613)

  • Can tie George Russell in career wins (Antonelli at 6, Russell at 7)

  • His next win will be Italy’s 50th F1 win as a nation

  • Antonelli has led the championship for 9 GPs & cannot mathematically lose the lead in Zandvoort. That means Antonelli is guaranteed to at least lead the championship for longer than Lando Norris has over his career (9 GPs)

  • Antonelli is also guaranteed to lead the championship for the Italian GP in Monza

  • Tied with Riccardo Patrese for 2nd most wins by an Italian driver in F1 history with 6. He can pass Patrese with another win

  • Only 7 wins away from tying Alberto Ascari for most wins by an Italian driver ever (13)

  • Needs to lead 23 more laps to pass Giuseppe Farina for 3rd most laps led by an Italian driver in F1 history (Antonelli at 314, Farina at 336)

  • Antonelli can break Alberto Ascari’s record for most wins in a season by an Italian driver (6 in 1952) with his next win

  • Antonelli can also break Alberto Ascari’s record for most poles in a season by an Italian driver (6 in 1953) with his next pole

  • Antonelli is tied with Riccardo Patrese for most podiums in a season by an Italian driver (Patrese had 9 in 1992 with Williams)

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with more than 5 wins in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2021

  • Antonelli joins Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to record more than 5 wins in a season

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with more than 5 poles in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli has joined Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to ever record more than 5 poles in a season

  • Antonelli maintains the best pole-to-win rate in F1 history among all drivers with at least 1 victory from pole (83.33%, 5/6), only marginally ahead of Max Verstappen (77.08%)

  • The most common front-row starting combination this season is Kimi Antonelli on pole & Max Verstappen in P2, which has happened 3 times (Miami, Monaco, Spa)

  • Antonelli has more wins than George Russell (6-4) since they became teammates at Mercedes in 2025

  • Now has the same number of poles (6) as Oscar Piastri (6) & Carlos Sainz (6)

  • Is the only driver this season to never qualify worse than 4th

  • Has outqualified teammate George Russell in 7 of 11 races this season

  • Is 1 front row start away from his 10th career front row start

  • Antonelli now has the same number of poles converted to wins (5) as Charles Leclerc (5) & George Russell (5). He can soon pass them.

  • Antonelli is the only driver this season to lead a GP race from start to finish (Monaco)

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

  • If Antonelli loses the championship, he will be responsible for the largest blown lead since the introduction of this points format

OTHER STATS

  • Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for more GPs than Charles Leclerc (5) has led over his career. That means since 2022, Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for a longer period than Ferrari

  • Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell more times this season (7) than he did all of last season (3)

  • Antonelli is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a grand slam & the only teenager to do so. Antonelli beat Max Verstappen’s record for youngest driver to record a grand slam by almost exactly 4 years (Antonelli - 19y, 9m, 13d / Verstappen - 23y 9m 4d in Austria 2021)

  • Antonelli is the only driver on the grid to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season. Antonelli is the first driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2011 to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season

  • Antonelli is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 wins happen consecutively (eventually had his first 5 wins happen consecutively)

  • Antonelli matched Lewis Hamilton’s longest career winning streak (5) & he accomplished it in 84 days between China & Monaco

  • Antonelli joins Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers on the current grid to win 5+ consecutive races

  • The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Kimi Antonelli - 5, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3

  • Antonelli was the first driver to win 5+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli had a longer winning streak (5) than even his idol Ayrton Senna (4)

  • His 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953. Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 5+ consecutive races in a row

  • Antonelli’s 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari won 7 in a row from 2004 European GP to 2004 Hungary GP

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver with 6 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton (7 from Austin 2021 to Bahrain 2022)

  • Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

  • Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

  • Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

Charles Leclerc

CIRCUIT STATS

  • DNFed in last year’s race after getting hit by Kimi Antonelli

  • Ferrari scored 0 points in Zandvoort last year

  • Has a perfect Q3 rate at the circuit

  • Has as many DNFs (2 - 2023, 2025) as he does podiums at the circuit (2022, 2024)

  • Out of all his tracks with multiple podiums, Zandvoort is the only one where he hasn’t led a single lap

  • The only tracks on the calendar where Leclerc hasn’t led a single lap are Madrid (obviously), Zandvoort, Interlagos, China & Qatar

  • Has finished in the top 5 in all his 3 race finishes in Zandvoort (DNFed in 2023 & 2025)

  • Finished 5th in 2021, 3rd in 2022 & 3rd in 2024

  • Has podiums in Zandvoort in all even-numbered years (2022, 2024)

  • Leclerc is the only Ferrari driver to stand on the podium in Zandvoort since it returned to the calendar in F1

  • His only front row start in Zandvoort came in 2022 (P2)

  • Leclerc, Verstappen & Piastri are only drivers on grid with perfect Q3 rate in Zandvoort (min. 2 appearances)

  • No Ferrari driver has won in Zandvoort since Rene Arnoux in 1983

  • No Ferrari driver has been on pole in Zandvoort since Niki Lauda in 1975

KEY STATS

  • Is the 5th Ferrari driver to complete over 5000 km of racing for the team (5016), joining Michael Schumacher (18797), Alberto Ascari (5816), Niki Lauda (5275) & Sebastian Vettel (5239)

  • Is tied with Kimi Antonelli for most points scored since Austria (63 each)

  • Has scored the most points since Silverstone with 59 & Lando Norris next closest with 49

  • Leclerc is only 1 podium away from tying Rubens Barrichello & Sebastian Vettel for second most podiums in Ferrari history (1. Michael Schumacher - 116, t2. Rubens Barrichello - 55, t2. Sebastian Vettel - 55, 4. Charles Leclerc - 54)

  • Leclerc is the 5th driver in F1 history to do 160+ starts with a single constructor (Ferrari), joining Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes (246), Max Verstappen - Red Bull (220), Michael Schumacher - Ferrari (180) & Lando Norris - McLaren (161)

  • Leclerc’s next win will make him the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10 wins

  • Leclerc’s next win will make him the 8th Ferrari driver to reach 10 wins with the team & tie him with Kimi Raikkonen

  • His last 3 wins have not come from pole position

  • Leclerc was the first driver to ruin Kimi Antonelli’s perfect pole-to-win rate (Silverstone)

  • Leclerc has led more laps this season (90) than he did all of last season (48)

  • Leclerc is the only non-Mercedes driver with consecutive front row starts this season

  • Leclerc (x3) & Max Verstappen (x3) are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton have been teammates for 35 races with Leclerc up 25-10 in qualifying H2H

  • Is 32 laps led away from reaching 1000 career laps led (968)

  • Is tied with Daniel Ricciardo for 10th most Q3 appearances in F1 history with 153

OTHER STATS

  • Leclerc has made more starts with a Ferrari PU (182) than Michael Schumacher (180). He only trails Kimi Raikkonen (209)

  • Delivered Ferrari its 250th win as a team in Silverstone, which was also the place where Ferrari got its first ever win in 1951

  • Leclerc now has wins at all of the original tracks still on the calendar from F1’s inaugural season (Silverstone, Spa, Monaco, Monza)

  • Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen are the only drivers on the grid to win in Silverstone, Spa, Monaco & Monza

  • Has more wins from outside pole position (4) than Lando Norris (3)

  • His next win from outside pole position will tie him with Oscar Piastri (5)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

  • Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • Has not failed to make Q3 since Imola 2025

  • 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026) & has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons (2021-2025)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (22) during their time spent as teammates

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Lewis Hamilton

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Zandvoort is 1 of 3 tracks on the current calendar that Hamilton has driven at but not won or started on pole, joining Miami & Las Vegas

  • A win at Zandvoort would be the 32nd different circuit he’s won at & would make the Dutch GP the 33rd different GP he’s won

  • A pole at Zandvoort would be the 33rd different circuit he’s started on pole at & would make the Dutch GP the 31st different GP he’s taken pole at

  • Led 14 laps in Zandvoort in 2022 but did not finish on the podium

  • DNFed in last year’s race

  • Scored points in the first 4 Dutch GPs (P2, P4, P6, P8 in chronological order from 2021-2024)

  • Was eliminated in Q2 in 2023 & 2024 in Zandvoort

  • Started on the front row in the 2021 Dutch GP in Zandvoort after qualifying only 0.038s off Max Verstappen for pole

  • Ferrari scored 0 points in Zandvoort last year

  • No Ferrari driver has won in Zandvoort since Rene Arnoux in 1983

  • No Ferrari driver has been on pole in Zandvoort since Niki Lauda in 1975

KEY STATS

  • Has still scored the most points since Barcelona (79) with George Russell being the next closest at 72

  • Has still scored the most points since Monaco (97) with Kimi Antonelli being next closest at 88

  • Has scored the second most points since Canada with 118, only 1 fewer than Kimi Antonelli (119)

  • Hamilton is the only driver that has scored points at every GP weekend/race this season & is the only driver that has completed 100% of all racing laps (673/673)

  • Hamilton is still the only driver that has finished every race inside the top 6

  • Hamilton trailed Antonelli by 66 points after Monaco. He currently trails him by 50 points

  • If Hamilton wins the championship this season, his 66-point deficit that he faced after Monaco would be the largest deficit overcome to win a title under the current points system

  • Has 4 podiums in the last 7 races & 7 consecutive finishes inside the top 5

  • Hamilton is 1 podium away from his most podiums in a season since 2023 when he had 6

  • Hamilton is the only non-Mercedes driver to record 3 consecutive podiums this season

  • Hamilton has the longest active points-scoring streak on the grid (12 straight GP races)

  • Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on pole this season in any format

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • Hamilton’s next pole will make him the first driver to take pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton is in the midst of his longest Q3 streak as a Ferrari driver (11 consecutive races)

  • Hamilton’s win in Barcelona was the largest margin of victory this season (19.561s)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

OTHER STATS

  • Will make his 400th race start in Brazil now

  • Hamilton already had more points through the first 10 GPs of 2026 (159) than he did after all of 2025 (156)

  • Hamilton is the first driver ever to make 350+ Q3 appearances

  • Hamilton has 5+ podiums in 19 of his 20 seasons with 2025 being the only exception

  • Hamilton has 17 seasons with a win. Only 16 other drivers in F1 history have 17 or more total career victories.

  • Has not reached more than 6 podiums in a season since 2022 & hasn’t had more than 10 podiums in a season since 2021

  • Has already led more races (3) in 2026 than he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Earlier this year, Hamilton became the first teammate to outqualify Charles Leclerc 3 times in a row since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

  • Hamilton is the only driver in F1 history to win a race in their 20s, 30s & 40s

  • Hamilton is the first driver in F1 history to win a race for McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton is still the only driver that has won a race after their 300th GP start. He’s done it 3 times (Silverstone 2024, Spa 2024, Barcelona 2026)

  • Hamilton has as many wins (106) as Fernando Alonso has podiums (106)

  • Hamilton is responsible for the oldest 44 victories on the current grid

  • Hamilton’s victory in Barcelona was the first by a world champion driving for Ferrari since Sebastian Vettel at Singapore in 2019

  • Joined Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Hamilton was responsible for the 250th victory by a Ferrari power unit in F1 history

  • Hamilton is the oldest British driver to ever win a race, passing Nigel Mansell’s record set in 1994

  • Hamilton is the first driver aged 40+ to win a race since Mansell in 1994

  • Hamilton & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to win a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would also join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Needs to lead 5 more races to have 200 races led in his career

  • Joined Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

Carlos Sainz

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Scored points in the first 4 Dutch GPs (7th in 2021, 8th in 2022, 5th in 2023, 5th in 2024)

  • Did not score points in 2025 in Zandvoort, finishing 13th in his first season with Williams

  • Has always started inside the top 10 in Zandvoort (6th in 2021, 3rd in 2022, 6th in 2023, 10th in 2024, 9th in 2025)

  • Started 10th in 2024 in Zandvoort but qualified 11th & eliminated in Q2 before Alex Albon being DSQed bumped him up a spot

  • In races they’ve both finished, Sainz has never finished ahead of his teammate in Zandvoort (this excludes 2023 when Sainz finished 5th & Charles Leclerc DNFed)

  • Was the only Williams driver to make Q3 in Zandvoort last year

  • Williams’ only win in Zandvoort was Alan Jones in 1979

  • Williams only has 3 podiums in Zandvoort (Keke Rosberg in 1982, Jones in 1981 and 1979)

KEY STATS

  • Has not scored points for 6 consecutive GPs with his last points finish coming in Canada

  • This is the first time Sainz hasn’t scored points in 6 consecutive GPs since he went 6 straight races without points in 2016 (Germany to Japan)

  • If Sainz doesn’t score points in Zandvoort, it’ll be the first time ever he goes 7 GP races without scoring points

  • Sainz has 6 points after 11 races this season. That’s fewer than when he had 9 points after 11 races with Toro Rosso as a rookie in 2015.

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 5 straight races & in 9 of the last 10 races

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 18 of the last 21 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where they were double DSQ)

  • Sainz, Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Has missed Q3 in 12 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being Qatar 2025

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Best qualifying result of the season was 12th in Monaco

  • Has scored 6 points this season compared to 5 scored by teammate Alex Albon

  • Sainz only needs to score 8 points to tie Alex Albon on points since they became teammates at Williams in 2025. Outscored by Alex Albon 78-70

  • Responsible for 54 of Williams’ last 62 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

OTHER STATS

  • Will make his 250th race start in Las Vegas now

  • All of Sainz’s points finishes have been 9th place this season (China, Miami, Canada)

  • Sainz has recorded multiple points finishes every season since he debuted in F1

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 23 of the 34 qualifying sessions they were classified in as teammates (excludes double DSQ in Singapore)

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

Alex Albon

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Gained 10 positions in last year’s race in Zandvoort, finishing 5th after starting 15th

  • Was 1 of 3 drivers last year to gain 10 positions in Zandvoort (Ollie Bearman +14 & Lance Stroll +12)

  • His 5th place finish last year in Zandvoort was his best result at the circuit

  • Was disqualified from qualifying in Zandvoort in 2024 due to a technical violation with his floor

  • His P4 starting spot in Zandvoort in 2023 is his best starting spot as a Williams driver

  • The only drivers who outqualified Albon in 2023 in Zandvoort were Max Verstappen, Lando Norris & George Russell

  • That P4 start in 2023 at Zandvoort is also his joint best starting spot as an F1 driver, joining Bahrain 2020, Turkey 2020, Tuscany 2020 & Austria 2020

  • His P4 starting spot in Zandvoort in 2023 was Williams’ best starting spot at the time since George Russell’s P3 in Russia 2021

  • His 2 points finishes in Zandvoort were 8th in 2023 & 5th in 2025

  • Williams’ only win in Zandvoort was Alan Jones in 1979

  • Williams only has 3 podiums in Zandvoort (Keke Rosberg in 1982, Jones in 1981 and 1979)

KEY STATS

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in 2 straight GPs & in 4 of the last 5 GPs

  • Will make his 101st start with Williams in Zandvoort

  • Albon is the only driver to make 100 starts with Williams

  • Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Albon has missed Q3 in 22 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • Best qualifying result of the season was 11th in Monaco

  • Best finishing result of the season was 8th in Monaco

  • Hasn’t scored points since Monaco

  • Albon has 5 points this season, only 1 fewer than Carlos Sainz (6)

  • Has scored only 8 points since the 2025 Azerbaijan GP compared to 54 for Carlos Sainz

  • Has only outqualified Carlos Sainz in 2 of 11 races this season & in 3 of the last 21 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where both Williams were DSQed)

OTHER STATS

  • Is Williams’ all-time leader in race starts

  • His 318 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 career starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has never raced at Zandvoort in his junior single-seater career

KEY STATS

  • Has scored points in 6 consecutive GP races dating back to Monaco (7th in Monaco, 9th in Barcelona, 10th in Austria, 7th in Silverstone, 9th in Spa, 10th in Hungary)

  • The only drivers with a longer active points-scoring streak than Lindblad are Isack Hadjar (7 straight GP races) & Lewis Hamilton (12 straight GP races)

  • However, the longest active points-scoring streak (including streaks) see Lindblad tied with Hadjar (7 consecutive GP weekends with points) with only Lewis Hamilton ahead (12)

  • Has scored points in 7 consecutive GP weekends as he picked up 1 point in the Canada sprint

  • Has scored points in 7/11 races this season & in 7/10 race starts this season (had a DNS in Canada)

  • Has scored points in 8/11 GP weekends this season

  • Has made Q3 in 4 consecutive races & in 5 of the last 7 races

  • Has made Q3 in 7/11 races this season

  • Has outqualified Liam Lawson in 3 straight races

  • Hasn’t qualified worse than 11th since Monaco

  • Lindblad’s 7th place finish in Monaco & Silverstone were the best finishing results of his young career so far

  • Had the best qualifying performance of his career in Spa, qualifying 8th

OTHER STATS

  • Has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • The 2026 Miami GP is the only Q1 elimination of Lindblad’s career so far

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

Liam Lawson

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Made his F1 debut in Zandvoort on short notice in 2023 for AlphaTauri, where he started 19th & finished 13th

  • Made Q3 in last year’s race but did not score points

  • Finished 4th and 12th in Zandvoort in 2 F2 races in 2022

KEY STATS

  • Lawson has already scored points in 8 races this season. He scored points in 7 races all of last season

  • Has scored points in 6 of the last 7 GP races (Spa the only exception)

  • Lawson has scored points in 8 of 11 races this season

  • Lawson has completed 10 races this season (DNF in Miami), he’s scored points in 8/10 races

  • Has missed Q3 in 2 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being in Silverstone

  • Has qualified 11th in back-to-back races

  • Hasn’t qualified worse than 12th since Japan (12th in Miami, 12th in Canada, 10th in Monaco, 8th in Barcelona, 9th in Austria, 10th in Silverstone, 11th in Spa, 11th in Hungary)

  • Has yet to finish consecutive races behind his teammate this year

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • Lawson has made Q3 5 times already in 2026, only 3 short of his personal best of 8 set last season

OTHER STATS

  • Had a career-long 5-race points-scoring streak earlier this year (Canada to Silverstone)

  • Took Lawson only 10 GPs to score more points (39) than he did all of last season (38)

  • Made Q3 in 4 consecutive races this year from Monaco to Silverstone, the longest streak of his career

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Responsible for Spain’s only podium in Zandvoort (2023)

  • Has a 100% points scoring rate in Zandvoort

  • Has finished 6th (2021), 6th (2022), 2nd (2023), 10th (2024) & 8th (2025) in Zandvoort

  • The only time he didn’t make Q3 in Zandvoort was 2022 when he was eliminated in Q2

  • Has made 3 consecutive Q3 appearances in Zandvoort

  • His 2023 podium in Zandvoort was the 105th podium of his career

  • Has only been on the podium once more (Brazil 2023) since his Zandvoort podium in 2023

  • Alonso, Verstappen, Piastri, & Perez are only drivers on grid with perfect points-scoring rate in Zandvoort (min. 2 appearances)

KEY STATS

  • Has completed 4 consecutive races, his longest stretch of the season

  • Has not completed 5 consecutive races since Barcelona through Zandvoort last year (7 straight races)

  • Made it out of Q1 for the first time this season in Hungary

  • His P16 qualifying position in Hungary was his best qualifying performance of the season

  • Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 6/11 races this season

  • Finished 14th in Hungary, his best result since finishing 10th in Monaco

  • Alonso, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Responsible for 27 of Aston Martin’s last 28 points

  • The last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

  • Alonso’s last Q3 appearance was 2025 Abu Dhabi

  • Aston Martin has completed 982 laps this season, second fewest with only Cadillac behind with 898

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

OTHER STATS

  • Hasn’t been outqualified in consecutive races since Miami to Monaco in 2024 (3 races in a row)

  • Barcelona was the first time ever that Alonso qualified last on pure pace

  • Alonso was 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualify a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

  • Has scored points in 22 consecutive seasons with 2001 with Minardi, his rookie year, being the only exception

  • Monaco earlier this year was the first time Alonso scored points with a Honda engine since the last race of 2017 (Abu Dhabi 2017)

  • It took Alonso fewer races to score points in 2026 (6 GPs) than it did in 2025 (9 GPs)

  • Alonso has now scored points in 276 GP weekends

  • 2026 was the first time Alonso didn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015 (never made Q3 in 2015)

  • 2026 was also the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 6 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006 (streak ended at first 10 races without making it out of Q1)

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (435)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has 2 Q3 appearances, 2 Q2 exits & only 1 Q1 exit at Zandvoort

  • Qualified 19th last year at Zandvoort, his only Q1 exit at the track

  • Has started 12th or better in 4/5 years at Zandvoort (12th in 2021, 10th in 2022, 11th in 2023, 8th in 2024, 19th in 2025)

  • Finished 7th last year at Zandvoort, his best result at the circuit

  • Last year was his first points finish in Zandvoort since 2022 when he finished 10th

  • Has always finished 13th or better in Zandvoort (12th in 2021, 10th in 2022, 11th in 2023, 13th in 2024, 7th in 2025)

KEY STATS

  • Coming off his best finishing result of the season (13th in Hungary)

  • Zandvoort will be Stroll’s 201st GP start

  • Stroll will become the 25th driver to make over 200 GP starts in F1 history

  • Hungary 2025 was Stroll’s last Q3 appearance

  • Has missed Q3 in 21 consecutive races

  • Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 9/11 races this season. Has qualified 22nd in 5/11 races this season

  • Stroll has only completed 4 of 11 races this season (1 DNS, 6 DNFs)

  • Best qualifying performance of the season was 19th in Miami

  • Stroll, Nico Hulkenberg & Andrea de Cesaris are the only drivers in F1 history to make 200+ starts without a win

  • Stroll is 1 of 3 drivers who haven’t scored points this season, joining Valtteri Bottas & Sergio Perez

  • Stroll, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • The only driver who has completed fewer laps than Stroll this season (453) is Valtteri Bottas (381)

  • Is 22nd in the drivers’ standings

  • Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Has scored 1 point over the last 19 GPs

  • Has outqualified Fernando Alonso in 2 of the last 5 races (Barcelona, Silverstone)

OTHER STATS

  • The last time Stroll outqualified Fernando Alonso in consecutive races was Miami-Imola-Monaco in 2024 (3 straight)

  • Holds the F1 record with 98 Q1 eliminations, which is 24 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • His 200 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea de Cesaris & Nico Hulkenberg

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished 10th last year after starting 18th

  • Has 2 races now in Zandvoort where he’s gained 6+ positions from his starting place (18th to 10th in 2025 & 16th to 10th in 2023)

  • Has finished 9th or 10th in 4/5 trips to Zandvoort (9th in 2021, 9th in 2022, 10th in 2023, 15th in 2024, 10th in 2025)

  • The only drivers on the current grid with more points finishes in Zandvoort than Ocon are Max Verstappen (5) & Fernando Alonso (5)

  • Has not made Q3 in Zandvoort since 2021

KEY STATS

  • Haas hasn’t scored points since Monaco, giving the team 5 consecutive GP weekends without points

  • Hasn’t scored points since Monaco (5 straight GPs without points)

  • Outqualified Ollie Bearman for the first time since Monaco

  • Hasn’t outqualified Ollie Bearman in consecutive races this season

  • In Hungary, made Q2 for the first time since Austria

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in 5 of the last 7 races

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 27 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances, 6 Q2 eliminations & 5 Q1 eliminations this season

  • Ocon, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Outscored 43-13 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 18-3 to start 2026

  • Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in only 3 of the 11 races this season

  • Has an equal number of points scored (3) as Ollie Bearman has points finishes (3) this season

  • Has only scored points in Suzuka & Monaco this season

OTHER STATS

  • Has made 191 GP starts, which means he could become the French driver with the most race starts in F1 history by the end of 2026. He currently trails (Alain Prost - 199 & Jean Alesi - 201)

  • Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (191)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • Has scored the 3rd most points by a French driver in F1 history, trailing Alain Prost & Pierre Gasly

Ollie Bearman

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Gained 14 positions in last year’s race from his starting grid spot, the most of any driver in the race

  • Bearman’s 14 positions gained is the most at Zandvoort since it returned to the calendar in 2021

  • Was the slowest qualifier in last year’s Dutch GP, qualifying 19th but Lance Stroll in P20 didn’t set a time

  • Started from the pit lane last year after making changes in parc ferme

  • Won his first 2 races at Zandvoort, which came during the 2021 ADAC Formula 4 season

  • Scored a podium during the F2 sprint race at Zandvoort in 2023. Then retired in the feature race.

KEY STATS

  • Finished 19th in Hungary, his worst finishing result of his career

  • Haas hasn’t scored points since Monaco, giving the team 5 consecutive GP weekends without points

  • Hasn’t scored points in 6 straight GPs with his last points coming in Canada

  • Was outqualified by Esteban Ocon in Hungary, the first time he’s been outqualified since Monaco

  • Has not been outqualified by Esteban Ocon in consecutive races this season

  • Has not made Q3 in 9 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being China

  • China is also his only Q3 appearance of the season

  • Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 4 of the last 5 races

  • Has as many points finishes (3) this season as Esteban Ocon has points (3) this year

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 8 of 11 GPs this season & in 13 of the last 18 races dating back to last season

  • Responsible for 18 of Haas’ 21 points this season

  • Has scored 43 of Haas’ last 56 points since Singapore last year

OTHER STATS

  • Owns a career 23-14 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 13

  • Bearman needs 11 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 22 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

CIRCUIT STATS

  • His 3rd place at Zandvoort in 2023 was his best result of that year & only podium of the season

  • His 2023 podium in Zandvoort saw him go 12th to 3rd

  • He qualified 4th in Zandvoort in 2021 with only Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas ahead of him

  • Zandvoort is 1 of 5 tracks that Gasly has a podium at (Zandvoort 2023, Interlagos 2019 & 2024, Monza 2020, Baku 2021, Monaco 2026)

  • Zandvoort is 1 of 8 tracks that Gasly has started in the top 4 (Zandvoort 2021, Qatar 2021, Las Vegas 2023 & 2024, Bahrain 2025, Turkey 2021, Baku 2021, Imola 2020, Hockenheim 2019)

  • Has scored 29 points in 5 trips to Zandvoort

KEY STATS

  • Has qualified 12th in 3 straight races

  • Hasn’t scored points in 2 consecutive GP races with his last points finish coming in Silverstone

  • Gasly is 9 races away from tying Esteban Ocon as the Alpine driver with most races in team history (Gasly - 80, Ocon - 89)

  • Gasly has scored points in 8/11 race weekends this season with Austria, Spa & Hungary being the only exceptions

  • Gasly is the second highest-scoring French driver in F1 history with 500 points, only trailing Alain Prost (798.5 points)

  • Responsible for 64 of Alpine’s 83 points scored since the start of 2025

  • Gasly has already scored points in more GP races this year (7) than he did all of last season (5)

  • In 10 GPs, Gasly has already scored nearly double the amount of points this season (42) than he did all of last season (22)

  • Has not made Q3 in 5 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being Monaco

  • Has 4 Q3 appearances this year

  • Is 2 Q3 appearances away from 2026 being the 9th straight season where Gasly has at least 6 appearances (streak begins in 2018)

OTHER STATS

  • Gasly is tied with Ocon for most podiums in Alpine history (3 each)

  • Gasly reached 500 points scored after collecting 1 point in Silverstone

  • Gasly became the 24th driver in F1 history to reach 500 points scored

  • Picked up the 6th podium of his career after he was reinstated to the podium in Monaco. This was also his 1st podium since Brazil 2024

  • Gasly has now recorded a podium finish in every season with Alpine except 2025 (2023-2024, 2026)

  • Earlier this year, Gasly scored points in 7 consecutive GP weekends for the first time in his career

  • Gasly was the first Alpine driver to score points in 7 consecutive race weekends since Fernando Alonso scored points in 10 consecutive race weekends in 2022

  • Has at least 5+ points finishes in 9 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly is 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (188), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (191)

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 14 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

Franco Colapinto

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished 11th in Zandvoort last year, which was his best finishing result of the 2025 season

  • Has podiums at Zandvoort in Formula Renault (2020), Formula Regional European Championship (2021), F3 (2022)

  • Only 2 Argentine drivers have been on the podium in Zandvoort (José Froilán González’s P3 in 1953 and Juan Manuel Fangio’s win in 1955)

KEY STATS

  • Has qualified 13th in back-to-back races (Spa-Hungary)

  • Colapinto has only 1 Q1 exit this year (Silverstone)

  • Has scored points in 3 of the last 5 races now (Barcelona, Silverstone, Austria)

  • Has not made Q3 since Canada, currently on a 6-race streak of not making Q3

  • Colapinto holds the longest streak of time without a DNF. His last DNF was at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Colapinto has not yet had a retirement during his time with Alpine

  • Colapinto’s best finishing result is 6th, set earlier this year in Canada & his best qualifying result is 8th, set this year in Miami

OTHER STATS

  • Hasn’t had consecutive Q1 eliminations since Qatar-Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has 8 career points finishes

  • Colapinto has 24 points, 4th most in Argentina’s history. Needs 54 to pass José Froilán González for 3rd most

  • Colapinto has been responsible for Argentina’s 2 best results dating all the way back to February 1982 during this season (P6 - 2026 Canadian GP & P7 - 2026 Miami GP)

  • Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

  • Colapinto had consecutive points finishes for the first time in his career earlier this year (scored points in Miami & Canada)

  • Was the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

Nico Hulkenberg

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Zandvoort is the only circuit on the calendar where Hulkenberg has previously raced at but never scored points

  • Zandvoort is 1 of 3 circuits where Hulkenberg has never scored points, joining Imola & Turkey

  • Made it up to Q2 in each of his first 2 appearances at Zandvoort before being eliminated in Q1 last year

  • Only 1 German driver has ever won or been on the podium in Zandvoort (Wolfgang von Trips in 1961)

KEY STATS

  • Hulkenberg is now 10th all time in F1 history in race starts (260)

  • Scored his first points of the season in Hungary, this was also his first points for Audi & his first points since Abu Dhabi 2025

  • The last time Hulkenberg scored points in consecutive races was Brazil-Las Vegas in 2025

  • Made his second Q3 appearance of the season in Hungary

  • The last time Hulkenberg made Q3 in consecutive races was Austria to Silverstone in 2024

  • Became only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (tied with John Surtees at 8 & trail Andrea de Cesaris with 9)

  • Became the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

  • Best qualifying performance of the season was 9th in Barcelona, best race result was 9th in Hungary

  • His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th, DNF, 12th, 13th, DNF, 12th, DNF, 13th, 9th

  • Has qualified 11th in 4 races this season

OTHER STATS

  • Hulkenberg became the 10th driver in F1 history to reach 260 GPs in Hungary

  • The fewest points Hulkenberg has scored in a season is 9 with Haas in 2023

  • Hulkenberg has never had a pointless season as a full-time driver

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (260)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • 18-17 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 260, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Made it to Q2 in Zandvoort last year in his first appearance at the circuit as a F1 driver

  • His best result at Zandvoort during his junior career was a P8 in the Formula Regional European Championship race in 2022

  • The last Brazilian driver to win in Zandvoort was Nelson Piquet in 1980

  • Only 2 Brazilian drivers have been on the podium in Zandvoort (Ayrton Senna in 1985, Nelson Piquet in 1982, 1981, 1980, and Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974)

KEY STATS

  • Bortoleto has finished 11th in 4 of the last 6 races (Monaco, Barcelona, Austria & Hungary)

  • Bortoleto has finished 11th or 8th in 6 straight races (11th in Monaco, 11th in Barcelona, 11th in Austria, 8th in Silverstone, 8th in Spa & 11th in Hungary)

  • Bortoleto is tied with Felipe Nasr for 8th most points scored by a Brazilian ever (29)

  • Needs to score 5 points to pass Bruno Senna (33 points) next on the list of all-time Brazilian points scorers

  • Has 3 Q3 appearances this season (Australia, Japan, Spa)

  • Is 2 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

  • Was responsible for the first 10 points in Audi’s F1 history

  • Has not made consecutive Q3 appearances since 2025 Abu Dhabi - 2026 Australia

  • Is 17-18 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Sergio Perez

CIRCUIT STATS

  • 100% points-scoring rate in Zandvoort

  • Has never finished worse than 8th in Zandvoort

  • Finished 8th in 2021, 5th in 2022, 4th in 2023 & 6th in 2024

  • Has made Q3 in 3 straight appearances in Zandvoort (2022-2024)

  • Was eliminated in Q1 in 2021, opted to start from the pit lane (P20) & then finished 8th, gaining 12 positions

  • Led 10 laps in Zandvoort with all of them coming in the wet 2023 race

  • Perez, Verstappen, Piastri & Alonso are only drivers on grid with perfect points-scoring rate in Zandvoort (min. 2 appearances)

KEY STATS

  • Qualified last (P22) at the last race

  • Has qualified last twice this year (China & Hungary)

  • Started 22nd last race, the first time he’s started P22 since Australia 2022

  • The only time Perez has started worse than P22 was Monaco 2012 when he started P23

  • Has DNFed in 2 consecutive races & in 3 of the last 4 races

  • Has 4 DNFs this season (Canada, Austria, Spa & Hungary)

  • Perez has now completed the 4th fewest laps this season (517) with only Nico Hulkenberg (507), Lance Stroll (453) & Valtteri Bottas (381) having fewer laps completed

  • Cadillac is the only team to complete under 900 laps this season (898)

  • Perez has either DNFed (Austria, Spa, Hungary) or finished 14th (Barcelona, Silverstone) over the last 5 races

  • Best qualifying result of the season is 18th in Australia & 18th in Monaco

  • Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

  • Hasn’t outqualified Valtteri Bottas since Austria

  • Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 6 of 11 races

  • On a trajectory where Perez could win his first qualifying H2H against a full-time teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020 for Racing Point

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

  • Perez, Bottas & Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

  • Perez, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Lance Stroll & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

OTHER STATS

  • Will now reach 300 career race starts later this year in Mexico

  • Perez & Rubens Barrichello are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

Valtteri Bottas

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished on the podium in his first trip to Zandvoort in 2021 but hasn’t scored points at the track since

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in 3 consecutive trips to Zandvoort (2022-2024)

  • Finished 19th in his last trip to Zandvoort in 2024

  • Led 8 laps in the 2021 Dutch GP at Zandvoort

KEY STATS

  • Has outqualified Sergio Perez in 3 straight races for the first time as teammates

  • Could tie up the qualifying H2H against Sergio Perez this weekend (down 6-5)

  • Has 5 DNFs this season (Australia, Monaco, Barcelona, Austria & Hungary)

  • Cadillac is the only team to complete under 900 laps this season (898)

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 40 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • His best finishing position this season is 13th in China. This is also Cadillac’s best finishing result so far

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Perez, Bottas & Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

  • Bottas, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Has completed the fewest laps of any driver this season (381) with Lance Stroll being the next closest at 453 laps completed

  • Has qualified 20th-22nd in 8 of the 11 races this season

  • Has qualified 20th in 6/11 races this season

  • His best qualifying result of the season so far is 18th in Silverstone

  • Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

OTHER STATS

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Lando Norris - Hungary 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Silverstone 2026

  • George Russell - Austria 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Barcelona 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Lando Norris - Hungary 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

  • George Russell - Austria 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Kimi Antonelli - Hungary 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Hungary 2026

  • Lando Norris - Hungary 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Spa 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Silverstone 2026

  • George Russell - Silverstone 2026

  • Pierre Gasly - Monaco 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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Welcome To The Hungaroring! 📍

Let’s give you a rundown of the Hungaroring circuit 📊

First race: 1986, won by Nelson Piquet for Williams

Laps: 70

Lap distance: 4.381 km

Race distance: 306.63 km

Corners: 14

Straight Mode Zones: 4

Pirelli tyre range: C3, C4 & C5

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Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P14 by Jenson Button in 2006

Lap Record:

  • 1:16.627 by Lewis Hamilton in 2020

Track Record:

  • 1:13.447 by Lewis Hamilton in 2020

Most Wins 🥇

Most Wins By Team

  1. McLaren - 13

  2. Williams - 7

  3. Ferrari - 7

  4. Mercedes - 5

  5. Red Bull - 4

  6. Benetton - 1

  7. Renault - 1

  8. Honda - 1

  9. Alpine - 1

Most Poles 🛞

Most Poles By Team

  1. Mercedes - 9

  2. McLaren - 9

  3. Ferrari - 9

  4. Williams - 6

  5. Red Bull - 3

Most Podiums 🏆

Most Podiums By Team

  1. McLaren - 27

  2. Ferrari - 26

  3. Williams - 18

  4. Red Bull - 14

  5. Mercedes - 14

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • Pole - 16 (40%)

  • P3 - 9 (22.5%)

  • P2 - 8 (20%)

  • P4 - 3 (7.5%)

  • P8 - 1 (2.5%)

  • P10 - 1 (2.5%)

  • P12 - 1 (2.5%)

  • P14 - 1 (2.5%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Damon Hill - 1993

  • Fernando Alonso - 2003

  • Jenson Button - 2006

  • Heikki Kovalainen - 2008

  • Esteban Ocon - 2021

  • Oscar Piastri - 2024

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • Thierry Boutsen - 1990

  • Max Verstappen - 2019

  • George Russell - 2022

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • Jos Verstappen - 1994

  • Pedro de la Rosa - 2006

  • Timo Glock - 2008

  • Daniil Kvyat - 2015

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Stats Of The Week 😲

We’ve had 10 races in 2026 & we’ve yet to have a repeat podium. 9/10 podiums are combinations we’ve never seen before too.

How Teams Have Fared Recently In Hungary

Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Hungary? ⚔️

Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

  • NA | NA

Consecutive Poles

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2 | Mercedes - 10

Consecutive Podiums

  • Charles Leclerc - 2 | Mercedes - 10

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Lewis Hamilton - 6

  • Charles Leclerc - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 11

  • Isack Hadjar - 6

  • Arvid Lindblad - 5

  • Lando Norris - 4

  • Charles Leclerc - 3

  • Gabriel Bortoleto - 2

  • Franco Colapinto - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 41 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 38 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 27 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 26 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 15 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 10 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 10 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 7 (Japan 2026)

  • Arvid Lindblad - 3 (Barcelona 2026)

📊 2026 Leaderboards

Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden win in Hungary in 2024

  • Is the only driver to outqualify Lando Norris in Hungary (2025)

  • 4 of 6 drivers who got their maiden win in Hungary never won again at the circuit (Piastri, Ocon, Kovalainen, Alonso). Also the last 3 drivers to get their maiden win in Hungary haven’t won there again as of right now (Piastri, Ocon, Kovalainen)

  • Has consecutive podiums (P1 in 2024, P2 in 2025) & consecutive front row starts in Hungary (P2 in 2024 & 2025)

  • Has never qualified worse than 4th in Hungary & never finished worse than 5th (was P5 in 2023)

  • Perfect Q3 rate & points-scoring rate in Hungary

  • The only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Hungary are Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris & Max Verstappen (min. multiple appearances)

  • Has scored 53 points in Hungary, 5th most of all his circuits

  • Has led 51 laps in Hungary

  • The only McLaren drivers with consecutive podiums in Hungary are Piastri, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, David Coulthard & Lando Norris

  • Another podium in Hungary would see Piastri join Norris (2023-2025), Senna (1988-1992), Coulthard (1998-2001) as the only McLaren drivers with 3+ consecutive podiums in Hungary

  • McLaren has finished 1-2 in Hungary in 2 straight years entering 2026

KEY STATS

  • Has not collected more than 12 points in a race weekend since Miami

  • Piastri’s most common finishing position this year is P5 (Monaco, Canada, Spa)

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since Miami

  • Piastri’s 6 races without a podium is his longest drought since he went 12 races without a podium from Austin 2023 to Imola 2024

  • Piastri now has 2 podiums, 2 races not started & 2 finishes outside the points (P11 in Canada & Silverstone) & 3 P5s this season

  • Has failed to finish in the points in 2 of his last 6 races

  • OP7 - Piastri has qualified P7 in 5/7 races since the F1 season resumed in Miami

  • Piastri has also qualified P7 in 4 of the last 5 races & hasn’t qualified better than 7th since Canada, which was May 23

  • Best race result of the season is 2nd in Japan, best qualifying result of the season is 3rd in Japan

  • Has been outqualified by Lando Norris in 6 of the last 7 races (only outqualified Norris in Monaco during this stretch)

  • After starting the season up 3-0 in qualifying H2H against Norris, Piastri is now trailing 6-4 against his teammate

  • Has made Q3 in 38 consecutive races, second longest streak on the grid

  • Piastri is on a 19-race winless streak, the 2nd longest of his career (34 winless races from the start of his career to 2024 British GP)

OTHER STATS

  • Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

Lando Norris

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Did his first F1 test at Hungary in 2017

  • Norris secured McLaren’s 200th GP victory at Hungary last year

  • Hungary last year is the most recent time Norris won from outside pole position

  • Hungary was the 9th win of Norris’ F1 career

  • Hungary was the 5th win of Norris’ 2025 season, establishing a new career high in wins in a season for him (previous best was 4 in 2024)

  • His 2024 pole in Hungary was by 0.022s, the third smallest pole margin in the circuit’s history, only trailing Max Verstappen in 2019 (0.018s) & Lewis Hamilton in 2023 (0.003s)

  • Has a 100% Q3 rate in Hungary

  • The only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Hungary are Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris & Max Verstappen (min. multiple appearances)

  • Norris (2023-2025), Ayrton Senna (1988-1992) & David Coulthard (1998-2001) are the only McLaren drivers with 3+ consecutive podiums at Hungary

  • Another podium would see Norris tie Coulthard with 4 consecutive podiums in Hungary, leaving him only 1 behind Senna’s McLaren record of 5 consecutive Hungary podiums

  • The last McLaren driver to win back-to-back in Hungary was Mika Hakkinen (1999-2000) while the only McLaren drivers with consecutive wins in Hungary are Hakkinen & Ayrton Senna (1991-1992)

  • The only McLaren drivers with poles in Hungary are all world champions: Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Mika Hakkinen & Ayrton Senna

  • The only McLaren drivers with multiple poles in Hungary are Hamilton, Hakkinen & Senna

  • Was undefeated in qualifying H2H against his teammates in Hungary before being outqualified by Oscar Piastri last year at the circuit

  • Has never started worse than 8th in Hungary

  • McLaren has finished 1-2 in Hungary in 2 straight years entering 2026

KEY STATS

  • Has scored 6 points or less in 2 of the last 3 race weekends (Austria, Spa)

  • Has finished 7th in 2 of the last 3 races

  • Norris has finished 3 consecutive races off the podium. The last time he completed 3 straight races without a single podium was Brazil to Qatar 2024

  • If Norris isn’t on the podium in Hungary, it will be his first 4-race streak without a podium since 2023 Las Vegas to 2024 Jeddah

  • If Norris finishes Hungary & isn’t on the podium, it will be the first time he goes 4+ consecutive finishes without a podium since 2022 Abu Dhabi to 2023 Austria

  • Norris already has more non-podium results (8) than he did all of last season (6)

  • Is even on podiums with Oscar Piastri this season (2-2)

  • There were only 3 races last season that Norris finished/wasn’t DSQ where he wasn’t on the podium. He’s already finished 5 races this year off the podium

  • Has made Q3 in 41 consecutive races, the longest active streak & tying Sebastian Vettel for the 6th longest streak ever

  • Norris is 1 of 5 drivers ever to make Q3 in over 40 consecutive races

  • Has outqualified Oscar Piastri in 6 of the last 7 races

  • After starting the season 0-3 in qualifying H2H against Oscar Piastri, Norris is now up 6-4 against his teammate

  • Best qualifying result of the season in GP format is 3rd in Canada & Spa

  • Norris, Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win in any format this season

  • Norris (Miami sprint) & Kimi Antonelli (Monaco GP) are the only drivers to lead from start to finish in any format this season

  • Norris & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to take pole in any format this season (both were in sprint format)

  • Norris, Charles Leclerc (x2), Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen (x3) are the only drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

OTHER STATS

  • Norris is only 3 podiums away (46) from matching Lewis Hamilton in podiums for McLaren (49)

  • Norris is 30th in F1 history in laps led (723)

  • Norris has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2020-2026)

  • Norris, Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

  • Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 46 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

Max Verstappen

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden F1 pole in Hungary in 2019 but hasn’t been on pole there since

  • His 2019 pole was by 0.018s, the second smallest in the circuit’s history, only trailing Lewis Hamilton in 2023 (0.003s)

  • 8 of his 10 race finishes in Hungary have been in the top 5

  • Finished 9th last year in Hungary, tied with 2021 for his joint worst-finishing result at the circuit

  • Hungary is 1 of 22 tracks where he has multiple wins

  • Won from 10th on the grid at the 2022 Hungarian GP

  • Is just 1 of 3 drivers to win from 10th or lower in Hungary (Jenson Button 14th in 2006, Nigel Mansell 12th in 1989)

  • With a win, would join Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, and Ayrton Senna as only drivers with +3 wins in Hungary

  • His 2023 win in Hungary was by 33.731 seconds, the 5th largest margin of victory in the circuit’s history

  • Hasn’t been on the podium in Hungary since 2023

  • Perfect Q3 rate in Hungary

  • The only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Hungary are Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris & Max Verstappen (min. multiple appearances)

  • His only non-points finish in Hungary was a DNF in 2018 otherwise he has scored points every time he finishes a race in Hungary

  • The only time he was ever outqualified in Hungary was 2016 by Daniel Ricciardo

  • Has the best qualifying H2H record in Hungary on current grid among drivers with multiple appearances (10-1)

KEY STATS

  • Max’s next podium will be his 100th since 2020; he will become the first driver to hit 100 since the start of this decade

  • Maintains the highest podium rate on the current grid with his podium in Spa

  • Delivered Red Bull its 300th podium after finishing 3rd in Spa. This made Red Bull the 5th team in F1 history to reach 300 podiums

  • Verstappen is responsible for 130 of Red Bull’s 300 podiums (43.33%)

  • Has podiums in 3 of the last 6 races

  • Since Canada, Verstappen has the same number of podiums (3) as George Russell with the only drivers having more podiums being Kimi Antonelli (4) & Lewis Hamilton (4)

  • Since Miami, Verstappen hasn’t finished worse than 5th any time he’s able to complete the race

  • Since Canada, Verstappen hasn’t finished worse than 4th any time he’s able to complete the race

  • Has been responsible for the last 28 Red Bull podiums, last 34 wins & last 26 poles

  • Made the 3rd front-row start of the season in Spa

  • Verstappen now has more front row starts (3) than any other non-Mercedes driver

  • Verstappen (x3), Charles Leclerc (x2) & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row this season in GP format

  • Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season in GP format

  • Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

  • The most common front-row starting combination this season is Kimi Antonelli on pole & Verstappen in P2, which has happened 3 times (Miami, Monaco, Spa)

  • Best qualifying result of the season is 2nd in Miami, Monaco & Spa

  • This is the first time since 2020 where Verstappen doesn’t have a pole after 10 races

  • Max now has equal DNFs (3) as podiums (3)

  • The only time Max had more DNFs than podiums since joining Red Bull was 2017

  • Has now been outqualified by Isack Hadjar the same number of times (3) as he was outqualified by his teammates from 2023-2025 (3)

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

  • Verstappen hasn’t finished behind his teammate in 59 consecutive races, the longest streak in F1 history

  • The last time Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate was Baku in 2023

  • Verstappen has lost 28 combined positions on Lap 1 whenever he starts on the front row this season (-7 in Miami, -20 in Monaco, -1 Spa). He has combined to gain 2 positions in all other GP races on Lap 1

  • Would become the first driver to win a race with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

OTHER STATS

  • 2026 is the first season where Verstappen has 3+ DNFs since 2021

  • Verstappen has 3 DNFs due to technical issues this season. He only had 3 DNFs not related to a collision from 2022 to 2025

  • Verstappen has 11 consecutive seasons of multiple podiums. He is the 5th driver ever to accomplish this, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel & Alain Prost

  • Verstappen is the 8th driver in F1 history to have a podium finish in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger, Fernando Alonso & Alain Prost

  • Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to currently have a podium streak of more than 10 consecutive seasons (next closest is Charles Leclerc with 8 & Lando Norris with 7)

  • Verstappen is the first driver to get on the podium using a Ford-branded engine since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian GP

  • Is responsible for the first 3 podiums of the Red Bull Ford PT era

  • Verstappen is 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen has recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 63)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Isack Hadjar

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Made Q3 by qualifying 10th but finished outside the points in 11th

  • Finished 3rd in the F2 sprint race at Hungary in 2024

  • His 2024 F2 podium in Hungary was his only podium finish at the track in the junior single-seater categories

KEY STATS

  • Gained 15 positions in Spa - going from P21 to P6, more than any other driver

  • Hadjar has the most positions gained in a race by a Red Bull driver this season (+15 in Spa beating Max Verstappen’s +14 in Australia, P20 to P6)

  • Hadjar gaining 15 positions from his starting spot in Spa was the most by any driver in any race this season

  • Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver to gain +15 positions in a race since Max Verstappen gained 16 positions in Brazil last year (P19/PL to P3)

  • Hadjar in Spa was the first time a Red Bull driver other than Max Verstappen gained +15 positions in a race since Sergio Perez in Australia 2023 (P20 to P5)

  • Has finished in the top 6 in 6 consecutive races

  • Has scored points in 6 consecutive races

  • The only driver on a longer points-scoring streak than Hadjar is Lewis Hamilton (11)

  • Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver in the 2nd seat to score points in 6+ consecutive races in a season since Sergio Perez had a 7-race points streak to start 2024. He could equal this in Hungary

  • Hadjar has made Q3 in 15 consecutive races & in all 10 races so far this season

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all races this season

  • His best qualifying result of the season was 3rd in Australia, the season opener

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (3) than Verstappen’s teammates had from 2024-2025 (1-47)

  • Hadjar has outqualified Max Verstappen the same number of times over his first 10 races at Red Bull (3) as Verstappen’s teammates did from 2023-2025 (3)

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Max Verstappen again, it will mean he’s already outqualified him more times through 11 races (4) than Verstappen’s teammates have done over the last 70 races from 2023-2025 (3)

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 10 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

  • Has 4 career top 5 finishes (Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026, Monaco 2026, Silverstone 2026)

OTHER STATS

  • No Red Bull driver has outqualified Max Verstappen in consecutive races since Sergio Perez in 2022 (Monaco-Baku)

  • Took Hadjar only 7 GPs to score more points (34) than the Red Bull 2nd seat had all of last season (30)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

George Russell

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden pole position at Hungary in 2022

  • His first Mercedes F1 test in Hungary in 2017

  • His only Q3 appearances were his maiden pole in 2022 & his P4 in qualifying in 2025

  • During his time with Mercedes, Russell has 1 pole, 2 Q3 appearances & 2 Q1 eliminations in Hungary

  • Over his career, Russell has 4 Q1 eliminations, 2 Q3 appearances & 1 Q2 exit in Hungary

  • Russell has as many Q1 exits with Williams (2) as he does with Mercedes (2) in Hungary

  • Russell’s P18 in qualifying in 2023 was his worst qualifying result in Hungary

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in 2 of the last 3 years (P4 in 2025, P17 in 2024, P18 in 2023)

  • The last time both Mercedes drivers made Q3 in Hungary was 2022 (Russell didn’t make Q3 in 2023 or 2024, Antonelli didn’t make Q3 in 2025)

  • Finished on the podium in last year’s race

  • Has 2 podiums in Hungary with both being P3

  • Has 5 consecutive points finishes at Hungary (2021-2025)

  • Went P17 to P8 as a Williams driver in 2021 at Hungary

  • Lewis Hamilton is the only Mercedes driver to win in Hungary

  • Russell, Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg are the only Mercedes drivers with poles in Hungary

  • Lewis Hamilton is the only Mercedes driver with 3+ podiums at Hungary, though Russell could join him

KEY STATS

  • His DNF in Spa ended a career-long 3-race podium streak

  • Since Canada, Russell now has 3 races finished without points (DNF in Canada & Spa, P12 in Monaco) & 3 races with a podium (Barcelona, Austria, Silverstone)

  • Spa was Russell’s first Lap 1 retirement since Silverstone 2022

  • Has still scored 48 points over the last 3 GPs, second most & equal to Kimi Antonelli

  • Russell trailed Antonelli by 68 points after Monaco. After Silverstone, he trailed by 25 points. Now he trails by 50 points again after Spa

  • If Russell overcomes his initial 68-point deficit to win the championship, it would be the largest deficit in the championship ever overcome to win the title (Max Verstappen, 46 points overcome in 2022 is the record; Russell was at 68 points after Monaco)

  • Hasn’t finished worse than 2nd when completing a race since Monaco

  • Russell’s next win will mark a new career high for him (currently at 2, tied with 2025 & 2024, when he also had 2 wins each season)

  • His next pole will mark a new career high for Russell (currently at 4, tied with 2024 when he also had 4)

  • His next podium will make Russell the 39th driver in F1 history to reach 30 career podiums

  • Has already led more laps in 2026 (146) than any other season in his F1 career

  • Has made Q3 in 26 consecutive races

  • If you include sprints, Russell has taken pole in 6/14 competitive qualifying sessions this season

  • Is 2 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Since 2022, Russell has 11 poles while his teammates have combined for 7

  • Since the start of 2024, the only drivers with more poles than Russell (11) are Lando Norris (15) & Max Verstappen (16)

  • Russell has more podiums (29) than Oscar Piastri (28) & is tied on podiums with Carlos Sainz (29)

OTHER STATS

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Russell is responsible for Mercedes’ 150th pole as a team (Barcelona 2026)

  • The only races over the last 2 years where Russell has finished outside of the points are Monaco 2025 & Monaco 2026

  • Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 32 of 33 races (Monaco 2025 the only exception due to mechanical issue)

  • Career-long points scoring streak of 20 consecutive races came to an end in Canada earlier this year

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

  • 6 of Russell’s 7 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Kimi Antonelli

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Eliminated in Q2 last year & was the last points scorer in P10 during the 2025 F1 race in Hungary

  • Won the F2 feature race at Hungary in 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton is the only Mercedes driver to win in Hungary

  • George Russell, Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg are the only Mercedes drivers with poles in Hungary

  • Would join Riccardo Patrese (1989, 1992) as the only Italian polesitters in Hungary

  • Would join Riccardo Patrese (1991, 1993) as the only Italian drivers to be on the podium in Hungary

  • Italian driver has never won in Hungary

  • Hungary & Monza were the only European races last year where Antonelli finished in the points

KEY STATS

  • Can tie George Russell in career wins in Hungary (Antonelli at 6, Russell at 7)

  • His next win will be Italy’s 50th F1 win as a nation

  • Spa was his first win since Monaco on June 7, ending a 3-race drought without a win

  • Antonelli has led 293 laps this season, 4 short of the total Lewis Hamilton had as a Mercedes driver in 2021 (297)

  • Antonelli would become the first Mercedes driver to lead 300+ laps in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 (613)

  • Antonelli has led the championship for 8 GPs & cannot mathematically lose the lead in Hungary. That means Antonelli is guaranteed to at least lead the championship for as long as Lando Norris has over his career (9 GPs)

  • Passed Juan Manuel Fangio for 5th most podiums in Mercedes history (11)

  • Tied Riccardo Patrese for 2nd most wins by an Italian driver in F1 history with 6. He can pass Patrese with a win in Hungary

  • Only 7 wins away from tying Alberto Ascari for most wins by an Italian driver ever (13)

  • Needs to lead 33 more laps to pass Giuseppe Farina for 3rd most laps led by an Italian driver in F1 history (Antonelli at 304, Farina at 336)

  • Antonelli can break Alberto Ascari’s record for most wins in a season by an Italian driver (6 in 1952) with his next win

  • Antonelli can also break Alberto Ascari’s record for most poles in a season by an Italian driver (6 in 1953) with his next pole

  • Antonelli’s next podium will be his 9th of 2026, tying him with Riccardo Patrese for most podiums in a season by an Italian driver (Patrese had 9 in 1992 with Williams)

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with more than 5 wins in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2021

  • Antonelli joins Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to record more than 5 wins in a season

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with more than 5 poles in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli has joined Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to ever record more than 5 poles in a season

  • Antonelli maintains the best pole-to-win rate in F1 history among all drivers with at least 1 victory from pole (83.33%, 5/6), only marginally ahead of Max Verstappen (77.08%)

  • The most common front-row starting combination this season is Kimi Antonelli on pole & Max Verstappen in P2, which has happened 3 times (Miami, Monaco, Spa)

  • Antonelli has more wins than George Russell (6-4) since they became teammates at Mercedes in 2025

  • Now has the same number of poles (6) as Oscar Piastri (6) & Carlos Sainz (6)

  • Is the only driver this season to never qualify worse than 4th

  • Has outqualified teammate George Russell in 6 of 10 races this season

  • Is 1 front row start away from his 10th career front row start

  • Antonelli now has the same number of poles converted to wins (5) as Charles Leclerc (5) & George Russell (5). He can soon pass them.

  • Antonelli is the only driver this season to lead a GP race from start to finish (Monaco)

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

  • If Antonelli loses the championship, he will be responsible for the largest blown lead since the introduction of this points format

OTHER STATS

  • Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for 8 GPs, more than Charles Leclerc (5) has led over his career. That means since 2022, Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for a longer period than Ferrari

  • Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell more times this season (6) than he did all of last season (3)

  • Antonelli is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a grand slam & the only teenager to do so. Antonelli beat Max Verstappen’s record for youngest driver to record a grand slam by almost exactly 4 years (Antonelli - 19y, 9m, 13d / Verstappen - 23y 9m 4d in Austria 2021)

  • Antonelli is the only driver on the grid to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season. Antonelli is the first driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2011 to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season

  • Antonelli is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 wins happen consecutively (eventually had his first 5 wins happen consecutively)

  • Antonelli matched Lewis Hamilton’s longest career winning streak (5) & he accomplished it in 84 days between China & Monaco

  • Antonelli joins Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers on the current grid to win 5+ consecutive races

  • The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Kimi Antonelli - 5, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3

  • Antonelli was the first driver to win 5+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli had a longer winning streak (5) than even his idol Ayrton Senna (4)

  • His 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953. Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 5+ consecutive races in a row

  • Antonelli’s 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari won 7 in a row from 2004 European GP to 2004 Hungary GP

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver with 6 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton (7 from Austin 2021 to Bahrain 2022)

  • Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

  • Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

  • Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

Charles Leclerc

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Took his first Hungary pole last year

  • However, was unable to convert his pole to a win or even a podium after finishing 4th

  • Leclerc’s 2025 pole in Hungary was the only pole of that season that didn’t come from Mercedes, McLaren or Red Bull. It is still the most recent Ferrari-powered pole

  • Hungary was the 16th different track that #16 Charles Leclerc took pole at

  • His 2025 pole in Hungary was by a margin of 0.026s, the fourth smallest in the circuit’s history

  • Hungary 2025 was the first time since the 2023 US GP where Leclerc started on pole but did not end up even on the podium (was DSQ in Austin)

  • Excluding races where he was DSQ, DNF or DNS, finishing 4th is his joint worst finishing result from a pole start (2025 Hungary, 2022 Monaco, 2021 Baku, 2019 Mexico)

  • No wins or podiums in Hungary

  • China, Interlagos & Hungary are the only tracks on the current calendar (excluding Madrid) where Leclerc doesn’t have a podium

  • Leclerc has led exactly 44 laps at Hungary & his last 2 finishing results at the circuit are also 4th & 4th

  • His only non-Q3 appearance at the circuit came when he was still with Sauber in 2018 as a rookie

  • Has 4 consecutive points-scoring finishes in Hungary (2022-2025)

  • Led 28 laps last year & 14 laps in 2022 but didn’t win/finish on the podium in either race

  • Has led laps in Hungary in each of the last 2 years (2024 & 2025)

  • Ferrari has 2 wins in Hungary since Michael Schumacher’s last win in Hungary in 2004 (Sebastian Vettel in 2015 & 2017)

  • Leclerc is 1 of 2 Ferrari poles in Hungary over the last 20 years (Leclerc - 2025, Vettel - 2017)

  • Would become the first Ferrari driver with consecutive poles in Hungary since Michael Schumacher (2004-2005)

  • Would also join Schumacher (1996-1997, 2000-2002, 2004-2005) as the only Ferrari drivers with consecutive poles at Hungary

  • Would join Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Rubens Barrichello & Nigel Mansell as the only Ferrari drivers to win in Hungary

KEY STATS

  • Leclerc collected the 54th podium of his career in Spa, becoming the 16th driver to reach 54+ career podiums

  • Leclerc is only 1 podium away from tying Rubens Barrichello & Sebastian Vettel for second most podiums in Ferrari history (1. Michael Schumacher - 116, t2. Rubens Barrichello - 55, t2. Sebastian Vettel - 55, 4. Charles Leclerc - 54)

  • Leclerc has consecutive podiums for the first time since Austin-Mexico in 2025

  • A podium in Hungary will make it the first time Leclerc has 3+ consecutive podiums since he got 4 in a row from Spa to Baku in 2024

  • Leclerc is now the 5th driver in F1 history to do 160+ starts with a single constructor (Ferrari), joining Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes (246), Max Verstappen - Red Bull (220), Michael Schumacher - Ferrari (180) & Lando Norris - McLaren (161)

  • Leclerc has now made more starts with a Ferrari PU (181) than Michael Schumacher (180). He only trails Kimi Raikkonen (209)

  • Has scored more points over the last 3 GPs (51) than any other driver

  • Has scored more points over the last 2 GPs (47) than any other driver with Lewis Hamilton the next closest with 34

  • Has gained 14 points on Kimi Antonelli over the last 2 races

  • Leclerc’s next win will make him the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10 wins

  • Leclerc’s next win will make him the 8th Ferrari driver to reach 10 wins with the team & tie him with Kimi Raikkonen

  • His last 3 wins have not come from pole position

  • Leclerc was the first driver to ruin Kimi Antonelli’s perfect pole-to-win rate (Silverstone)

  • Leclerc has led more laps this season (90) than he did all of last season (48)

  • Leclerc is the only non-Mercedes driver with consecutive front row starts this season

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win in GP format this season

  • Leclerc (x2) & Max Verstappen (x3) are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season

  • Leclerc, Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in GP format this season

  • Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in any format this season

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to outqualify Kimi Antonelli this season

  • Has outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 3 consecutive races

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton have been teammates for 34 races with Leclerc up 25-9 in qualifying H2H

  • Is 32 laps led away from reaching 1000 career laps led (968)

  • Is 1 Q3 appearance away from cracking into the top 10 of most Q3 appearances in F1 history (currently at 152, Daniel Ricciardo is 10th with 153)

OTHER STATS

  • Delivered Ferrari its 250th win as a team in Silverstone, which was also the place where Ferrari got its first ever win in 1951

  • Leclerc now has wins at all of the original tracks still on the calendar from F1’s inaugural season (Silverstone, Spa, Monaco, Monza)

  • Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen are the only drivers on the grid to win in Silverstone, Spa, Monaco & Monza

  • Has more wins from outside pole position (4) than Lando Norris (3)

  • His next win from outside pole position will tie him with Oscar Piastri (5)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

  • Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • Has not failed to make Q3 since Imola 2025

  • 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026) & has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons (2021-2025)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (22) during their time spent as teammates

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Lewis Hamilton

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his first win as a Mercedes driver in Hungary in 2013

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win 3 races in a row at Hungary (2018-2020)

  • Has an F1 record 8 wins at Hungary. No other driver on the grid has more than 2

  • Has more wins in Hungary (8) than Williams (7), Ferrari (7), Mercedes (5) & Red Bull (4)

  • Has more wins in Hungary (8) than the rest of the grid combined (6) & more poles in Hungary (9) than the rest of the grid combined (6)

  • His 9 poles in Hungary is the F1 record for most poles at a single circuit by a driver

  • Has an F1 record 9 poles in Hungary. No other driver on the grid has more than 2.

  • His 9 poles in Hungary are tied with Mercedes, McLaren & Ferrari for most ever at the circuit

  • Has more than double the podiums (12) of the next closest active driver (Fernando Alonso with 5)

  • His 286 points in Hungary are more than any other driver in F1 history. The next closest driver on the grid is Alonso with 153

  • Has led 487 laps at Hungary with the next closest driver ever being Michael Schumacher with 296

  • If he leads 13 laps in Hungary, Hamilton will be the first driver in F1 history to lead 500 laps at a single circuit

  • If Hamilton wins in Hungary for a 9th time, he will tie himself for most wins at a single circuit in F1 history (9 wins at Silverstone)

  • Another pole in Hungary would make Hamilton the first driver in F1 history with 10 poles at a single circuit

  • Took the 200th podium of his career at Hungary in 2024

  • His most recent pole position in F1 came in Hungary in 2023

  • His 2023 pole in Hungary was by a margin of 0.003s to Max Verstappen, the smallest in the circuit’s history

  • His 2015 pole in Hungary was by a margin of 0.575s, the fourth biggest in the circuit’s history

  • Finished 12th last year in Hungary, his worst ever finishing result at the circuit & the first time he completed a race outside of the points in Hungary (his only other non-points finish was a DNF in 2014)

  • Qualified 12th last year, his worst ever qualifying result on pure pace & the first time he missed Q3 on pure pace in Hungary (his only other non-Q3 appearance was 2014 when his car caught fire and he didn’t set a single lap time)

  • Has finished 6th or better in 17 of his 18 race finishes in Hungary (12th in 2025 the only exception)

  • Has finished in the top 5 in 16/18 race finishes in Hungary (12th in 2025, 6th in 2015 the only exceptions)

  • Has started in the top 5 in 16/19 races in Hungary (2014, 2022, 2025 are the only exceptions)

  • Has been on the podium in 6 of the last 8 years in Hungary (2023 & 2025 the only exceptions)

  • Went from P22 to P3 on the podium in the 2014 race

  • Has 11 front rows in Hungary, tied with himself for most front rows at a single circuit in F1 history (11 at Hungary, Silverstone & Abu Dhabi)

  • His only pole of the ground-effect regulations came in Hungary (2023)

  • Would join Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Rubens Barrichello & Nigel Mansell as the only Ferrari drivers to win in Hungary

  • Would join Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Rubens Barrichello & Charles Leclerc as the only Ferrari polesitters in Hungary

  • Could get a Ferrari podium in Hungary before Charles Leclerc does

KEY STATS

  • Through 10 GPs, Hamilton already has more points (159) than he did after all of 2025 (156)

  • Hamilton is the only driver that has scored points at every GP weekend/race this season & is the only driver that has completed 100% of all racing laps (603/603)

  • Hamilton is still the only driver that has finished every race inside the top 6

  • Hamilton trailed Antonelli by 66 points after Monaco. He currently trails him by 45 points

  • Hamilton is back to P2 in the championship for the first time since after the Barcelona GP

  • If Hamilton wins the championship this season, his 66-point deficit that he faced after Monaco would be the largest deficit overcome to win a title under the current points system

  • Has 4 podiums in the last 6 races & 6 consecutive finishes inside the top 5

  • Hamilton has exactly half the races he’s started in his career (195/390, 50%)

  • Hamilton is 1 podium away from his most podiums in a season since 2023 when he had 6

  • Hamilton is the first driver ever to make 350 Q3 appearances

  • Has scored the most points since Barcelona (69 with George Russell next with 66)

  • Has scored the most points since Monaco (87 with Kimi Antonelli next with 73)

  • Has scored the most points since Canada (108 with Kimi Antonelli next with 104)

  • Has gained 14 points on Kimi Antonelli over the last 5 races

  • Hamilton is the only non-Mercedes driver to record 3 consecutive podiums this season

  • Hamilton has the longest active points-scoring streak on the grid (11 straight GP races)

  • Hamilton & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win a GP race this season

  • Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on pole this season in any format (Hamilton - Silverstone sprint, Norris - Miami sprint)

  • Hamilton, Max Verstappen (x3) & Charles Leclerc (x2) are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in GP format this season

  • Hamilton & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers to outqualify Kimi Antonelli this season

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • Hamilton’s next pole will make him the first driver to take pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton is in the midst of his longest Q3 streak as a Ferrari driver (10 consecutive races)

  • Hamilton’s win in Barcelona was the largest margin of victory this season (19.561s)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

OTHER STATS

  • Hamilton has 5+ podiums in 19 of his 20 seasons with 2025 being the only exception

  • Hamilton has 17 seasons with a win. Only 16 other drivers in F1 history have 17 or more total career victories.

  • Has not reached more than 6 podiums in a season since 2022 & hasn’t had more than 10 podiums in a season since 2021

  • Has already led more races (3) in 2026 than he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Earlier this year, Hamilton became the first teammate to outqualify Charles Leclerc 3 times in a row since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

  • Hamilton is the only driver in F1 history to win a race in their 20s, 30s & 40s

  • Hamilton is the first driver in F1 history to win a race for McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton is still the only driver that has won a race after their 300th GP start. He’s done it 3 times (Silverstone 2024, Spa 2024, Barcelona 2026)

  • Hamilton has as many wins (106) as Fernando Alonso has podiums (106)

  • Hamilton is responsible for the oldest 44 victories on the current grid

  • Hamilton’s victory in Barcelona was the first by a world champion driving for Ferrari since Sebastian Vettel at Singapore in 2019

  • Joined Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Hamilton was responsible for the 250th victory by a Ferrari power unit in F1 history

  • Hamilton is the oldest British driver to ever win a race, passing Nigel Mansell’s record set in 1994

  • Hamilton is the first driver aged 40+ to win a race since Mansell in 1994

  • Hamilton & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to win a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would also join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Needs to lead 5 more races to have 200 races led in his career

  • Joined Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

Carlos Sainz

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Is the most recent Ferrari driver to be on the podium in Hungary (2021)

  • His podium in 2021 saw him start 15th and finish 3rd

  • Had scored points in 9 consecutive races at Hungary (2016-2024) before finishing 14th last year

  • His 14th place finish last year was the first time Sainz completed a race at Hungary & finished outside of the points (DNF in 2015 with Toro Rosso)

  • Hungary 2021 and Brazil 2019 are his only races where he’s started 10th or worse and finished on the podium

  • Has scored points in Hungary with every team he’s driven for (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari) except Williams

  • Has made Q3 in Hungary with every team he’s driven for except Williams

  • Looking for Williams’ first points at Hungary since Nicholas Latifi (P7) and George Russell (P8) in 2021

  • Led 8 laps in Hungary with all of them coming in 2022

KEY STATS

  • Sainz has 6 points after 10 races this season. That’s fewer than when he had 9 points after 10 races with Toro Rosso as a rookie in 2015. He also had 13 points after 10 races last year.

  • Did not score points for a 5th consecutive GP with his last points finish coming in Canada

  • This is the first time Sainz hasn’t scored points in 5+ consecutive GPs since he went 6 straight races without points in 2016 (Germany to Japan). He could equal this streak this weekend.

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 4 straight races & in 8 of the last 9 races

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 17 of the last 20 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where they were double DSQ)

  • Sainz, Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Has missed Q3 in 11 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being Qatar 2025

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Best qualifying result of the season was 12th in Monaco

  • Has scored 6 points this season compared to 5 scored by teammate Alex Albon

  • Sainz only needs to score 8 points to tie Alex Albon on points since they became teammates at Williams in 2025. Outscored by Alex Albon 78-70

  • Responsible for 54 of Williams’ last 62 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

  • Will make his 250th race start in Qatar this year

OTHER STATS

  • All of Sainz’s points finishes have been 9th place this season (China, Miami, Canada)

  • Sainz has recorded multiple points finishes every season since he debuted in F1

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 22 of the 33 qualifying sessions they were classified in as teammates (excludes double DSQ in Singapore)

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

Alex Albon

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Qualified last in Hungary last year (20th)

  • Has not scored points in Hungary since 2020

  • His only points finishes in Hungary are 5th in 2020 with Red Bull & 10th in 2019 with Toro Rosso

  • Has 3 Q2 eliminations & 3 Q1 eliminations in Hungary

  • His best starting grid spot in Hungary came as a rookie with Toro Rosso

  • Scored points with Toro Rosso and Red Bull at Hungary, but never in his 4 starts with Williams

  • Has scored only 11 points in 6 starts at Hungary

  • Looking for Williams’ first points at Hungary since Nicholas Latifi (P7) and George Russell (P8) in 2021

KEY STATS

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • Will become the 27th driver in F1 history to do 100+ starts with a single team

  • Spa was the first time since Australia where Albon finished ahead of Carlos Sainz in a race they both completed/finished

  • Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Albon has missed Q3 in 21 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • Best qualifying result of the season was 11th in Monaco

  • Best finishing result of the season was 8th in Monaco

  • Hasn’t scored points since Monaco

  • Albon has 5 points this season, only 1 fewer than Carlos Sainz (6)

  • Has scored only 8 points since the 2025 Azerbaijan GP compared to 54 for Carlos Sainz

  • Has only outqualified Carlos Sainz in 2 of 10 races this season & in 3 of the last 20 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where both Williams were DSQed)

OTHER STATS

  • Is Williams’ all-time leader in race starts

  • His 318 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished in F2 sprint race in Hungary last year & 6th in the F2 feature race

  • Did not score any points in Hungary in F3 in 2024

KEY STATS

  • Spa was the first time Lindblad finished a race ahead of Liam Lawson since Australia (in races they’ve both completed)

  • Has outqualified Liam Lawson in 2 straight races

  • Has scored points in 5 consecutive GP races dating back to Monaco (7th in Monaco, 9th in Barcelona, 10th in Austria, 7th in Silverstone, 9th in Spa)

  • Has scored points in 6/10 races this season & in 6/9 race starts this season (had a DNS in Canada)

  • Has scored points in 6 consecutive GP weekends as he picked up 1 point in the Canada sprint

  • Has scored points in 7/10 GP weekends this season

  • Has made Q3 in 3 consecutive races & in 4 of the last 6 races

  • Hasn’t qualified worse than 11th since Monaco

  • Has made Q3 in 6/10 races this season

  • Lindblad’s 7th place finish in Monaco & Silverstone were the best finishing results of his young career so far

  • Had the best qualifying performance of his career in Spa, qualifying 8th

  • His qualifying performances have been getting better since Barcelona (11th, 10th, 9th, 8th)

OTHER STATS

  • Has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • The 2026 Miami GP is the only Q1 elimination of Lindblad’s career so far

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

Liam Lawson

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Was the highest-finishing Red Bull controlled driver last year in Hungary, finishing 8th in front of Max Verstappen (9th), Isack Hadjar (11th) & Yuki Tsunoda (17th)

  • That also means Lawson scored more points than any Red Bull controlled driver (4) last year in Hungary

  • Outqualified Isack Hadjar last year in Hungary & was less than a tenth off Max Verstappen in Q3

  • Finished 3rd at his first appearance at Hungary during the 2019 Euroformula Open Championship season but did not stand on the podium again in Hungary in the junior categories

  • At the time, Hungary was Lawson’s second consecutive Q3 appearance & points finish last year (started 9th & finished 8th in both Spa & Hungary)

KEY STATS

  • Failed to score points in Spa, ending a career-long 5-race points-scoring streak

  • Spa was the first time Lawson failed to score points since Miami when he DNFed

  • Spa was the first time Lawson finished a race outside of the points since Australia

  • Failed to make Q3 in Spa, ending a career-long 4-race Q3 streak

  • Was the first time he failed to make Q3 since Canada

  • Has not qualified worse than 11th since Canada (10th in Monaco, 8th in Barcelona, 9th in Austria, 10th in Silverstone & 11th in Spa)

  • Has not qualified worse than 12th since Japan (12th in Miami, 12th in Canada, 10th in Monaco, 8th in Barcelona, 9th in Austria, 10th in Silverstone & 11th in Spa)

  • Lawson has scored points in 7 of 10 races this season

  • Lawson has completed 9 races this season (DNF in Miami), he’s scored points in 7/9 races

  • Finished behind Arvid Lindblad in Spa, the first time that’s happened since Australia

  • Has yet to finish consecutive races behind his teammate this year

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • Lawson currently has an average finishing position of 8.56 this season, best of his career

  • His average qualifying position of 10.80 is also the best of his career so far

  • Lawson has made Q3 5 times already in 2026, only 3 short of his personal best of 8 set last season

  • Lawson has already scored points in 7 races this season. He scored points in 7 races all of last season

  • Lawson has already scored more points this season (39) than he did all of last season (38)

OTHER STATS

  • Scored points in 5 consecutive races from Canada to Silverstone this year, the longest streak of his career

  • Made Q3 in 4 consecutive races this year from Monaco to Silverstone, the longest streak of his career

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Took his maiden F1 win in Hungary in 2003

  • Hasn’t won in Hungary since his F1 maiden win at the track

  • Finished 5th last year in Hungary, which was his best finishing position of the season

  • Started 5th last year in Hungary, which was his joint best starting position of the season alongside Imola

  • Has scored points in 13 of his last 14 races in Hungary (P11 in 2024 is the only exception)

  • Has never completed & finished a race worse than 11th in Hungary (2005, 2024)

  • Has made Q3 in 5 consecutive races at Hungary

  • The last time Alonso raced in Hungary with a Honda engine, he made Q3 (8th) & scored points (6th)

  • Has scored points in all 3 races he started in Hungary with a Honda engine (5th in 2015, 7th in 2016, 6th in 2017)

  • Has scored more points in Hungary (153) than any other circuit

  • Hungary is the track with the 5th most laps led (143) over his career. Only more at Malaysia, Silverstone, Monaco, and Barcelona

  • Has scored points in Hungary with Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Alpine, and Aston Martin

  • The only drivers with more podiums in Hungary than Alonso (5) are Lewis Hamilton (12), Kimi Raikkonen (9), Ayrton Senna (7), Michael Schumacher (7) & Sebastian Vettel (7)

  • Alonso’s 153 points in Hungary only trails Sebastian Vettel (170) & Lewis Hamilton (286)

  • Has completed more laps in Hungary (1427) than any other driver in F1 history

KEY STATS

  • Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 5 consecutive races (Monaco to Spa)

  • Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 6/10 races this season

  • Finished last of all remaining finishers in Spa in 19th

  • 2nd time in 3 races that he’s been last among remaining finishers (Austria, Spa)

  • Best qualifying performance of the season was 17th in Australia

  • Alonso, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • The only drivers who have completed fewer laps than Alonso this season (460) are Nico Hulkenberg (438), Lance Stroll (384) & Valtteri Bottas (368)

  • Responsible for 27 of Aston Martin’s last 28 points

  • The last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

  • Alonso’s last Q3 appearance was 2025 Abu Dhabi

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • Aston Martin has completed 844 laps this season, second fewest with only Cadillac behind with 837

OTHER STATS

  • Hasn’t been outqualified in consecutive races since Miami to Monaco in 2024 (3 races in a row)

  • Barcelona was the first time ever that Alonso qualified last on pure pace

  • Alonso was 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualify a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

  • Has scored points in 22 consecutive seasons with 2001 with Minardi, his rookie year, being the only exception

  • Monaco earlier this year was the first time Alonso scored points with a Honda engine since the last race of 2017 (Abu Dhabi 2017)

  • It took Alonso fewer races to score points in 2026 (6 GPs) than it did in 2025 (9 GPs)

  • Alonso has now scored points in 276 GP weekends

  • 2026 was the first time Alonso didn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015 (never made Q3 in 2015)

  • 2026 was also the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 6 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006 (now at 10 races without making it out of Q1)

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (434)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has finished in the points in Hungary in each of the last 3 years (7th in 2025, 10th in 2024, 10th in 2023)

  • Has made Q3 in 2 straight years in Hungary

  • His 6th place starting spot last year was the best of his 2025 season while his 7th place finish was second best, only trailing a 6th place finish in Australia

  • The last time Stroll was eliminated in Q1 in Hungary was 2019

  • Scored 20 points in Hungary with 12 coming in 2020 when he finished 4th

KEY STATS

  • Hungary will be Stroll’s 200th GP in F1

  • Stroll will become the 25th driver to make 200 GP starts in F1 history

  • His 200th GP start will surpass the career total of Alain Prost (199)

  • Stroll would join Nico Hulkenberg & Andrea de Cesaris as the only drivers in F1 history to make 200+ starts without a win

  • Hungary 2025 was Stroll’s last Q3 appearance

  • Has missed Q3 in 20 consecutive races

  • Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 9/10 races this season

  • Has qualified 22nd in 5/10 races this season

  • Has DNFed in 4 of the last 5 races (Monaco, Barcelona, Austria, Spa)

  • Silverstone is the only race he’s completed over the last 5 races

  • Stroll has now only completed 3 of 10 races this season (1 DNS, 6 DNFs)

  • Best qualifying performance of the season was 19th in Miami

  • Stroll is 1 of 4 drivers who haven’t scored points this season, joining Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas & Sergio Perez

  • Stroll, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Owns the worst average finishing position this season (17.00)

  • Owns the worst average qualifying position this season (21.20)

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • The only driver who has completed fewer laps than Stroll this season (384) is Valtteri Bottas (368)

  • Aston Martin has completed 844 laps this season, second fewest with only Cadillac behind with 837

  • Has outqualified Fernando Alonso in 2 of the last 4 races now (Barcelona, Silverstone)

  • Is 22nd in the drivers’ standings

  • Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Has scored 1 point over the last 18 GPs

OTHER STATS

  • The last time Stroll outqualified Fernando Alonso in consecutive races was Miami-Imola-Monaco in 2024 (3 straight)

  • Holds the F1 record with 97 Q1 eliminations, which is 23 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • His 199 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris & Nico Hulkenberg

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden and only F1 win in a chaotic race at Hungary in 2021

  • Led 65 laps at 2021 Hungary GP, more than all other races combined (15)

  • Without his win, he has only scored 4 points at Hungary in his other 7 starts

  • Is the only French driver to win in Hungary

  • Ocon, Romain Grosjean, Jean Alesi & Alain Prost (x2) are the only French drivers to stand on the podium in Hungary

  • Has not scored points in Hungary since finishing 9th in 2022 & has not made Q3 there since 2022

KEY STATS

  • Has made 190 GP starts, which means he could become the French driver with the most race starts in F1 history by the end of 2026. He currently trails (Alain Prost - 199 & Jean Alesi - 201)

  • Finished 17th in Spa, his worst finishing result of the season

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in back-to-back races

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in 5 of the last 6 races

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 26 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances, 5 Q2 eliminations & 5 Q1 eliminations this season

  • Ocon, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Outscored 43-13 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 18-3 to start 2026

  • Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in only 2 of the 10 races this season

  • Has an equal number of points scored (3) as Ollie Bearman has points finishes (3) this season

  • Has only scored points in Suzuka & Monaco this season

OTHER STATS

  • Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (190)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • Has scored the 3rd most points by a French driver in F1 history, trailing Alain Prost & Pierre Gasly

Ollie Bearman

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Did a free practice session with Haas at Hungary in 2024

  • Picked up podiums in Hungary in F3 in 2022 and F2 in 2023

  • Was 10th and 15th in the two F2 races in Hungary in 2024

  • DNFed in last year’s race but did outqualify Esteban Ocon

KEY STATS

  • Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 4 consecutive races

  • Has not scored points in 5 consecutive races with his last points finish being Canada

  • Has not made Q3 in 8 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being China

  • Has as many points finishes (3) this season as Esteban Ocon has points (3) this year

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 8 of 10 GPs this season & in 13 of the last 17 races dating back to last season

  • Responsible for 18 of Haas’ 21 points this season

  • Has scored 43 of Haas’ last 56 points since Singapore last year

OTHER STATS

  • Owns a career 23-13 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 13

  • Bearman needs 11 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 22 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Last scored points in Hungary in 2021

  • Has DNFed in 2 of the last 3 years in Hungary (19th in 2025, DNF in 2024, DNF in 2023)

  • Hasn’t made Q3 in Hungary since 2021

  • Started 16th in 2025, 20th in 2024, 15th in 2023 & 20th in 2022

  • 2023 was the last time Gasly made it out of Q1 in Hungary

  • Started his career with 4 consecutive Q3 appearances at Hungary (2018-2021) but hasn’t made Q3 since

  • Hungary is 1 of 3 tracks where he has recorded the fastest lap (China, Monaco)

  • Has 3 DNFs in Hungary (2020, 2023, 2024)

  • Has not scored points with Alpine in Hungary but has done so with AlphaTauri, Red Bull & Toro Rosso

  • In his first 4 seasons, Gasly had 3 top 6 finishes in Hungary (6th in 2019 & 2019 + 5th in 2021). He also had 3 top 6 starts in his first 4 seasons (6th in 2019 & 2019 + 5th in 2021)

KEY STATS

  • Hasn’t scored points in 3 consecutive GP races while his teammate Franco Colapinto has scored points in 2 straight GP races

  • Gasly is 10 races away from tying Esteban Ocon as the Alpine driver with most races in team history (Gasly - 79, Ocon - 89)

  • Gasly is tied with Ocon for most podiums in Alpine history (3 each)

  • Gasly has scored points in 8/10 race weekends this season with Austria & Austria being the only exceptions

  • Gasly is the second highest-scoring French driver in F1 history with 500 points, only trailing Alain Prost (798.5 points)

  • Responsible for 64 of Alpine’s 83 points scored since the start of 2025

  • Gasly has already scored points in more GP races this year (7) than he did all of last season (5)

  • In 10 GPs, Gasly has already scored nearly double the amount of points this season (42) than he did all of last season (22)

  • Has not made Q3 in 4 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being Monaco

  • Has qualified 12th in back-to-back races

  • Has qualified 11th or 12th in 3 straight races

OTHER STATS

  • Gasly reached 500 points scored after collecting 1 point in Silverstone

  • Gasly became the 24th driver in F1 history to reach 500 points scored

  • Picked up the 6th podium of his career after he was reinstated to the podium in Monaco. This was also his 1st podium since Brazil 2024

  • Gasly has now recorded a podium finish in every season with Alpine except 2025 (2023-2024, 2026)

  • Earlier this year, Gasly scored points in 7 consecutive GP weekends for the first time in his career

  • Gasly was the first Alpine driver to score points in 7 consecutive race weekends since Fernando Alonso scored points in 10 consecutive race weekends in 2022

  • Has at least 5+ points finishes in 9 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly is 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (188), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (190)

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 14 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

Franco Colapinto

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Alpine has not scored points or made Q3 in Hungary since 2022

  • Alpine finished 18th & 19th last year in Hungary

  • Colapinto’s best result at Hungary came in F3 in 2022 when he came P2 in a sprint race

  • No Argentine driver has ever scored points at Hungary

KEY STATS

  • Has scored points in back-to-back races (Silverstone & Spa)

  • Is the only Alpine driver who has scored points over the last 2 races

  • Has finished ahead of Pierre Gasly in back-to-back races

  • Has scored points in 3 of the last 4 races now (Barcelona, Silverstone, Austria)

  • Has scored points in 5 of the last 7 races too (Miami, Canada, Barcelona, Silverstone, Spa)

  • Has not made Q3 since Canada, currently on a 5-race streak of not making Q3

  • Colapinto holds the longest streak of time without a DNF. His last DNF was at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Colapinto has not yet had a retirement during his time with Alpine

  • Colapinto’s best finishing result is 6th, set earlier this year in Canada & his best qualifying result is 8th, set this year in Miami

OTHER STATS

  • Had his first Q1 elimination of the season in Silverstone. This was his first Q1 elimination since Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Hasn’t had consecutive Q1 eliminations since Qatar-Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has 8 career points finishes

  • Colapinto has 24 points, 4th most in Argentina’s history. Needs 54 to pass José Froilán González for 3rd most

  • Colapinto has been responsible for Argentina’s 2 best results dating all the way back to February 1982 during this season (P6 - 2026 Canadian GP & P7 - 2026 Miami GP)

  • Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

  • Colapinto had consecutive points finishes for the first time in his career earlier this year (scored points in Miami & Canada)

  • Was the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

Nico Hulkenberg

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Best finish at Hungary came as a rookie with Williams in 2010 (6th)

  • Has not scored points in Hungary since 2016 when he finished 10th with Force India

  • Has qualified 11th - just narrowly missing Q3 - 3 times in Hungary

  • Has finished 13th in Hungary in back-to-back years (2024-2025)

  • Has 3 DNFs in Hungary (2014-2015, 2017)

  • Out of all circuits where Hulkenberg has 10+ starts, Hungary is where he has the fewest points finishes

  • Has scored only 9 points in 12 race starts in Hungary

  • The only circuits on the calendar where Hulkenberg has scored fewer points than Hungary are Miami (4 starts), Qatar (3 starts), Baku (7 starts), Jeddah (4 starts) & Zandvoort (3 starts)

KEY STATS

  • Hungary will be his 260th GP, making Hulkenberg the 10th driver in F1 history to reach 260 GPs

  • The only drivers who have completed fewer laps than Hulkenberg this year (438) are Lance Stroll (384) & Valtteri Bottas (368)

  • Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers this season who haven’t scored points

  • Hulkenberg has never had a pointless season as a full-time driver

  • The fewest points Hulkenberg has scored in a season is 9 with Haas in 2023

  • Looking for his first points finish for Audi

  • Hasn’t scored points since Abu Dhabi 2025

  • His race results this season have been either 11th-13th or DNF/DNS

  • His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th, DNF, 12th, 13th, DNF, 12th, DNF, 13th

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

  • Has qualified 11th in 4/10 races this season

  • Best qualifying performance of the season was 9th in Barcelona, best race result was 11th in China & Japan

  • Has not finished a race ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto since Canada & has not outqualified his teammate since Barcelona

OTHER STATS

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (259)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • 17-17 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 258, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

CIRCUIT STATS

  • His P6 finish in Hungary last year is the best finishing result of his career so far

  • His P7 start in Hungary last year is also the joint best starting position of his career alongside 2025 Monza & 2025 Abu Dhabi

  • Became the first Brazilian to score points in Hungary since Felipe Massa in 2014

  • Has a podium in Hungary during 2022 Formula Regional European Championship

  • Picked up another podium at Hungary during 2023 F3 sprint

  • The last time a Brazilian was on the podium in Hungary was Rubens Barrichello in 2004

KEY STATS

  • Has finished 8th in back-to-back races (Silverstone, Spa)

  • Bortoleto is tied with Felipe Nasr for 8th most points scored by a Brazilian ever (29)

  • Needs to score 5 points to pass Bruno Senna (33 points) next on the list of all-time Brazilian points scorers

  • Made his first Q3 appearance since Suzuka

  • Has not made consecutive Q3 appearances since 2025 Abu Dhabi - 2026 Australia

  • Is now responsible for all 3 of Audi’s points finishes

  • Is responsible for the first 10 points in Audi’s F1 history

  • This is the first time Bortoleto has scored points in consecutive races since Spa-Hungary last year

  • Bortoleto has never scored points in 3 consecutive races, this could change in Hungary

  • Has outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 3 consecutive races

  • This is the first time he’s outqualified Hulkenberg in 3 consecutive races since he did it 7 races in a row in 2025 from Austria to Baku

  • Has not finished a race behind Hulkenberg since Canada

  • Is 2 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

  • Bortoleto is responsible for 3/4 of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia, Japan, Spa)

  • Is 17-17 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Sergio Perez

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has scored points in 3 consecutive races in Hungary (7th in 2024, 3rd in 2023, 5th in 2022)

  • Has not made Q3 in 2 of his last 3 races in Hungary (made it in 2023 but not 2022 or 2024)

  • Has 3 DNFs in Hungary (2014-2015, 2021)

KEY STATS

  • DNF in Spa, giving him 2 DNFs in the last 3 races

  • Perez has either DNFed (Austria, Spa) or finished 14th (Barcelona, Silverstone) over the last 4 races

  • Best qualifying result of the season is 18th in Australia & 18th in Monaco

  • Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

  • Hasn’t outqualified Valtteri Bottas since Austria

  • Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 6 of 10 races

  • On a trajectory where Perez could win his first qualifying H2H against a full-time teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020 for Racing Point

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

  • Perez, Bottas, Stroll & Hulkenberg are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

  • Perez, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Lance Stroll & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 career race starts later this year in Brazil

  • Perez & Rubens Barrichello are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

Valtteri Bottas

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has not scored points in Hungary since 2020

  • Finished 16th in 2024, 12th in 2023, DNF in 2022, DNF in 2021

  • Was part of the chaotic crash in Hungary at the start of the 2021 race

  • The only times Bottas didn’t make Q3 in Hungary was his first time there in 2013 & his most recent time there in 2024

KEY STATS

  • Has outqualified Sergio Perez in 2 straight races for the first time as teammates

  • Has qualified better than 20th in back-to-back races, the first time Bottas has done that in 2026 (18th in Silverstone, 19th in Spa)

  • Has completed the fewest laps of any driver this season (368) with Lance Stroll being the next closest at 384 laps completed

  • His best qualifying result of the season so far is 18th in Silverstone

  • Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

  • Has qualified 20th-22nd in 7 of the 10 races this season

  • Has qualified 20th in 6/10 races this season

  • Has completed 2 straight races for the first time since China to Canada (4 straight races completed)

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 39 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • In the 4 races they’ve both finished, Bottas has only finished ahead of Perez once (China)

  • Has been outqualified by Sergio Perez in 6 of the 10 races this season

  • Currently Sergio Perez & Lewis Hamilton are the only teammates of Bottas to have a better qualifying H2H record against him

  • His best finishing position this season is 13th in China. This is also Cadillac’s best finishing result so far

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Perez, Bottas, Stroll & Hulkenberg are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

  • Bottas, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

OTHER STATS

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Silverstone 2026

  • George Russell - Austria 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Barcelona 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

  • George Russell - Austria 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Spa 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Spa 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Silverstone 2026

  • George Russell - Silverstone 2026

  • Lando Norris - Barcelona 2026

  • Pierre Gasly - Monaco 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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Welcome To Spa! 📍

Let’s give you a rundown of the Spa circuit 📊

First race: 1950 by Juan Manuel Fangio for Alfa Romeo

Laps: 44

Lap distance: 7.004 km

Race distance: 308.052 km

Corners: 19

Straight Mode Zones: 5

Pirelli tyre range: C2, C3 and C4

Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P16 by Michael Schumacher in 1995

Lap Record:

  • 1:44:701 by Sergio Perez in 2024

Track Record:

  • 1:40:510 by Oscar Piastri in 2025

Most Wins 🥇

Most Wins By Team

  1. Ferrari - 14

  2. McLaren - 13

  3. Red Bull - 6

  4. Mercedes - 6

Most Poles 🛞

Most Poles By Team

  1. Ferrari - 13

  2. McLaren - 12

  3. Williams - 7

  4. Mercedes - 7

  5. BRM - 3

  6. Red Bull - 3

Most Podiums 🏆

Most Podiums By Team

  1. Ferrari - 43

  2. McLaren - 28

  3. Red Bull - 16

  4. Mercedes - 16

  5. Williams - 14

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • P1 - 21 (36.21%)

  • P2 - 15 (25.86%)

  • P3 - 8 (13.79%)

  • P6 - 6 (10.34%)

  • P5 - 3 (5.17%)

  • P8 - 1 (1.72%)

  • P10 - 1 (1.72%)

  • P12 - 1 (1.72%)

  • P14 - 1 (1.72%)

  • P16 - 1 (1.72%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Peter Collins - 1956

  • Jim Clark - 1962

  • Michael Schumacher - 1992

  • Charles Leclerc - 2019

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • Eugenio Castellotti - 1955

  • Mike Hawthorn - 1958

  • Graham Hill - 1962

  • Rubens Barrichello - 1994

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • Luigi Villoresi - 1951

  • Robert Manzon - 1952

  • Onofre Marimon - 1953

  • Maurice Trintignant - 1954

  • Stirling Moss - 1954

  • Paul Frere - 1956

  • Stuart Lewis-Evans - 1958

  • Olivier Gendebien - 1960

  • Jochen Rindt - 1966

  • Jacky Ickx - 1968

  • Ivan Capelli - 1988

  • George Russell - 2021

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Stats Of The Week 😲

The World Cup Final takes place on the same day as an F1 race. Mark Webber won the last time this happened (2010).

How Teams Have Fared Recently In Spa

Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Spa? ⚔️

Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

  • NA | NA

Consecutive Poles

  • NA | Mercedes - 9

Consecutive Podiums

  • George Russell - 3 | Mercedes - 9

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Lewis Hamilton - 5

  • George Russell - 3

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 10

  • Isack Hadjar - 5

  • Liam Lawson - 5

  • Arvid Lindblad - 4

  • George Russell - 3

  • Lando Norris - 3

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 40 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 37 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 26 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 25 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 14 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 9 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 9 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 6 (Japan 2026)

  • Liam Lawson - 4 (Canada 2026)

  • Arvid Lindblad - 2 (Barcelona 2026)

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Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Spa will be the 80th weekend that Piastri & Lando Norris are teammates

  • Won last year’s race from P2 on the grid

  • Spa would be the first track Piastri becomes a repeat winner at

  • Spa would join Qatar & Suzuka as the only tracks Piastri has 3 podiums at

  • His 57 points at Spa are tied for second most among all tracks with Miami, only trailing Qatar (75 points)

  • Has led 42 laps at Spa

  • Has consecutive podiums at Spa (P2 in 2024, P1 in 2025)

  • Has a perfect Q3 rate at Spa

  • Never started worse than 5th in Spa (5th in 2023 & 2024, 2nd in 2025)

  • Was the first McLaren driver to win in Spa since Jenson Button in 2012

  • Would become the first McLaren driver with consecutive wins in Spa since Kimi Raikkonen (2004-2005)

  • The only McLaren drivers with wins in Spa are Piastri, Button, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Coulthard, Senna, Prost & Bruce McLaren

  • Would join Lando Norris, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mika Hakkinen, Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost as McLaren polesitters at Spa

  • Is the first McLaren driver with consecutive podiums at Spa since Jenson Button (2011-2012)

  • The only McLaren drivers with consecutive podiums at Spa are Piastri, Button, Raikkonen, Hakkinen, Berger, Senna & Prost

  • Would join Senna & Prost as the only McLaren drivers with 3+ consecutive podiums at Spa

  • Piastri, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only active drivers with wins at Spa

  • Set the track record at Spa last year in sprint qualifying

KEY STATS

  • Has not collected more than 12 points in a race weekend since Miami

  • Scored only 2 points in Silverstone, his fewest in a weekend since China (3)

  • Piastri now has 2 podiums, 2 races not started & 2 finishes outside the points this season (P11 in Canada & Silverstone)

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since Miami

  • Has failed to finish in the points in 2 of his last 5 races

  • Hasn’t qualified better than 7th since Canada (4th)

  • Has qualified 7th in 4 of the last 6 races (Miami, Monaco, Barcelona, Austria)

  • Best race result of the season is 2nd in Japan, best qualifying result of the season is 3rd in Japan

  • Has been outqualified by Lando Norris in 5 of the last 6 races (only outqualified Norris in Monaco during this stretch)

  • After starting the season up 3-0 in qualifying H2H against Norris, Piastri is now trailing 5-4 against his teammate

  • Has made Q3 in 37 consecutive races, second longest streak on the grid

  • Piastri is on a 18-race winless streak, the 2nd longest of his career (34 winless races from the start of his career to 2024 British GP)

OTHER STATS

  • Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

Lando Norris

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Spa will be the 80th weekend that Norris & Piastri are teammates

  • Got his 1st Spa pole & podium last year

  • Norris, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mika Hakkinen, Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost are the only McLaren polesitters at Spa

  • Has made Q3 at Spa in 6 consecutive years with his rookie season being his only non-Q3 appearance

  • Has scored points in 3 straight races at Spa

  • Has led 6 laps at Spa (all last year)

  • The only McLaren drivers with consecutive poles at Spa are Mika Hakkinen (1998-2000) & Ayrton Senna (1988-1991)

  • The only McLaren drivers with wins in Spa are Piastri, Button, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Coulthard, Senna, Prost & Bruce McLaren

  • Would join Piastri, Button, Raikkonen, Hakkinen, Berger, Senna & Prost as the only McLaren drivers with consecutive podiums at Spa

  • Has never qualified worse than 12th at Spa (2019)

  • Finishing results at Spa have been improving since 2021 (14th, 12th, 7th, 5th, 2nd)

KEY STATS

  • Scored 18 points over the British GP weekend, his most in a weekend since Miami

  • Norris already has more non-podium results (7) than he did all of last season (6)

  • Norris has finished in the top 5 in 5 of the 6 races he’s completed this season

  • Is even on podiums with Oscar Piastri this season (2-2)

  • Has qualified 6th in 2 consecutive races & in 3 consecutive qualifying sessions (Silverstone, Silverstone sprint qualifying, Austria)

  • Has outqualified Oscar Piastri in 5 of the last 6 races (Miami, Canada, Barcelona, Austria with Monaco being the only exception)

  • After starting the season 0-3 in qualifying H2H against Oscar Piastri, Norris is now up 5-4 against his teammate

  • Best qualifying result of the season in GP format is 3rd in Canada

  • Has made Q3 in 40 consecutive races, the longest active streak on the grid

  • Is the 6th driver ever to have 40+ consecutive Q3 appearances, joining Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Kimi Raikkonen & Sebastian Vettel

  • Norris, Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win in any format this season

  • Norris & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to take pole in any format this season (both were in sprint format)

  • Norris, Charles Leclerc (x2), Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen (x2) are the only drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

  • Norris (Miami sprint) & Kimi Antonelli (Monaco GP) are the only drivers to lead from start to finish in any format this season

OTHER STATS

  • Norris is only 3 podiums away (46) from matching Lewis Hamilton in podiums for McLaren (49)

  • Norris is 30th in F1 history in laps led (721)

  • Norris has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2020-2026)

  • Norris, Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

  • Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 46 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

Max Verstappen

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Despite having only 1 pole, Verstappen was the fastest qualifier in Spa in 4 straight years (2021-2024) but had grid penalties that dropped him off pole

  • Without grid penalties, would have joined Ayrton Senna as the only drivers in F1 history to take 4 straight poles at Spa

  • Owns 3 of the 5 biggest gaps to top Q3 at Spa in the turbo-hybrid era

  • Is 1 of 5 drivers to win 3 races in a row at Spa, joining Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher & Kimi Raikkonen

  • His 3 wins at Spa have come from pole, P6, and P14

  • His win from 14th in 2022 at Spa was the furthest anyone has won from at the circuit since Schumacher in 1995 (16th)

  • Has never been outqualified at Spa since joining Red Bull in 2016 (10-0)

  • His last non-points finish came in Spa in 2016, it’s been nearly 10 whole years since then

  • His first time ever racing at Spa came in F3 in 2014. He won all 3 races that weekend

  • Verstappen became the youngest driver in F1 history to qualify in the top 2 at Spa in 2016 (Lance Stroll started on the front row in Monza 2017, becoming the youngest front row starter ever but he inherited the position due to grid penalties after qualifying P4)

  • Spa is 1 of 2 tracks where Max & Jos Verstappen both have a podium

  • Has finished 4th in Spa in 2 straight years

  • The only time Verstappen didn’t make Q3 at Spa was as a rookie in 2015

  • The only time Verstappen was outqualified at Spa was by Carlos Sainz in 2015 as a rookie

  • Has the best qualifying H2H record of all current drivers with multiple appearances at Spa (10-1)

KEY STATS

  • DNFed for the 3rd time this season in Silverstone, making 2026 the first season where Verstappen has 3+ DNFs since 2021

  • The last time Verstappen had consecutive DNFs is 2020 (Italy GP - Tuscany GP)

  • Has DNFed in 2 of the last 4 races

  • Max now has more DNFs (3) than podiums (2)

  • The only other time Max had more DNFs than podiums since joining Red Bull was 2017

  • Verstappen has 3 DNFs due to technical issues this season. He only had 3 DNFs not related to a collision from 2022 to 2025

  • Qualified 7th in Silverstone, his worst qualifying result since he was 11th in Japan

  • This is the first time since 2020 where Verstappen doesn’t have a pole after 9 races

  • Best qualifying result of the season is 2nd in Miami & Monaco

  • Verstappen (x2), Charles Leclerc (x2) & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row this season in GP format

  • Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season in GP format

  • Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

  • Has now been outqualified by Isack Hadjar the same number of times (3) as he was outqualified by his teammates from 2023-2025 (3)

  • Has been responsible for the last 27 Red Bull podiums, last 34 wins & 26 poles

  • Has podiums in 2 of the last 5 races

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

  • Verstappen hasn’t finished behind his teammate in 58 consecutive races, the longest streak in F1 history

  • The last time Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate was Baku in 2023

OTHER STATS

  • Verstappen now has 11 consecutive seasons of multiple podiums. He is the 5th driver ever to accomplish this, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel & Alain Prost

  • Is responsible for the first 2 podiums of the Red Bull Ford PT era

  • Verstappen has lost 27 combined positions on Lap 1 whenever he starts on the front row this season (-7 in Miami, -20 in Monaco). He has combined to gain 2 positions in all other GP races on Lap 1

  • Verstappen is now the 8th driver in F1 history to have a podium finish in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger, Fernando Alonso & Alain Prost

  • Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to currently have a podium streak of more than 10 consecutive seasons (next closest is Charles Leclerc with 8 & Lando Norris with 7)

  • Verstappen delivered the first podium of the Red Bull-Ford Powertrains era

  • Verstappen is the first driver to get on the podium using a Ford-branded engine since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian GP

  • Would become the first driver to win a race with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Verstappen is 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen has recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 63)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Isack Hadjar

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his 1st ever single-seater win at Spa in French F4 in 2019

  • Won the F2 feature race at Spa in 2024

  • Made Q3 last year in Spa & outqualified his teammate at the time Liam Lawson

  • Finished the race 20th, last of all drivers

  • Was the only driver lapped last year

  • No French driver has won in Spa since Alain Prost in 1987

  • No French driver has been on the podium in Spa since Jean Alesi in 1998

KEY STATS

  • Could become the first driver to outqualify Max Verstappen in consecutive races since Sergio Perez in 2022 (Monaco-Baku)

  • Has finished in the top 6 in 5 consecutive races

  • His 5th place finish in Silverstone was the 4th top 5 finish of his career, joining Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026, Monaco 2026)

  • Has scored points in 5 consecutive races

  • Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver in the 2nd seat to score points in 5+ consecutive races in a season since Sergio Perez had a 7-race points streak to start 2024

  • The only driver on a longer points-scoring streak than Hadjar is Lewis Hamilton (10)

  • Hadjar has made Q3 in 14 consecutive races & in all 9 races so far this season

  • His best qualifying result of the season was 3rd in Australia, the season opener

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all races this season

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (3) than Verstappen’s teammates had from 2024-2025 (1-47)

  • Hadjar has outqualified Max Verstappen the same number of times over his first 9 races at Red Bull (3) as Verstappen’s teammates did from 2023-2025 (3)

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Max Verstappen again, it will mean he’s already outqualified him more times through 10 races (would be 4) than Verstappen’s teammates have done over the last 70 races from 2023-2025 (3)

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 9 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

OTHER STATS

  • Took Hadjar only 7 GPs to score more points (34) than the Red Bull 2nd seat had all of last season (30)

  • Has made 4 top 5 finishes as a F1 driver (Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026, Monaco 2026, Silverstone 2026)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

George Russell

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Came 1st in the 2024 race at Spa before being disqualified due to his car being underweight

  • Was the first driver to lose a win due to disqualification since Michael Schumacher in 1994, which also happened at Spa

  • Picked up the first podium of his F1 career at Spa in 2021 with Williams

  • His best starting & finishing result at Spa is still when he was a Williams driver (P2 in 2021)

  • His 2021 podium in Spa was Williams’ first podium at the time since Lance Stroll at Baku 2017

  • Qualified P2 at Spa in 2021, giving Williams its first front row start at the track since 2001 and its first front row start at any track since Monza 2017 (Lance Stroll)

  • Has not started better than 5th at Spa since joining Mercedes (5th in 2022, 8th in 2023, 6th in 2024, 6th in 2025)

  • Has led 14 laps at Spa

  • The only Mercedes drivers with wins in Spa are Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg & Juan Manuel Fangio

  • The only Mercedes polesitters in Spa are Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg

KEY STATS

  • Currently on the longest podium streak of his career (3 consecutive races)

  • Hasn’t finished worse than 2nd over the last 3 races

  • Is the highest scoring driver over the last 3 races with 66 points

  • Has gained 43 points on Kimi Antonelli over the last 3 races

  • Russell trailed Antonelli by 68 points after Monaco. 3 races later, he’s now within a race win of tying him (25 points)

  • If Russell overcomes his deficit to win the championship, it would be the largest deficit in the championship ever overcome to win the title (Max Verstappen, 46 points overcome in 2022 is the record; Russell was at 68 points after Monaco)

  • Has been the lead Mercedes driver over the last 3 races (Antonelli had issues in Barcelona & Silverstone)

  • Russell’s next win will mark a new career high for him (currently at 2, tied with 2025 & 2024, when he also had 2 wins each season)

  • Russell’s next win will tie him with Juan Manuel Fangio for 4th most wins in Mercedes history with 8

  • His next pole will mark a new career high for Russell (currently at 4, tied with 2024 when he also had 4)

  • His next podium will make Russell the 39th driver in F1 history to reach 30 career podiums

  • Has already led more laps in 2026 (146) than any other season in his F1 career

  • Has made Q3 in 25 consecutive races

  • If you include sprints, Russell has taken pole in 6/13 competitive qualifying sessions this season. This would also lead F1 with Kimi Antonelli having 5 (all GP format)

  • Has outqualified Kimi Antonelli in 3 of the last 5 races (Canada + Barcelona + Austria)

  • Russell now has more podiums (29) than Oscar Piastri (28) & is tied on podiums with Carlos Sainz (29)

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Since 2022, Russell has 11 poles while his teammates have combined for 6

  • Since the start of 2024, the only drivers with more poles than Russell (11) are Lando Norris (15) & Max Verstappen (16)

OTHER STATS

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Russell is responsible for Mercedes’ 150th pole as a team (Barcelona 2026)

  • The only races over the last 2 years where Russell has finished outside of the points are Monaco 2025 & Monaco 2026

  • Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 32 of 33 races (Monaco 2025 the only exception due to mechanical issue)

  • Career-long points scoring streak of 20 consecutive races came to an end in Canada earlier this year

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

  • 6 of Russell’s 7 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Kimi Antonelli

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Eliminated in Q1 last year at Spa & did not score points

  • In 2022, won 3/3 races at Spa in Italian F4 and won 2/3 races at Spa in ADAC F4 with Prema

  • In 2023, won the second FRECA race at Spa

  • Finished 6th and 9th in the two F2 races at Spa in 2024

  • The last Italian to win in Spa was Alberto Ascari in 1953

  • The only Italians to win in Spa are Michele Alboreto in 1984, Alberto Ascari in 1952/1953, Giuseppe Farina in 1951

  • The last Italian to take pole in Spa was Giancarlo Fisichella in 2009 in a Force India

  • The last Italian on the podium in Spa was Giancarlo Fisichella in 2009

KEY STATS

  • Silverstone was the first time Antonelli failed to convert pole to victory

  • Of all the drivers with at least 5 poles in F1 history, Antonelli still has the best pole to win conversion rate (80%), only marginally ahead of Max Verstappen (77.08%)

  • Has failed to score points in 2 of his last 3 GP races

  • Finishing 15th in Silverstone was his worst GP result since finishing 15th in the season finale in Abu Dhabi last year

  • His once 66-point lead in the championship is now down to only a 25-point lead

  • Antonelli is still guaranteed to lead the championship after Spa even if he DNFs & George Russell wins due to countback (Antonelli has 5 wins this season while Russell currently only has 2)

  • If Antonelli loses the championship, he will be responsible for the largest blown lead since the introduction of this points format

  • Has scored only 23 points over the last 3 races, fewer than George Russell (66), Lewis Hamilton (57), Lando Norris (39), Max Verstappen (33), Charles Leclerc (33), Isack Hadjar (26) & Oscar Piastri (24)

  • Has scored 43 fewer points than George Russell over the last 3 GPs & 34 fewer points than Lewis Hamilton over the last 3 GPs

  • At the rate of the last 3 GPs, Antonelli would lose his championship lead by the end of the Dutch GP

  • Antonelli has only 1 podium & 22 laps led over the last 3 GPs

  • Has not won a race since Monaco on June 7 (a 3-race winless streak)

  • Took his first pole since Monaco in Silverstone

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with 5+ poles in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2021

  • Antonelli would become the first Mercedes driver with more than 5 poles in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Outqualified George Russell in Silverstone for the first time since Monaco

  • Antonelli is tied with Juan Manuel Fangio for 5th most podiums in Mercedes history (10). He needs 1 more to pass him

  • Has outqualified teammate George Russell in 5 of 9 races this season

  • Is 2 front row starts away from his 10th career front row start

  • Antonelli has more wins than George Russell (5-4) since they became teammates at Mercedes in 2025

  • Antonelli has the same number of poles converted to wins as Oscar Piastri & George Russell (4)

  • Antonelli needs to convert 1 more pole into victory to match the number of wins Charles Leclerc has from pole (5)

  • Antonelli is the only driver this season to lead a GP race from start to finish (Monaco)

  • Another win would see Antonelli tie Riccardo Patrese for 2nd most wins by an Italian driver in F1 history (6)

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

OTHER STATS

  • Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for 7 GPs, more than Charles Leclerc (5) has led over his career. That means since 2022, Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for a longer period than Ferrari

  • Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell more times this season (5) than he did all of last season (3)

  • Antonelli is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a grand slam & the only teenager to do so. Antonelli beat Max Verstappen’s record for youngest driver to record a grand slam by almost exactly 4 years (Antonelli - 19y, 9m, 13d / Verstappen - 23y 9m 4d in Austria 2021)

  • Antonelli is the only driver on the grid to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season. Antonelli is the first driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2011 to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season

  • Antonelli is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 wins happen consecutively (eventually had his first 5 wins happen consecutively)

  • Antonelli matched Lewis Hamilton’s longest career winning streak (5) & he accomplished it in 84 days between China & Monaco

  • Antonelli joins Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers on the current grid to win 5+ consecutive races

  • The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Kimi Antonelli - 5, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3

  • Antonelli was the first driver to win 5+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli had a longer winning streak (5) than even his idol Ayrton Senna (4)

  • His 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953. Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 5+ consecutive races in a row

  • Antonelli’s 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari won 7 in a row from 2004 European GP to 2004 Hungary GP

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver with 6 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton (7 from Austin 2021 to Bahrain 2022)

  • Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

  • Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

  • Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

Charles Leclerc

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Spa will be Leclerc’s 160th GP with Ferrari the constructor

  • Leclerc will become the 6th driver to do 160 GPs with a single constructor, joining Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes (246), Max Verstappen - Red Bull (219), Michael Schumacher - Ferrari (180) & Lando Norris - McLaren (160)

  • Leclerc will pass Michael Schumacher for 2nd most starts with a Ferrari power unit in Spa with his 181st start. He only trails Kimi Raikkonen who has done 209 starts with a Ferrari PU

  • Leclerc has 3 consecutive podiums at Spa

  • Leclerc is the first Ferrari driver since Michael Schumacher (2000-2002 + 2004, no race in 2003) to have 3+ consecutive podiums in Spa

  • Leclerc would also join Michael Schumacher (2000-2002 +2004) as the only Ferrari drivers with 4 consecutive podiums at Spa

  • However, since there was no Spa race in 2003, Leclerc would technically become the only Ferrari driver with podiums in 4 consecutive years at Spa if he gets on the podium in 2026

  • Has finished 3rd at Spa in each of the last 3 years

  • Got his maiden F1 victory in Spa in 2019

  • Was the first driver to take their maiden win in Spa (2019) since Michael Schumacher (1992)

  • Leclerc would join Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher & Alberto Ascari as the only Ferrari drivers with multiple wins at Spa

  • Another pole in Spa would see the circuit tie Baku for where Leclerc has the most poles (4)

  • Leclerc has the most poles of any Ferrari driver at Spa (3)

  • Spa is 1 of the 3 circuits he has +3 poles at (Baku - 4, Monaco - 3, Spa - 3)

  • His teammate Lewis Hamilton is the only active driver with more poles (6) than him at Spa

  • Another pole at Spa would tie him with Juan Manuel Fangio and Ayrton Senna for 2nd most all-time poles at the track (4)

  • Has outqualified his teammate at Spa every season except 2022 (Carlos Sainz)

  • The only driver on the grid with a better qualifying H2H record at Spa than Leclerc (7-1) is Max Verstappen (10-1)

KEY STATS

  • Coming off his first win since Austin 2024, nearly 2 full years ago

  • Leclerc’s win came on his 180th GP with a Ferrari power unit, the same number of GPs Michael Schumacher did with a Ferrari engine

  • Leclerc’s next win will make him the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10 wins

  • Delivered Ferrari its 250th win as a team in Silverstone, which was also the place where Ferrari got its first ever win in 1951

  • Leclerc now has wins at all of the original tracks still on the calendar from F1’s inaugural season (Silverstone, Spa, Monaco, Monza)

  • Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen are the only drivers on the grid to win in Silverstone, Spa, Monaco & Monza

  • The last & only time Leclerc won consecutive races was Spa-Monza in 2019

  • Leclerc now has the outright 4th most podiums in Ferrari's history (1. Michael Schumacher - 116, t2. Rubens Barrichello - 55, t2. Sebastian Vettel - 55, 4. Charles Leclerc - 53, 5. Kimi Raikkonen - 52)

  • Leclerc’s next win will make him the 8th Ferrari driver to reach 10 wins with the team & tie him with Kimi Raikkonen

  • Leclerc has led more laps this season (77) after 9 GPs than he did all of last season (48)

  • Has started on the front row in consecutive races

  • Leclerc has qualified in the top 2 in consecutive races for the first time since he did it 7 times in a row from Austin 2023 to Saudi 2024

  • Silverstone was Leclerc’s first podium since Japan

  • Leclerc hasn’t had consecutive podiums since Austin-Mexico in 2025

  • Leclerc is the first non-Mercedes driver with consecutive front row starts this season

  • Silverstone was Leclerc’s 4th win from outside pole position, giving him 1 more than Lando Norris (3)

  • His next win from outside pole position will tie him with Oscar Piastri (5)

  • His last 3 wins have not come from pole position

  • Leclerc was the first driver to ruin Kimi Antonelli’s perfect pole-to-win rate

  • Leclerc, Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in GP format this season

  • Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in any format this season

  • Leclerc & Max Verstappen are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to outqualify Kimi Antonelli this season

  • Has outqualified Lewis Hamilton in consecutive races

  • Has yet to finish ahead of Lewis Hamilton in consecutive races this season

  • Is 45 laps led away from reaching 1000 career laps led

  • Is 2 Q3 appearances away from cracking into the top 10 of most Q3 appearances in F1 history (currently at 151, Daniel Ricciardo is 10th with 153)

OTHER STATS

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

  • Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • 2 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most podiums as a Ferrari driver (55)

  • Has not failed to make Q3 since Imola 2025

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton have been teammates for 33 races with Leclerc up 24-9 in qualifying H2H

  • 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026) & has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons (2021-2025)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (22) during their time spent as teammates

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Lewis Hamilton

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Would be the first world champion driving for Ferrari to win at Spa since Sebastian Vettel in 2018

  • Finished 7th last year, his worst finishing result at Spa

  • His P7 finishing result last year was the first time Hamilton finished a race outside the top 4 at Spa

  • Was eliminated in Q1 in Spa last year, the first time that’s happened at the circuit since 2016

  • His Q1 exit last year in Spa was his first Q1 exit as a Ferrari driver

  • From 2017 to 2024, Hamilton started every race at Spa in the top 4

  • Has 11 podiums at Spa, a track record

  • Has started on the first 2 rows at Spa in 8 consecutive years (2017-2024)

  • 9 of 19 entries at Spa have seen him start on the front row

  • Another podium at Spa would give him 4 tracks with +12 podiums (Silverstone, Barcelona, Hungary). He’s currently tied with Michael Schumacher for most tracks with +12 podiums

  • His last win as a Mercedes driver came in Spa in 2024 after George Russell was disqualified

  • Is the only driver ever with more than 5 poles & more than 9 podiums at Spa

  • Has scored the most points (230) of all drivers at Spa

  • Needs to lead 5 laps to join Ayrton Senna (211) & Michael Schumacher (259) as the only drivers to lead 200+ laps at Spa

  • Laps led in Spa - Lewis Hamilton: 195, Red Bull: 195

  • Owns the record for smallest margin of victory in Spa (0.647s in 2024)

  • Hamilton is responsible for the furthest starting grid spot to finish on the podium in Spa, going from P21 to P3 in 2016

KEY STATS

  • Hamilton now has 5 podiums in 19 of his 20 seasons with 2025 being the only exception

  • Hamilton is 1 podium away from his most podiums in a season since 2023 when he had 6

  • Hamilton already has 147 points this season after 9 GPs, putting him only 9 points away from matching his 2025 total of 156 points

  • Has the best average finishing position of all non-Mercedes drivers (3.56) & best average qualifying position of all non-Mercedes drivers (4.22) this season

  • Hamilton is the only driver that has scored points at every GP weekend/race this season & is the only driver that has completed 100% of all racing laps (559/559)

  • Is 1 Q3 appearance away from 350 career Q3 appearances

  • Has scored 57 points over the last 3 races, second most in F1, only trailing George Russell, who has 66

  • Has gained 34 points on Kimi Antonelli over the last 3 races

  • Hamilton trailed Antonelli by 66 points after Monaco. In 3 races, he’s more than halved that deficit down to 32 points

  • If Hamilton wins the championship this season, his 66-point deficit that he faced after Monaco would be the largest deficit overcome to win a title under the current points system

  • The last time Leclerc won a race, his Ferrari teammate won the next race

  • Has 4 podiums in the last 5 races, the first time Hamilton has done that since Barcelona to Spa in 2024

  • The last time Hamilton had 5 podiums in 6 races would be 2022 when he had 5 in a row from Canada to Hungary

  • Has qualified inside the top 3 in 4 consecutive races, the longest active streak in F1 (P3 in Monaco, P2 in Barcelona, P3 in Austria, P3 in Silverstone)

  • This is the first time Hamilton has qualified inside the top 3 in 4 consecutive races since Silverstone to Monza in 2021

  • Hamilton has led over half the races he’s started in his career (195/389, 50.13%)

  • Hamilton is nearly catching Max Verstappen again for best podium percentage on the grid (53.21% for Hamilton, 53.31% for Verstappen)

  • If Hamilton is on the podium in Spa & Verstappen isn’t, he will have a podium percentage of 53.33%, passing Verstappen

  • No driver has scored more points than Hamilton since Monaco (75) with the next closest being George Russell with 66

  • No driver has scored more points than Hamilton since Canada (96) with the next closest being Kimi Antonelli with 79

  • Hamilton is the only driver with 4 podiums in the last 5 races with the next closest being George Russell & Kimi Antonelli with 3 each

  • Hamilton & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win a GP race this season

  • Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on pole this season in any format (Hamilton - Silverstone sprint, Norris - Miami sprint)

  • Hamilton, Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in GP format this season

  • Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in any format this season

  • Hamilton & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers to outqualify Kimi Antonelli this season

  • Hamilton is in the midst of his longest Q3 streak as a Ferrari driver (9 consecutive races)

  • Hamilton has 17 seasons with a win. Only 16 other drivers in F1 history have 17 or more total career victories.

  • Hamilton’s win in Barcelona was the largest margin of victory this season (19.561s)

  • Hamilton is the only non-Mercedes driver to record 3 consecutive podiums this season

  • Hamilton has the longest active points-scoring streak on the grid (10 straight GP races)

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • Hamilton’s next pole will make him the first driver to take pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

OTHER STATS

  • Has not reached more than 6 podiums in a season since 2022 & hasn’t had more than 10 podiums in a season since 2021

  • Has already led more races (3) in 2026 than he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Earlier this year, Hamilton became the first teammate to outqualify Charles Leclerc 3 times in a row since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

  • Hamilton is the only driver in F1 history to win a race in their 20s, 30s & 40s

  • Hamilton is the first driver in F1 history to win a race for McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton is still the only driver that has won a race after their 300th GP start. He’s done it 3 times (Silverstone 2024, Spa 2024, Barcelona 2026)

  • Hamilton has as many wins (106) as Fernando Alonso has podiums (106)

  • Hamilton is responsible for the oldest 44 victories on the current grid

  • Hamilton’s victory in Barcelona was the first by a world champion driving for Ferrari since Sebastian Vettel at Singapore in 2019

  • Joined Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Hamilton was responsible for the 250th victory by a Ferrari power unit in F1 history

  • Hamilton is the oldest British driver to ever win a race, passing Nigel Mansell’s record set in 1994

  • Hamilton is the first driver aged 40+ to win a race since Mansell in 1994

  • Hamilton & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to win a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would also join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Needs to lead 5 more races to have 200 races led in his career

  • Joined Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

Carlos Sainz

CIRCUIT STATS

  • 5/11 of his appearances at Spa have resulted in a DNF (4) or DNS (1)

  • Finished 18th in Spa last year, his worst finishing result at the circuit

  • Has only scored points at Spa with Toro Rosso & Ferrari

  • Has outqualified Max Verstappen, Lando Norris & Charles Leclerc in Spa as teammates

KEY STATS

  • This is the first time Sainz hasn’t scored points in 4+ consecutive GPs since he went 6 straight races without points in 2016 (Germany to Japan)

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 3 straight races & in 7 of the last 8 races

  • In races they’ve both finished, Sainz hasn’t placed behind Alex Albon since Australia

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 16 of the last 19 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where they were double DSQ)

  • Hasn’t scored points since Canada

  • Sainz, Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Best qualifying result of the season was 12th in Monaco

  • Has missed Q3 in 10 consecutive races

  • Sainz’s last Q3 appearance was Qatar 2025

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Has scored 6 points this season compared to 5 scored by teammate Alex Albon

  • Sainz only needs to score 8 points to tie Alex Albon on points since they became teammates at Williams in 2025. Outscored by Alex Albon 78-70

  • Responsible for 54 of Williams’ last 62 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

OTHER STATS

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 21 of the 32 qualifying sessions they were classified in as teammates (excludes double DSQ in Singapore)

Alex Albon

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has 3 top 6 finishes at Spa (6th in 2025, 6th in 2020, 5th in 2019)

  • Has scored more points at Spa (27) than any other circuit

  • Made his Red Bull debut at Spa in 2019

  • Finished 12 spots higher than he started at Spa in his Red Bull debut, going 17th to 5th

  • His 2019 race at Spa was the second most positions gained of his career (Started 20th, finished 5th at Russia 2019)

KEY STATS

  • Has DNFed or not been classified in 2 of the last 3 races

  • Has DNFed or not been classified in 3 of the last 5 races

  • Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Best qualifying result of the season was 11th in Monaco

  • Best finishing result of the season was 8th in Monaco

  • Albon has 5 points this season, only 1 fewer than Carlos Sainz (6)

  • Albon has missed Q3 in 20 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • Has scored only 8 points since the 2025 Azerbaijan GP compared to 54 for Carlos Sainz

  • Has only outqualified Carlos Sainz in 2 of 9 races this season & in 3 of the last 19 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where both Williams were DSQed)

OTHER STATS

  • Is Williams’ all-time leader in race starts

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • His 318 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has not scored points in Spa in F2 or F3 (Finished 17th & DSQed in F2 in 2025, 15th & DNF in F3 in 2024)

  • His last points in Spa was an Italian F4 podium in 2023

KEY STATS

  • Has scored points in 4 consecutive GP races dating back to Monaco (7th in Monaco, 9th in Barcelona, 10th in Austria, 7th in Silverstone)

  • Has scored points in 5/9 races this season & in 5/8 race starts this season (had a DNS in Canada)

  • Has scored points in 5 consecutive GP weekends as he picked up 1 point in the Canada sprint

  • Has scored points in 6/9 GP weekends this season

  • His 15 points since Monaco are 11th most in F1

  • Has made Q3 in 2 consecutive races

  • Has made Q3 in 5/9 races this season

  • Lindblad’s 7th place finish in Monaco & Silverstone were the best finishing results of his young career so far

  • His best qualifying result is 9th (Australia, Canada, Silverstone)

OTHER STATS

  • Has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • The 2026 Miami GP is the only Q1 elimination of Lindblad’s career so far

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

Liam Lawson

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Made Q3 & scored points in Spa last year in F1

  • Was the only Racing Bulls driver to score points in Spa last year

  • Won the Spa F2 sprint race in 2022

  • Has podiums at Spa in Euroformula, F3, and F2

  • Bruce McLaren (1968) is the only Kiwi to win in Spa

  • The last Kiwi on the podium in Spa is Denny Hulme in 1972

KEY STATS

  • Has scored points in 5 consecutive races, the longest streak of his career

  • The only driver on the grid with a longer active points-scoring streak than Lawson is Lewis Hamilton (10 straight GP races)

  • Has made Q3 in 4 consecutive races, which is now the longest streak of his career

  • Lawson has now scored points in 7 of 9 races this season

  • Lawson has completed 8 races this season (DNF in Miami), he’s scored points in 7/8 races

  • Lawson has scored points in 7/8 races after a non-points finish in Australia, the season opener

  • Since his 13th place finish in Australia, Lawson has scored points every time he finishes the race (DNF in Miami)

  • Since Australia, Lawson has not finished a race behind teammate Arvid Lindblad

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • Lawson currently has an average finishing position of 8.13 this season, best of his career

  • His average qualifying position of 10.67 is also the best of his career so far

  • Lawson has made Q3 5 times already in 2026, only 3 short of his personal best of 8 set last season

  • Lawson has already scored points in 7 races this season. He scored points in 7 races all of last season

  • Lawson has already scored more points this season (39) than he did all of last season (38)

OTHER STATS

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

CIRCUIT STATS

  • 0 wins, 0 poles, 0 front row starts at Spa

  • Spa is the only track with +16 appearances that he has no wins or poles at

  • Has 6 DNFs in Spa

  • Has 3 podiums at Spa, all with different teams (Renault - 2005, McLaren - 2007, Ferrari - 2013)

  • The last time Alonso raced in Spa with a Honda engine, he DNFed (2017) on Lap 25 due to a power unit issue

  • Last scored points in Spa with a Honda engine in 2016 when he went from P22 to P7

  • Received a 60-place grid penalty in Spa in 2016 due to changing power unit parts, which was a Honda PU

  • Received a 55-place penalty in Spa in 2015 due to changing power unit parts, which was a Honda PU

  • Has driven more laps at Spa than any other driver in F1 history (626)

  • However, if Alonso DNFs this year, there’s a chance he will be overtaken by Lewis Hamilton who has raced 622 laps at Spa

KEY STATS

  • Has been outqualified by Lance Stroll in 2 of the last 3 races (Barcelona, Silverstone)

  • Has qualified 22nd twice in the last 3 races

  • Has qualified either 21st or 22nd in 4 consecutive races

  • Best qualifying performance of the season was 17th in Australia

  • Hasn’t been outqualified in consecutive races since Miami to Monaco in 2024 (3 races in a row)

  • Stroll is 1 of 4 drivers who haven’t scored points this season, joining Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas & Sergio Perez

  • Alonso, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Responsible for 27 of Aston Martin’s last 28 points

  • The last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

  • Alonso’s last Q3 appearance was 2025 Abu Dhabi

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • Aston Martin has completed 77 laps this season, fewest of all teams with the next closest being Cadillac at 781

OTHER STATS

  • Barcelona was the first time ever that Alonso qualified last on pure pace

  • Alonso was 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualify a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

  • Has scored points in 22 consecutive seasons with 2001 with Minardi, his rookie year, being the only exception

  • Monaco earlier this year was the first time Alonso scored points with a Honda engine since the last race of 2017 (Abu Dhabi 2017)

  • It took Alonso fewer races to score points in 2026 (6 GPs) than it did in 2025 (9 GPs)

  • Alonso has now scored points in 276 GP weekends

  • 2026 was the first time Alonso didn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015 (never made Q3 in 2015)

  • 2026 was also the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 6 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006 (now at 7 races without making it out of Q1)

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (434)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has only totalled 5 points in 9 starts at Spa

  • Last scored points in Spa in 2023

  • Last made Q3 in Spa in 2023

KEY STATS

  • Has outqualified Fernando Alonso in 2 of the last 3 races now (Barcelona, Silverstone)

  • The last time Stroll outqualified Fernando Alonso in consecutive races was Miami-Imola-Monaco in 2024 (3 straight)

  • Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 8/9 races this season

  • Best qualifying performance was 19th in Miami

  • Owns the worst average qualifying position this season (21.22)

  • Owns the worst average finishing position this season (17.00)

  • Stroll, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Stroll has now only completed 3 of 9 races this season (1 DNS, 5 DNFs)

  • The only driver who has completed fewer laps than Stroll this season (359) is Valtteri Bottas (325)

  • Aston Martin has completed 77 laps this season, fewest of all teams with the next closest being Cadillac at 781

  • Is 22nd in the drivers’ standings

  • Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Has scored 1 point over the last 18 GPs

OTHER STATS

  • Holds the F1 record with 96 Q1 eliminations, which is 22 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

  • Hungary is scheduled to be Stroll’s 200th GP in F1

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • His 198 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris & Nico Hulkenberg

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished in the points in 7 consecutive races at Spa from 2017-2024 before he finished outside the points last year

  • Has made Q3 at Spa in 6 of his last 8 appearances (2023 & 2025 are the only non-Q3 appearances from 2017-2025)

  • Scored points in Spa with Force India, Renault & Alpine

  • Spa is the circuit where Ocon has made the most Q3 appearances (6)

  • Spa is the circuit where Ocon has the most points finishes (7)

  • Did finish 5th in the Spa sprint race last season, bringing Haas 4 points

  • No French driver has won in Spa since Alain Prost in 1987

  • No French driver has been on the podium in Spa since Jean Alesi in 1998

KEY STATS

  • Ocon has qualified 17th in 4 of the last 5 races (Canada-Monaco-Barcelona & Silverstone)

  • Ocon has qualified either 15th or 17th in 6 consecutive races

  • Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances, 5 Q2 eliminations & 4 Q1 eliminations this season

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 25 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Ocon, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

  • Outscored 43-13 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 18-3 to start 2026

  • Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in only 2 of the 9 races this season

  • Has an equal number of points scored (3) as Ollie Bearman has points finishes (3) this season

  • Has only scored points in Suzuka & Monaco this season

OTHER STATS

  • Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (189)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • Has scored the 3rd most points by a French driver in F1 history, trailing Alain Prost & Pierre Gasly

Ollie Bearman

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Picked up 2 points in the Spa sprint race last year by finishing 7th

  • But did not score points in the Spa GP race & was outqualified by Esteban Ocon in the GP format

  • Won Spa F3 sprint race with Prema in 2022

KEY STATS

  • Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 3 consecutive races

  • Has not scored points in 4 consecutive races with his last points finish being Canada

  • Has not made Q3 in 7 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being China

  • Has as many points finishes (3) this season as Esteban Ocon has points (3) this year

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 7 of 9 GPs this season & in 12 of the last 16 races dating back to last season

  • Responsible for 18 of Haas’ 21 points this season

  • Has scored 43 of Haas’ last 56 points since Singapore last year

  • Has finished in the points in 8 of his last 16 races with 2 top 5 finishes (Mexico 2025, China 2026)

OTHER STATS

  • Owns a career 22-13 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 13

  • Bearman needs 11 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 22 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has qualified 12th at Spa in 4 of the last 6 years (2022, 2022, 2023,2024)

  • Has qualified 12th or 13th at Spa in 4 consecutive years (13th in 2025, 12th in 2024, 2023, 2022)

  • Has 6 Q2 appearances at Spa, 1 Q1 exit (2019) and 1 Q3 appearance (2021)

  • Finished 10th in Spa last year, giving Gasly his first points finish at the circuit since 2022

  • The only circuit where Gasly has more points finishes than Spa is Barcelona (7)

  • Has never finished worse than 13th at Spa

  • No French driver has won in Spa since Alain Prost in 1987

  • No French driver has been on the podium in Spa since Jean Alesi in 1998

KEY STATS

  • Gasly has scored points in 8/9 race weekends this season with Austria being the only exception

  • Only Lewis Hamilton (9/9) has scored points in more race weekends than Gasly

  • Gasly reached 500 points scored after collecting 1 point in Silverstone

  • Gasly became the 24th driver in F1 history to reach 500 points scored

  • Gasly is the second highest-scoring French driver in F1 history with 500 points, passing Esteban Ocon (486 points) & only trailing Alain Prost (798.5 points)

  • Responsible for 64 of Alpine’s 82 points scored since the start of 2025

  • Gasly has already scored points in more GP races this year (7) than he did all of last season (5)

  • In 9 GPs, Gasly has already scored nearly double the amount of points this season (42) than he did all of last season (22)

  • Has not made Q3 in 3 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being Monaco

  • Has made Q3 in 4 of 9 races this season

OTHER STATS

  • Picked up the 6th podium of his career after he was reinstated to the podium in Monaco. This was also his 1st podium since Brazil 2024

  • Gasly has now recorded a podium finish in every season with Alpine except 2025 (2023-2024, 2026)

  • Earlier this year, Gasly scored points in 7 consecutive GP weekends for the first time in his career

  • Gasly was the first Alpine driver to score points in 7 consecutive race weekends since Fernando Alonso scored points in 10 consecutive race weekends in 2022

  • Has at least 5+ points finishes in 9 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly is 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (187), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (189)

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 14 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

Franco Colapinto

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Won a 2020 Formula Renault race at Spa

  • Finished 8th and DNFed in the two F2 races at Spa in 2024

  • Was eliminated in Q1 last year in Spa & finished the race 19th with only Isack Hadjar behind him

  • The last Argentinian to win, take pole, finish on the podium & score points in Spa was Carlos Reutemann in 1981

KEY STATS

  • Gained the most positions of any driver in Silverstone (went up 10 spots from P19 to P9)

  • Has scored points in 2 of the last 3 races now (Barcelona & Silverstone)

  • Has scored points in 4 of the last 6 races too (Miami, Canada, Barcelona & Silverstone)

  • Had his first Q1 elimination of the season in Silverstone. This was his first Q1 elimination since Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Hasn’t had consecutive Q1 eliminations since Qatar-Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has not made Q3 since Canada, currently on a 4-race streak of not making Q3

  • Colapinto holds the longest streak of time without a DNF. His last DNF was at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Colapinto has not yet had a retirement during his time with Alpine

  • Colapinto’s best finishing result is 6th, set earlier this year in Canada & his best qualifying result is 8th, set this year in Miami

OTHER STATS

  • Has 7 career points finishes

  • Colapinto has 23 points, 4th most in Argentina’s history. Needs 55 to pass José Froilán González for 3rd most

  • Colapinto has been responsible for Argentina’s 2 best results dating all the way back to February 1982 during this season (P6 - 2026 Canadian GP & P7 - 2026 Miami GP)

  • Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

  • Colapinto had consecutive points finishes for the first time in his career earlier this year (scored points in Miami & Canada)

  • Was the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

Nico Hulkenberg

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Hasn’t scored points in a GP race in Spa since he finished 8th in 2019

  • Has not made Q3 in Spa since 2019

  • Spa is the only circuit where Hulkenberg has multiple finishes inside the top 4

  • Hulkenberg has had 4 races in his career where he’s finished inside the top 4 & half of them have been at Spa (2025 Silverstone, 2016 Spa, 2013 South Korea, 2012 Spa)

  • Has only scored points in Spa with Renault & Force India

KEY STATS

  • Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers this season who haven’t scored points

  • Hulkenberg has never had a pointless season as a full-time driver

  • The fewest points Hulkenberg has scored in a season is 9 with Haas in 2023

  • Looking for his first points finish for Audi

  • Hasn’t scored points since Abu Dhabi 2025

  • His race results this season have been either 11th-13th or DNF/DNS

  • His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th, DNF, 12th, 13th, DNF, 12th, DNF

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

  • Has qualified 11th in 4/9 races this season

  • Has qualified 11th or 13th in 7/9 races this season

  • Best qualifying performance of the season was 9th in Barcelona, best race result was 11th in China & Japan

  • Has not finished a race ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto since Canada & has not outqualified his teammate since Barcelona

OTHER STATS

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (258)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • 17-16 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 258, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

CIRCUIT STATS

  • No Brazilian has stood on the podium in Spa since Felipe Massa in 2008

  • Won a 2022 Formula Regional European Championship race at Spa

  • Finished P2 in F2 feature race at Spa in 2024

  • Last year, became the first Brazilian to score points in Spa since Felipe Massa in 2017

KEY STATS

  • Finished 8th in Silverstone, his best result since he finished 8th in Monza last year

  • Is now responsible for both of Audi’s points finishes & all their 6 points this season

  • Silverstone was his first points finish since the season-opening race in Australia

  • The last time Bortoleto scored points in consecutive GP races was Spa-Hungary last year, which are the next races

  • Has outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in back to back races

  • Has not outqualified Hulkenberg in 3 consecutive races since he did it 7 races in a row in 2025 from Austria to Baku

  • Has not finished a race behind Hulkenberg since Canada

  • Has not made Q3 since Suzuka

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

  • Bortoleto is responsible for 2/3 of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia & Japan)

  • Is 16-17 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Sergio Perez

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has 3 consecutive front row starts in Spa (2022-2024)

  • Has scored points in his last 3 races at Spa (2022-2024)

  • Has made 10 consecutive Q3 appearances at Spa (2015-2024)

  • Has 2 podiums in his last 3 races at Spa

  • Has made more Q3 appearances in Spa (12) than any other circuit

  • Spa is the only circuit where Perez has more than 9 Q3 appearances

  • His 9 points finishes at Spa only trail Monza (12), Barcelona (11), Singapore (10), Austria (10) & Austin (10)

  • Has made more front row starts at Spa (3) than any other circuit

  • Has 3 DNFs in Spa

KEY STATS

  • Finished 14th in Silverstone, tied for his joint best finish (also 14th in Barcelona)

  • In the last 2 races he’s finished, Perez has taken the chequered flag in P14

  • Was outqualified for the first time since Miami in Silverstone

  • Hasn’t been outqualified in consecutive races yet this season

  • Best qualifying result of the season is 18th in Australia & 18th in Monaco

  • Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

  • Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 6 of 9 races & in 4 of the last 5 races

  • On a trajectory where Perez could win his first qualifying H2H against a full-time teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020 for Racing Point

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

  • Perez, Bottas, Stroll & Hulkenberg are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

  • Has completed more laps this season (456) than Oscar Piastri (443) & Lando Norris (438)

  • Perez, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Lance Stroll & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 career race starts later this year in Brazil

  • Perez & Rubens Barrichello are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

Valtteri Bottas

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has not scored points in Spa since 2020

  • Has not made Q3 in Spa since 2021, his last year with Mercedes

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 in Spa since 2013

  • Had 7 consecutive points finishes in Spa from 2014-2020 but not otherwise

  • Has led 1 lap at Spa

KEY STATS

  • Has completed the fewest laps of any driver this season (325) & by good margin, with Lance Stroll being the next closest at 359 laps completed

  • Qualified 18th in Silverstone, his best qualifying result of the season so far

  • Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

  • Has qualified 20th-22nd in 7 of the 9 races this season

  • Has qualified 20th in 6/9 races this season

  • No longer owns the worst average finishing position this season (16.40) with Lance Stroll now holding the honor (17.00)

  • Ended a streak of 3 consecutive DNFs by finishing the race in Silverstone, his first finish since Canada

  • The last 2 times Bottas has finished a race, he has been 16th (Silverstone & Canada)

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 38 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • Outqualified Sergio Perez in Silverstone, the first time he’s outqualified his teammate since Miami

  • Spa would mark the first time Bottas outqualifies Perez in consecutive races

  • In the 4 races they’ve both finished, Bottas has only finished ahead of Perez once (China)

  • Has been outqualified by Sergio Perez in 6 of the 9 races this season & in 4 of the last 5 races

  • Currently Sergio Perez & Lewis Hamilton are the only teammates of Bottas to have a better qualifying H2H record against him

  • His best finishing position this season is 13th in China. This is also Cadillac’s best finishing result so far

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Perez, Bottas, Stroll & Hulkenberg are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

  • Bottas, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

OTHER STATS

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Charles Leclerc - Silverstone 2026

  • George Russell - Austria 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Barcelona 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Kimi Antonelli - Silverstone 2026

  • George Russell - Austria 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Charles Leclerc - Silverstone 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Silverstone 2026

  • George Russell - Silverstone 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Austria 2026

  • Lando Norris - Barcelona 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • Pierre Gasly - Monaco 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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Let’s give you a rundown of the Red Bull Ring 📊

First race: 1970, won by Jacky Ickx for Ferrari

Laps: 71

Lap distance: 4.326 km

Race distance: 307.018 km

Corners: 10

Straight Mode Zones: 4

Pirelli tyre range: C3-C4-C5

🙏 Austria Prayer Circle

Prayer circle history

Monaco - Ferrari (Lewis Hamilton finished 2nd, Charles Leclerc DNF)

Barcelona - Lando Norris (finished his first race since Miami & finished 3rd on the podium)

Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P14 by Alan Jones in 1977 for Shadow

Furthest grid spot to finish on the podium:

  • P17 to P3 by Rolf Stommelen in 1970 for Brabham

Lap Record:

  • 1:07.924 by Oscar Piastri in 2025

Track Record:

  • 1:02.939 by Valtteri Bottas in 2020

Most Wins 🥇

Most Wins By Team

  1. McLaren - 7

  2. Mercedes - 7

  3. Ferrari - 5

  4. Red Bull - 5

Most Poles 🛞

Most Poles By Team

  1. Ferrari - 8

  2. Mercedes - 6

  3. Red Bull - 5

  4. McLaren - 5

Most Podiums 🏆

Most Podiums By Team

  1. Ferrari - 29

  2. McLaren - 20

  3. Mercedes - 15

  4. Williams - 11

  5. Red Bull - 10

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • Pole - 15 (38.46%)

  • P2 - 9 (23.08%)

  • P3 - 6 (15.38%)

  • P4 - 3 (7.69%)

  • P5 - 2 (5.13%)

  • P7 - 2 (5.13%)

  • P8 - 1 (2.56%)

  • P14 - 1 (2.56%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Vittorio Brambilla in 1975

  • John Watson in 1976

  • Alan Jones in 1977

  • Elio de Angelis in 1982

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • Rene Arnoux in 1979

  • Giancarlo Fisichella in 1998

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • Clay Regazzoni in 1970

  • Rolf Stommelen in 1970

  • Tim Schenken in 1971

  • Carlos Pace in 1973

  • Tom Pryce in 1975

  • Vittorio Brambilla in 1975

  • Alan Jones in 1977

  • Gilles Villeneuve in 1978

  • Valtteri Bottas in 2014

  • Lando Norris in 2020

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Stats Of The Week 😲

Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Austria? ⚔️

Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

  • NA | NA

Consecutive Poles

  • NA | Mercedes - 7

Consecutive Podiums

  • Lewis Hamilton - 3 | Mercedes - 7

  • NA | Ferrari - 3

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Lewis Hamilton - 3

  • Oscar Piastri - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 8

  • Isack Hadjar - 3

  • Pierre Gasly - 3

  • Liam Lawson - 3

  • Oscar Piastri - 2

  • Arvid Lindblad - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 38 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 35 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 24 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 23 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 12 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 7 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 7 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 4 (Japan 2026)

  • Liam Lawson - 2 (Canada 2026)

📊 2026 Leaderboards

Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

WINS: 9 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 28 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has stood on the podium in 2 straight seasons in Austria

  • Would join David Coulthard (1997-2001) & Mika Hakkinen (1998-2000) as the only McLaren drivers to have 3 consecutive podiums in Austria

  • Would join Lando Norris, Mika Hakkinen, Alain Prost & James Hunt as the only McLaren drivers to take pole in Austria

  • Would join Lando Norris, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Alain Prost & Niki Lauda as the only drivers to win in Austria

  • Austria would join Suzuka & Qatar as the only tracks where Piastri has 3 podiums. It would also join Qatar as the only track where he has 3 consecutive podiums

  • Has led at least 1 lap in each of the last 2 races in Austria (1 in 2024, 7 in 2025)

  • Has never outqualified Lando Norris in Austria (0-3)

  • Would join Alan Jones (1977, 1979) as the only Australian to win in Austria

KEY STATS

  • Is now tied on podiums (2-2), top 5 finishes (4-4), points finishes (4-4) & laps led (16-16) with teammate Lando Norris

  • Finished 34.942s behind Lando Norris in Barcelona, his largest deficit to his teammate since Mexico 2025 (42.065s)

  • Piastri has now been classified in 5 consecutive races (non-DNF, DSQ & DNS), the first time he’s done that since Australia to Monza last year

  • Has scored points in 2 consecutive races, if he scores points in Austria, it’ll be the first time he has 3 consecutive points finishes since Singapore to Brazil last year

  • Has still completed fewer laps (320) than Mercedes has led (335) this season

  • Is in the midst of his longest podium drought (3 straight races) since Baku to Las Vegas last year (6 races)

  • Piastri has made Q3 in 35 consecutive races, 2nd longest streak on the grid

  • Piastri is on a 16-race winless streak, the 2nd longest of his career (34 winless races from the start of his career to 2024 British GP)

OTHER STATS

  • Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

Lando Norris

WINS: 11 | POLES: 16 | PODIUMS: 46

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden F1 podium in Austria in 2020 when he finished 3rd

  • Got his maiden front row start in Austria in 2021 when he started 2nd

  • Got the 7th win, 12th pole & 35th podium of his career in Austria last year

  • His pole margin of 0.521s in Austria last year was the 6th biggest in the circuit’s history & the biggest at the track since Lewis Hamilton at 2020 Styrian GP (1.216s)

  • His pole margin of 0.521s in Austria was the largest of the entire 2025 season by any driver

  • His normalized pole margin of 0.814% in Austria was the largest of any driver in 2025 & the biggest since Max Verstappen at the 2023 Canadian GP (1.449%)

  • His normalized pole margin of 0.814% in Austria was the largest in a dry qualifying session since Barcelona 2019

  • Norris & Mika Hakkinen (2000) are the only McLaren drivers to take pole in Austria since the start of this century

  • Norris, Mika Hakkinen (1999-2000), Alain Prost (1985) & James Hunt (1976) are the only McLaren drivers to ever take pole in Austria

  • Norris would join Alain Prost (1985-1986) as the only McLaren drivers to win back-to-back in Austria & join Mika Hakkinen (1999-2000) as the only McLaren drivers with back-to-back poles in Austria

  • Has started on the front row in 2 straight years in Austria

  • Has 3 front row starts in Austria, tied with Austin & Zandvoort for his most as a F1 driver

  • His 8 Q3 appearances in Austria are tied with Silverstone for his most at any circuit

  • Has more points finishes in Austria (8) than any other circuit

  • His 8-1 qualifying record in Austria is tied for best on the grid with George Russell (among drivers with multiple GPs in Austria)

  • Has outqualified his teammate in Austria 6 straight times entering 2026

  • The only time Norris missed Q3 in Austria was 2022

  • His only non-points finish was in 2024 when he retired after colliding with Max Verstappen

  • The only time Norris was outqualified in Austria was at the 2020 Styria GP by Carlos Sainz

  • Austria would become the first track where Norris has multiple wins & would join Interlagos as the only tracks where he has multiple poles

  • Another podium in Austria would see the track join Imola as the only circuits where Norris has 4 podiums

  • Norris’ 108 points in Austria is more than any other circuit

  • Has led 62 laps in Austria, only 9 shy of Mexico for most of all circuits in his F1 career

  • Has a 4.25 average finishing position & 4.33 average qualifying position in Austria

KEY STATS

  • Is now even on podiums with Oscar Piastri this season (2-2)

  • Norris is even with Piastri in podiums (2-2), laps led (16-16), top 5 finishes (4-4) & points finishes (4-4) this season

  • Has outqualified Piastri in 3 of the last 4 races after starting the season by being outqualified in the first 3 races (Started 0-3, currently 3-1 in the last 4 GPs)

  • The last 3 times Norris has started 4th, he’s ended up on the podium (P3 in Barcelona 2026, P2 in Miami 2026, P2 in Imola 2025)

  • Has still completed fewer laps (315) than Mercedes has led (335) this season

  • Since the F1 season resumed in Miami, Norris has only scored fewer points (48) than Kimi Antonelli (84) & Lewis Hamilton (74). He’s also scored more than Oscar Piastri (47), Max Verstappen (43), George Russell (43), Isack Hadjar (30) & Charles Leclerc (26)

  • Norris (2) joins Kimi Antonelli (3) & Lewis Hamilton (3) as the only drivers with multiple podiums since the F1 season resumed in Miami

  • In the last 4 races Norris has actually completed, his finishing results are 3rd in Barcelona, 2nd in Canada sprint, 2nd in Miami GP race, 1st in Miami sprint

  • Now has 4 top 5 finishes & 3 DNF/DNS this season

  • Norris is the 20th driver in F1 history to have more than 45 career podiums

  • Norris is the only non-Mercedes driver to take pole in any format this season

  • Norris & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win in any format this season (Norris - Miami sprint, Hamilton - Barcelona GP)

  • Norris, Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen (x2) are the only drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

  • Has made Q3 in 38 consecutive races, the longest streak on the grid

  • Norris is the 11th driver in F1 history to reach 1500+ points (1503)

  • Norris needs to lead 8 laps to pass Valtteri Bottas & move to 29th in F1 history in laps led

OTHER STATS

  • Norris is only 3 podiums away (46) from matching Lewis Hamilton in podiums for McLaren (49)

  • Norris is 30th in F1 history in laps led (721)

  • Norris has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2020-2026)

  • Norris, Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

  • Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 46 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

Max Verstappen

WINS: 71 | POLES: 48 | PODIUMS: 128 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Leads all drivers in F1 history in wins (5), poles (5) & podiums (8) in Austria

  • Has as many wins in Austria (5) as Ferrari & as many poles in Austria (5) as McLaren

  • Austria is tied with Abu Dhabi & Mexico for the track where Verstappen has the most wins (5)

  • Austria is also tied with Barcelona for the track where Verstappen has the most podiums (8)

  • Austria is tied with Abu Dhabi for the track where Verstappen has the most poles (5)

  • Has more front row starts in Austria (8) than any other circuit

  • Has more Q3 appearances in Austria (13) than any other circuit

  • Austria is tied with Interlagos, Mexico, Abu Dhabi & Hungary for most points finishes of any circuit (10) for Verstappen

  • Got his first career grand slam in Austria in 2021, which at the time made him the youngest driver in F1 history to record a grand slam (later beat by Kimi Antonelli at Monaco 2026)

  • Is the only driver on the grid with a grand slam in Austria; Verstappen & Jo Siffert (1971) are the only drivers ever with a grand slam in Austria

  • Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton had the first of their record 37 1-2 finishes together in Austria in 2016

  • Verstappen & Hamilton are the only drivers with a perfect Q3 rate in Austria

  • Has scored more points in Austria (218) than any other circuit; has also led more laps in Austria (338) than any other circuit

  • Has been involved in a collision in each of the last 2 years in Austria (DNF in 2025 after getting hit by Kimi Antonelli & finished 5th in 2024 after colliding with Lando Norris while battling for the lead)

  • Qualified 7th in Austria last year, his worst qualifying performance at the track since he qualified 9th in 2016

  • Has started on the front row in 8 of the last 9 races in Austria (2025 the only exception)

  • Had 5 consecutive poles in Austria from 2021 to 2024 (including 2021 Styria GP), the longest streak in the circuit’s history

  • Has a 2.5 average finishing position in Austria

  • Has not been outqualified in Austria since 2017; the only 2 times he was outqualified in Austria were by Daniel Ricciardo in 2017 & 2016

  • His 2024 pole is the 8th biggest pole margin in Austria’s history (0.404s)

  • Responsible for all 338 of Red Bull’s laps led in Austria

KEY STATS

  • Since the F1 season resumed in Miami, Verstappen has scored the same amount of points (43) as George Russell (43)

  • Verstappen has now made Q3 in 90% of his races, the best rate in F1 history (216/240)

  • Verstappen needs 0.5 points to become the 2nd driver to reach 3500 career points scored, joining Lewis Hamilton

  • Has been responsible for the last 26 Red Bull podiums, last 34 wins & 26 poles

  • Verstappen has finished inside the top 5 in his last 3 race finishes (4th in Barcelona, 3rd in Canada, 5th in Miami; DNF in Monaco)

  • Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row this season in GP format

  • Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

  • Verstappen is the only non-Mercedes driver with multiple front row starts this season in any format

  • The last time Verstappen had 3+ DNFs in a season was 2021, when he won his first title (he’s currently at 2 DNFs)

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

  • Verstappen hasn’t finished behind his teammate in 58 consecutive races, the longest streak in F1 history

  • The last time Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate was Baku in 2023

OTHER STATS

  • Verstappen has lost 27 combined positions on Lap 1 whenever he starts on the front row this season (-7 in Miami, -20 in Monaco). He has combined to gain 1 position in all other GP races on Lap 1

  • Verstappen already has as many DNFs (2) as he did over the last 2 seasons combined (2)

  • Verstappen has 2 DNFs due to technical issues this season. He only had 3 DNFs not related to a collision from 2022 to 2025

  • Verstappen is now the 8th driver in F1 history to have a podium finish in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger, Fernando Alonso & Alain Prost

  • Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to currently have a podium streak of more than 10 consecutive seasons (next closest is Charles Leclerc with 8 & Lando Norris with 7)

  • Verstappen delivered the first podium of the Red Bull-Ford Powertrains era

  • Verstappen is the first driver to get on the podium using a Ford-branded engine since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian GP

  • Would become the first driver to win a race or finish on the podium with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Verstappen is 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen has recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 63)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Isack Hadjar

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • There have only been 2 Red Bull podiums in Austria that didn’t belong to Max Verstappen (Sergio Perez in 2023, Daniel Ricciardo in 2017)

  • Daniel Ricciardo in 2017 is the only time where there was only 1 Red Bull driver on the podium in Austria & it wasn’t Max Verstappen

  • Was outqualified & finished behind former Racing Bulls teammate Liam Lawson in Austria last year

  • Won the F3 feature race in Austria in 2022

  • Stood on the podium in Austria in F2 in 2023 & 2024

  • Has podiums in Austria in F3, F2 but not F1

KEY STATS

  • Hadjar already has more points in 2026 (34) than the Red Bull 2nd seat had all of last season (30)

  • Since Canada, Hadjar has scored more points (30) than Max Verstappen (29)

  • The only drivers with more points than Hadjar since Canada are Lewis Hamilton (64) & Kimi Antonelli (56)

  • Has scored points in 3 consecutive races (6th in Barcelona, 4th in Monaco, 5th in Canada)

  • Hadjar has made Q3 in 12 consecutive races & in all 7 races so far this season

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all races this season

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (2) than Verstappen’s teammates had from 2024-2025 (1-47)

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Verstappen 1 more time, he will have outqualified him the same number of times as Verstappen’s teammates since 2023 (3)

  • Could become the first French driver to win a race since Esteban Ocon at Hungary 2021

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 7 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

OTHER STATS

  • Has made 3 top 5 finishes as a F1 driver (Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026, Monaco 2026)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

George Russell

WINS: 6 | POLES: 10 | PODIUMS: 27

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has won in Austria in GP3, F2 and F1

  • Got the 2nd win of his career in Austria in 2024

  • His 2024 win in Austria is the only victory of Russell’s career that didn’t start from P1 (started 3rd)

  • Austria would become the first circuit where Russell has multiple wins

  • Has 64 points in Austria, only fewer than Interlagos (72) & Barcelona (72)

  • Has led only 8 laps in Austria, which were the last 8 laps of his 2024 win

  • Russell is 8-1 in qualifying against his teammates in Austria with 2023 being the only time he was outqualified by a teammate (Lewis Hamilton)

  • His 8-1 qualifying H2H record against his teammate is tied for best on the grid with Lando Norris (among drivers with minimum 2 GPs in Austria)

  • Has 2 DNFs in Austria, tied for his most of any circuit

  • Has 4 consecutive points finishes in Austria

  • Would join Lewis Hamilton (x2) & Valtteri Bottas (x3) as the only Mercedes drivers with poles in Austria

KEY STATS

  • Will make his 101st start for Mercedes in Austria, tying him with Valtteri Bottas for 3rd most with the team

  • Since the start of 2024, the only drivers with more poles than Russell (9) are Lando Norris (15) & Max Verstappen (16)

  • Russell has now failed to convert his last 2 poles to victory (Barcelona + Canada), meaning that his pole to win rate dropped to 40% (4/10)

  • The only drivers on the grid with a worse pole to win rate than Russell (40%) are Sergio Perez (33.3%), Valtteri Bottas (30%) & Charles Leclerc (18.5%)

  • Is 1 podium away from matching Oscar Piastri’s career number of podiums (28 - Piastri, 27 - Russell)

  • Since 2022, Russell has double the number of poles as his teammates (Russell - 10, Antonelli + Hamilton combined - 5)

  • Russell is responsible for Mercedes’ 150th pole as a team (Barcelona 2026)

  • Russell is still 3rd in the championship with 106 points, fewer than Lewis Hamilton (115) & Kimi Antonelli (156)

  • Russell now trails Kimi Antonelli by 50 points

  • Russell at one point trailed Kimi Antonelli by 68 points (after Monaco), which if he overcomes would be the largest deficit in the championship ever overcome to win the title (Max Verstappen, 46 points overcome in 2022 is the record)

  • Barcelona was Russell’s first podium since China, the 2nd race of the season

  • Barcelona was also the first time Russell gained points on Kimi Antonelli since the season-opener in Australia

  • The last time Russell finished ahead of Kimi Antonelli in consecutive races was Abu Dhabi 2025 - Australia 2026

  • Has outqualified Kimi Antonelli in 2 of the last 3 races (Canada + Barcelona)

  • The only times Russell has outqualified Kimi Antonelli this season is when he takes pole (Australia, Canada, Barcelona)

  • Russell is currently trailing 4-1 in the race H2H against Kimi Antonelli with the last time he lost to a teammate being Lewis Hamilton in 2023 (11-5)

  • Another pole for Russell would mean 2026 ties his personal record for most poles in a season (3 in 2026, 4 in 2024)

  • Another win for Russell would mean 2026 ties his personal record for wins in a season (2 in 2024 & 2 in 2025)

  • Has made Q3 in 23 consecutive races

OTHER STATS

  • The only races over the last 2 years where Russell has finished outside of the points are Monaco 2025 & Monaco 2026

  • Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 30 of 31 races (Monaco 2025 the only exception due to mechanical issue)

  • Career-long points scoring streak of 20 consecutive races came to an end in Canada earlier this year

  • The longest streak of Russell being outqualified by a teammate is 6 consecutive races by Lewis Hamilton from 2022 Spa to 2022 Austin

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Since he joined Mercedes in 2022, Russell is the only Mercedes driver who hasn’t had 3 consecutive podiums

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

  • 5 of Russell’s 6 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Kimi Antonelli

WINS: 5 | POLES: 4 | PODIUMS: 9 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has an F4 win in Austria in 2022

  • Has a podium in Austria in 2023 in Formula Regional European Championship

  • Did not score points in Austria in F2

  • Has not scored points in Austria in F2 or F1

  • DNFed in Austria last year after crashing into Max Verstappen on Lap 1

  • The only Italians to win in Austria at Red Bull Ring are Elio De Angelis in 1982, Vittorio Brambilla in 1975

  • The only Italians to take pole in Austria are Giancarlo Fisichella in 1998 & Fabi Teo in 1986

  • The last Italian on the podium in Austria was Fabi Teo in 1987

KEY STATS

  • Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for 5 GPs, the same number as Charles Leclerc. Since Antonelli cannot lose the championship lead in Austria, this means he will already surpass Leclerc’s total of GPs leading the championship

  • Antonelli will lead the championship for 6 consecutive GPs after Austria, surpassing the longest streaks of leading the championship by Charles Leclerc (5, Bahrain 2022 - Spain 2022) & Lando Norris (5, Mexico 2025 - Australia 2026)

  • Antonelli’s 41-point lead in the drivers’ championship is the largest after 7 GPs since Max Verstappen in 2023 (53 points)

  • The biggest championship lead after 7 GPs under the current points format: Sebastian Vettel - 60 in 2011, Max Verstappen - 53 in 2023, Kimi Antonelli - 41 in 2026)

  • Antonelli & Lewis Hamilton are the only drivers with 3 podiums since F1’s season resumed in Miami

  • Antonelli has already scored more points (156) than he did all of last season (150)

  • Antonelli could match George Russell in career wins (6) in Austria

  • Antonelli has more wins than George Russell (5-3) since they became teammates at Mercedes in 2025 & could double his teammate’s total

  • Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell more times this season (4) than he did all of last season (3)

  • Antonelli has led more laps (246) than the rest of the grid combined (190)

  • Antonelli has the same number of poles converted to wins as Oscar Piastri & George Russell (4)

  • Antonelli needs to convert 1 more pole into victory to match the number of wins Charles Leclerc has from pole (5)

  • Antonelli is the only driver this season to lead Lap 1 & win the race (Monaco)

  • Antonelli also became the first driver this season to lead a race from start to finish (Monaco)

  • Another win would see Antonelli tie Riccardo Patrese for 2nd most wins by an Italian driver in F1 history (6)

  • Is 1 podium away from his 10th career podium

OTHER STATS

  • Antonelli is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a grand slam & the only teenager to do so. Antonelli beat Max Verstappen’s record for youngest driver to record a grand slam by almost exactly 4 years (Antonelli - 19y, 9m, 13d / Verstappen - 23y 9m 4d in Austria 2021)

  • Antonelli is the only driver on the grid to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season. Antonelli is the first driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2011 to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season

  • Antonelli is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 wins happen consecutively (eventually had his first 5 wins happen consecutively)

  • Antonelli has matched Lewis Hamilton’s longest career winning streak (5) & he accomplished it in 84 days between China & Monaco

  • Antonelli joins Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers on the current grid to win 5+ consecutive races

  • The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Kimi Antonelli - 5, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3

  • Antonelli was the first driver to win 5+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli had a longer winning streak (5) than even his idol Ayrton Senna (4)

  • His 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953. Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 5+ consecutive races in a row

  • Antonelli’s 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari won 7 in a row from 2004 European GP to 2004 Hungary GP

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver with 6 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton (7 from Austin 2021 to Bahrain 2022)

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

  • Is the first Italian driver to lead the championship for consecutive GPs since Michele Alboreto in 1985

  • Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

  • Has converted all 4 of his poles to victory, giving him the best pole-to-win conversion rate in F1 history among all drivers with multiple poles

  • Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

  • Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

Charles Leclerc

WINS: 8 | POLES: 27 | PODIUMS: 52 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has won in Austria in GP3, F2 and F1

  • 2022 win in Austria was his first victory that came from outside pole position

  • Has started on the front row in Austria in 3 of the last 4 races there (P2 in 2025, P6 in 2024, P2 in 2023, P2 in 2022)

  • Has podiums in Austria in 3 of the last 4 years (P3 in 2025, P11 in 2024, P2 in 2023, P1 in 2022)

  • His 5 podiums in Austria are the most of any circuit he’s raced at

  • Has 4 front row starts in Austria, tied with Bahrain & Baku for the most of any circuit

  • His 8 points finishes in Austria are the most of any circuit

  • Has scored 115 points in Austria, more than any other circuit

  • Has led 120 laps in Austria, most of any circuit & the only circuit where he’s led 100+ laps

  • Has 1 DNF in Austria (2020 Styria) & 1 non-points finish (P11 in 2024)

  • Has shared the front row in Austria with Verstappen 3 times (2019, 2022, 2023)

KEY STATS

  • This is the first time Leclerc doesn’t have a front row start after 7 GPs since 2020 when he was driving the SF1000

  • Has DNFed in consecutive races for the first time as a Ferrari driver

  • Leclerc has never had 3 consecutive DNFs in his F1 career

  • Has been outqualified 3 races in a row by a teammate for the first time since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

  • The only time Leclerc has been outqualified 4 races in a row by a teammate was in 2019 when Sebastian Vettel outqualified him 5 times in a row from China through Canada

  • Has not finished a race ahead of Lewis Hamilton since the Japanese GP

  • Leclerc is tied with Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver with 52

  • Leclerc has not had a podium since Japan when he tied Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver. Raikkonen is also the driver who Leclerc replaced at Ferrari. Kimi curse?

  • Leclerc has now gone 36 consecutive races without a win, which is longer than the time it took him to get his maiden win (33 races from 2018 Australia to 2019 Hungary)

  • Leclerc’s 36 race drought without a win is now the 3rd longest of his career

  • Leclerc’s longest drought without a win is 46 consecutive races from 2019 Singapore to 2021 Abu Dhabi, meaning he could surpass this in 2026

  • Leclerc needs to lead 14 more laps to surpass his total amount of laps led last season (35 in 2026, 48 in 2025)

  • Leclerc has done 178 GPs with a Ferrari power unit, only 2 fewer than Michael Schumacher (180) & 31 fewer than Kimi Raikkonen (209)

  • Is 1 Q3 appearances away from 150 career Q3 appearances

  • The next win by Ferrari will be the 250th by the constructor in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton have been teammates for 31 races with Leclerc up 22-9 in qualifying H2H & 20-6 in race H2H

  • Leclerc has finished behind Lewis Hamilton in 3 of the 5 races they’ve both finished this season

  • 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

  • Leclerc has taken the lead on Lap 1 twice this season (Australia & Miami) but didn’t win either race

  • 3 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most podiums as a Ferrari driver (55)

  • Needs to lead 87 more laps to reach 1000 laps led

  • Hasn’t won a race since Oct. 20 2024 at the US GP

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

  • Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history (9)

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026) & has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons (2021-2025)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (22) during their time spent as teammates

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Lewis Hamilton

WINS: 106 | POLES: 104 | PODIUMS: 206 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Holds the record for the largest pole margin in Austria’s history after taking pole by 1.216s in the wet at the 2020 Styrian GP

  • His 1.216s gap to P2 in qualifying of the 2020 Styrian GP was the largest ever of his career

  • Hamilton is responsible for 2 of the 5 biggest pole margins in Austria’s history (1st - 1.216s in 2020, 5th - 0.543s in 2016)

  • Has 6 podiums in 14 race starts in Austria, the fewest of any track where he has 14+ starts at

  • His last podium in Austria was in 2022 (P3)

  • His last front row start in Austria was at the 2021 Styrian GP (P2)

  • Hamilton & Max Verstappen are the only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Austria

  • Hamilton has scored points in 13/14 starts in Austria with the only exception being a DNF in 2018

  • Has a worse qualifying H2H record against his teammates in Austria (6-8, 42.86%) than Lance Stroll (5-6, 45.45%)

  • Had fewer wins than Nico Rosberg (2-1) during their time as teammates in Austria; had fewer wins than Valtteri Bottas (2-1) in Austria during their time as teammates; had fewer wins than George Russell (1-0) in Austria during their time as teammates

  • Hamilton had fewer wins in Austria than all his Mercedes teammates during their tenure together, he was responsible for only 2 of Mercedes 7 wins in Austria

  • Hamilton had only 2 podiums in Austria while Valtteri Bottas had 6 podiums in Austria during their time together as teammates from 2017-2021

  • Hamilton has only 6 podiums in Austria while his teammates have had 10 during their time together on the same teams (Bottas - 6, Rosberg - 2, Russell - 1, Leclerc - 1)

  • Has finished 4th in 2 straight years in Austria

  • His worst finishing result in Austria is 8th (2023)

KEY STATS

  • Hamilton now has more wins than Charles Leclerc (1-0) since they became teammates. He also has now finished inside the top 2 more times (3) than Charles Leclerc (2) since they became teammates

  • Hamilton would become the first 40+ year old driver to win consecutive races since Jack Brabham won 4 in a row in 1966

  • Hamilton would become the second oldest driver to win consecutive races, only trailing Juan Manuel Fangio

  • Hamilton would become the first Ferrari driver to record 4 consecutive podiums since Charles Leclerc had 4 straight podiums from Spa through Baku in 2024

  • And the last time Hamilton had 4+ consecutive podiums was 2022 from Canada to Hungary when he had 5 in a row

  • Hamilton is the first Ferrari driver to have 3 consecutive top 2 finishing results since Charles Leclerc in 2022 (Bahrain through Australia)

  • Hamilton would become the first Ferrari driver with 4 consecutive top 2 finishing results since Sebastian Vettel in 2017 when he had 6 straight to open the season

  • Hamilton became the first teammate to outqualify Charles Leclerc 3 times in a row since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

  • The only time Leclerc has been outqualified 4 races in a row by a teammate was in 2019 when Sebastian Vettel outqualified him 5 times in a row from China through Canada

  • The last time Hamilton outqualified a teammate 4 times in a row was George Russell in 2023 (Monaco through Austria)

  • Hamilton has finished ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc in 3 of 5 races they’ve both finished this season

  • If Hamilton finishes another race ahead of Charles Leclerc (they both must finish), he will already exceed the number of times he accomplished that all of last season (3)

  • Hamilton is in the midst of his longest Q3 streak as a Ferrari driver (7 consecutive races)

  • Hamilton is the only driver in F1 history to win a race in their 20s, 30s & 40s

  • Hamilton is the first driver in F1 history to win a race for McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton has the best average finishing position (3.43) of all drivers except Kimi Antonelli & has the best average qualifying position (4.57) of all non-Mercedes drivers this season

  • Hamilton is still the only driver that has won a race after their 300th GP start. He’s done it 3 times (Silverstone 2024, Spa 2024, Barcelona 2026)

  • Hamilton has as many wins (106) as Fernando Alonso has podiums (106)

  • Hamilton has been responsible for 4 of the last 5 Ferrari podiums

  • Hamilton’s podium rate (53.23%) could soon surpass Max Verstappen (53.33%) for best on the current grid

  • If Hamilton finishes on the podium in Austria & Verstappen doesn’t, Hamilton will have the best podium rate on the grid with 53.35% while Verstappen’s will fall to 53.11%

  • Hamilton is the only non-Mercedes driver that has outqualified Kimi Antonelli at any race this season

  • Hamilton is the only non-Mercedes driver to win a GP race this season

  • Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win in any format this season

  • Hamilton & Max Verstappen are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row in any format this season (this group includes Lando Norris if you include sprints)

  • Hamilton has 43 points over the last 2 GPs, the same amount as Mercedes (43) & Ferrari (43)

  • Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli are the only drivers with 3 podiums since F1’s season resumed in Miami

  • Has not finished a race behind Charles Leclerc since the Japanese GP on March 29

  • Hamilton is responsible for the oldest 44 victories on the current grid

  • Hamilton isn’t losing a single H2H category against Charles Leclerc this season

  • Hamilton has been on the podium at every race with exactly 4 straight mode zones this season (China, Canada, Barcelona). Austria will have 4 straight mode zones

  • Hamilton has scored the most points (64) over the last 3 races out of all drivers with Kimi Antonelli (56) being the next closest

  • Hamilton has 17 seasons with a win. Only 16 other drivers in F1 history have 17 or more total career victories.

  • Hamilton & Pierre Gasly are the only drivers to score points at every race weekend

  • Hamilton is the only driver to score points at every GP race

  • Hamilton is the only driver that has completed 100% of all racing laps this season

  • Hamilton’s win in Barcelona was the largest margin of victory this season (19.561s)

  • Hamilton is the only non-Mercedes driver to record 3 consecutive podiums this season

  • The next win by Ferrari will be the 250th by the constructor in F1 history

  • Hamilton (4) & Antonelli (6) are the only drivers with more than 3 podiums this season

  • Hamilton has the longest active points-scoring streak on the grid (8 straight GP races)

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from 350 career Q3 appearances

  • Became the first driver ever to lead 5500 laps over their career (5521)

  • Hamilton has led 195/387 GP races he’s started (50.39%), the best rate on the grid

  • The last time Ferrari won back-to-back races was Austin-Mexico 2024

  • The last time a Ferrari driver won back-to-back races was Charles Leclerc in 2019 (Spa-Monza)

  • Hamilton’s victory in Barcelona was the first by a world champion driving for Ferrari since Sebastian Vettel at Singapore in 2019

  • The last time a world champion won consecutive races for Ferrari was Sebastian Vettel in Australia & Bahrain in 2018

  • If Hamilton wins the championship this season, his 66-point deficit that he faced after Monaco would be the largest deficit overcome to win a title under the current points system

  • The last Hamilton won consecutive races was Brazil-Qatar-Saudi Arabia in 2021

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • Hamilton’s next pole will make him the first driver to take pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Joined Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Has already led more races (3) in 2026 than he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

OTHER STATS

  • Hamilton was responsible for the 250th victory by a Ferrari power unit in F1 history

  • Hamilton also delivered Ferrari its first win since Carlos Sainz at the 2024 Mexican GP

  • Hamilton is the oldest British driver to ever win a race, passing Nigel Mansell’s record set in 1994

  • Hamilton is the first driver aged 40+ to win a race since Mansell in 1994

  • Hamilton & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to win a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would also join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Needs to lead 5 more races to have 200 races led in his career

  • Joined Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

Carlos Sainz

WINS: 4 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 29

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Didn’t start last year’s race in Austria

  • Could become 1st Williams driver to score points in Austria since 2017

  • Has made Q3 in Austria for Ferrari, McLaren, Renault & Toro Rosso but not Williams

  • Has also scored points in Austria for Ferrari, McLaren & Toro Rosso but not Williams or Renault

  • Austria is 1 of 4 circuits where he has a fastest lap point (Paul Ricard, Montreal, Silverstone)

  • Neither Williams driver finished the race in Austria last year (Sainz - DNS, Albon - DNF)

  • Williams’ last pole in F1 came in Austria in 2014 (Felipe Massa)

KEY STATS

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 5 of the last 6 GPs

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 8 of the last 10 races dating back to last season

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 14 of the last 17 races dating back to last season (this excludes Singapore where they were both disqualified)

  • Sainz’s last Q3 appearance was Qatar 2025

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Hasn’t scored points since Canada

  • The last time Sainz went 3 straight races without scoring points was Hungary to Monza 2025

  • Has scored 6 points this season compared to 5 scored from teammate Alex Albon

  • Sainz only needs to score 8 points to tie Alex Albon on points since they became teammates at Williams in 2025

  • Outscored by Alex Albon 78-70 during their time together at Williams

  • Responsible for 54 of Williams’ last 62 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

OTHER STATS

  • All of Sainz’s points finishes have been 9th place this season (China, Miami, Canada)

  • Sainz has recorded multiple points finishes every season since he debuted in F1

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

  • Will make his 250th race start in Qatar this year

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

Alex Albon

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 2

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has not been outqualified by a teammate in Austria since joining Williams

  • His last Q3 appearance in Austria was in 2023

  • His last & only points finish in Austria was in 2020 (finished 4th for Red Bull)

  • The last time he DNFed in Austria (2020) he scored points in the next race at the circuit. He DNFed in Austria last year …

  • Neither Williams driver finished the race in Austria last year (Sainz - DNS, Albon - DNF)

  • Williams’ last pole in F1 came in Austria in 2014 (Felipe Massa)

KEY STATS

  • Is now Williams’ all-time leader in races with 96 starts

  • Albon has scored points in the last 2 races that he completed to the finish (10th in Miami, DNF in Canada, 8th in Monaco, not classified in Barcelona)

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in 2 of the last 3 races (Canada & Barcelona)

  • Has missed Q3 in 18 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Albon has 5 points this season, only 1 fewer than Carlos Sainz (6)

OTHER STATS

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • His 318 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has only 1 points finish ever in Austria during his junior career, a 7th place finish in F3 in 2024

  • Did not score points in Austria in F2 last year or in F4 in 2022

  • The only full-season rookie to score points and/or make Q3 last year in Austria was Gabriel Bortoleto

KEY STATS

  • Has scored points in consecutive races for the first time in his career (Monaco-Barcelona)

  • Has scored points in 3 consecutive GP weekends (Canada sprint-Monaco-Barcelona)

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Canada

  • Lindblad has scored points OR made Q3 in 5 of 7 races this season

  • Lindblad’s 7th place finish in Monaco earlier this year was the best finishing result of his young career so far

OTHER STATS

  • Has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • The 2026 Miami GP is the only Q1 elimination of Lindblad’s career so far

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

Liam Lawson

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • At the time, Lawson’s P6 in Austria was his best qualifying result & finishing result of 2025

  • Outqualified Max Verstappen in Austria last year

  • Also outqualified Isack Hadjar, who didn’t make it out of Q2

  • Won once & got 2 podiums in 3 races in ADAC F4 in Austria in 2018

  • Won F3 sprint race in Austria in 2020

  • Won the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (GT3) race in Austria

KEY STATS

  • Austria last year was a major turning point for Lawson. Since Austria 2025, Lawson has scored 62 points, 9th most in F1 & only 2 fewer than Isack Hadjar (64)

  • Essentially the only drivers who have scored more points than Lawson since last year’s race in Austria are Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar, the Mercedes, McLaren & Ferrari drivers

  • Has scored points in 3 consecutive races, the longest streak of his career

  • Has made Q3 in 2 consecutive races, the first time he’s done since Brazil-Las Vegas last year

  • Would be the first time he makes Q3 in 3 consecutive races since Belgium-Hungary-Zandvoort last year

  • Has outqualified Arvid Lindblad in 2 consecutive races & in 3 of the last 4 races

  • Since Australia, Lawson has never finished a race behind teammate Arvid Lindblad

  • Lawson has now scored points in 5 of 7 races this season

  • Lawson has finished 6 races this season & has finished in the points in 5 of his 6 finishes

  • Since his 13th place finish in Australia, Lawson has scored points every time he finishes the race

  • Needs to score 12 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 72, Amon - 83)

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • Since the end of Monza 2025, Lawson has 6 Q3 appearances & 9 Q2 eliminations & 0 Q1 eliminations

  • Lawson currently has an average finishing position of 8.33 this season, best of his career

  • His average qualifying position of 11 is also the best of his career so far

OTHER STATS

  • Since the rebrand to RB/Racing Bulls in 2024, Lawson has scored more points (70) for the team than any other driver

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

WINS: 32 | POLES: 22 | PODIUMS: 106 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Alonso is the only driver on the grid who has raced in Austria before it returned to the calendar in 2014 (raced in 2001 in Austria for Minardi & 2003 in Austria for Renault)

  • Austria is the only circuit Alonso has raced at 10+ times where he doesn’t have a single podium

  • Austria, Las Vegas, Baku & Mexico are the only circuits on the calendar that Alonso doesn’t have a podium at

  • Austria is 1 of 7 tracks Alonso doesn’t have a podium at (Sochi, Portugal, Mexico, Paul Ricard, Las Vegas, Baku)

  • Alonso’s worst starting position in Austria is 20th (pitlane) in 2018 with McLaren after taking a grid penalty for modifying his car under parc ferme

  • Has scored points in Austria in 6 of his last 7 races there (2024 was the exception when he finished 18th)

  • Has never been eliminated in Q1 in Austria

  • Alonso’s worst qualifying performance in Austria was 19th in 2003 for Renault (no Q1-Q2-Q3 format back then)

  • Qualified 18th for Minardi in 2001 in Austria

  • His last DNF in Austria was in 2017 when he last raced with a Honda engine at the circuit

  • Has raced 3 times in Austria with a Honda engine & DNFed all 3 times (2015-2017)

  • Has had 5 DNFs in Austria

KEY STATS

  • Barcelona was the first time ever that Alonso qualified last on pure pace

  • Was outqualified by Lance Stroll for the first time since Silverstone 2024, ending a streak of 42 races

  • The last time Alonso was outqualified in consecutive races was Miami-Imola-Monaco in 2024 (3 straight)

  • Alonso was 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualify a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

  • Has scored points in 22 consecutive seasons with 2001 with Minardi, his rookie year, being the only exception

  • Responsible for 27 of Aston Martin’s last 28 points

  • The last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

  • Alonso’s last Q3 appearance was 2025 Abu Dhabi

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

OTHER STATS

  • Monaco earlier this year was the first time Alonso scored points with a Honda engine since the last race of 2017 (Abu Dhabi 2017)

  • It took Alonso fewer races to score points in 2026 (6 GPs) than it did in 2025 (9 GPs)

  • Alonso has now scored points in 276 GP weekends

  • 2026 was the first time Alonso didn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015 (never made Q3 in 2015)

  • 2026 was also the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 6 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006 (now at 7 races without making it out of Q1)

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (432)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 3

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has not scored points or made Q3 in Austria since 2023

  • 4 Q3 appearances in Austria is tied for his most with Monza

  • The only circuits where Stroll has more points finishes than Austria are Montreal (5) & Silverstone (5)

  • Has finished 13th or 14th in 4 of the last 5 races in Austria (14th in 2025, 13th in 2024, 9th in 2023, 13th in 2022, 13th in 2021)

KEY STATS

  • Outqualified Fernando Alonso for the first time since Silverstone 2024, ending a streak of 42 races where he was outqualified

  • The last time Stroll outqualified Fernando Alonso in consecutive races was Miami-Imola-Monaco in 2024 (3 straight)

  • DNFed for a second consecutive race last time out in Barcelona

  • Stroll has now only completed 2 of 7 races this season (1 DNS, 4 DNFs)

  • Stroll has completed 263 laps this season, fewest of all drivers

  • Aston Martin has completed 562 laps this season, fewest of all teams with the next closest being McLaren at 635

  • Stroll is 1 of 4 drivers who haven’t scored points this season, joining Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas & Sergio Perez

  • Is 22nd in the drivers’ standings

  • Stroll has qualified 21st or 22nd in 6 of 7 races this season

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Has scored 1 point over the last 16 GPs

OTHER STATS

  • Holds the F1 record with 94 Q1 eliminations, which is 20 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

  • Hungary is scheduled to be Stroll’s 200th GP in F1

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • His 196 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris & Nico Hulkenberg

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 4

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has scored 32 points in Austria, with only Monaco (33) & Spa (39) having more

  • Started his career with 3 straight points finishes in Austria but has only finished in the points twice since then (2022 & 2025)

  • Has scored points in Austria for Force India, Renault, Alpine & Haas

KEY STATS

  • Ocon has qualified 17th in 3 straight races (Canada-Monaco-Barcelona)

  • That also means that Ocon has had 3 straight Q1 eliminations

  • Hasn’t made it out of Q1 since Miami (Q2)

  • Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances, 4 Q2 eliminations & 3 Q1 eliminations this season

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 23 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Outscored 43-13 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 18-3 to start 2026

  • Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in only 2 of the 7 races this season

  • Has an equal number of points scored (3) as Ollie Bearman has points finishes (3) this season

OTHER STATS

  • Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (187)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • Has scored the 3rd most points by a French driver in F1 history, trailing Alain Prost & Pierre Gasly

Ollie Bearman

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Outqualified teammate Esteban Ocon in Austria last year

  • Won the F2 sprint race in Austria in 2024

  • Won 2 of 3 races in Austria in 2021 in ADAC Formula 4

  • Won an Italian F4 race in Austria in 2021

  • Has picked up a podium in Austria in ADAC F4, Italian F4, F3 & F2

KEY STATS

  • Has as many points finishes (3) this season as Esteban Ocon has points (3) this year

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 5 of 7 GPs this season & in 10 of the last 14 races dating back to last season

  • Still has scored points in 3 of the 4 races he’s finished this season (had a DNF in Suzuka, Monaco & Barcelona)

  • When he’s seen the chequered flag this season, Bearman has never finished worse than 11th

  • Responsible for 18 of Haas’ 21 points this season

  • Has scored 43 of Haas’ last 56 points since Singapore last year

  • Has finished in the points in 8 of his last 14 races with 2 top 5 finishes (Mexico 2025, China 2026)

OTHER STATS

  • Owns a career 20-13 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 13

  • Bearman needs 11 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 22 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 7

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished 13th last year, ending a run of 2 straight points finishes in Austria

  • Has made Q3 in Austria in 6 of the last 7 races there (2024 the only exception)

  • Has never started worse than 14th in Austria (2022)

  • Has never qualified worse than 13th in Austria (2024)

  • 6 Q3 appearances in Austria is tied with Bahrain & Monaco for his most of any circuit

  • Has only scored 16 points from his 10 race starts & 5 points finishes in Austria

  • Has outqualified his teammate in 8 of 10 appearances in Austria; the only times he was outqualified by a teammate was 2024 by Esteban Ocon & 2019 by Max Verstappen

KEY STATS

  • Catching up - Picked up the 6th podium of his career after he was reinstated to the podium in Monaco. This was also his 1st podium since Brazil 2024

  • Gasly has now recorded a podium finish in every season with Alpine except 2025 (2023-2024, 2026)

  • Gasly now has the same number of podiums (1) as Oscar Piastri (1), Max Verstappen (1) & George Russell (1) since Miami

  • Gasly has still scored points in every race weekend this season (7/7)

  • The only drivers who have scored points in every race weekend this season are Lewis Hamilton & Pierre Gasly

  • This is the first time in Gasly’s career that he scored points in 7 consecutive GP weekends

  • Gasly is the first Alpine driver to score points in 7 consecutive race weekends since Fernando Alonso scored points in 10 consecutive race weekends in 2022

  • Gasly is the second highest-scoring French driver in F1 history with 499 points, passing Esteban Ocon (486 points) & only trailing Alain Prost (798.5 points)

  • Gasly needs 1 more point to become the 24th driver in F1 history to reach 500 points

  • In only GP races, Gasly has 6 finishes & 1 DNF. He has scored points in all 6 of the races he’s finished (DNF in China)

  • The only driver with more points finishes in GP races than Gasly (6) this season is Lewis Hamilton (7)

  • Responsible for 63 of Alpine’s 79 points scored since the start of 2025

  • Gasly has already scored points in more GP races this year (6) than he did all of last season (5) & it’s only been 7 races so far

  • In 7 GPs, Gasly has already scored nearly double the amount of points this season (41) than he did all of last season (22)

  • Has made Q3 in 4 of 7 races this season

  • Has at least 5+ points finishes in 9 straight seasons dating back to 2018

OTHER STATS

  • Gasly is 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (185), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (187)

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 14 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

Franco Colapinto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished 2nd in the F2 feature race in Austria in 2024

  • Won in Austria during the 2021 FRECA season

  • Got a podium in Austria in 2022 F3

  • Has scored a podium in Austria in FRECA, F3 & F2

  • Carlos Reutemann is the only Argentine driver to win in Austria (1974)

  • No Argentine driver has taken pole in Austria

  • Carlos Reutemann is the only Argentine driver with a podium in Austria (1974, 1980)

KEY STATS

  • Colapinto has outqualified Pierre Gasly in 3 of the last 4 races (Miami, Canada, Barcelona)

  • Has scored points in 3 of the last 4 races & in 4 of the last 6 races

  • Hasn’t made Q3 in 2 consecutive races now (not since Canada)

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 this season

  • Colapinto holds the longest streak of time without a DNF. It’s been over 560 days since the last time Colapinto retired, which was at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Colapinto has not yet had a retirement during his time with Alpine

  • Colapinto’s best finishing result is 6th, set earlier this year in Canada & his best qualifying result is 8th, set this year in Miami

OTHER STATS

  • Has 6 career points finishes

  • Colapinto has 21 points, 4th most in Argentina’s history. Needs 57 to pass José Froilán González for 3rd most

  • Colapinto has been responsible for Argentina’s 2 best results dating all the way back to February 1982 during this season (P6 - 2026 Canadian GP & P7 - 2026 Miami GP)

  • Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

  • Colapinto had consecutive points finishes for the first time in his career earlier this year (scored points in Miami & Canada)

  • Was the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

Nico Hulkenberg

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Qualified 20th/last in Austria last year

  • Prior to 2025, Hulkenberg had never qualified worse than 12th in Austria

  • Finished 9th after starting 20th in Austria last year to pick up 2 points

  • Austria 2016 was the 2nd & most recent front row of his career

  • Austria 2016 & Brazil 2010 are the only front row starts of his career

  • Has scored points in 2 straight races in Austria (was 6th in 2024)

  • Has scored points in Austria for Force India, Haas & Kick Sauber

  • Has made Q3 in 2 of the last 3 years in Austria (2025 the exception)

  • Has 3 DNFs in Austria (2016, 2018, 2023)

KEY STATS

  • Coming off of his first Q3 appearance of 2026 & his first Q3 appearance since Brazil 2025

  • The last time Hulkenberg made consecutive Q3 appearances was Austria-Silverstone 2024, nearly 2 years ago

  • Has outqualified Gabriel Bortoleto in 4 consecutive races & in 5 of the last 6 races

  • Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers this season who haven’t scored points

  • Looking for his first points finish for Audi

  • Hasn’t scored points since Abu Dhabi 2025

  • His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th, DNF, 12th, 13th, DNF

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

  • Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 6 of 10 competitive sessions this year in all formats (includes sprints)

  • In only GP format, Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 4/7 races & finished 11th in 2/4 race finishes

OTHER STATS

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (256)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • 17-14 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 256, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Austria last year was his first Q3 appearance & points finish of his F1 career

  • Won the F2 feature race in Austria in 2024

  • The only Brazilian to win in Austria was Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972

  • The last Brazilian to take pole in Austria was Felipe Massa in 2014

  • The last Brazilian to be on the podium in Austria was Felipe Massa in 2015

KEY STATS

  • Has now finished 11th in each of the last 2 races

  • Has finished 11th to 13th in 5 straight races (13th in Japan, 12th in Miami, 13th in Canada, 11th in Monaco, 11th in Barcelona)

  • Has not scored points in 6 consecutive races since finishing 9th & collecting 2 points in Australia

  • Needs 8 more points to match Felipe Nasr for 8th most points by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

  • Has been outqualified in 4 consecutive races by Nico Hulkenberg & in 5 of the last 6 races

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

  • Bortoleto is responsible for both of Audi’s points scored this season (2 points in Australia)

  • Bortoleto is responsible for 2/3 of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia & Japan)

  • Is 14-17 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Sergio Perez

WINS: 6 | POLES: 3 | PODIUMS: 39

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Scored points in his last 2 appearances in Austria (2023-2024)

  • Has scored points in 6 of his last 7 appearances in Austria (a DNF in 2022 is the only exception)

  • His only non-points finishes in Austria were 2 DNFs & 11th place in 2019 for Racing Point

  • Has scored 91 points in Austria & led 11 laps

  • His 11 laps led in Austria were all in 2014

  • Perez in 2023 & Daniel Ricciardo in 2017 are the only non-Max Verstappen podiums in Austria

  • Perez has only outqualified his teammate 3 of 13 times in Austria & last did so in 2020 (Austrian GP against Lance Stroll)

  • Stroll (2019-2020) & Esteban Ocon (2017) are the only times Perez has outqualified a teammate in Austria

KEY STATS

  • Has completed 400 laps this season, 7th most in F1 & more than George Russell (397), Max Verstappen (347), Oscar Piastri (320) & Lando Norris (315), among others

  • The only drivers who have completed 400+ laps: Lewis Hamilton (436), Kimi Antonelli (431), Franco Colapinto (431), Esteban Ocon (429), Carlos Sainz (422), Charles Leclerc (418) & Sergio Perez (400)

  • Cadillac has completed more laps this season (671) than Audi (662), McLaren (635) & Aston Martin (562)

  • Coming off his best result of the season, a 14th place in Barcelona

  • Perez’s finishing results have been improving in linear fashion (17th in Japan, 16th in Miami, DNF in Canada, 15th in Monaco, 14th in Barcelona)

  • Best qualifying result of the season is 18th in Australia & 18th in Monaco, both are also Cadillac’s best qualifying results

  • Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 5 of 7 races & in 4 of the last 5 races

  • On a trajectory where Perez could win his first qualifying H2H against a full-time teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020 for Racing Point

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 career race starts later this year in Brazil

  • Perez & Rubens Barrichello are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

Valtteri Bottas

WINS: 10 | POLES: 20 | PODIUMS: 67

CIRCUIT STATS

  • During his time at Mercedes, Bottas had more wins in Austria than Lewis Hamilton (2-1), more poles in Austria than Lewis Hamilton (3-1) & more podiums in Austria than Lewis Hamilton (6-2)

  • Bottas, Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton are the only drivers on the grid with multiple wins in Austria

  • The only driver ever with more poles in Austria than Bottas (3) is Max Verstappen (5)

  • The only driver with more podiums in Austria ever than Bottas (7) is Max Verstappen (8)

  • Has led 150 laps in Austria more than any other driver except Max Verstappen (338)

  • Austria & Sochi are the only circuits where Bottas has multiple wins

  • Bottas has more poles (3) & podiums (7) in Austria than any other circuit

  • His 143 points & 150 laps led are also the most out of any other circuit he’s raced at

  • His 4 front row starts in Austria is tied with Hungary for the most of any circuit in his career

  • Has not made Q3 in Austria since 2021 & has not scored points since 2021 either

  • Began his career with 9 points finishes in 10 races in Austria with the only exception being a double DNF in 2018

  • Also began his career with 10 consecutive Q3 appearances in Austria from 2014 through 2021

  • Austria, Hungary & Bahrain are the only circuits where Bottas has 10 Q3 appearances, tied for most of all his circuits

  • Got his maiden podium in Austria in 2014 for Williams

  • Got his first front row start in Austria in 2014 for Williams

  • His 2017 pole in Austria was the 2nd ever pole of his F1 career & his 2017 win in Austria was also the 2nd victory of his career

KEY STATS

  • Owns the worst average finishing position of all drivers this season (16.5)

  • Has DNFed in consecutive races (Monaco-Barcelona)

  • Bottas has never had 3 consecutive DNFs in his career

  • Has completed only 271 laps this season, second fewest of all drivers (only Lance Stroll has fewer with 263)

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 36 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • Has been outqualified by Sergio Perez in 5 of the 7 races this season & in 4 of the last 5 races

  • Currently Sergio Perez & Lewis Hamilton are the only teammates of Bottas to have a better qualifying H2H record against him

  • His best finishing position this season is 13th in China. This is also Cadillac’s best finishing result so far

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

OTHER STATS

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Lewis Hamilton - Barcelona 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • George Russell - Barcelona 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Lewis Hamilton - Barcelona 2026

  • George Russell - Barcelona 2026

  • Lando Norris - Barcelona 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • Pierre Gasly - Monaco 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Canada 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Japan 2026

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

]]><![CDATA[2026 Barcelona Driver Power Rankings]]>https://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-barcelona-driver-power-rankingshttps://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-barcelona-driver-power-rankingsTue, 16 Jun 2026 10:19:05 GMTFollow Me On: X | BlueSky | Threads | Instagram

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Driver Power Rankings

30 years after Michael Schumacher got his first win for Ferrari in Barcelona, Hamilton followed in his footsteps at the very same circuit. Like that magical 1996 moment in Barcelona, this felt like the start of something truly special. In a race that tested tyre management, peak pace, and consistency, Hamilton was in a class of his own - even ahead of the dominant Mercedes. In recent times, Hamilton was told he was finished. In years prior, he was called a lucky beneficiary of landing in the best machinery. At the age of 41, Hamilton is out to show you’re never too old to get the last laugh against your detractors. That’s why he’s the only driver that has conquered the mighty Mercedes this season. The most successful driver the sport has ever seen, Hamilton is finally back to being the one in Formula 1.

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It wasn’t flashy and it wasn’t going to make any headlines either, but Norris’ performance in Barcelona was the drive of a world champion. The MCL40 was clearly not in its comfort zone but Norris steadied the ship and secured McLaren a podium. Those unspectacular drives that unexpectedly result in podiums are exactly what we’ve seen from previous world champions and Norris is now no different. Easily the fastest McLaren driver this weekend, the reigning champ continues to prove that if the car can start and finish, he’ll maximize its output. He’s now finished 3rd, 2nd, 2nd & 1st over the last 4 races/sprints he’s completed.

The RB22 had a relentless hunger for tyres in Barcelona, which left Verstappen unable to reach the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren. Still, he did better than expected. He qualified only 0.023s off Kimi Antonelli in P3, much to his own shock. This continued his streak of starting inside the top 6 in Barcelona every year since he was a rookie. He then turned that into a 4th place finish, even ahead of the McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Verstappen is in a groove when it comes to getting the most out of his machinery (that is when his car feels like cooperating). He’s now finished inside the top 5 in each of the last 3 races that he’s seen the chequered flag.

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The only meaningful portions of the weekend where Antonelli was slower than George Russell were in qualifying and in the first stint of the race. After that, Antonelli’s pace was vastly superior to that of his teammate. On Russell’s gearbox for the majority of the race, Antonelli finally got past late, though his car painfully came to a stop shortly after. The DNF was a tough blow to take but here’s what’s most important: F1 has now visited two European circuits where Antonelli struggled last year, and both times he’s seemed to be the faster of the Mercedes pair.

The good news? Russell’s 100th GP weekend as a Mercedes driver didn’t end with Kimi Antonelli equalling his career wins total (6). The bad news? Russell didn’t win either. Russell still made up a valuable 18 points on Antonelli due to his teammate’s DNF but he lacked the pace to take an additional 7 points that would have come with a win, though we later learned an incorrect wing adjustment at his final stop may have played a hand in that. At the very least, Russell ended his 4-race stretch without a podium, his longest drought since 2024.

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Lawson continues to quietly string together his best stretch as an F1 driver even if it feels like hardly anyone is noticing. This is the first time in his career that Lawson has scored points in 3 consecutive race weekends. He’s also made Q3 in consecutive GPs for the first time this season. He’s 10th in the drivers’ standings with 28 points scored, 10 more than Ollie Bearman in 11th.

Hadjar qualified only 0.056s off Max Verstappen, 0.076s off reigning world champion Lando Norris and 0.079s off championship leader Kimi Antonelli. Hadjar’s 1-lap pace continues to be exceptional. There is no questioning that. His race pace still lacks considerably compared to Verstappen, but that’s to be expected when you’re up against an all-time great. What’s been encouraging is how Hadjar recovered after a poor start, fighting back to finish 6th. His no-quit attitude has been a perfect fit for the Red Bull seat.

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You literally can’t make up the misfortune Hulkenberg has gone through this season even if you tried and Barcelona’s chapter was the silliest of all. After making his first Q3 appearance of the season, Hulkenberg was in serious contention to score his first points of 2026 until gravel thrown up by Liam Lawson’s car hit a button in Hulkenberg’s cockpit that triggered his car to shut down. What does a man have to do for some points?

Nobody gained more positions in Barcelona than Gasly, who moved up 7 positions to pick up a valuable 6 points. Gasly and Lewis Hamilton are the only drivers who have scored points at every GP weekend this season. It’s a continuation of strong form for Gasly, who has now scored as many points as Oscar Piastri over the last 3 races (25) while also having only 1 point fewer than George Russell (26) in this span.

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Lindblad is in the midst of his longest points scoring streak of his young career as he picked up points for a 3rd consecutive GP weekend. Barcelona has been a mighty track for Lindblad and he proved why, finishing 9th in his F1 debut at the track.

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]]><![CDATA[2026 Barcelona F1 Stat Pack ]]>https://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-barcelona-f1-stat-packhttps://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-barcelona-f1-stat-packTue, 09 Jun 2026 12:44:32 GMTFollow Me On: X | BlueSky | Threads | Instagram

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📍 Welcome To Barcelona

📊 Let’s give you a rundown of the Circuit de Catalunya

First race: 1991, won by Nigel Mansell for Williams

Laps: 66

Lap distance: 4.657 km

Race distance: 307.236 km

Corners: 14

Straight Mode Zones: 4

Pirelli tyre range: C2-C3-C4 (1 STEP SOFTER THAN LAST YEAR)

🙏 Barcelona Prayer Circle

Ferrari won last week’s prayer with Lewis Hamilton finishing P2 & Charles Leclerc DNFing. Clearly, divine intervention is only strong enough to save one driver at a time.

This week’s prayer circle will be contested among the marquee drivers that didn’t score points in Monaco.

🔑 Key Feats To Know

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P5 by Fernando Alonso in 2013 for Ferrari

Furthest grid spot to finish on the podium:

  • P12 by Olivier Panis in 1997 for Prost

  • P12 by Juan Pablo Montoya in 2001 for Williams

  • P12 by George Russell in 2023 for Mercedes

Lap Record:

  • 1:15:743 by Oscar Piastri in 2025 for McLaren

Track Record:

  • 1:11.383 by Lando Norris in 2024 for McLaren

🥇 Most Wins

🛞 Most Poles

🏆 Most Podiums

🥇 🛞 Recent Results

🥇 Most Wins By Grid Position

  • Pole - 25 (71.43%)

  • P2 - 7 (20%)

  • P3 - 1 (2.86%)

  • P4 - 1 (2.86%)

  • P5 - 1 (2.86%)

🥇 Maiden Wins

  • Pastor Maldonado in 2012 for Williams

  • Max Verstappen in 2016 for Red Bull

🛞 Maiden Poles

  • Pastor Maldonado in 2012 for Williams

🏆 Maiden Podiums

  • Johnny Herbert in 1995 for Benetton

  • Juan Pablo Montoya in 2001 for Williams

  • Pastor Maldonado in 2012 for Williams

  • Daniel Ricciardo in 2014 for Red Bull

  • Max Verstappen in 2016 for Red Bull

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😲 Stats Of The Week

🏎️ How Teams Have Fared Recently In Barcelona

⚔️ Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Barcelona?

👀 Streaks To Watch

Consecutive Wins

  • Kimi Antonelli - 5 | Mercedes - 6

Consecutive Poles

  • NA | Mercedes - 6

Consecutive Podiums

  • Kimi Antonelli - 6 | Mercedes - 6

  • Lewis Hamilton - 2 | Ferrari - 2

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Kimi Antonelli - 6

  • Isack Hadjar - 2

  • Lewis Hamilton - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 7

  • Kimi Antonelli - 6

  • Isack Hadjar - 2

  • Pierre Gasly - 2

  • Liam Lawson - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 37 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 34 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 23 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 22 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 11 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 6 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 6 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 3 (Japan 2026)

📊 2026 Leaderboards

🏎️ Full Stats For Each Driver

Oscar Piastri

WINS: 9 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 28 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Took pole & won last year’s race in Barcelona, his first win at the circuit

  • Piastri finished P1 in FP2, FP3, Q1, Q2, Q3 & the race in Barcelona last year. He also recorded the fastest lap & led 60/66 laps

  • McLaren has taken pole in 2 consecutive years in Barcelona (Piastri in 2025, Lando Norris in 2024)

  • Piastri got the 7th win of his career in Barcelona last year & the 4th pole of his career in Barcelona last year

  • So far, Piastri has either podiumed or not started at tracks where he won last year (DNS in China, podium in Miami). Barcelona is next

  • Barcelona last year was the 8th consecutive race that season where Piastri stood on the podium. His streak would end the next race

  • Piastri got the 2nd career hat trick last year in Barcelona with a pole, win & fastest lap

  • Took pole by 0.209s last season with Lando Norris in P2

  • Before his pole last year, Piastri qualified 10th in 2023 & 2024 in Barcelona

  • Piastri, Kimi Raikkonen & Mika Hakkinen are the only McLaren drivers to win in Barcelona

  • Piastri could join Mika Hakkinen (x3, 1998-2000) as the only McLaren drivers with multiple wins & consecutive wins in Barcelona

  • The only McLaren drivers with poles in Barcelona are Piastri, Gerhard Berger, Kimi Raikkonen, Mika Hakkinen (x2) & Lando Norris

  • Piastri could join Mika Hakkinen (x2, 1998-1999) as the only McLaren drivers with multiple poles & consecutive poles in Barcelona

  • Before his win last year, Piastri finished 13th in 2023 & 7th in 2024 in Barcelona

  • Barcelona would become the first circuit where Piastri has multiple wins or multiple poles

  • Led 60 laps in Barcelona with all of them coming last year

  • The only circuit where Piastri has more laps led than Barcelona (60) is Zandvoort (76)

  • Has scored 31 points in Barcelona with 25 of them coming last year

KEY STATS

  • Piastri now has 2 races finished on the podiums, 2 races finished off the podium & 2 races not started this season

  • Has completed fewer laps (254) than Mercedes has led this season (299)

  • Since Japan, Piastri is tied with Lewis Hamilton for 2nd most points (57) with only Kimi Antonelli ahead (109)

  • Piastri has finished consecutive races off the podium for the first time since Baku to Las Vegas last year

  • Piastri has placed ahead of George Russell in every race he’s started this season (Japan, Miami, Canada, Monaco)

  • The only driver who has completed fewer laps than Piastri (254) this season is teammate Lando Norris (249)

  • Piastri has made Q3 in 34 consecutive races, 2nd longest streak on the grid

  • Piastri is on a 15-race winless streak, the 2nd longest of his career (34 winless races from the start of his career to 2024 British GP)

OTHER STATS

  • Piastri has now failed to score points in 3 of 6 races this season (2 DNS, 1 P11)

  • Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Last led the drivers’ championship at the 2025 USA GP

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Once recorded 8 straight podiums in 2025, a feat only Lewis Hamilton (9 straight in 2007) & Ayrton Senna (8 straight in 1988) have replicated as McLaren drivers

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

Lando Norris

WINS: 11 | POLES: 16 | PODIUMS: 45

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Took the 2nd pole of his career in Barcelona in 2024

  • His 2024 pole in Barcelona was Norris’ first pole since his maiden pole in Russia in 2021

  • His 2024 pole is the all-time track record for Barcelona (1:11.383)

  • His 2024 podium in Barcelona was McLaren’s first podium appearance at the circuit since Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button in 2011

  • At the end of the 2024 race in Barcelona, Norris was top 2 in the drivers’ championship for the first time ever

  • Has finished on the podium in consecutive years in Barcelona with both being 2nd place finishes (2024-2025)

  • A 3rd consecutive podium in Barcelona would mean Norris joins Max Verstappen (7, 2018-2024), Michael Schumacher (5, 1992-1996 & 4, 2001-2004), Lewis Hamilton (5, 2017-2021), Valtteri Bottas (4, 2018-2021), Mika Hakkinen (3, 1998-2000), David Coulthard (3, 1998-2000), Fernando Alonso (3, 2005-2007) & Sebastian Vettel (3, 2015-2017) as the only drivers with 3 consecutive podiums at the Barcelona circuit

  • Norris would tie Mika Hakkinen (3, 1998-2000) & David Coulthard (3, 1998-2000) for the longest consecutive podium streak at Barcelona as a McLaren driver

  • Norris (2 podiums) would join David Coulthard (4), Lewis Hamilton (3) & Mika Hakkinen (3) as the only McLaren drivers with 3+ podiums in Barcelona

  • Has started on the front row in consecutive years in Barcelona (1st in 2024 & 2nd in 2025) & has started in the top 3 in Barcelona in 3 consecutive years (3rd in 2023, 1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025)

  • Has never qualified worse than 11th in Barcelona (11th in 2019, 8th in 2020, 9th in 2021, 11th in 2022, 3rd in 2023, 1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025)

  • The only times Norris has failed to score points in Barcelona were 2023 (17th after losing over 10 positions on Lap 1 & DNF in 2019 his rookie year due to a collision)

  • McLaren has taken pole in 2 consecutive years in Barcelona (Oscar Piastri in 2025, Norris in 2024)

  • Barcelona is 1 of 3 circuits where Norris has a negative qualifying H2H record against his teammate (3-4 in Barcelona, 2-3 in Jeddah & 1-3 in China)

  • Barcelona would be the 12th different circuit where Norris gets a win at

  • Barcelona would join Interlagos as the only circuits where Norris has multiple poles

  • Has scored 46 points in Barcelona & has only led 9 laps in Barcelona with all 9 coming in 2024

  • His 2nd place result in 2024 saw him finish just 2.2 seconds behind race winner Max Verstappen

KEY STATS

  • In the last 3 races Norris has actually completed, his finishing results are 2nd in Canada sprint, 2nd in Miami GP race, 1st in Miami sprint

  • Has completed the fewest laps out of any driver this season (249)

  • Has completed fewer laps (249) than Mercedes has led this season (299)

  • Has DNFed in back-to-back races for the first time in his career

  • Norris is the first McLaren driver to DNF in back-to-back races since Carlos Sainz in 2020 (Russia-Eifel GPs)

  • Norris would be the first McLaren driver with 3 consecutive DNFs since Fernando Alonso in 2018 (Monaco-Canada-French GPs)

  • Norris has completed 3 races this season & not completed 3 races this season (2 DNF, 1 DNS)

  • Now has 3 top 5 finishes & 3 DNF or DNS this season

  • Has scored only 7 points over the last 2 races, less than Liam Lawson (16), Pierre Gasly (10), Arvid Lindblad (9) & Franco Colapinto (8)

  • This is the first time since 2023 that Norris has scored 10 points or less in 5 of the first 6 GPs of the season

  • Norris’ next podium will make him the 20th driver in F1 history to record more than 45 career podiums

  • Norris is the only non-Mercedes driver to take pole in any format this season

  • Norris is the only non-Mercedes driver to win in any format this season

  • Has made Q3 in 37 consecutive races, the longest streak on the grid

  • Has 1488 career points, meaning he is 12 points away from becoming the 11th driver in F1 history to reach 1500+ points

  • Norris needs to lead 8 laps to pass Valtteri Bottas & move to 29th in F1 history in laps led

OTHER STATS

  • Norris is only 4 podiums away (45) from matching Lewis Hamilton in podiums for McLaren (49)

  • Norris is 30th in F1 history in laps led (721)

  • Norris, Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

  • Norris has now stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons

  • Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 45 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win their maiden championship after doing 150+ races with the same team that took them to a title

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

Max Verstappen

WINS: 71 | POLES: 48 | PODIUMS: 128 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden F1 victory in Barcelona in 2016, which was also his first race for Red Bull

  • Made history with his win in Barcelona 2016, becoming the youngest race winner & podium finisher in F1 history

  • Verstappen’s maiden win came from 4th, making him only 1 of 2 drivers to win in Barcelona from outside the top 3, joining Fernando Alonso (won from 5th in 2013)

  • The only drivers in F1 history who have won in Barcelona from a grid spot outside the front row are Michael Schumacher in 1996 (started 3rd), Max Verstappen in 2016 (started 4th) & Fernando Alonso in 2013 (started 5th)

  • Verstappen started his record 1029-day streak of leading the championship at the 2022 Spanish GP when he overtook Charles Leclerc for lead of the drivers’ standings

  • Verstappen is the only driver on the grid with a grand slam in Barcelona (2023)

  • Verstappen, Michael Schumacher (2002) & Nigel Mansell (1992) are the only drivers to record a grand slam in Barcelona

  • His 8 podiums in Barcelona are tied with Austria for most among all circuits he’s raced at

  • Had 7 consecutive podium finishes in Barcelona from 2018 to 2024

  • No driver in F1 history had more consecutive podiums in Barcelona in F1 history than Verstappen’s 7 from 2018 to 2024

  • Last year’s P10 finish in Barcelona after receiving a time penalty for colliding with George Russell was his worst finishing result at the circuit as a Red Bull driver & his worst since he was P11 with Toro Rosso in 2015

  • Verstappen had 8 podiums across his 9 race finishes in Barcelona since joining Red Bull in 2016, with his P10 in 2025 being his only non-podium finishing result in that span

  • Verstappen’s finishing results in Barcelona since joining Red Bull: 2016 - 1st, 2017 - DNF, 2018 - 3rd, 2019 - 3rd, 2020 - 2nd, 2021 - 2nd, 2022 - 1st, 2023 - 1st, 2024 - 1st, 2025 - 10th

  • Verstappen has a 100% Q3 rate in Barcelona

  • Verstappen (11/11) & Oscar Piastri (3/3) are the only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Barcelona (minimum: 2 GPs)

  • Verstappen has never qualified or started worse than 6th in Barcelona & has never qualified or started worse than 5th since joining Red Bull in 2016

  • Verstappen has qualified in the top 3 in Barcelona in 6 straight years (2020-2025) & could make it 7 in a row

  • Verstappen’s qualifying results in Barcelona: 2015 - 5th, 2016 - 4th, 2017 - 5th, 2018 - 5th, 2019 - 4th, 2020 - 3rd, 2021 - 2nd, 2022 - 2nd, 2023 - 1st, 2024 - 2nd, 2025 - 3rd

  • Out of all the drivers with multiple appearances in Barcelona, Verstappen has the best qualifying H2H record (9-2) against a teammate

  • Hasn’t been outqualified by a teammate in Barcelona since 2016, his Red Bull debut

  • The only 2 times Verstappen has been outqualified in Barcelona are 2016 by Daniel Ricciardo (Verstappen’s first race with Red Bull) & 2015 by Carlos Sainz (Verstappen’s rookie year)

  • The only 2 times Verstappen failed to score points in Barcelona was 2015 as a rookie (11th) & 2017 (DNF)

  • Verstappen (4), Lewis Hamilton (6) & Michael Schumacher (6) are the only drivers ever with more than 3 wins in Barcelona

  • Verstappen (8), Michael Schumacher (12) & Lewis Hamilton (12) are the only drivers with more than 7 podiums in Barcelona

  • The only circuits where Verstappen has more wins than Barcelona (4) are Abu Dhabi (5), Austria (5) & Mexico (5)

  • Has scored 169 points in Barcelona with only Lewis Hamilton (256) having more at the circuit in F1 history

  • Has led 244 laps in Barcelona with only Imola (247), Mexico (331) & Austria (338) being higher

  • Verstappen (244), Lewis Hamilton (317) & Michael Schumacher (411) are the only drivers with more than 200 laps led in Barcelona

KEY STATS

  • Verstappen has lost 27 combined positions on Lap whenever he starts on the front row alongside Kimi Antonelli this season (-7 in Miami, -20 in Monaco). He has combined to gain 1 position in all other GP races

  • Verstappen has as many podiums this season as Isack Hadjar (1 each), this is the first time he is tied with his teammate on podiums since China 2024

  • Verstappen (43) is only 14 points ahead of Isack Hadjar (29)

  • Through 6 races this season, Verstappen already has as many DNFs (2) as he did over the last 2 seasons combined (2)

  • Verstappen has 2 DNFs due to technical issues this season. He only had 3 DNFs not related to a collision from 2022 to 2025

  • Verstappen hasn’t had back-to-back DNFs since 2020 Monza-Tuscany

  • The last time a Red Bull driver used the #3, they ended up collecting their first podium of the season in the 5th race (Daniel Ricciardo in 2014) & their first win in the 7th race. Verstappen, who now uses #3, got his first podium of the season in the 5th race with Barcelona set to be the 7th race. Barcelona will also be the 10-year anniversary of his maiden win

  • Verstappen has stood on the podium in the 7th race of the season in every year since 2020

  • Verstappen is the only non-Mercedes driver to start on the front row this season (Miami GP & Monaco GP)

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

  • The last time Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate was Baku in 2023

OTHER STATS

  • Verstappen is now the 8th driver in F1 history to have a podium finish in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger, Fernando Alonso & Alain Prost

  • Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to currently have a podium streak of more than 10 consecutive seasons (next closest is Charles Leclerc with 8 & Lando Norris with 7)

  • Verstappen delivered the first podium of the Red Bull-Ford Powertrains era

  • Verstappen is the first driver to get on the podium using a Ford-branded engine since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian GP

  • Would become the first driver to win a race or finish on the podium with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Verstappen is 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen has recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 62)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Isack Hadjar

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Hadjar was the highest-finishing Red Bull controlled driver last year in Barcelona, finishing 7th ahead of Max Verstappen (10th), Liam Lawson (11th) & Yuki Tsunoda (13th)

  • This also made Hadjar the highest-scoring Red Bull controlled driver in Barcelona last year & the only Red Bull controlled driver to score more than 1 point (Hadjar scored 6)

  • Outqualified his teammate Liam Lawson & made Q3 in 2025, qualifying 9th

  • Barcelona last year continued a 3-race points scoring streak for Hadjar (points in Imola, Monaco & Barcelona)

  • Hadjar & Kimi Antonelli were the only rookies to make Q3 in Barcelona last year

  • Hadjar was the only rookie to score points in Barcelona last year

  • Picked up his first podium of the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship in Barcelona by finishing 3rd

  • Picked up another podium in the 2022 F3 season in Barcelona by finishing 3rd in the feature race

  • Finished 6th in F2 sprint & 5th in F2 feature race in Barcelona in 2024

  • The only French driver to win or take pole in Barcelona was Alain Prost in 1993

  • The last French drivers to be on the podium in Barcelona was Olivier Panis & Jean Alesi in 1997

KEY STATS

  • Hadjar just got his first podium as a Red Bull driver in Monaco

  • Hadjar now has as many podiums this season as Max Verstappen (1 each)

  • This is the first time Verstappen is tied on podiums with his teammate since China 2024 with Sergio Perez

  • Hadjar’s podium in Monaco ended a 48-race streak where Red Bull’s 2nd seat didn’t score a podium (since China 2024)

  • Monaco 2026 was the first time Red Bull had only 1 driver stand on the podium & it wasn’t Max Verstappen since Sergio Perez at Singapore 2022

  • With another solo podium for Red Bull, Hadjar would become the first Red Bull driver to have more podiums than Max Verstappen at any point in a season since Daniel Ricciardo after the 2018 Monaco GP (Ricciardo was up 2-1 in podiums on Verstappen)

  • Hadjar would become the first Red Bull driver not named Max Verstappen to get consecutive podiums since Sergio Perez in 2024 (Japan to China)

  • Hadjar joins Sebastian Vettel & Daniil Kvyat as the only drivers to get a podium for Red Bull & their junior team

  • Hadjar now has as many podiums this season (1) as reigning world champion Lando Norris (1)

  • Hadjar has now bettered his best result as a Red Bull driver in each of the last 2 races (5th in Canada, 4th in Monaco)

  • Hadjar has made Q3 in 11 consecutive races & in all 6 races so far this season

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all races this season

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Verstappen 1 more time, he will have outqualified him the same number of times as Verstappen’s teammates since 2023 (3)

  • Could become the first French driver to win a race since Esteban Ocon at Hungary 2021

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 6 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

OTHER STATS

  • Has made 2 top 5 finishes as a F1 driver (Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026, Monaco 2026)

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (2) than Verstappen’s teammates have since the start of 2024 (1-47)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

George Russell

WINS: 6 | POLES: 9 | PODIUMS: 26

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has finished inside the top 4 in each of the last 4 seasons in Barcelona (2022 - 3rd, 2023 - 3rd, 2024 - 4th, 2025 - 4th)

  • Russell went from 12th to finish 3rd on the podium in 2023. 12th is the joint highest grid spot to ever finish on the podium in Barcelona (Russell in 2023, Olivier Panis in 1997 & Juan Pablo Montoya all finished on the podium at the circuit after starting 12th)

  • Has started 4th in 3 of the last 4 years in Barcelona

  • Every time Russell has made Q3 in Barcelona with Mercedes, he’s started 4th (2022, 2024, 2025; eliminated in Q2 in 2023)

  • Picked up the 3rd podium of his career & 2nd podium as a Mercedes driver in Barcelona in 2022

  • Has 2 podiums in Barcelona with the only circuits where he has more podiums being Albert Park (3) & Baku (3)

  • Led the first 2 laps of the 2024 race in Barcelona after taking the lead at T1 from 4th on the grid

  • Russell in 2024 became the first driver to take the lead on Lap 1 in Barcelona after starting from outside the top 3 since Fernando Alonso’s legendary start in 2011 (also from 4th)

  • The only drivers to lead Lap 1 in Barcelona after starting 4th or worse are Russell (2024 from 4th), Fernando Alonso (2011 from 4th) & Jarno Trulli (2004 from 4th)

  • Led 4 laps in the 2022 race in Barcelona, giving him 6 total laps led at the circuit

KEY STATS

  • Barcelona will be Russell’s 100th GP as a Mercedes driver

  • Russell is now 3rd in the championship with 88 points, fewer than Lewis Hamilton (90)

  • Russell now trails Kimi Antonelli by 68 points, which if he overcomes would be the largest deficit in the championship ever overcome to win the title (Max Verstappen, 46 points overcome in 2022 is the record)

  • Russell is closer to being caught by Liam Lawson & Pierre Gasly (both 62 points behind) than he is to catching Kimi Antonelli (68 points)

  • That means the gap between P1 and P3 (68) points is bigger than the gap between P3 and P9

  • Russell has fewer points in 2026 after 6 GPs (88) than he did in 2025 after 6 GPs (93). He also has fewer podiums (2 in 2026, 4 in 2025 after 6 GPs)

  • The only races over the last 2 years where Russell has finished outside of the points is Monaco 2025 & Monaco 2026

  • Russell has scored 8 points over the last 2 GPs, equal to Franco Colapinto (8)

  • Russell’s 8 points over the last 2 GPs is fewer than Kimi Antonelli (56), Lewis Hamilton (39), Isack Hadjar (25), Oscar Piastri (17), Max Verstappen (17), Charles Leclerc (16), Liam Lawson (16), Pierre Gasly (10) & Arvid Lindblad (9)

  • Since F1 came back from its break in Miami, Russell has scored only 25 points, tied with Isack Hadjar for 7th most & fewer than Kimi Antonelli (84), Lewis Hamilton (49), Oscar Piastri (39), Lando Norris (33), Max Verstappen (31) & Charles Leclerc (26)

  • 7 different drivers have stood on the podium since Russell’s last podium appearance (Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Charles Leclerc, Isack Hadjar)

  • This is the first time Russell has gone 4+ consecutive races without a podium since Singapore to Brazil 2024

  • It would be the first time Russell goes 5+ consecutive races without a podium since Silverstone to Monza 2024

  • Another win for Russell would mean 2026 ties his personal record for wins in a season (2 in 2024 & 2 in 2025)

  • Has made Q3 in 22 consecutive races

OTHER STATS

  • Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 29 of 30 races (Monaco 2025 the only exception due to mechanical issue)

  • Career-long points scoring streak of 20 consecutive races came to an end in Canada earlier this year

  • The longest streak of Russell being outqualified by a teammate is 6 consecutive races by Lewis Hamilton from 2022 Spa to 2022 Austin

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Since he joined Mercedes in 2022, Russell is the only Mercedes driver who hasn’t had 3 consecutive podiums

  • Is 6 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

  • 5 of Russell’s 6 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Kimi Antonelli

WINS: 5 | POLES: 4 | PODIUMS: 9 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Antonelli’s retirement in Barcelona last year was Mercedes’ first retirement at the circuit since the famous 2016 crash between Nico Rosberg & Lewis Hamilton

  • At the time last year, Barcelona was Antonelli’s 3rd consecutive race without points (DNF in Imola, 18th in Monaco, DNF in Barcelona)

  • Finished 2nd in both Formula Regional European Championship races in Barcelona in 2023

  • Finished 15th in the F2 sprint race & 12th in the F2 feature race in Barcelona in 2024

  • An Italian driver has never won in Barcelona or in Spain

  • No Italian driver has ever been on pole in Barcelona & the only Italian driver to be on pole in Spain was Alberto Ascari in 1954 & 1951

  • The last Italian driver to be on the podium in Barcelona was Giancarlo Fisichella in 2006

  • The only Italian drivers to be on the podium in Barcelona are Giancarlo Fisichella (2006), Jarno Trulli (2004-2005) & Riccardo Patrese (1991)

KEY STATS

  • Antonelli is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a grand slam & the only teenager to do so

  • Antonelli beat Max Verstappen’s record for youngest driver to record a grand slam by almost exactly 4 years (Antonelli - 19y, 9m, 13d / Verstappen - 23y 9m 4d in Austria 2021)

  • Only 3 drivers in F1 history have had consecutive grand slams: Sebastian Vettel (2013 Singapore GP - 2013 Korean GP), Jim Clark (1965 French GP - 1965 German GP) & Alberto Ascari (1952 German GP - 1952 Dutch GP)

  • Antonelli has already scored more points (156) than he did all of last season (150) & it’s only been 6 GPs

  • If Antonelli was his own constructor, he would have the most points scored since Miami, (84 - Antonelli, 75 - Ferrari for next closest)

  • If Antonelli was his own constructor, he would have the most points scored since Japan (109 - Antonelli, McLaren - 100)

  • If Kimi Antonelli was his own constructor, he would be tied for most points scored since China (138 - Antonelli, 138 - Ferrari)

  • Antonelli’s 66-point lead in the championship is the largest by any driver after 6 GPs since the current points format was introduced in 2010

  • Antonelli could take the next two GPs off for a summer vacation & still come back leading the championship by 16 points at worst

  • Antonelli could match George Russell in career wins (6) as early as in Barcelona if he gets his 6th win in a row

  • Antonelli has more wins than George Russell (5-3) since they became teammates at Mercedes in 2025 & could double his teammate’s total in Barcelona

  • Antonelli is the only driver on the grid to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season

  • Antonelli is the first driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2011 to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season

  • If Antonelli wins in Barcelona, he will be the first driver to win 6 of the first 7 races of a season since Jenson Button in 2009

  • Antonelli is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 wins happen consecutively (now has had his first 5 wins happen consecutively)

  • Antonelli has matched Lewis Hamilton’s longest career winning streak (5) & he accomplished it in 84 days between China & Monaco. He could surpass Lewis in Barcelona

  • Antonelli joins Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers on the current grid to win 5+ consecutive races

  • The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Kimi Antonelli - 5, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3

  • Antonelli is the first driver to win 5+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli has a longer winning streak (5) than even his idol Ayrton Senna (4)

  • His 5 consecutive wins is the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953

  • Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 5+ consecutive races in a row

  • Antonelli has recorded more wins in 84 days (China to Monaco) than Carlos Sainz has over his entire career (4)

  • Antonelli’s 5 consecutive wins is the longest winning streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari won 7 in a row from 2004 European GP to 2004 Hungary GP

  • Antonelli has produced a larger win streak in 84 days than Ferrari has over the last 21 years

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with 6 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton (7 from Austin 2021 to Bahrain 2022)

  • Antonelli joins Alberto Ascari as the only Italians to record 6+ consecutive podiums

  • Antonelli could match the longest podium streak by an Italian driver with another podium in Barcelona (Alberto Ascari 7)

  • Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell more times this season (4) as he did all of last season (3)

  • Antonelli has more podiums (8) than George Russell (3) over the last 10 races dating back to last season

  • Antonelli has led more laps (242) than the rest of the grid combined (128)

  • Antonelli has the same number of poles converted to wins as Oscar Piastri & George Russell (4)

  • Antonelli needs to convert 1 more pole into victory to match the number of wins Charles Leclerc has from pole (5)

  • Antonelli’s 16.67% win rate is 3rd highest on the grid now, only trailing Max Verstappen (29.71%) & Lewis Hamilton (27.20%)

  • Since F1 returned from a break in Miami, Antonelli has scored 84 of a possible 91 points & has 35 points more than the next closest driver (Lewis Hamilton at 49)

  • Antonelli has outscored George Russell 84 to 25 since F1 returned from a break in Miami

  • Antonelli has led the last 117 laps, tied for the 42nd longest streak in F1 history

  • If Antonelli leads the next 28 laps, he will join Max Verstappen as the only drivers on the grid to ever lead 145+ consecutive laps

  • Antonelli became the first driver this season to lead Lap 1 & win the race

  • Antonelli also became the first driver this season to lead a race from start to finish

  • Monaco was also the first time this season that a Mercedes driver led Lap 1 from pole

  • Another win would see Antonelli tie Riccardo Patrese for 2nd most wins by an Italian driver in F1 history (6)

  • Is 1 podium away from his 10th career podium

OTHER STATS

  • Has now led over 250 laps in his career (253)

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

  • Is the first Italian driver to lead the championship for consecutive GPs since Michele Alboreto in 1985

  • Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

  • Has converted all 4 of his poles to victory, giving him the best pole-to-win conversion rate in F1 history among all drivers with multiple poles

  • Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

  • Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

Charles Leclerc

WINS: 8 | POLES: 27 | PODIUMS: 52 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Leclerc’s podium last year in Barcelona was his first at the circuit & Ferrari’s first at the circuit since 2017

  • The last time the Spanish GP was the 7th round of the season, Leclerc was eliminated in Q1 & failed to score points (2023)

  • The 2022 Spanish GP in Barcelona is where Leclerc lost the lead of the drivers’ championship & has never gotten it back

  • DNFed while leading the race in Barcelona in 2022

  • Leclerc was potentially on his way to a grand slam in Barcelona in 2022 as at the time of his retirement, he was leading the race from pole, led every lap & had the fastest lap

  • Has exactly 1 pole (2022) & 1 podium (2025) in Barcelona but 0 wins

  • Leclerc’s last Q1 elimination was the 2023 Spanish GP in Barcelona

  • Leclerc’s non-points finishes in Barcelona are 2 DNFs (2020 & 2022) & an 11th place finish in 2023

  • Was outqualified by Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona last year

  • Has finished in the top 5 in each of the last 2 races in Barcelona

  • The Ferrari drivers (Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton) are the last 2 drivers to DNF from pole in Barcelona with Leclerc doing so in 2022 due to an engine problem & Hamilton doing so in 2016 due to a collision

  • Ferrari hasn’t won in Barcelona since Fernando Alonso in 2013

KEY STATS

  • Suffered his first DNF since last year’s GP weekend in Brazil

  • Has never had consecutive DNFs since joining Ferrari in 2019

  • Leclerc’s DNF in Barcelona ended a 8-race points scoring streak, the longest active streak on the grid at the time

  • Leclerc’s DNF was Ferrari’s first of the season

  • This is the first time Leclerc has been outqualified by Lewis Hamilton in 2 straight GPs since Canada-Spain last year

  • Leclerc has never been outqualified in 3 consecutive races by Lewis Hamilton

  • Leclerc hasn’t been outqualified 3 times in a row since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

  • This is the first time Leclerc enters the 7th race of the season with fewer podiums than his teammate since 2021 (Carlos Sainz - 1, Leclerc - 0)

  • This is the first time since 2023 that Leclerc ends the 7th race of the season with fewer points than his teammate (Sainz - 48, Leclerc - 42)

  • It has now been 16 races since Leclerc’s last pole (Hungary 2025), this is tied for the 4th longest streak of his career

  • Leclerc is tied with Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver with 52

  • Leclerc has now gone 35 consecutive races without a win, which is longer than the time it took him to get his maiden win (33 races from 2018 Australia to 2019 Hungary)

  • Leclerc’s 35 race drought without a win is now the 3rd longest of his career

  • Leclerc’s longest drought without a win is 46 consecutive races from 2019 Singapore to 2021 Abu Dhabi, meaning he could surpass this in 2026

  • Leclerc needs to lead 15 more laps to surpass his total amount of laps led last season (48)

  • Leclerc has done 177 GPs with a Ferrari power unit, only 3 fewer than Michael Schumacher (180) & 32 fewer than Kimi Raikkonen (209)

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

  • Is 2 Q3 appearances away from 150 career Q3 appearances

OTHER STATS

  • Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton have been teammates for 30 races with Leclerc up 22-8 in qualifying H2H & 20-6 in race H2H

  • Leclerc has finished behind Lewis Hamilton in 3 of the 5 races they’ve both finished this season

  • 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

  • Leclerc has taken the lead on Lap 1 twice this season (Australia & Miami) but didn’t win either race

  • 3 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most podiums as a Ferrari driver (55)

  • Needs to lead 88 more laps to reach 1000 laps led

  • Hasn’t won a race since Oct. 20 2024 at the US GP

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

  • Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • Responsible for 10 of Ferrari’s last 13 podiums

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history (9)

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026) & has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons (2021-2025)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) during their time spent as teammates

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Lewis Hamilton

WINS: 105 | POLES: 104 | PODIUMS: 205 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Hamilton’s first pole & win in Barcelona came in his 2nd season with a new team (2014 with Mercedes). He’s now in his 2nd season with Ferrari

  • Hamilton won 5 straight races in Barcelona from 2017 to 2021

  • Hamilton (Spanish GP 2017-2021) & Ayrton Senna (Monaco GP 1989 - 1993) are the only drivers in F1 history to have 5+ consecutive wins at a single GP

  • Hamilton & Michael Schumacher are tied for the most wins in Barcelona (6 each)

  • If Hamilton takes pole in Barcelona, he will tie Michael Schumacher for most poles at the circuit (trailing 6-7)

  • Hamilton & Michael Schumacher are tied for the most podiums in Barcelona (12 each) & are the only drivers with more than 8 podiums at the circuit

  • Hamilton has as many wins in Barcelona as Williams (6) & Red Bull (6) & more than McLaren (5)

  • Hamilton leads all drivers in F1 history with 256 points scored in Barcelona & is the only driver with 200+ points at the circuit

  • Hamilton (317) & Michael Schumacher (411) are the only drivers to lead more than 300 laps in Barcelona

  • The only circuits where Hamilton has more wins than Barcelona (6) are Montreal (7), Hungary (8) & Silverstone (9)

  • And the only circuits where Hamilton has more poles than Barcelona (6) are Silverstone (7), Monza (7), Albert Park (8) & Hungary (9)

  • Barcelona is tied with Hungary for the track where Hamilton has his 2nd most podiums (12), only trailing Silverstone (15)

  • Hamilton has finished in the top 6 in Barcelona in 9 straight years (since his DNF in 2016)

  • Hamilton has made Q3 in Barcelona in 16 straight years (since his Q2 exit in 2009)

  • Hamilton has started inside the top 6 in 17 of his 19 races in Barcelona with the only exceptions being when he was disqualified from qualifying in 2012 & started 24th & when he started 14th in 2009

  • Has started inside the top 6 in 13 straight races in Barcelona

  • Has 9 front row starts in Barcelona with his last one at the circuit coming in 2021

  • Hamilton owns the furthest starting grid position to score points in Barcelona’s history after he went from 24th to 8th in 2012

  • Hamilton is 1 of 2 drivers to score points in Barcelona after starting 24th on the grid, joining Nick Heidfeld (24th to 8th in 2011). Heidfeld & Hamilton also hold the record for most positions gained in a race in Barcelona (+16)

  • Hamilton outqualified teammate Charles Leclerc in Barcelona last year

  • The Ferrari drivers are the last 2 drivers to DNF from pole in Barcelona with Charles Leclerc doing so in 2022 due to an engine problem & Hamilton doing so in 2016 due to a collision

  • Ferrari hasn’t won in Barcelona since Fernando Alonso in 2013

KEY STATS

  • Hamilton became the first Ferrari driver to record consecutive podium finishes this season (Canada - Monaco)

  • Hamilton joined Oscar Piastri as the only non-Mercedes drivers to get consecutive podium finishes this season

  • This is the first time Hamilton has consecutive podium finishes since he had 3 in a row from Silverstone to Spa in 2024

  • The last time Hamilton had 3 consecutive podiums, his finishing results added up to 5 (P1 in Silverstone, P3 in Hungary, P1 in Spa during 2024). Right now he has 2 podiums in a row that add up to 4 (P2 + P2), meaning that he is missing a P1

  • This is the first time Hamilton has finished consecutive races in the top 2 (P2 in Canada, P2 in Monaco) since Austin-Mexico-Brazil in 2022 (all 3 were P2 finishes)

  • This is the first time a Ferrari driver had 2 consecutive top 2 finishes since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (P2 in Austin, P1 in Mexico)

  • The last time a Ferrari driver had 3 consecutive top 2 finishes was Charles Leclerc (Bahrain to Australia in 2022)

  • Hamilton now has as many top 2 results (2) as Charles Leclerc (2) since they became teammates

  • Hamilton now has more points (90) than George Russell (88) this season; the only driver with more points than Hamilton is Kimi Antonelli

  • Hamilton is in the top 2 of the drivers’ standings for the first time since Abu Dhabi 2021

  • Hamilton (3) & Antonelli (6) are the only drivers with more than 2 podiums this season

  • Hamilton & Antonelli are responsible for half of the podium positions this season (9/18)

  • Hamilton is the only British driver who has scored points in every GP race & every GP weekend this season

  • Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli are the only drivers who have scored points in every GP race so far this season

  • Hamilton, Kimi Antonelli & Pierre Gasly are the only drivers who have scored points in every GP weekend so far

  • Hamilton now inherits the longest points-scoring streak on the grid currently (7 consecutive races) after Charles Leclerc’s DNF in Monaco

  • Hamilton has outqualified Charles Leclerc in back-to-back races for the first time since Spain-Canada last year

  • Hamilton could become the first teammate to outqualify Charles Leclerc 3 times in a row since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

  • The last time Hamilton outqualified any teammate in 3 consecutive races was George Russell in 2023 (Austin - Mexico - Brazil)

  • Hamilton & Leclerc are the only teammate duo tied 3-3 in qualifying H2H this season

  • Hamilton has scored 39 points over the last 2 GPs, only fewer than Kimi Antonelli (56)

  • Over the last 2 GPs, Hamilton (39) has outscored Isack Hadjar (25), Oscar Piastri (17), Max Verstappen (17), Charles Leclerc (16), George Russell (8) & Lando Norris (7)

  • Over the last 2 GPs, Hamilton (39) has outscored McLaren (25)

  • Hamilton has the 2nd most points over the last 3 GPs since F1 returned from its break with 49 points, more than Oscar Piastri (39), Lando Norris (33), Max Verstappen (31), Charles Leclerc (26) & George Russell (25)

  • Hamilton is now in the midst of his longest Q3 streak as a Ferrari driver (6 consecutive races)

  • Hamilton has finished ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc in 3 of 5 races they’ve both finished this season

  • If Hamilton finishes another race ahead of Charles Leclerc, he will already exceed the number of times he accomplished that all of last season (3)

  • Needs to lead 8 laps to reach 5500 career laps led

  • Is 4 Q3 appearances away from 350 career Q3 appearances

OTHER STATS

  • Hamilton has the second best average finishing rate this season (3.83), only trailing Kimi Antonelli (1.17)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a race or take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton’s next front row start will be his first since Silverstone in 2024

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • Is the first driver ever to have a podium with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole

  • Would also become the first driver ever to have a win/pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Would be the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Needs to lead 6 more races to have 200 races led in his career (has led 194 GPs)

  • If Hamilton records a fastest lap this year, it will be his 17th consecutive season with a fastest lap & 19th different season with a fastest lap, extending his F1 record

  • Has already led as many races (2) in 2026 as he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Has now led a race in 20 consecutive seasons & in 20 different seasons, the only driver in F1 history to do so

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to start 20+ different seasons

  • Hamilton hasn’t won a race in 3 of the last 4 seasons

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

Carlos Sainz

WINS: 4 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 29

CIRCUIT STATS

  • The only drivers with 10+ points finishes in Barcelona are Michael Schumacher (17), Fernando Alonso (15), Lewis Hamilton (15), Sebastian Vettel (12), Sergio Perez (11) & Carlos Sainz (10)

  • Sainz scored points in each of his first 10 races in Barcelona before the streak came to an end last year with Williams when he finished 14th

  • Sainz has scored points for every team he’s raced for in Barcelona except Williams. That’s Toro Rosso (x3), Renault, McLaren (x2) & Ferrari (x4)

  • Last year’s race in Barcelona was Sainz’s first Q1 elimination at the track (qualified 18th)

  • Despite his 10 points finishes, Sainz does not have a podium in Barcelona

  • Sainz’s lone front row start came in 2023 when he lined up alongside Max Verstappen

  • Has scored 70 points in Barcelona, only trailing Austin (85), Austria (78), Monaco (78) & Bahrain (71)

  • Has never led a lap in Barcelona

  • If Sainz makes Q3 in Barcelona, it will tie Monaco, Mexico & Bahrain for the track where he has the most Q3 appearances (9)

  • Barcelona & Monaco are the only circuits where Sainz has 10 points finishes

KEY STATS

  • Sainz was in position to score points for a 3rd consecutive GP with points before he was crashed into late in the Monaco GP

  • That also ended Sainz’s perfect streaking of scoring points in every Monaco GP he’s raced in

  • Sainz still has as many point finishes this season (3) as Lando Norris (3) & Oscar Piastri (3)

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Williams has now scored points in 3 consecutive GPs & in 4 of the last 5 GPs this season (China - 2 points, Japan - 0 points, Canada - 2 points, Monaco - 4 points)

  • Has scored 6 points this season compared to 5 scored from teammate Alex Albon

  • Sainz only needs to score 8 points to tie Alex Albon on points since they became teammates at Williams in 2025

  • Outscored by Alex Albon 78-70 during their time together at Williams

  • Responsible for 54 of Williams’ last 62 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

  • Sainz was outqualified by Alex Albon in Monaco for the first time since Australia, the first race of the season

  • Sainz hasn’t been outqualified in consecutive races by Alex Albon since Monaco to Austria last year (4 straight races)

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 7 of the last 9 races dating back to last season

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 13 of the last 16 races dating back to last season (this excludes Singapore where they were both disqualified)

  • Sainz started 5-8 in qualifying H2H against Alex Albon but is 13-3 since then (this excludes Singapore where they were both disqualified)

  • Sainz’s last Q3 appearance was Qatar 2025

OTHER STATS

  • All of Sainz’s points finishes have been 9th place this season (China, Miami, Canada)

Alex Albon

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 2

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has not scored points or made Q3 in Barcelona since 2020 with Red Bull

  • Last year was the closest Albon came to sniffing Q3 in Barcelona since 2020 when he qualified 11th

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in 3 of his 4 seasons in Barcelona as a Williams driver

  • DNFed last year, finished 18th in 2024, 16th in 2023 & 18th again in 2022

  • Has scored 4 points in 6 races in Barcelona

  • Out of all the tracks where Albon has 6 entries, Barcelona has the fewest points scored for him

KEY STATS

  • Will become the all-time leader in race starts as a Williams driver in Barcelona with 96, passing Nigel Mansell who had 95

  • Albon finished 8th in Monaco, his best result since he was 7th in Monza last year

  • Albon outqualified Carlos Sainz in Monaco for the first time since Australia

  • Albon hasn’t outqualified Carlos Sainz in consecutive races since he did it in 4 straight races from Monaco to Austria last year

  • Albon’s 8th place in Monaco was also Williams’ best finishing result of the season

  • Williams has now scored points in 3 consecutive GPs & in 4 of the last 5 GPs this season (China - 2 points, Japan - 0 points, Canada - 2 points, Monaco - 4 points)

  • Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

  • Albon not scored points in consecutive GP races since Zandvoort-Monza last year

  • Albon has now scored points in 2 of the last 3 races (10th in Miami, DNF in Canada, 8th in Monaco)

  • This also means Albon has scored points in each of the last 2 races he’s actually finished

  • Albon has 5 points this season, only 1 fewer than Carlos Sainz (6)

  • Has missed Q3 in 17 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • Albon qualified 11th in Monaco, his best qualifying result of the season & the closest he’s come to Q3 since Spa 2025

OTHER STATS

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 50th Q3 appearance

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • His 318 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • 73 points scored in 2025 were more than all his other years at Williams combined (43)

  • In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got a podium (2nd place) in Barcelona in Euro 4 in 2023

  • Won the F3 feature race in Barcelona in 2024

  • Took pole & won the F2 feature race in Barcelona in 2025

  • Has won in back-to-back years in Barcelona (F3 in 2024 & F2 in 2025)

KEY STATS

  • Racing Bulls has scored more points (25) than McLaren (24) over the last 2 race weekends

  • Racing Bulls was the only team to get a double points finish in Monaco

  • Racing Bulls’ 18 points scored in Monaco was the team’s most since Abu Dhabi 2021 (22 points)

  • Lindblad’s 6th place finish in Monaco was the best finishing result of his young career so far

  • Monaco was the first time Lindblad scored points since the season-opening race in Australia

  • Lindblad & Lewis Hamilton were the only British drivers to score points in Monaco

  • Lindblad can no longer become the youngest front-row starter in F1 history

  • Has made Q3 in 3 of 6 races this season

  • Lindblad has scored points or made Q3 in 4 of 6 races this season

  • Lindblad’s 8 points in Monaco means he has scored as many points as George Russell (8) over the last 2 GPs & more than Lando Norris (7) over the last 2 GPs

OTHER STATS

  • Has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • The 2026 Miami GP is the only Q1 elimination of Lindblad’s career so far

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

Liam Lawson

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Made Q2 & qualified 13th last year in Barcelona

  • Finished 11th, just 1 place behind Max Verstappen

  • The only Kiwi drivers to stand on the podium in Spain in F1 history are Chris Amon (1971) & Bruce McLaren (1969-1970)

  • Won a Euroformula Open Championship race in Barcelona in 2019

  • Finished 2nd in a F3 feature race in Barcelona in 2020

KEY STATS

  • Racing Bulls has scored more points (25) than McLaren (24) over the last 2 race weekends

  • 5th in Monaco was the joint best finish of Lawson’s entire F1 career, tying Baku 2025

  • Lawson has now scored points in 4 of 6 races this season

  • Lawson has finished 5 races this season & has finished in the points in 4 of his 5 finishes

  • Since his 13th place finish in Australia, Lawson has scored points every time he finishes the race

  • Lawson leads all midfield drivers (non-Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren & Ferrari drivers) in points over the last 2 race weekends with 16

  • Lawson has scored 16 points over the last 2 race weekends, the same amount as Charles Leclerc (16)

  • Lawson has scored more points over the last 2 race weekends (16) than George Russell (8) & Lando Norris (7) combined (15)

  • Over the last two race weekends, Lawson has only scored 1 less point (16) than Max Verstappen (17) & Oscar Piastri (17)

  • Needs to score 14 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 70, Amon - 83)

  • Lawson & Ollie Bearman are the only drivers this season to record a top 5 finish while not driving for the top 4 teams

  • Lawson made Q3 in Monaco, his first Q3 appearance since Australia earlier this year

  • Monaco was the first race this year where Lawson made Q3 AND scored points

  • Lawson has never scored points in 3 consecutive races but that could change if he scores points in Barcelona

  • Lawson has scored 60 points since last year’s Austrian GP, 8th most in F1 with only Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton having more

  • Essentially the only drivers who have scored more points than Lawson since last year’s race in Austria are Max Verstappen, the Mercedes, McLaren & Ferrari drivers

OTHER STATS

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • In the 17 races since Monza 2025, Lawson has 8 Q3 appearances & 10 Q2 exits

  • Since the rebrand to RB/Racing Bulls in 2024, Lawson has scored more points (68) for the team than any other driver (Isack Hadjar next closest with 51)

  • Lawson’s 60 points since Austria last year are more than Isack Hadjar (59)

  • Lawson currently has an average finishing position of 8.20 this season, best of his career

  • His average qualifying position of 11.50 is also the best of his career so far

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

WINS: 32 | POLES: 22 | PODIUMS: 106 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Alonso’s last win came in Barcelona at the 2013 Spanish GP

  • Alonso has won in Barcelona with Renault (2006) & Ferrari (2013)

  • Has scored points in Barcelona in 3 of his last 4 races there (9th in 2025, 12th in 2024, 7th in 2023, 9th in 2022)

  • Has made Q3 in 2 of the last 3 years in Barcelona (2023 & 2025)

  • Has made Q3 in 6 of his last 8 races in Barcelona (Made Q3 in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023 & 2025 but missed Q3 in 2022 & 2024)

  • Alonso’s win from 5th on the grid in 2013 is the furthest winning grid position in Barcelona’s history, making him the only driver to win at the circuit after starting outside the first 2 rows

  • The only drivers in F1 history who have won in Barcelona from a grid spot outside the front row are Michael Schumacher in 1996 (started 3rd), Max Verstappen in 2016 (started 4th) & Fernando Alonso in 2013 (started 5th)

  • Has scored points in Barcelona for Aston Martin, Alpine, McLaren, Ferrari & Renault

  • Has finished on the podium in Barcelona for Ferrari, McLaren & Renault

  • Has 4 front row starts in Barcelona (2006 for Renault, 2007 for McLaren, 2008 for Renault, 2012 for Ferrari)

  • The only track where Alonso has more front row starts than Barcelona (4) is Montreal (5)

  • Alonso has 7 podiums in Barcelona, the only circuit where he has more is Interlagos (9)

  • Has scored 134 points in Barcelona, tied with Albert Park for 4th most & only trailing Hungary (153) & Interlagos (142)

  • Has led 149 laps in Barcelona, 4th most & only trailing Malaysia (169), Silverstone (155) & Monaco (153)

  • Alonso is the only Spanish driver to ever win, take pole or stand on the podium in Barcelona

KEY STATS

  • Scored his first points & Aston Martin’s first points of the season by finishing 10th in Monaco

  • Gained 11 positions to score the points in Monaco, going from P21 to 10th

  • This is now the 22nd consecutive season that Alonso has scored points (2001 with Minardi, his rookie year, the only exception)

  • Monaco was the first time Alonso scored points with a Honda engine since the last race of 2017 (Abu Dhabi 2017)

  • It took Alonso fewer races to score points in 2026 (6 GPs) than it did in 2025 (9 GPs)

  • Alonso’s points in Monaco were his first since the last race of 2025 in Abu Dhabi

  • Alonso hasn’t scored points in consecutive races since Qatar-Abu Dhabi to end last season

  • Responsible for 27 of Aston Martin’s last 28 points

  • The last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

  • Outqualified Lance Stroll in 42 consecutive races with the last time Alonso was outqualified by his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Alonso is 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualifying a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

  • Alonso’s last Q3 appearance was 2025 Abu Dhabi

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • Alonso has now scored points in 276 GP weekends

OTHER STATS

  • This is the first time Alonso doesn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015 (never made Q3 in 2015)

  • This is the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 6 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race (current record for time & GPs is 17y 1m 18d & 340 GPs by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (431)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 3

CIRCUIT STATS

  • The only times Stroll has scored points in Barcelona were 2023 (6th for Aston Martin) & 2020 (4th for Racing Point)

  • The only times Stroll has made Q3 in Barcelona were 2023 (6th but started 5th for Aston Martin) & 2020 (5th for Racing Point)

  • Has scored 20 points in Barcelona, tied with Hungary for 6th most among all his circuits

  • The only tracks where Stroll has scored more points than Barcelona are Albert Park (30), Monza (29), Baku (28), Silverstone (26) & Bahrain (25)

KEY STATS

  • Outqualified by Fernando Alonso in 42 consecutive races with the last time he outqualified his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Stroll has only outqualified a teammate 43 times total over his career. Alonso has outqualified Stroll 42 times in a row currently

  • Monaco was Stroll’s 3rd DNF of the season & 4th race not completed this season (3 DNFs, 1 DNS)

  • Stroll has finished only 2 of 6 races this season

  • Stroll has qualified 21st or 22nd in 5 of 6 races this season

  • Is now 22nd in the drivers’ standings after Fernando Alonso scored points in Monaco

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Has scored 1 point over the last 15 GPs

OTHER STATS

  • Holds the F1 record with 93 Q1 eliminations, which is 19 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

  • Hungary is scheduled to be Stroll’s 200th GP in F1

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

  • His 195 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris & Nico Hulkenberg

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 4

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Last year’s race in Barcelona was the first time Ocon was eliminated in Q1 at the circuit

  • Last year’s race in Barcelona ended a streak of 2 consecutive Q3 appearances at the circuit for Ocon

  • Finishing 16th in last year’s Barcelona race ended a streak of 4 consecutive points finishes at the circuit for Ocon (2021 - 9th, 2022 - 7th, 2023 - 8th, 2024 - 10th, 2025 - 16th)

  • Ocon’s best finish in Barcelona was his first race at the circuit in 2017 when he finished 5th in 2017 for Force India

  • Has scored points in Barcelona for Force India & Alpine but not Haas

  • Has scored 23 points in Barcelona

  • The only French driver to win or take pole in Barcelona was Alain Prost in 1993

  • The last French drivers to be on the podium in Barcelona was Olivier Panis & Jean Alesi in 1997

KEY STATS

  • Ocon is only 2 points ahead of Pierre Gasly for 2nd most points scored by a French driver in F1 history (486-484)

  • Ocon got his 2nd points finish of the season in Monaco, finishing 9th

  • Ocon has now scored points in 2 of the last 4 races & in 5 of the last 11 races dating back to last season

  • Ocon hasn’t scored points in consecutive races since Canada-Austria last year

  • Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances, 4 Q2 eliminations & 2 Q1 elimination this season

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 22 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Outscored 43-13 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 18-3 to start 2026

  • Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in only 2 of the 6 races this season

OTHER STATS

  • Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (185)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (486) is Alain Prost (798.5)

Ollie Bearman

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Participated in a Free Practice session for Haas in Barcelona in 2024, his 5th F1 appearance at the time (Free Practice session or race)

  • Outqualified teammate Esteban Ocon in Barcelona last year with Bearman being the only Haas driver to make it out of Q1

  • Bearman was the last classified finishing driver in last year’s race in Barcelona, coming in 17th after a 10-second penalty dropped him 4 places

  • Bearman took pole & won the F2 feature race in Barcelona in 2023

KEY STATS

  • Has as many points finishes (3) this season as Esteban Ocon has points (3) this year

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 4 of 6 GPs this season & in 9 of the last 13 races dating back to last season

  • Still has scored points in 3 of the 4 races he’s finished this season (had a DNF in Suzuka & Monaco)

  • When he’s seen the chequered flag this season, Bearman has never finished worse than 11th

  • Responsible for 18 of Haas’ 21 points this season

  • Has scored 43 of Haas’ last 56 points since Singapore last year

  • Bearman & Liam Lawson are the only drivers with a top 5 finish this season that don’t drive for Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull or McLaren

  • Has finished in the points in 8 of his last 13 races with 2 top 5 finishes (Mexico 2025, China 2026)

OTHER STATS

  • Owns a career 19-13 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 13

  • Bearman needs 11 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 22 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Gasly’s 6 points finishes in Barcelona are tied for 2nd most of any circuit (Monaco 7)

  • Gasly’s 5 Q3 appearances in Barcelona only trails Austria (6), Monaco (6) & Bahrain (6)

  • Gasly has scored points in 3 consecutive races in Barcelona (8th in 2025, 9th in 2024, 10th in 2023) & in 6 of his last 7 races at the circuit (8th in 2025, 9th in 2024, 10th in 2023, 13th in 2022, 10th in 2021, 9th in 2020, 6th in 2019)

  • Gasly qualified 4th in Barcelona in 2023 but received 2 3-place grid penalties & started 10th

  • Gasly has made Q3 in 3 consecutive years in Barcelona

  • Despite his 6 points finishes, Gasly has only totalled 18 points in Barcelona

  • The only French driver to win or take pole in Barcelona was Alain Prost in 1993

  • The last French drivers to be on the podium in Barcelona was Olivier Panis & Jean Alesi in 1997

KEY STATS

  • Gasly trails Esteban Ocon by only 2 points (486-484) for 2nd most points scored in F1 history by a French driver. Alain Prost is first with 798.5 points

  • Gasly has already scored points in as many GP races this year (5) as he did all of last season (5) & it’s only been 6 races so far

  • In 6 GPs, Gasly has already scored more points this season (26) than he did all of last season (22)

  • Now has at least 5 points finishes in 9 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly has still scored points in every race weekend this season (6/6)

  • The only drivers who have scored points in every race weekend this season are Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton & Pierre Gasly

  • This is Gasly’s longest points-scoring streak (6 GP weekends) since he scored points in 6 consecutive race weekends from Imola to Paul Ricard in 2021

  • If Gasly scores points in Barcelona, it will be the first time in his career that he scores points in 7 consecutive GP weekends

  • Gasly is the first Alpine driver to score points in 6 consecutive race weekends since Fernando Alonso scored points in 10 consecutive race weekends in 2022

  • In only GP races, Gasly has 5 finishes & 1 DNF. He has scored points in all 5 of the races he’s finished (DNF in China)

  • The only drivers with more points finishes in GP races than Gasly (5) this season are Kimi Antonelli (6) & Lewis Hamilton (6)

  • Has outqualified Colapinto in 10 of the last 12 races

  • Responsible for 48 of Alpine’s 63 points scored since the start of 2025

OTHER STATS

  • Has made Q3 in 4 of 6 races this season

  • Made Q3 in 7 of his last 10 races dating back to Brazil last year

  • Gasly is 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (184), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (186)

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 14 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

Franco Colapinto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Qualified 19th in Barcelona last year with only Yuki Tsunoda putting up a slower lap time

  • Finished 15th while teammate Pierre Gasly scored points in 8th

  • Won all 3 races in Barcelona during his championship 2019 Spanish F4 season

  • Got a podium in Barcelona during the Formula Renault Eurocup season in 2020 (finished 3rd)

  • Got another podium in Barcelona in F3 feature race in 2023 & again in F2 feature race in 2024

  • No Argentine driver has won in Barcelona while Juan Manuel Fangio is the only Argentine driver to win in Spain (1951 Spanish GP)

  • No Argentine driver has taken pole in Barcelona or in Spain

  • No Argentine driver has stood on the podium in Barcelona while the only Argentine drivers to stand on the podium in Spain are Carlos Reutemann (1975, 1977, 1979), Juan Manuel Fangio (1951, 1954) & Jose-Froilan Gonzalez (1951)

  • No Argentine driver has scored points in Barcelona ever

  • No Argentine driver has scored points in Spain since Carlos Reutemann in 1981 (4th)

KEY STATS

  • Monaco ended a streak of 2 consecutive points finishes & Q3 appearances

  • Colapinto has scored the same number of points as George Russell over the last 2 GPs (8-8) & more points than world champion Lando Norris in this span (8-7)

  • Has scored only 11 points fewer than Pierre Gasly this season (down 26-15)

  • Colapinto holds the longest streak of time without a DNF. It’s been over 500 days since the last time Colapinto retired, which was at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Colapinto has not yet had a retirement during his time with Alpine

  • Colapinto has outqualified Pierre Gasly in 2 of the last 3 races (Miami & Canada)

  • Colapinto has still made Q3 & scored points in 2 of the last 3 races (Miami & Canada)

  • Colapinto has been responsible for Argentina's 2 best results dating all the way back to February 1982 during this season (P6 - 2026 Canadian GP & P7 - 2026 Miami GP)

  • Colapinto has 20 points, 4th most in Argentina’s history. Needs 58 to pass José Froilán González for 3rd most

  • Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

OTHER STATS

  • In Miami earlier this year, Colapinto reached Q3 for the first time as an Alpine driver & for the first time since Baku 2024

  • Colapinto’s best finishing result is 6th, set earlier this year in Canada

  • Colapinto had consecutive points finishes for the first time in his career earlier this year (scored points in Miami & Canada)

  • Was the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

  • Recorded the best qualifying result (8th) of his F1 career in Miami earlier this year

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Has 5 career points finishes

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

  • In his debut season in 2024 with Williams, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

Nico Hulkenberg

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Hulkenberg finished 5th last year in Barcelona, his best finishing result of his career at the circuit

  • Started 15th in last year’s race and finished 5th, a gain of 10 positions

  • No driver gained more positions from their starting grid spot than Hulkenberg during last year’s race in Barcelona (+10)

  • Hulkenberg was the first driver to start from 15th or worse & finish in the top 5 in Barcelona since Sebastian Vettel in 2014 (15th to 4th)

  • Hulkenberg (2025), Sebastian Vettel (2014), Michele Alboreto (1992) & Pierluigi Martini (1994) are the only drivers to finish in the top 5 in Barcelona after starting from 15th or worse

  • Hulkenberg’s 5th place finish in 2025 is his only points finish in Barcelona since 2017 when he finished 6th for Renault

  • Hulkenberg has scored points in Barcelona with Sauber (5th in 2025), Renault (6th in 2017) & Force India (10th in 2014 & 10th in 2012)

  • Hulkenberg’s only Q3 appearance in Barcelona was in 2023 for Haas when he qualified 8th (then started 7th)

  • Has only made 1 Q3 appearance in Barcelona. Out of all the circuits where Hulkenberg has 8+ starts, Barcelona & Monaco have the fewest Q3 appearances (1 each)

  • The only circuits on the calendar where Hulkenberg has fewer Q3 appearances than Barcelona (1) (excluding Madrid) are Jeddah (0), Qatar (0) & Zandvoort (0)

KEY STATS

  • Has outqualified Gabriel Bortoleto in 3 consecutive races & in 4 of the last 5 races

  • Looking for his 1st Q3 appearance & points finish for Audi

  • Hasn’t scored points since Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has only made Q3 once over his last 30 races (Brazil 2025)

  • His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th, DNF, 12th, 13th

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

OTHER STATS

  • Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 6 of 9 competitive sessions this year in all formats (includes sprints)

  • In only GP format, Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 4/6 races & finished 11th in 2/4 race finishes

  • 16-14 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 255, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (255)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Hulkenberg is 1 of 8 German drivers with a pole & 1 of 14 German drivers with a podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • At the time of the race last year, Bortoleto’s 12th place qualifying result & 12th place race result in Barcelona were the best of his F1 career

  • Outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in Barcelona last year with Bortoleto being the only 1 of the 2 to make it out of Q1

  • Won a Formula Regional European Championship race in Barcelona in 2022

  • Has never finished on the podium in Barcelona otherwise with him placing 5th & 10th in the F2 sprint & feature race respectively in 2024

  • The only Brazilian to win or take pole in Barcelona was Felipe Massa in 2007

  • The only Brazilians to stand on the podium in Barcelona were Felipe Massa (2007-2008, 2013), Rubens Barrichello (2000, 2003-2004, 2009) & Ayrton Senna (1993)

  • The last Brazilian to score points in Barcelona was Felipe Massa in 2016

  • The last Brazilian to make Q3 in Barcelona was Felipe Massa in 2017

KEY STATS

  • Gained 11 positions in Monaco, going from the pit lane to P11

  • Has finished 11th to 13th in 4 straight races (13th in Japan, 12th in Miami, 13th in Canada, 11th in Monaco)

  • Has not scored points in 5 consecutive races since finishing 9th & collecting 2 points in Australia

  • Needs 8 more points to match Felipe Nasr for 8th most points by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

  • Dating back to 2025, Bortoleto is responsible for the last 3 Q3 appearances between himself and Nico Hulkenberg

  • Has been outqualified in 3 consecutive races by Nico Hulkenberg

  • Has been outqualified in 4 of the last 5 races by Nico Hulkenberg

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

  • Is 14-16 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

  • Bortoleto is responsible for both of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia & Japan)

  • Bortoleto is also responsible for both of Audi’s points scored this season (2 points in Australia)

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Bortoleto joined Daniel Ricciardo (2019) as the only drivers to outqualify Hulkenberg in 7 straight races (Austria to Baku 2025) & he did it as a rookie

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

  • His 21 points are 9th most among all Brazilians in F1 history

Sergio Perez

WINS: 6 | POLES: 3 | PODIUMS: 39

CIRCUIT STATS

  • The only drivers with 10+ points finishes in Barcelona are Michael Schumacher (17), Fernando Alonso (15), Lewis Hamilton (15), Sebastian Vettel (12), Sergio Perez (11) & Carlos Sainz (10)

  • Perez’s only podium in Barcelona came in 2022 when he finished P2 behind Max Verstappen, giving Red Bull a 1-2 finish

  • Made Q3 & qualified 8th his last time in Barcelona in 2024 before starting 11th due to a grid penalty

  • His 11 points finishes in Barcelona are 2nd most among tracks he’s raced at, only trailing Monza (12)

  • The only tracks where Perez has made Q3 more than Barcelona (8) are Monza (9), Monaco (9) & Spa (12)

  • Has scored points in 5 consecutive races in Barcelona (2020-2024)

  • The only times Perez hasn’t scored points in Barcelona were a DNF in 2012, 13th place finish in 2015 & 15th place finish in 2019

  • Has made Q3 in 4 of the last 5 races he’s participated in Barcelona (2020-2022, 2024)

  • Has scored points in 8 of the last 9 races he’s participated in Barcelona (2016-2018, 2020-2024)

  • Has scored points in Barcelona for Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point & Red Bull

  • Has scored 81 points in Barcelona & led 11 laps with all 11 laps coming in 2022

KEY STATS

  • Took the chequered flag in 10th in Monaco, which appeared to be Cadillac’s first points, but was then dropped 5 spots & classified 15th after a 10-second penalty

  • 15th in Monaco is tied with China for his best joint finishing result this season

  • Was only 0.062s away from making it out of Q1 in Monaco, which would have been Cadillac’s first Q2 appearance ever

  • Perez has completed 336 laps this season, 7th most in F1

  • Perez has completed more laps (336) than George Russell (331), Max Verstappen (281), Oscar Piastri (254) & Lando Norris (249), among others

  • His best qualifying performance of the season so far is 18th in Australia & Monaco. This is also Cadillac’s best qualifying performance so far

  • Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 4 of 6 races & in 3 of the last 4 races

  • On a trajectory where Perez could win his first qualifying H2H against a full-time teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020 for Racing Point

  • Perez & Rubens Barrichello are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 career race starts later this year in Brazil

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

Valtteri Bottas

WINS: 10 | POLES: 20 | PODIUMS: 67

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Bottas’ last Q3 appearance in Barcelona was 2022 (7th) with Alfa Romeo & his last points finish (6th) was also 2022

  • The last time Bottas raced in Barcelona he was eliminated in Q2 & finished 16th in 2024

  • Had 4 consecutive podiums in Barcelona from 2018 to 2021

  • The only drivers with 4+ consecutive podiums in Barcelona are Bottas (4), Lewis Hamilton (5), Michael Schumacher (4- & 5-podium streaks) & Max Verstappen (7)

  • If Bottas makes Q3 in Barcelona, the circuit will tie Austria, Bahrain & Hungary for most Q3 appearances at any track he’s raced on (10 each)

  • The only circuits where Bottas has more points finishes than Barcelona (8) are Austria (9), Monza (9) & Bahrain (11)

  • Has 3 front row starts in Barcelona (2018-2020) with only Austria (4) & Hungary (4) having more among circuits he’s raced at

  • Has scored 107 points in Barcelona, tied with Silverstone for 4th most among circuits he’s raced at with only Austria (143), Sochi (124) & Monza (112) ahead

  • Has only led 3 laps in Barcelona with all 3 coming in 2017

  • Has scored points in Barcelona with Williams (x3), Mercedes (x4) & Alfa Romeo (2022)

  • From 2014 to 2022, all of Bottas’ race finishes in Barcelona were in the top 6

  • Had 9 consecutive Q3 appearances in Barcelona from 2014 to 2022, which spanned 3 different teams (Williams, Mercedes & Alfa Romeo)

KEY STATS

  • Suffered his first DNF since the season opener in Australia

  • Has completed more laps in 2026 (256) than Alex Albon (254), Oscar Piastri (254) & Lando Norris (249)

  • His best finishing position this season is 13th in China. This is also Cadillac’s best finishing result so far

  • Has been outqualified by Sergio Perez in 4 of the 6 races this season & in 3 of the last 4 races

  • Currently Sergio Perez & Lewis Hamilton are the only teammates of Bottas to have a better qualifying H2H record against him

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 35 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

OTHER STATS

  • Is the 14th driver in F1 history to exceed 150 race starts after making his 151st start in Canada

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

  • The only circuits Bottas has raced at & not made Q3 is India (1 GP) & Korea (1 GP)

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • George Russell - Canada 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Kimi Antonelli - Monaco 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Monaco 2026

  • Isack Hadjar - Monaco

  • Max Verstappen - Canada 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

  • Lando Norris - Miami 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Japan 2026

  • George Russell - China 2026

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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Some may say the word “generational” is tossed around too often, but in Antonelli’s case, it matches the description. The Italian, who is the first driver since 1998 to record a grand slam in Monaco, has accomplished a long list of incredible feats this season in addition to his 5-race winning streak. Here’s a reminder

  • Youngest polesitter in F1 history

  • Youngest driver to lead the championship in F1 history

  • Youngest driver to record a hat trick in F1 history (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • Youngest driver to record a grand slam in F1 history (pole, win, fastest lap, lead every lap)

  • Youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • Biggest lead in the championship (66 points) after 6 rounds since current points format was introduced in 2010

Maybe generational actually isn’t the appropriate word because it’s not the whole truth. Generations come & go but what Antonelli is doing is unprecedented. He is one of a kind at the moment.

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Hamilton started his weekend by becoming the first teammate of Charles Leclerc to outqualify him in Q3 on his home turf in Monaco. Then he put in another splendid drive Sunday to score a second straight podium & P2 finish. After many elected to give his career a premature eulogy, Hamilton is out to hand out reminders. He’s second in the drivers’ championship & podiums this season, only trailing Kimi Antonelli in both. He’s also now the first Ferrari driver since Carlos Sainz in 2024 to string together consecutive finishing results inside the top 2. How’s that for washed?

Monaco was arguably one of Lawson’s most complete performances of his career. He was the only Racing Bulls driver to make Q3 & he then converted it to P5, joining Ollie Bearman as the only drivers from outside a top 4 team to finish in the top 5 this season. Lawson is also the first Kiwi driver to finish in the top 5 in Monaco since Denny Hulme all the way back in 1971. He’s rounding into serious form.

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Out of all 11 teams, Aston Martin’s fastest lap was the slowest of the bunch. Still, that couldn’t stop Alonso from dragging this green bus to a place it didn’t belong. Alonso was promoted into the points after a penalty to Sergio Perez but that shouldn’t take away from his drive. Alonso’s 55-lap stint on the softs, the longest of any driver on the compound, was instrumental in his brilliant Sunday performance where he went from 21st to 10th. Alonso is now the only driver in F1 history to have multiple drives in Monaco that result in points from a starting grid position worse than 20th (2010, 2026).

Gasly drove like a podium finisher & took the chequered flag in 3rd. Were it not for 2 5-second penalties for speeding in the pit lane, he would have stood on the top steps. Podium or not, Monaco was more proof that Gasly is driving at perhaps the best level we’ve seen from him since 2021. He’s scored points in all 6 GP weekends (sprints included) & has already exceeded his 2025 points total (26 points in 2026 - 22 points in 2025).

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For the first time since Singapore 2022, Red Bull sent 1 driver to the podium & it wasn’t Max Verstappen. That was 81 races ago. Hadjar picked up the pieces after Verstappen’s retirement & did so with tremendous resilience. Hadjar executed when he had to & was also in the right place at the right time when he needed to be. Red Bull hasn’t had that from their second driver in quite some time.

We were potentially robbed of seeing Verstappen either try to pressure Kimi Antonelli or duel Lewis Hamilton again. Despite Verstappen’s power unit crashing out at the race start, the Red Bull leader still put in an exceptional qualifying lap to get on the front row of the grid, coming up just 0.043s short of Antonelli’s pole time. There have only been two occasions in GP format this season where a non-Mercedes driver started on the front row. Both belong to Verstappen. Just like last year, Verstappen is proving he’s inevitable no matter the quality of the car he’s in.

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Piastri qualified in no man’s land, starting on the fourth row in 7th. He had a largely uneventful race - aside from a 5-second time penalty - & yet he was still tracking for a podium if Isack Hadjar received a time penalty for a red flag infringement. It’s felt like an anonymous year for Piastri, but even with the 2 races he was unable to start, he’s only 15 points off Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ standings.

Monaco was exactly the type of spark Albon needed. He was the faster of the 2 Williams drivers, even if it was just marginally. His P8 was also Williams’ best finishing result of the season. This could be the turning point Albon needs to rediscover the form we saw in early 2025.

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2 clumsy penalties for being incorrectly lined up at the start cost Perez & Cadillac its first points. It definitely stings & Perez would be higher on these rankings had that not happened. Regardless, Perez continues to drive with a fire under him. He was just 0.062s away from making it out of Q1 & then narrowly missed out on points. With the way the Mexican pilot is driving, those points are coming probably sooner than later.

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📍 Welcome To Monaco

📊 Let’s give you a rundown of Monaco

First race: 1950

Laps: 78

Lap distance: 3.337 km

Race distance: 260.286 km

Corners: 19

Straight Mode Zones: ZERO

Pirelli tyre range: C3-C4-C5

🙏 Monaco Prayer Circle

Instead of doing a jinx poll, I will be trying something more powerful - a prayer circle. In addition to not jinxing the driver(s) who wins this poll, I will print out an image of the driver(s) and place it next to this lit religious candle and rosary prior to and during the race. Let’s fend off all evil energy.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FERRARI 🙏

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🔑 Key Feats To Know

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P14 by Olivier Panis in 1996 for Ligier

Furthest grid spot to finish on the podium:

  • P16 by Clay Regazzoni in 1979 for Williams

Lap Record:

  • 1:12.909 by Lewis Hamilton in 2021 for Mercedes

Track Record:

  • 1:09.954 by Lando Norris in 2025 for McLaren

🥇 Most Wins

🛞 Most Poles

🏆 Most Podiums

🥇 🛞 Recent Results

🥇 Most Wins By Grid Position

  • Pole - 33 (46.48%)

  • P2 - 16 (22.54%)

  • P3 - 12 (16.9%)

  • P5 - 4 (5.63%)

  • P4 - 3 (4.23%)

  • P8 - 1 (1.41%)

  • P9 - 1 (1.41%)

  • P14 - 1 (1.41%)

🥇 Maiden Wins

  • Juan Manuel Fangio in 1950

  • Maurice Trintignant in 1955

  • Jack Brabham in 1959

  • Denny Hulme in 1967

  • Jean-Pierre Beltoise in 1972

  • Patrick Depailler in 1978

  • Riccardo Patrese in 1982

  • Olivier Panis in 1996

  • Jarno Trulli in 2004

🛞 Maiden Poles

  • Juan Manuel Fangio in 1950

  • Tony Brooks in 1958

  • Jim Clark in 1962

  • Jackie Stewart in 1969

  • Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972

  • John Watson in 1977

  • Didier Pironi in 1980

  • Michael Schumacher in 1994

  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen in 1997

  • Jarno Trulli in 2004

  • Daniel Ricciardo in 2016

🏆 Maiden Podiums

  • Alberto Ascari in 1950

  • Juan Manuel Fangio in 1950

  • Louis Chiron in 1950

  • Cesare Perdisa in 1955

  • Eugenio Castellotti in 1955

  • Peter Collins in 1956

  • Masten Gregory in 1957

  • Tony Brooks in 1957

  • Jack Brabham in 1959

  • Lorenzo Bandini in 1962

  • Peter Arundell in 1964

  • Jackie Stewart in 1965

  • Chris Amon in 1967

  • Lucien Bianchi in 1968

  • Richard Attwood in 1968

  • Piers Courage in 1969

  • Henri Pescarolo in 1970

  • Ronnie Peterson in 1971

  • Jean-Pierre Jarier in 1974

  • Andrea de Cesaris in 1982

  • Ayrton Senna in 1984

  • Stefano Modena in 1989

  • Mark Webber in 2005

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😲 Stats Of The Week

🏎️ How Teams Have Fared Recently In Monaco

Fun Facts

  • The Ferrari driver on pole has converted 4 of their 13 poles to victory in Monaco (30.8%) & only 1 of their last 7 poles in Monaco dating back to 1996 (14.3%, Charles Leclerc in 2024)

  • The Williams driver on pole has converted 0 of their 7 poles to victory in Monaco (0%)

  • The McLaren driver on pole has converted 9 of their 12 poles to victory in Monaco (75%), including each of their last 3

  • The Mercedes driver on pole has converted 3 of their 5 poles to victory in Monaco (60%), including 3/4 since returning to F1 (75%)

  • The Red Bull driver on pole has converted 5 of their 6 poles to victory in Monaco (83.3%)

This only counts the specific driver on pole. For example in 2017, Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen started on pole in Monaco & the race was won by Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel. This counts as an unsuccessful attempt in the stat above

⚔️ Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Monaco?

👀 Streaks To Watch

Consecutive Wins

  • Kimi Antonelli - 4 | Mercedes - 5

Consecutive Poles

  • NA | Mercedes - 5

Consecutive Podiums

  • Kimi Antonelli - 5 | Mercedes - 5

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Kimi Antonelli - 5

  • Max Verstappen - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • Charles Leclerc - 8

  • Lewis Hamilton - 6

  • Kimi Antonelli - 5

  • Max Verstappen - 3

  • Franco Colapinto - 2

  • Carlos Sainz - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 36 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 33 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 22 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 21 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 10 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 5 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 5 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 2 (Japan 2026)

  • Franco Colapinto - 2 (Japan 2026)

📊 2026 Leaderboards

🏎️ Full Stats For Each Driver

Oscar Piastri

WINS: 9 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 28 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has consecutive podiums in Monaco (2nd in 2024, 3rd in 2025)

  • The only McLaren drivers to get consecutive podiums in Monaco are Piastri, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Lewis Hamilton & Mika Hakkinen

  • Piastri could join Alain Prost & Ayrton Senna as the only McLaren drivers to string together 3 consecutive podiums in Monaco

  • Piastri would also join Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna & David Coulthard as the only McLaren drivers with 3+ podiums in Monaco (Lando Norris would also join this group with a podium in 2026)

  • Piastri & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers entering the 2026 GP on a consecutive podium streak in Monaco

  • Has started in the top 3 in each of the last 2 seasons in Monaco (2nd in 2024, 3rd in 2025)

  • Out of all the current drivers with multiple race starts in Monaco, Piastri & Carlos Sainz are the only ones who have scored points in 100% of their races there

  • Has never been eliminated in Q1 in Monaco with his worst qualifying position being 11th in 2023

  • A podium in Monaco would see it join Suzuka & Qatar as the only tracks where Piastri has 3 podiums

  • Out of all the tracks where Piastri currently has multiple podiums, Monaco is the only one where he hasn’t led a single lap

  • Has scored 34 points across 3 starts in Monaco

KEY STATS

  • Over the last 3 races, only Kimi Antonelli (84 points) has scored more points than Piastri (45)

  • Piastri’s P11 in Canada was the first time in 749 days he finished/was classified in a race outside of the points (2024 Miami GP)

  • Piastri’s P11 in Canada was the first time in 434 days he finished a race outside of the top 5 (Australia 2025)

  • Before Canada, the last time Piastri started a race & didn’t finish on the podium was the Las Vegas GP last year, more than 6 months prior

  • Canada was the first time Piastri finished 2 laps down since 2023 Interlagos

  • The last time Piastri finished consecutive races outside of the points was Austria 2023, when he finished 3 straight races from Spanish GP to Austrian GP outside the points

  • The last time Piastri failed to score points in a GP race he started, he stood on the podium in the next 2 races (Qatar 2025, Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Piastri has placed ahead of George Russell in every race he’s started this season (Japan, Miami, Canada)

  • Piastri is tied with Alex Albon for fewest GP laps completed this season with 176 each

  • Piastri has made Q3 in 33 consecutive races, 2nd longest streak on the grid

  • Piastri is on a 14-race winless streak, the 2nd longest of his career (34 winless races from the start of his career to 2024 British GP)

  • Is 3-2 in qualifying against Lando Norris this season but has been outqualified in back-to-back races

OTHER STATS

  • Piastri has now failed to score points in 3 of 5 races this season (2 DNS, 1 P11)

  • Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Last led the drivers’ championship at the 2025 USA GP

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Once recorded 8 straight podiums in 2025, a feat only Lewis Hamilton (9 straight in 2007) & Ayrton Senna (8 straight in 1988) have replicated as McLaren drivers

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

  • Piastri, Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers to record a grand slam this decade

Lando Norris

WINS: 11 | POLES: 16 | PODIUMS: 45

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Holds the Monaco track record, which he set last year, and is the only driver in F1 history to complete a lap in Monaco under 70 seconds

  • Won last year’s race in Monaco, which is his only victory at the circuit & McLaren’s first at the circuit since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Norris would become the first driver since Nico Rosberg (2013-2015) to win back-to-back races in Monaco

  • Would become the first driver since Charles Leclerc (2021-2022) to take back-to-back poles in Monaco

  • Norris’ 2025 win in Monaco was McLaren’s first at the track since Lewis Hamilton in 2008; Norris’ 2025 pole in Monaco was McLaren’s first at the track since Fernando Alonso in 2007; Norris’ 2021 podium in Monaco was McLaren’s first at the track since Jenson Button in 2011

  • Is 1 of 8 McLaren drivers to win in Monaco, joining Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, David Coulthard, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton & Mika Hakkinen

  • Has scored points in 5 consecutive races in Monaco with the only exception being when he finished 11th in 2019 as a rookie

  • Has also made Q3 in 5 consecutive races in Monaco with the only exception being when he qualified 12th as a rookie in 2019

  • Norris would join Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna & David Coulthard as the only McLaren drivers with 3+ podiums in Monaco (Oscar Piastri could also join this group with a podium in 2026)

  • Has qualified inside the top 5 in 4 of his 6 races in Monaco (5th in 2021, 5th in 2022, 4th in 2024, 1st in 2025)

  • Norris’ first podium in Monaco was in 2021, which at the time was McLaren’s first podium in Monaco since 2011

  • Is 1 of 8 McLaren drivers with multiple podiums in Monaco, joining Oscar Piastri, Mika Hakkinen, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, David Coulthard, Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost

  • Monaco could be the first circuit where Norris has multiple wins & could be the second circuit where he has multiple poles, joining Interlagos

  • Has scored 63 points in Monaco

KEY STATS

  • The last time Norris DNFed at the Canadian GP, he won the next 2 races & 3 of the next 4 races

  • Could tie the 2026 qualifying H2H (down 3-2) against Oscar Piastri in Monaco

  • Norris has outqualified Piastri in each of the last 2 GPs, meaning he’s started the year down 0-3 in qualifying H2H against his teammate but is now 2-0 since then

  • Norris has outqualified Piastri in 4 consecutive qualifying sessions if you include sprints (Miami SQ, Miami GP, Canada SQ, Canada GP)

  • Norris has now outqualified Piastri in 50 of the 75 GPs they’ve shared as teammates (50-25 record)

  • This is the first time since 2023 that Norris has scored 10 points or less in 4 of the first 5 GPs of the season

  • Norris’ next podium will make him the 20th driver in F1 history to record more than 45 career podiums

  • Norris is the only driver this season to lead from start to finish in any format

  • Norris is the only non-Mercedes driver to take pole in any format this season

  • Norris is the only non-Mercedes driver to win in any format this season

  • Norris is the only polesitter in any format this year to not lose the lead at any point on Lap 1 (Miami sprint)

  • Has made Q3 in 36 consecutive races, the longest streak on the grid

  • Has 1488 career points, meaning he is 12 points away from becoming the 11th driver in F1 history to reach 1500+ points

  • Norris needs to lead 8 laps to pass Valtteri Bottas & move to 29th in F1 history in laps led

OTHER STATS

  • Canada was the 15th DNF of Norris’ career & the first since Zandvoort 2025

  • Norris is only 4 podiums away (45) from matching Lewis Hamilton in podiums for McLaren (49)

  • Norris is 30th in F1 history in laps led (721)

  • Norris, Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

  • Norris has now stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons

  • Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 45 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts (155)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win their maiden championship after doing 150+ races with the same team that took them to a title

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

Max Verstappen

WINS: 71 | POLES: 48 | PODIUMS: 128 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • The last time a Red Bull driver used #3, he won in Monaco (Daniel Ricciardo, 2018)

  • After recording 3 straight podiums from 2021 to 2023 in Monaco, Verstappen hasn’t stood on the podium in Monaco since then, finishing 4th in 2025 & 6th in 2024

  • Has only qualified inside the top 3 once in the last 4 years in Monaco (5th in 2025, 6th in 2024, pole in 2023, 4th in 2022)

  • Since Monaco returned to the calendar in 2021, Verstappen & Carlos Sainz are tied for the most podiums at the circuit (3 each)

  • The only times Verstappen has missed Q3 in Monaco was 2016 when he crashed in Q1 & 2018 when he couldn’t participate due to a crash in free practice

  • Verstappen’s first 2 trips to Monaco ended in DNFs due to crashes (2015/2016) but since then he’s finished in the points with every race start

  • Verstappen is the only Red Bull driver with multiple wins in Monaco

  • Another win in Monaco would see Verstappen tie Lewis Hamilton for most wins at Monaco among active drivers with 3

  • Another pole in Monaco would see Verstappen join Daniel Ricciardo & Mark Webber as the only Red Bull drivers with multiple poles in Monaco

  • Another podium in Monaco would see Verstappen tie Daniel Ricciardo for most podiums in Monaco as a Red Bull driver with 4

  • Verstappen (3), Sebastian Vettel (3), Mark Webber (3) & Daniel Ricciardo (4) are the only Red Bull drivers with 3+ podiums in Monaco

  • Has scored 109 points & led 189 laps in Monaco, including 33 laps led in last year’s race

  • Verstappen last year became the first driver to lead 30+ laps in Monaco & not win since Kimi Raikkonen in 2017 (also led 33 laps)

  • Verstappen only has 3 podiums in 10 starts in Monaco. It’s tied with Monza (3 podiums in 11 starts) & Albert park (3 podiums in 10 starts) for his fewest at all circuits he’s started 10+ times

  • The first time Verstappen took the lead of the drivers’ championship came after the 2021 race in Monaco

KEY STATS

  • Verstappen is now the 8th driver in F1 history to have a podium finish in 11+ consecutive seasons (see below)

  • The last time a Red Bull driver used the #3, they ended up collecting their first podium of the season in the 5th race (Daniel Ricciardo in 2014) & their first win in the 7th race. Verstappen, who now uses #3, got his first podium of the season in the 5th race with Barcelona set to be the 7th race. Barcelona will also be the 10-year anniversary of his maiden win

  • Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to currently have a podium streak of more than 10 consecutive seasons (next closest is Charles Leclerc with 8 & Lando Norris with 7)

  • Verstappen delivered the first podium of the Red Bull-Ford Powertrains era

  • Verstappen is the first driver to get on the podium using a Ford-branded engine since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian GP

  • Since his DNF in China, Verstappen’s number of points scored has increased with every GP weekend (0-4-14-17)

  • Verstappen is the only non-Mercedes driver to start on the front row this season (Miami GP)

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

  • The last time Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate was Baku in 2023

OTHER STATS

  • Canada was the 128th podium of Verstappen’s career, 27 away from tying Michael Schumacher for 2nd most all time

  • Would become the first driver to win a race or finish on the podium with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Verstappen is 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen has recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 62)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Isack Hadjar

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Was the highest-qualifying rookie last year in Monaco

  • Hadjar became the first driver to start in the top 5 in Monaco during their first season since his idol Lewis Hamilton did in 2007

  • Finished 6th, collected 8 points, which at the time of the 2025 Monaco GP was the best result of Hadjar’s career

  • 2025 Monaco (6th), 2025 Las Vegas (6th), 2025 Zandvoort (3rd) are the only finishing results in Hadjar’s career where he’s been in the top 6

  • Hadjar would become the first teammate of Max Verstappen’s to score points in Monaco since Sergio Perez in 2022

  • Would also become the first teammate of Max Verstappen’s to outqualify him in Monaco since Sergio Perez in 2022

  • The last French driver to win in Monaco was Olivier Panis in 1996; the last French driver to take pole in Monaco was Alain Prost in 1993; the last French driver on the podium in Monaco was Esteban Ocon in 2023

  • Finished 2nd in the F2 feature race in Monaco in 2024

KEY STATS

  • 5th place finish in Canada was his best result since his podium in Zandvoort last year & his best finishing result as a Red Bull driver

  • Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver not named Max Verstappen to finish in the top 5 since Sergio Perez at the 2024 Miami GP, over 2 years prior

  • His 10 points scored in Canada were also the most by a Red Bull driver not named Max Verstappen since Sergio Perez at the 2024 Miami GP

  • Has made 2 top 5 finishes as a F1 driver (Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026)

  • Hadjar has made Q3 in 10 consecutive races & in all 5 races so far this season

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all 5 races this season

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Verstappen 1 more time, he will have outqualified him the same number of times as Verstappen’s teammates since 2023 (3)

  • Could become the first French driver to win a race since Esteban Ocon at Hungary 2021

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 5 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

OTHER STATS

  • Hadjar already has as many retirements/DNFs (2) in 2026 as he did throughout his entire rookie season (2)

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (2) than Verstappen’s teammates have since the start of 2024 (1-47)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

George Russell

WINS: 6 | POLES: 9 | PODIUMS: 26

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has only been outqualified once by a teammate in Monaco (Lewis Hamilton, 2023)

  • Finished out of the points & missed Q3 last year in Monaco

  • Monaco 2025 is the last time Russell missed Q3 (was due to a mechanical issue)

  • Monaco 2025 is the last time Russell finished a race outside of the points

  • Prior to his retirement in Canada 2026, the last time Russell failed to score points was Monaco 2025

  • Monaco is 1 of 7 circuits on the current calendar (excluding Madrid) where Russell doesn’t have a podium, joining Silverstone, Suzuka, Mexico, Qatar, Jeddah & Austin

  • From 2022 to 2024, Russell finished 5th in Monaco each time

  • His best finishing result of 5th in Monaco is tied with Austin, Suzuka & Silverstone for the worst of all tracks on the current calendar (excluding Madrid)

  • Russell has scored 30 points at Monaco but has not led a single lap

  • Out of all the tracks where Russell has 6+ starts, he’s only scored fewer points at Silverstone (11) than Monaco (30)

  • Has never started on the front 2 rows in Monaco

  • Monaco, Baku, Suzuka & Miami are the only tracks on the current calendar (excluding Madrid) where Russell has never started better than 5th

  • His best starting position of 5th in Monaco is tied with Suzuka, Baku & Monaco for the worst of all tracks on the current calendar (excluding Madrid)

  • Has never DNFed in Monaco

  • Would join Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to win or take pole in Monaco

  • No Mercedes driver has won in Monaco this decade

  • Mercedes’ last podium in Monaco was Valtteri Bottas & Lewis Hamilton in 2019

KEY STATS

  • Russell’s 43-point deficit to Kimi Antonelli would go down as the 3rd largest deficit overcome to win a championship with only Max Verstappen (46 points in 2022) & Sebastian Vettel (44 points in 2012) being higher

  • Over the last 3 races, Russell has scored 47 points fewer than Kimi Antonelli (84-37) & only 2 points more than Max Verstappen (37-35)

  • 6 different drivers have stood on the podium since Russell’s last podium appearance (Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri & Charles Leclerc)

  • Russell has now not stood on the podium in 3 consecutive races; if he doesn’t make the podium in Monaco, it will be the first time he goes 4+ consecutive races without a podium since Singapore to Brazil 2024

  • Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 28 of 29 races (Monaco 2025 the only exception due to mechanical issue)

  • Russell’s DNF in Canada ended a 38-race streak of being classified since his DSQ in Spa 2024

  • Russell’s DNF in Canada was his first time retiring from a race since Silverstone 2024, 40 races prior

  • Russell’s 38-race streak of consecutive finishes/classifications was the 4th longest in F1 history at the time

  • His DNF also ended a 20-race streak of scoring points in GP races, the longest streak of Russell’s career

  • Another win for Russell would mean 2026 ties his personal record for wins in a season (2 in 2024 & 2 in 2025)

  • Has made Q3 in 21 consecutive races

  • 2 race starts away from his 100th GP as a Mercedes driver (currently scheduled for Barcelona)

OTHER STATS

  • The longest streak of Russell being outqualified by a teammate is 6 consecutive races by Lewis Hamilton from 2022 Spa to 2022 Austin

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Since he joined Mercedes in 2022, Russell is the only Mercedes driver who hasn’t had 3 consecutive podiums

  • Is 7 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

  • 5 of Russell’s 6 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Kimi Antonelli

WINS: 4 | POLES: 3 | PODIUMS: 8

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Eliminated in Q2 last year in Monaco due to a crash

  • Was lapped 3 times in Monaco GP race last year, at the time he was the first driver to accomplish this since Nikita Mazepin at the 2021 Mexican GP

  • Was the last classified finisher in the 2025 Monaco GP race

  • The last Italian driver to win in Monaco was Jarno Trulli in 2004

  • Jarno Trulli (2004) & Riccardo Patrese (1982) are the only Italian drivers to win in Monaco

  • Jarno Trulli (2004) is the only Italian driver to take pole in Monaco

  • Jarno Trulli (2004) is the last Italian driver to finish on the podium in Monaco

  • Finished 4th in the F2 sprint race in Monaco in 2024 & finished 7th for the 2024 feature race

  • Would join Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to win or take pole in Monaco

  • No Mercedes driver has won in Monaco this decade

  • Mercedes’ last podium in Monaco was Valtteri Bottas & Lewis Hamilton in 2019

KEY STATS

  • Antonelli’s 43-point lead in the championship is the largest by any driver after 5 GPs since the current points format was introduced in 2010 (next closest was Nico Rosberg’s 39-point lead over P2, which was Kimi Raikkonen, after 5 rounds in 2016)

  • In 2016, Rosberg had exactly a 43-point lead over Lewis Hamilton over 5 rounds & went on to win the championship. In 2026, Antonelli has exactly a 43-point lead over George Russell after 5 rounds

  • Antonelli is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 wins happen consecutively

  • Antonelli now has more wins than George Russell (4-3) since they became teammates at Mercedes in 2025

  • Antonelli is the latest driver to win 4 of the first 5 races of a season. Every driver who has done that has won the drivers’ championship that year (see below)

  • Antonelli is the first driver since Max Verstappen in 2024 to win 4 of the first 5 races of a season

  • Antonelli has now won 4 races in a row. Every driver who has won 4 consecutive races is a world champion (Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Nigel Mansell, Lewis Hamilton, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button)

  • Antonelli joins Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton & Fernando Alonso as the only drivers on the current grid to win 4+ consecutive races

  • Antonelli is the first driver to win 4+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • Antonelli has matched the best winning streak of his idol Ayrton Senna (4) & Alain Prost (4)

  • Antonelli is a win in Monaco away from matching Lewis Hamilton’s longest winning streak (5)

  • The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Kimi Antonelli - 4, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3

  • His 4 consecutive wins is the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953

  • Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 4+ consecutive races in a row

  • Antonelli has recorded as many wins in 70 days (China to Canada) as Carlos Sainz has over his entire career (4)

  • Antonelli has recorded 2/3 as many wins in 70 days (4 from China to Canada) as George Russell has over his entire career (6)

  • Antonelli has recorded half as many wins in 70 days (4 from China to Canada) as Charles Leclerc has over his entire career (8)

  • Antonelli’s 4 consecutive wins is the longest winning streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari last won a championship (constructors’ in 2008) as the Scuderia’s longest win streak in this span was 3 in a row in 2019)

  • Antonelli has produced a larger win streak in 70 days than Ferrari has over the last 16 years

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with 5 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton in 2022

  • Antonelli would become the first Mercedes driver with 6 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton (7 from Austin 2021 to Bahrain 2022)

  • Antonelli is the first Italian to record 5+ consecutive podiums since Giuseppe Farina (British GP 1953 to Argentina GP 1954)

  • Antonelli, Alberto Ascari (7) & Giuseppe Farina (5) are the only Italians to record 5+ consecutive podiums.

  • A podium in Monaco means Antonelli joins Alberto Ascari as the only Italians to record 6+ consecutive podiums

  • Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell as many times this season (3) as he did all of last season (3)

  • Antonelli has more podiums (7) than George Russell (3) over the last 10 races

  • Over the last 2 races, Antonelli has scored 59 of a possible 66 points. No other driver has scored more than 33 (Lando Norris)

  • Over the last 3 races, Antonelli has scored 84 points, 39 more than the next closest driver (Oscar Piastri - 45) & 47 more than his teammate (George Russell - 37)

  • Over his 4-race winning streak, Antonelli has scored 113 points, 50 more than the next closest driver (George Russell - 63)

  • Antonelli has led more laps (164) than the rest of the grid combined (128)

  • If Antonelli wins from his next pole, he will have the same number of poles converted to wins as Oscar Piastri & George Russell (4)

OTHER STATS

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

  • Antonelli’s win streak (4) is longer than George Russell’s best podium streak (2) & is longer than Russell’s current non-podium streak (3)

  • Is the first Italian driver to lead the championship for consecutive GPs since Michele Alboreto in 1985

  • Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

  • Has converted all 3 of his poles to victory, giving him the best pole-to-win conversion rate in F1 history among all drivers with multiple poles

  • Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

  • Joined Damon Hill & Mika Hakkinen as only drivers to get their first 3 wins consecutively

  • Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

  • Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 2 wins be hat tricks

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

Charles Leclerc

WINS: 8 | POLES: 27 | PODIUMS: 52 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Leclerc’s 2024 win made him the first-ever Monegasque driver to win the F1 Monaco Grand Prix & the first Monegasque driver to win in Monaco since Louis Chiron in 1931

  • Prior to his 2024 win in Monaco, Leclerc had never even finished on the podium at his home race in F1 or F2

  • FUN FACT - 16 drivers finished Leclerc’s lone victory in Monaco in 2024

  • Began his F1 with the dreaded Monaco curse; his first 3 races in Monaco saw him DNF in 2018 & 2019 due to a collision and then DNS in 2021 from pole after crashing in Q3

  • Monaco 2021 was only the 5th time in F1 history that a polesitter did not start a race

  • In 2021, Leclerc became the first polesitter to not start a race since Jarno Trulli at the 2005 US GP (withdrew due to a tyre controversy with Michelin)

  • That means Leclerc at the 2021 Monaco GP was the first polesitter to not start a race due to a mechanical issue since Michael Schumacher at the 1996 French GP

  • In 2022, Leclerc became the first Monaco polesitter to start & not finish on the podium since Ralf Schumacher in 2003

  • Has more poles in Monaco (3) than any active driver on the grid

  • Has as many poles in Monaco (3) as Michael Schumacher, Niki Lauda & Stirling Moss

  • Another pole in Monaco would see Leclerc tie Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart & Alain Prost for second most poles at the circuit with 4

  • Another pole in Monaco for Leclerc would mean that only Ayrton Senna (5) would have more poles at the track than him

  • Another pole in Monaco would mean it ties Baku for the circuit where he has the most poles (4)

  • Has been on pole in 3 of the last 5 Monaco GPs

  • Has qualified P3 or better in each of the last 5 Monaco GPs (2nd in 2025, 1st in 2024, 3rd in 2023 before a grid penalty, 1st in 2022, 1st in 2021)

  • Leclerc has outqualified his teammate in 6 of his 7 trips to the Monaco GP

  • The only time he was outqualified by a teammate in Monaco was 2019 by Sebastian Vettel after he was eliminated in Q1 due to a strategy error from Ferrari

  • Has scored 63 points in Monaco & led 98 laps

  • Has finished on the podium in 2 consecutive races in Monaco (2nd in 2025, 1st in 2024)

  • Has scored points in each of his last 4 races in Monaco (2nd in 2025, 1st in 2024, 6th in 2023, 4th in 2022)

  • Monaco is 1 of 6 tracks where Leclerc has multiple DNFs, joining Interlagos, Hungary, Barcelona, Zandvoort & Bahrain

  • Another fun fact - Ferrari’s first win in Monaco was by a driver wearing #44 (Maurice Trintignant in 1955) & their last win in Monaco was by a driver wearing #16 (Charles Leclerc in 2024)

KEY STATS

  • Monaco will be the 1st race of the 6th month this year, perhaps a sign of numerology for driver #16

  • If Leclerc doesn’t get pole in Monaco, it will be 16 consecutive races without a pole, tying the 4th longest streak of his career

  • That means Monaco will be the 16th race since Leclerc’s last pole

  • Leclerc is tied with Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver with 52 & can pass him in Monaco

  • Leclerc has now gone 34 consecutive races without a win, which is longer than the time it took him to get his maiden win (33 races from 2018 Australia to 2019 Hungary)

  • Leclerc’s 34 race drought without a win is now the 3rd longest of his career

  • Monaco will be the 30th race that Hamilton & Leclerc are teammates. So far, Leclerc is up 22-7 in qualifying H2H & 20-6 in race H2H

  • Leclerc’s longest drought without a win is 46 consecutive races from 2019 Singapore to 2021 Abu Dhabi, meaning he could surpass this in 2026

  • Leclerc has finished behind Lewis Hamilton in 3 of the first 5 races this season, including 2 in a row (Miami & Canada)

  • Leclerc hasn’t finished behind his teammate in 3 straight races since Carlos Sainz did that to him across the first 3 races of 2024

  • Leclerc is 1 of 4 drivers to score over 40 points over the last 3 GPs (41), joining Kimi Antonelli (84), Oscar Piastri (45) & Lando Norris (43)

  • Over the last 3 GPs, Leclerc (41 points) has outscored Lewis Hamilton (39) & even George Russell (37)

  • Over the last 2 GPs, Leclerc has been outscored by Lewis Hamilton (31-26) but he’s still scored more points (26) than George Russell (25)

  • Leclerc needs to lead 15 more laps to surpass his total amount of laps led last season (48)

  • Leclerc has done 176 GPs with a Ferrari power unit, only 4 fewer than Michael Schumacher (180) & 33 fewer than Kimi Raikkonen (209)

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

  • Leclerc has taken the lead on Lap 1 twice this season (Australia & Miami) but didn’t win either race

  • 3 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most podiums as a Ferrari driver (55)

  • Needs to lead 88 more laps to reach 1000 laps led

  • Hasn’t won a race since Oct. 20 2024 at the US GP

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from 150 career Q3 appearances

  • Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • Has now outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 22 of their 29 races as teammates

  • Responsible for 10 of Ferrari’s last 12 podiums

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history (9)

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026) & has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons (2021-2025)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) during their time spent as teammates

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Lewis Hamilton

WINS: 105 | POLES: 104 | PODIUMS: 204 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Hamilton would become the first driver in F1 history to win in Monaco for both McLaren & Ferrari

  • Hamilton would join Fernando Alonso, Gerhard Berger & Kimi Raikkonen as the only drivers to stand on the podium in Monaco for both McLaren & Ferrari

  • No driver in F1 history has more points finishes in Monaco than Hamilton (17)

  • No driver in F1 history has more top 5 finishes in Monaco than Hamilton (12) with the next closest being Sebastian Vettel with 11. They are the only drivers with 10 or more top 5 finishes at the circuit

  • An 8th podium in Monaco would tie Hamilton with Ayrton Senna for most podiums at the circuit

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 200 points at Monaco (203)

  • Has not won or stood on the podium in Monaco since 2019

  • Since his last win/podium in Monaco, Hamilton has finished 7th in 2021, 8th in 2022, 4th in 2023, 7th in 2024 & 5th in 2025

  • Has not started better than 5th since his last pole in Monaco in 2019

  • Since then he’s qualified 7th in 2021, 8th in 2022, 6th in 2023, 7th in 2024 & 4th in 2025 (then received 3-place grid penalty)

  • Has been outqualified by his teammate in 4 of the last 5 Monaco GPs

  • Hamilton has as many finishes inside the top 4 in Monaco (9) as he does outside the top 4 (9)

  • The only times Hamilton missed Q3 in Monaco was 2009 (eliminated in Q1) & 2017 (eliminated in Q2)

  • Out of all the tracks Hamilton has raced at 18+ times, Monaco is the only one where he has less than 3 poles

  • Has led 245 laps in Monaco but has not led a race there since 2019

  • Leads all current drivers in wins at Monaco

  • A win in Monaco would see Hamilton join Alain Prost (4), Michael Schumacher (5), Graham Hill (5) & Ayrton Senna (6) as the only drivers with 4+ wins at the track

  • Has completed 1387 laps at Monaco, second most in F1 history, only trailing Fernando Alonso (1452)

  • Hamilton needs to complete 13 laps to join Alonso as the only drivers to complete 1400 laps at Monaco

  • Another fun fact - Ferrari’s first win in Monaco was by a driver wearing #44 (Maurice Trintignant in 1955) & their last win in Monaco was by a driver wearing #16 (Charles Leclerc in 2024)

KEY STATS

  • The last time there was a race held on June 7, Hamilton won (2015). Monaco is being held on June 7

  • The only time a Ferrari driver using #44 won a race was Maurice Trintignant at the 1955 Monaco GP (which he did from 9th on the grid)

  • Hamilton’s 2nd place in Canada was his best finishing result as a Ferrari driver

  • Most points scored over last 4 races: Kimi Antonelli - 113, George Russell - 63, Lewis Hamilton - 60, Charles Leclerc - 60, Oscar Piastri - 48, Lando Norris - 48, Max Verstappen - 35

  • Most points scored over last 2 races: Kimi Antonelli - 59, Lando Norris - 33, Lewis Hamilton - 31, Max Verstappen - 31, Oscar Piastri - 27, Charles Leclerc - 26, George Russell - 25

  • The only driver with more podiums than Hamilton (2) this season is Kimi Antonelli (5)

  • Hamilton has the same number of podiums as George Russell, Charles Leclerc & Oscar Piastri (2 each) this season. He also has more podiums than Lando Norris (1) & Max Verstappen (1)

  • Since the start of the Chinese GP, Hamilton (2) has more podiums than George Russell (1), Charles Leclerc (1), Lando Norris (1) & Max Verstappen (1)

  • Hamilton has stood on the podium in every race his mom has attended this season (China & Canada)

  • Hamilton has a better average finishing position (4.2) than Charles Leclerc this season (4.4)

  • Hamilton has more podiums over the last 4 races (2) than he did over the previous 35 races before that (1)

  • The last time Hamilton strung together consecutive podiums was Silverstone to Spa in 2024 (3 in a row)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a race or take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton’s next front row start will be his first since Silverstone in 2024

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • If Hamilton makes Q3 in Monaco, it will be his longest Q3 streak (6) as a Ferrari driver

  • Hamilton has finished ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc in 3 of 5 races this season

  • If Hamilton finishes another race ahead of Charles Leclerc, he will already exceed the number of times he accomplished that all of last season (3)

  • The longest streak of a teammate finishing races ahead of Charles Leclerc is 5 by Carlos Sainz in 2022. Hamilton is currently at 2

  • Hamilton could become the first teammate of Charles Leclerc to finish ahead of him in 3 straight races since Carlos Sainz did that over the first 3 races of 2024

  • Monaco will be the 30th race that Hamilton & Leclerc are teammates. So far, Leclerc is up 22-7 in qualifying H2H & 20-6 in race H2H

  • Needs to lead 8 laps to reach 5500 career laps led

OTHER STATS

  • Is the first driver ever to have a podium with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole

  • Would also become the first driver ever to have a win/pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Would be the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Needs to lead 6 more races to have 200 races led in his career (has led 194 GPs)

  • If Hamilton records a fastest lap this year, it will be his 17th consecutive season with a fastest lap & 19th different season with a fastest lap, extending his F1 record

  • Has already led as many races (2) in 2026 as he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 350 career Q3 appearances

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Has now led a race in 20 consecutive seasons & in 20 different seasons, the only driver in F1 history to do so

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to start 20+ different seasons

  • Hamilton hasn’t won a race in 3 of the last 4 seasons

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Was the first Ferrari driver to go an entire season (2025) without a podium since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

Carlos Sainz

WINS: 4 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 29

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Monaco is the circuit where Sainz has the most podiums (3)

  • Since Monaco returned to the calendar in 2021, Sainz & Max Verstappen are tied for the most podiums at the circuit (3 each)

  • Out of all the current drivers with multiple race starts in Monaco, Sainz & Oscar Piastri are the only ones who have scored points in 100% of their races there

  • Sainz has the same number of points finishes in Monaco as Michael Schumacher (10 each)

  • Sainz is the only driver in F1 history with a 100% points-scoring rate in Monaco with at least 10 starts

  • Sainz is the first & only driver in F1 history to score points in each of their first 10 races at Monaco

  • Sainz is 1 of 6 drivers with 10+ points finishes in Monaco, joining Lewis Hamilton (17), Fernando Alonso (13), Sebastian Vettel (12), Michael Schumacher (10) & Rubens Barrichello (10)

  • That means if Sainz scores points, he will join Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso & Sebastian Vettel as the only drivers with more than 10 points finishes in Monaco

  • Sainz has scored points in Monaco with Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Sainz, Rubens Barrichello & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to score points in Monaco with 5 different teams

  • Has finished 10th in Monaco 3 times (2015, 2018 & 2025)

  • That means that Sainz always finishes 10th in Monaco in his first year with a new team but he always improves on his finishing result the year after (8th in 2016, 6th in 2019, TBD in 2026)

  • The only time Sainz missed Q3 in Monaco was 2025 (qualified 11th)

  • Never been eliminated in Q1 in Monaco

  • Sainz’s 78 points in Monaco is tied with Austria for 2nd most among all tracks he’s raced at with only Austin ahead (85 points)

  • Has only led 3 laps in Monaco with all 3 coming in 2022

  • During their time together as teammate, Sainz had 3 podiums in Monaco compared to Charles Leclerc’s 1

  • The only drivers to score points with Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams in Monaco are Alain Prost & Carlos Sainz

  • Sainz’s 9 Q3 appearances in Monaco is tied with Bahrain & Mexico for his circuit with the most Q3 appearances, meaning that it will stand alone in 1st if he makes Q3 this weekend

  • Monaco is also tied with Barcelona for the track where Sainz has made the most points finishes (10 each)

KEY STATS

  • Sainz has as many points finishes this season (3) as Lando Norris (3)

  • Sainz has more points finishes this season (3) than Oscar Piastri (2)

  • The only drivers with more points finishes than Sainz (3) this season are Kimi Antonelli (5), Lewis Hamilton (5), Charles Leclerc (5), George Russell (4), Max Verstappen (4) & Pierre Gasly (4)

  • All of Sainz’s points finishes have been 9th place this season (China, Miami, Canada)

  • Sainz has now scored points in consecutive races for the first time since Las Vegas-Qatar last year. If he scores points in Monaco, it will be the first time he scores points in 3 consecutive GP races since Jeddah to Monaco last year (4 in a row)

  • Sainz only needs to score 4 points to tie Alex Albon on points since they became teammates at Williams in 2025

  • Outscored by Alex Albon 74-70 during their time together at Williams

  • Responsible for 54 of Williams’ last 58 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

  • Sainz is the only Williams driver with multiple points finishes (3) this season (Alex Albon only has 1)

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 4 consecutive races

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 7 of the last 8 races dating back to last season

  • Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 13 of the last 15 races dating back to last season (this excludes Singapore where they were both disqualified)

  • Sainz started 5-8 in qualifying H2H against Alex Albon but is 13-2 since then (this excludes Singapore where they were both disqualified)

  • Has made Q2 in 3 consecutive races (Japan, Miami, Montreal) but has still not made Q3

  • Sainz’s last Q3 appearance was Qatar 2025

OTHER STATS

  • Sainz has recorded multiple points finishes every season since he debuted in F1

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

  • Will make his 250th race start in Qatar this year

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • Podiums for Williams: Sainz - 2, All other Williams drivers since 2017 - 2

  • Last year, Sainz became the 1st Williams driver to get 2+ podiums in a season since 2015 when Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa each had 2

  • Was the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs (2022-2025)

  • Is 1 of 5 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Lewis Hamilton - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Sergio Perez - 4, Fernando Alonso - 5)

Alex Albon

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 2

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Albon is on a streak of 2 consecutive points finishes in Monaco (9th in 2025, 9th in 2024)

  • Albon is also on a streak of 2 consecutive Q3 appearances in Monaco (10th in 2025, 9th in 2024)

  • Has scored points in 3 of the 4 races he’s seen the chequered flag in Monaco (DNFed in 2022)

  • The only times he missed Q3 in Monaco were the result of a Q2 elimination in 2023 & Q1 elimination in 2022

  • Monaco could join Silverstone (4) & Monza (4) as the circuits where Albon has the most Q3 appearances

  • 3 points finishes in Monaco has amounted to 8 points

KEY STATS

  • Will tie Nigel Mansell for most race starts as a Williams driver in Monaco (95)

  • Will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts in Barcelona (96)

  • Albon has only scored points in a GP race once over the last 13 GP races (Miami 2026)

  • Albon has only scored points twice in a GP weekend over the last 13 race weekends (Miami 2026, 2025 US GP sprint race)

  • Has missed Q3 in 16 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

OTHER STATS

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 50th Q3 appearance

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • His 314 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • 73 points scored in 2025 were more than all his other years at Williams combined (43)

  • In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Finished 4th in F3 feature race in Monaco in 2024

  • Finished 8th in F2 sprint race in Monaco in 2025 after a 10-second penalty demoted him from 3rd

  • Finished 5th in F2 sprint race in Monaco in 2025 after a 5-second penalty demoted him from 3rd

  • Last year, Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar was the only full-season rookie to make Q3 and score points in Monaco

KEY STATS

  • The Monaco GP will be Lindblad’s last chance to become the youngest front-row starter in F1 history, beating Lance Stroll’s record of 18 years, 10 months & 5 days

  • Has made Q3 in 3 of his 5 races this season

  • Was unable to start the last race in Canada, marking the first DNS of his career

  • Lindblad now has suffered his first Q1 elimination in Miami & then his first DNS in the race after

  • Hasn’t scored points since the season opener in Australia

  • Has as many Q3 appearances this season (3) than Max Verstappen (3) & more Q3 appearances than his teammate Liam Lawson (1)

  • The only drivers with more Q3 appearances than Lindblad this season are the Mercedes drivers (5), McLaren drivers (5), Ferrari drivers (5) & Isack Hadjar (5)

OTHER STATS

  • Has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • The 2026 Miami GP is the only Q1 elimination of Lindblad’s career so far

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

Liam Lawson

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Monaco was the first GP where Lawson scored points last season

  • Lawson’s 8th place in Monaco last year was the best finishing result of his career at the time

  • Monaco last year was only the 3rd time in Lawson’s career that he made Q3 AND scored points, following Singapore 2023 & Brazil 2024

  • Monaco last year was also Lawson’s first Q3 appearance of 2025

  • If Lawson scores points in Monaco this year, the circuit will join Interlagos as the only places he has multiple points finishes

KEY STATS

  • Lawson finished 7th in Canada, tying his best result of the season (also 7th in China)

  • Lawson has now scored points in 3 of 5 races this season & in 3 of his 4 race finishes this season

  • Lawson currently has an average finishing position of 9.00 this season, best of his career

  • His average qualifying position of 11.80 is also the best of his career so far

  • Lawson has scored 50 points since last year’s Austrian GP, 10th most in F1 and more than Fernando Alonso (48), Isack Hadjar (44), Alex Albon (32), Pierre Gasly (31), among others

  • Since the rebrand to RB/Racing Bulls in 2024, Lawson has scored more points (58) for the team than any other driver (Isack Hadjar next closest with 51)

  • Has scored the second most points by a Red Bull-controlled driver this season with 16, only trailing Max Verstappen who has 43

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • In the 17 races since Monza 2025, Lawson has 7 Q3 appearances & 10 Q2 exits

OTHER STATS

  • Needs to score 24 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 60, Amon - 83)

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

WINS: 32 | POLES: 22 | PODIUMS: 106 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Alonso has scored points in Monaco for Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Alpine & Aston Martin

  • Alonso, Carlos Sainz & Rubens Barrichello are the only drivers in F1 history to score points with 5 different constructors in Monaco

  • Has made Q3 in 3 of the last 4 years in Monaco (6th in 2025, 16th in 2024, 2nd in 2023, 7th in 2022)

  • Monaco 2023 was the closest Alonso has been to his 23rd pole since he returned to F1 in 2021 (was 0.084s off Max Verstappen)

  • Hasn’t scored points in Monaco since 2023 after a DNF in 2025 & 11th place finish in 2024

  • Alonso has 4 front row starts in Monaco (2005, 2006, 2007, 2023)

  • Montreal is the only circuit where Alonso has more front row starts (5) than Monaco (4)

  • Alonso has scored 124 points in Monaco, 6th most among circuits he’s raced at

  • Only Hungary (153), Interlagos (142), Albert Park (134), Barcelona (134) & Silverstone (128) has seen Alonso score more points than Monaco (124)

  • Has 153 laps led at Monaco, 3rd most among circuits he’s raced at with only Malaysia (169) & Silverstone (155) having more

  • Has raced more laps (1452) in Monaco than any other driver in F1 history

  • Alonso has raced more laps (1452) in Monaco than Haas (111)

  • Needs to complete 48 laps to become the first driver to complete 1500 laps at Monaco

  • Alonso has 9 top 5 finishes in Monaco, tied with Michael Schumacher for 3rd most at the circuit

  • If Alonso finishes in the top 5 in Monaco, he will join Lewis Hamilton (12) & Sebastian Vettel (11) as the only drivers with 10 or more top 5 finishes in Monaco

  • Alonso, Gerhard Berger & Kimi Raikkonen are the only drivers to stand on the podium in Monaco for both McLaren & Ferrari

KEY STATS

  • Alonso’s DNF in Canada means he now has more DNFs (3) than finishes (2) this season

  • Alonso is now 1 of 11 drivers in F1 history to have 85 or more career DNFs

  • Alonso’s last Q3 appearance was 2025 Abu Dhabi

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • This is the first time Alonso doesn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015 (never made Q3 in 2015)

  • This is the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 5 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006

  • The last time Alonso scored points using a Honda engine was 2017 Abu Dhabi GP on Nov. 26 2017 & the last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

  • Outqualified Lance Stroll in 41 consecutive races with the last time Alonso was outqualified by his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Alonso is 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualifying a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

  • This is the 2nd straight season where Alonso has scored 0 points after 5 GPs. For reference, Alonso didn’t score his first points of the season in 2025 until the 9th race (Spanish GP)

OTHER STATS

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race (current record for time & GPs is 17y 1m 18d & 340 GPs by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (429)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 3

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Averaging 0.5 points per race in Monaco

  • Has 4 points in 8 races in Monaco

  • The only circuits on the current calendar (excluding Madrid) where Stroll has fewer points than Monaco (4) are Suzuka (2), China (2) & Jeddah (0)

  • Monaco, Suzuka, Mexico, Singapore, Qatar & Las Vegas are the only circuits on the calendar where Stroll has never made Q3

  • Stroll has started better than 13th at every circuit on the calendar (excluding Madrid) except Monaco

  • The only circuit on the current calendar (excluding Madrid) where Stroll has fewer points finishes than Monaco (1) is Jeddah

  • Stroll’s finishing positions in Monaco: DNF in 2017, 17th in 2018, 16th in 2019, 8th in 2021, 14th in 2022, DNF in 2023, 14th in 2024, 15th in 2025

  • Stroll’s qualifying positions in Monaco: 18th in 2017, 18th in 2018, 18th in 2019, 13th in 2021, 18th in 2022, 14th in 2023, 14th in 2024, 19th in 2025

  • Stroll has qualified 18th in 4/8 GPs in Monaco

  • Stroll is 1-7 in qualifying against his teammates in Monaco with his only win coming against Fernando Alonso in 2024

KEY STATS

  • Outqualified by Fernando Alonso in 41 consecutive races with the last time he outqualified his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Stroll has only outqualified a teammate 43 times total over his career. Alonso has outqualified Stroll 41 times in a row currently

  • Holds the F1 record with 92 Q1 eliminations, which is 18 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

  • Stroll has finished consecutive races for the first time this season, could make it 3 in a row in Monaco

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Has scored 1 point over the last 14 GPs

OTHER STATS

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

  • Hungary is scheduled to be Stroll’s 200th GP in F1

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

  • His 194 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris (208) & Nico Hulkenberg (250)

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 4

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Is the most recent French driver to finish on the podium in Monaco when he finished 3rd in 2023

  • Ocon’s podium in 2023 made him the first French driver to stand on the podium in Monaco since Olivier Panis in 1996

  • Monaco, Bahrain, Interlagos & Hungary are the only 4 circuits where Ocon has a podium

  • Ocon has scored 31 points in Monaco, 4th most among the circuits he’s raced at with only Bahrain (32), Austria (32) & Spa (39) being higher

  • However, Monaco is Ocon’s most efficient circuit. His 4.43 points per race there is highest among all tracks he’s raced at 7+ times

  • Has scored points in Monaco with Force India (6th in 2018), Alpine (9th in 2021, 3rd in 2023) & Haas (7th in 2025)

  • Has 1 DNF in Monaco (2024) but has never finished worse than 12th whenever he’s seen the chequered flag

  • Was the only Haas driver to make Q3 last year in Monaco, qualifying 8th

  • Was also the only Haas driver to score points in Monaco last year, finishing 7th

  • Ocon qualified 16th in Monaco as a rookie but since then he’s never been eliminated in Q1 or qualified worse than 11th at the circuit

  • The only circuits where Ocon has made Q3 more than Monaco (4) is Abu Dhabi (5) & Spa (6)

  • The last French driver to win in Monaco was Olivier Panis in 1996; the last French driver to take pole in Monaco was Alain Prost in 1993

KEY STATS

  • Monaco will be Ocon’s 186th race, making him the 29th driver in F1 history to make more than 185 starts

  • Montreal was Ocon’s first Q1 elimination since Qatar last year

  • Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances, 4 Q2 eliminations & 1 Q1 elimination this season

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 21 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Outscored 43-11 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 18-1 to start 2026

  • Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in only 1 of the 5 races this season

OTHER STATS

  • Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (185)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (484) is Alain Prost (798.5)

Ollie Bearman

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Qualified 17th last year & was eliminated in Q1 but started last in 20th for a red-flag infringement during free practice

  • Gained 8 positions to finish last year’s Monaco race in 12th

  • No driver gained more positions in last year’s Monaco race than Bearman (+8)

  • Monaco 2025, Bahrain 2025, Australia 2025 & Zandvoort 2025 are the only places where Bearman has previously started 20th

  • Finished 4th in the F2 feature race in Monaco in 2024

KEY STATS

  • Responsible for 18 of Haas’ 19 points this season

  • Has scored 43 of Haas’ last 54 points since Singapore last year

  • Has scored points in 3 of the 4 races he’s finished this season (had a DNF in Suzuka)

  • When he’s seen the chequered flag this season, Bearman has never finished worse than 11th

  • In the races he’s finished this season, Bearman has never taken the chequered flag behind Esteban Ocon (up 4-0 in race finishes H2H)

  • Has more points finishes (3) this season than Esteban Ocon has points (1) this year

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 4 of 5 GPs this season & in 9 of the last 12 races dating back to last season

  • Is the only driver with a top 5 finish this season that doesn’t drive for Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull or McLaren

  • Is the only driver that has finished in the top 5 in a race this season after starting 10th or worse on the grid

  • Has finished in the points in 8 of his last 12 races with 2 top 5 finishes (Mexico 2025, China 2026)

OTHER STATS

  • Owns a career 19-12 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 13

  • Bearman needs 11 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 22 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 5

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has scored points in Monaco for Toro Rosso, Red Bull, AlphaTauri & Alpine

  • Gasly’s 32 points in Monaco is tied with Bahrain for 2nd most among circuits he’s raced at & is only 17 points shy of his top track (Interlagos - 49)

  • Gasly DNFed in Monaco last year, which is his only non-finish at the circuit

  • Gasly has scored points in 5 of his 6 race finishes in Monaco with a 11th place in 2022 the only exception, meaning he’s never taken the chequered flag in a position worse than 11th

  • Finished 7th in 2018 (Toro Rosso), 5th in 2019 (Red Bull), 6th in 2021 (AlphaTauri), 11th in 2022 (AlphaTauri), 7th in 2023 (Alpine), 10th in 2024 (Alpine) & DNF in 2025 (Alpine)

  • The only tracks where Gasly has more points finishes than Monaco (5) are Spa (6) & Barcelona (6)

  • When Gasly has finished a race in Monaco, he’s never finished lower than where he’s started

  • The only tracks where Gasly has more Q3 appearances than Monaco (5) are Bahrain (6) & Austria (6)

  • Out of all the tracks he’s raced at 7+ times, Monaco has Gasly’s best Q3 success rate (5/7)

  • Has only failed to make Q3 2 times in Monaco, qualifying 17th in both occasions (2022 & 2025)

  • Whenever he qualifies 17th in Monaco, he doesn’t score points. But when he qualifies anything else, he scores points

  • Has made Q3 in Monaco with Toro Rosso, Red Bull, AlphaTauri & Alpine

  • Has made Q3 in Monaco in 2 of the last 3 years (2023 & 2024)

KEY STATS

  • Gasly has 4 GP race points finishes this year already, which means he’s already only 1 away from matching his total last year (5)

  • Gasly has 20 points currently, meaning he is only 2 points away from matching his 2025 points total already (22)

  • With 4 points scored in Canada, Gasly has still scored points in all 5 GP weekends this season

  • This is the first time Gasly has scored points in 5 consecutive GP weekends as an Alpine driver & his longest points-scoring streak since he scored points in 6 consecutive race weekends from Imola to Paul Ricard in 2021. He could match this with points in Monaco

  • If Gasly scores points in Monaco, he’ll be the first Alpine driver to score points in 6 consecutive race weekends since Fernando Alonso scored points in 10 consecutive race weekends in 2022

  • The only drivers who have scored points at every GP weekend this year are Kimi Antonelli, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton & Pierre Gasly

  • The only drivers with more points finishes in GP races than Gasly (4) this season are Kimi Antonelli (5), Lewis Hamilton (5) & Charles Leclerc (5)

  • Streak of 3 consecutive Q3 appearances came to an end in Canada

  • Has been outqualified by Franco Colapinto in 2 straight GPs & 4 straight times if you include sprint qualifying

  • If he’s outqualified by Franco Colapinto in Monaco, it’ll be the first time since Monza to Singapore last year that Gasly is outqualified in 3 straight GP races by a teammate

  • Has still outqualified Colapinto in 9 of the last 11 races

  • Responsible for 42 of Alpine’s 57 points scored since the start of 2025

OTHER STATS

  • Made Q3 in 6 of his last 9 races dating back to Brazil last year

  • Gasly is 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (183), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (185)

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Gasly trails Esteban Ocon by 6 points (484-478) for 2nd most points scored in F1 history by a French driver. Alain Prost is first with 798.5 points

  • Is 15 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 5 points finishes in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Has at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

Franco Colapinto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Was the slowest qualifier in Monaco last year, qualifying 20th & eliminated in Q1 but ended up finishing the race in 13th

  • The last time an Argentine driver scored points in Monaco was Carlos Reutemann in 1980 when he won the race

  • The last time an Argentine driver qualified inside the top 5 in Monaco was Carlos Reutemann in 1981

  • Only 2 Argentine drivers have taken pole in Monaco (Carlos Reutemann in 1978 & Juan Manuel Fangio in 1950, 1955, 1956 & 1957)

  • Argentina’s first F1 victory, pole & podium was Juan Manuel Fangio in Monaco in 1950 (this was the second ever race in the F1 championship)

  • Finished 5th in F2 sprint race & 12th in feature race in Monaco in 2024

  • Finished 4th in F3 sprint race & 6th in feature race in Monaco in 2023

KEY STATS

  • Colapinto now holds the longest streak of time without a DNF after George Russell’s DNF in Canada. It’s been over 500 days since the last time Colapinto retired, which was at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Colapinto has not yet had a retirement during his time with Alpine

  • Colapinto is the highest-scoring midfield driver over the last 2 GPs SEE BELOW

  • Colapinto has set a new career-best finishing position in each of the last 2 races (7th in Miami & then 6th in Canada, what’s next for Monaco)

  • Colapinto has made Q3 in back-to-back races for the first time in his career, could make it 3 in a row in Monaco

  • Over the last 2 GPs, Colapinto has been responsible for Argentina's 2 best results dating all the way back to February 1982 (P6 - 2026 Canadian GP & P7 - 2026 Miami GP)

  • Colapinto has consecutive points finishes for the first time in his career (scored points in Miami & Canada)

  • Is the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

  • Has scored points in 3 of the last 4 GPs

  • Has scored only 5 points fewer (15) than Pierre Gasly (20) this season

  • Has outqualified Pierre Gasly in consecutive races for the first time since Monza to Singapore (3 straight races) last year

  • Colapinto has outqualified Pierre Gasly 4 straight times if you include sprint qualifying (Miami sprint qualifying, GP qualifying & Canada sprint qualifying & GP qualifying)

  • Colapinto now has 20 points, 4th most in Argentina’s history. Needs 58 to pass José Froilán González for 3rd most

  • Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

OTHER STATS

  • In Miami earlier this year, Colapinto reached Q3 for the first time as an Alpine driver & for the first time since Baku 2024

  • Recorded the best qualifying result (8th) of his F1 career in Miami earlier this year

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Has 5 career points finishes

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

  • In his debut season in 2024 with Williams, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

Nico Hulkenberg

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Hulkenberg’s only Q3 appearance came in 2016 when he qualified 5th for Force India

  • There are only 2 circuits where Hulkenberg has raced 12+ times but has 1 Q3 appearance: Monaco & Barcelona

  • Hulkenberg has made Q2 in 10 of 12 appearances at Monaco

  • Hulkenberg has started 11th in half (6/12) starts in Monaco

  • Hulkenberg has also qualified 11th in half (6/12) starts in Monaco

  • Hasn’t scored points in Monaco since he finished 8th in 2018 for Renault

  • Hulkenberg’s only points finishes in Monaco are 8th in 2018 (Renault), 6th in 2016 (Force India), 5th in 2014 (Force India) & 8th in 2012 (Force India)

  • 3 of his 4 points finishes in Monaco have been for Force India

  • Has scored 26 points in Monaco

  • Has raced 711 laps in Monaco, 24th most in F1 history

KEY STATS

  • Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 6 of 8 competitive sessions this year in all formats (includes sprints). SEE BELOW

  • Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 3 consecutive competitive qualifying sessions, including sprints SEE BELOW

  • In only GP format, Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 4/5 races & finished 11th in 2/3 race finishes

  • That means that Hulkenberg has placed 11th in 6/8 sessions he’s finished in GP format this year. (Australia qualifying, China qualifying, China race, Japan race, Miami qualifying, Canada qualifying) (Hulkenberg didn’t start the race in Australia & didn’t finish the race in Miami so those are excluded)

  • Looking for his 1st Q3 appearance & points finish for Audi

  • Has only made Q3 once over his last 29 races

  • His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th, DNF & 12th

  • 15-14 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

OTHER STATS

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 254, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (254)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Hulkenberg is 1 of 8 German drivers with a pole & 1 of 14 German drivers with a podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Was eliminated in Q1 last year in Monaco & outqualified by his teammate Nico Hulkenberg

  • Finished 14th in Monaco last year, ahead of his teammate Nico Hulkenberg, who ended up 16th

  • Finished 2nd in the F2 sprint race & then 8th in the feature race in Monaco in 2024

  • Finished 6th in the F3 sprint race & 5th in the feature race at Monaco in 2023

  • The last time a Brazilian scored points in Monaco was Felipe Massa in 2017

  • The last time a Brazilian made Q3 in Monaco was Felipe Massa in 2012

  • The last time a Brazilian won Monaco was Ayrton Senna in 1993

  • Ayrton Senna is responsible for all 6 wins by a Brazilian driver in Monaco

  • The last time a Brazilian was on pole in Monaco was Ayrton Senna in 1991

  • Ayrton Senna is responsible for 5 of the 7 poles by a Brazilian in Monaco with Nelson Piquet Sr. & Emerson Fittipaldi also joining him with 1 each

  • The first pole by a Brazilian driver in F1 came in Monaco via Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972

  • The last podium by a Brazilian in Monaco was Rubens Barrichello in 2009

KEY STATS

  • Has finished 12th or 13th in 3 straight races (13th in Japan, 12th in Miami, 13th in Canada)

  • Has not scored points since the season-opening race in Australia

  • Needs 8 more points to match Felipe Nasr for 8th most points by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

  • Dating back to 2025, Bortoleto is responsible for the last 3 Q3 appearances between himself and Nico Hulkenberg

  • Has been outqualified in 3 of the last 4 races by Nico Hulkenberg

  • Is 14-15 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

  • Bortoleto is responsible for both of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia & Japan)

  • Bortoleto is also responsible for both of Audi’s points scored this season (2 points in Australia)

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Bortoleto joined Daniel Ricciardo (2019) as the only drivers to outqualify Hulkenberg in 7 straight races (Austria to Baku 2025) & he did it as a rookie

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

  • His 21 points are 9th most among all Brazilians in F1 history

Sergio Perez

WINS: 6 | POLES: 3 | PODIUMS: 39

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Became the most successful Mexican driver in F1 history with his victory in Monaco in 2022 as that was his 3rd career win, surpassing Pedro Rodriguez’s total of 2 wins

  • Perez is the only first Mexican driver to win the Monaco GP

  • Perez’s win in 2022 made him the first driver from North America to win the Monaco GP since Gilles Villeneuve in 1981

  • Perez is 1 of 18 drivers to win in Monaco from outside the front row

  • Since 2004, Perez & Lewis Hamilton (2008, 2016) are the only drivers to win in Monaco from outside the front row (all 3 wins came from P3)

  • Since 2000, Perez, Lewis Hamilton (x2), Juan Pablo Montoya (2003) & David Coulthard (2000) are the only drivers to win in Monaco from outside the front row (all came from P3)

  • Perez’s last points finish in Monaco was his victory in 2022

  • Since then he DNFed in 2024 & finished 16th, 2 laps down in 2023

  • His first podium in Monaco was in 2016 when he finished 3rd for Force India

  • Perez has scored points in Monaco for Red Bull (x2) & Force India (x2)

  • Eliminated in Q1 in each of his last 2 trips to Monaco (2023-2024)

  • Made Q3 in 6 consecutive trips to Monaco from 2013 to 2018 & made Q3 in 8 of 9 trips to Monaco from 2013 to 2022 (2019 the only exception)

KEY STATS

  • 5 of Perez’s 6 wins have come at a street circuit (Baku x2, Monaco, Jeddah, Singapore)

  • His best qualifying performance of the season so far is 18th in Australia. This is also Cadillac’s best qualifying performance so far

  • Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 3 of 5 races & in 2 of the last 3 races

  • On a trajectory where Perez could win his first qualifying H2H against a full-time teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020 for Racing Point

  • Perez (286 GPs) & Rubens Barrichello (323 GPs) are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

  • Has completed 258 laps this season, 8th most in F1

  • Perez has completed more laps this season (258) than George Russell (253), Lando Norris (206), Isack Hadjar (190) & Oscar Piastri (1176), among others

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 career race starts later this year in Brazil

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

Valtteri Bottas

WINS: 10 | POLES: 20 | PODIUMS: 67

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Bottas technically holds the record for longest pit stop in F1 history after it took Mercedes 43 hours to remove the front right wheel from his car following a botched tyre change in Monaco

  • Bottas’ last points finish in Monaco was a P9 finish with Alfa Romeo in 2022

  • Bottas’ last Q3 appearance in Monaco was 2021 with Mercedes (P3)

  • All 4 of Bottas’ Q3 appearances in Monaco came with Mercedes (2017-2019, 2021) but he’s never made Q3 in Monaco otherwise

  • Bottas’ lone podium in Monaco came in 2019

  • His 4 Q3 appearances is his fewest among all tracks he’s raced at 11 times

  • Bottas has 39 points in Monaco, the fewest out of any track he’s raced at 11+ times

  • His 4 points finishes is also fewest among all tracks he’s raced at 11+ times

  • Has never led a lap in Monaco

  • Bottas has 2 DNFs in Monaco, 1 away from tying Interlagos & Hungary (3 each) for the circuit where he has the most DNFs

KEY STATS

  • His best finishing position this season is 13th in China. This is also Cadillac’s best finishing result so far

  • Has been outqualified by Sergio Perez in 3 of the 5 races this season & in 2 of the last 3 races

  • Currently Sergio Perez & Lewis Hamilton are the only teammates of Bottas to have a better qualifying H2H record against him

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 34 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Has finished 3 consecutive races, a great achievement for Cadillac

  • Has completed more laps in 2026 (241) than the likes of Pierre Gasly (237), Lando Norris (206), Isack Hadjar (190) & Oscar Piastri (176), among others

OTHER STATS

  • Is the 14th driver in F1 history to exceed 150 race starts after making his 151st start in Canada

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

  • The only circuits Bottas has raced at & not made Q3 is India (1 GP) & Korea (1 GP)

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Win

  • Kimi Antonelli - Canada 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Pole

  • George Russell - Canada 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Miami 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Podium

  • Kimi Antonelli - Canada 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - Canada 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Canada 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

  • Lando Norris - Miami 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Japan 2026

  • George Russell - China 2026

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

]]><![CDATA[2026 Canadian GP Driver Power Rankings]]>https://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-canadian-gp-driver-power-rankingshttps://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-canadian-gp-driver-power-rankingsTue, 26 May 2026 16:38:17 GMTFollow Me On: X | BlueSky | Threads | Instagram

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👋 Goodbye Montreal

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• How Mercedes put Kimi Antonelli in a perfect spot
• What was McLaren thinking
• Lewis Hamilton’s key to success
• Latest buzz about 2027 PU regs

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No simulator, no problem. Hamilton elected to ditch simulator work in his return to Montreal and it resulted in his best finishing result as a Ferrari driver. Hamilton outpaced his teammate all weekend and capped off his brilliant showing by hunting down Max Verstappen for 2nd place Sunday. Hamilton joins Michael Schumacher as the only drivers ever with more than 10 podiums in Montreal. He’s also now finished ahead of Charles Leclerc in 3 of 5 races this season and Montreal was his best performance … so far. The 7-time world champion leaves Canada in the best form we’ve seen in years.

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It’s a scary thought that Verstappen’s best result of 2026 came with a setup choice that he neither liked nor wanted. He was overtaken by Lewis Hamilton late, but Verstappen was initially in prime position to benefit if the Mercedes ahead of him had a race-ending squabble. Not only is this the first podium for Red Bull-Ford Powertrains, it’s also the first top 3 result for a Ford-branded engine since 2003. The 4-time champion has 5 consecutive podiums in Montreal now, a feat that only Michael Schumacher has done.

Norris was on course for another stellar weekend before his opportunity to shine was ripped out of his hands. The reigning world champion was the stronger McLaren driver in Canada and appeared to be the only driver that could sniff the ballpark pace of the Mercedes pair. Norris overachieved in the sprint, collecting second place, and probably was a good bet for a podium Sunday if not for a poor tyre gamble by McLaren and a mechanical issue that ended his race. Despite the disastrous Sunday, Norris made the absolute best of everything in his control. That cannot be questioned.

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Cruel. That’s the only word that can describe Russell’s Canadian GP. Russell was put under pressure all weekend and though there were moments of sloppiness, he still was 3-for-3 in coming out as the better Mercedes driver. He survived a back-and-forth battle from his teammate in the sprint before later snatching pole with a marvellous last-gasp lap. Russell joined Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, and Michael Schumacher as the only drivers with 3 consecutive poles in Montreal. Kimi Antonelli was pressuring Russell again Sunday, but remember it was Russell who was leading when a power unit issue forced him to retire. Maybe it wasn’t the prettiest display, but Russell was in the midst of proving he’s battle-ready enough to fight for a title.

At a place that was expected to be a George Russell stomping ground, Antonelli was a constant thorn in his teammate’s side in Montreal. Antonelli eventually picked up the win following Russell’s retirement, becoming the first driver ever to have their first 4 career wins come consecutively. It’s also worth mentioning that every driver in F1 history that’s won 4 races in a row is a world champion. Antonelli’s strong driving is putting him on track to continue that trend.

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Last time out in Miami, Colapinto scored the best result of his career with a 7th-place finish. He bettered that in Montreal, finishing 6th as the lead Alpine driver. Colapinto has now outqualified teammate Pierre Gasly 4 consecutive times, including sprint sessions. It’s exciting to wonder just how much higher Colapinto can continue to elevate himself.

Lindblad dazzled in Montreal before his car was unable to get going on the grid prior to Sunday’s race. It was a sour ending on what was otherwise a solid weekend for the Racing Bulls rookie. Lindblad made Q3 for a 3rd time in 5 races and has now been responsible for 3 of the team’s 4 Q3 appearances.

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Out of all the drivers that were cursed with starting on inters Sunday, Sainz was the only one who finished in the points. It’s been a terrific stretch for the Spaniard, who has now scored points in consecutive races and in 3 of the last 4 GP weekends.

Lawson is proving to be a dependable Sunday driver for Racing Bulls this season. In great form recently, the Kiwi driver has now scored points in each of the last 3 races he’s seen the chequered flag in (7th in Canada, 9th in Japan, 7th in China).

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Hadjar looked like a good bet to outqualify Max Verstappen before finishing only 0.028s off his teammate in Q3. The multiple penalties he picked up during Sunday’s race are the only elements holding him back from a higher spot. Still, Hadjar’s 5th-place result is his best since his maiden podium in Zandvoort last year. The Canadian GP was also the first time both Red Bull drivers finished in the top 5 since the 2024 Miami GP.

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]]><![CDATA[2026 Canada F1 Stat Pack ]]>https://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-canada-f1-stat-packhttps://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-canada-f1-stat-packMon, 18 May 2026 13:00:21 GMTFollow Me On: X | BlueSky | Threads | Instagram

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Welcome To Montreal 📍

Hey friends,

I wanted to share some great news that I will be in the paddock as an accredited media member this weekend at the Canadian GP with a few ideas I hope to bring to life. This is the one race a year I get to cover on the ground, which makes it extremely special for me.

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Lastly, I’ve added some improvements to this Stat Pack. If you scroll down to the 2026 Leaderboards section, you will now find the qualifying H2H record between teammates, most laps spent in a podium position, and a tracker of the most overtakes completed this season for F1 Fantasy purposes.

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📊 Now let’s give you a rundown of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit

First race: 1978, won by Gilles Villeneuve for Ferrari

Laps: 70

Lap distance: 4.361 km

Race distance: 305.27 km

Corners: 14

Straight Mode Zones: 3

Pirelli tyre range: C3 - C4 - C5

Overtakes (VIA F1 FANTASY)

  • 2025: 75

  • 2024: 83

  • 2023: 105

🔑 Key Feats To Know

Furthest winning grid spot:

  • P10 by Jacques Laffite in 1981 for Ligier

Furthest grid spot to finish on the podium:

  • Pit Lane by Rubens Barrichello in 2005 for Ferrari

Lap Record:

  • 1:13.078 by Valtteri Bottas in 2019 for Mercedes

Track Record:

  • 1:10.240 by Sebastian Vettel in 2019 for Ferrari

🥇 Most Wins

🛞 Most Poles

🏆 Most Podiums

🥇 🛞 Recent Results

🥇 Most Wins By Grid Position

  • Pole - 22 (50%)

  • P2 - 8 (18.18%)

  • P3 - 4 (9.09%)

  • P6 - 3 (6.82%)

  • P4 - 2 (4.55%)

  • P7 - 2 (4.55%)

  • P5 - 1 (2.27%)

  • P8 - 1 (2.27%)

  • P10 - 1 (2.27%)

🥇 Maiden Wins

  • Gilles Villeneuve in 1978 for Ferrari

  • Thierry Boutsen in 1989 for Williams

  • Jean Alesi in 1995 for Ferrari

  • Lewis Hamilton in 2007 for McLaren

  • Robert Kubica in 2008 for BMW Sauber

  • Daniel Ricciardo in 2014 for Red Bull

🛞 Maiden Poles

  • Lewis Hamilton in 2007 for McLaren

🏆 Maiden Podiums

  • Stefan Johansson in 1985 for Ferrari

  • Eddie Irvine in 1995 for Jordan

  • Giancarlo Fisichella in 1997 for Jordan

  • Kimi Antonelli in 2025 for Mercedes

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😲 Stats Of The Week

🏎️ How Teams Have Fared Recently In Montreal

⚔️ Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Montreal?

👀 Streaks To Watch

Consecutive Wins

  • Kimi Antonelli - 3 | Mercedes - 4

Consecutive Poles

  • Kimi Antonelli - 3 | Mercedes - 4

Consecutive Podiums

  • Kimi Antonelli - 4 | Mercedes - 4

  • Oscar Piastri - 2 | McLaren - 2

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • George Russell - 5

  • Kimi Antonelli - 4

  • Oscar Piastri - 2

  • Lando Norris - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without sprints)

  • George Russell - 20

  • Charles Leclerc - 7

  • Lewis Hamilton - 5

  • Kimi Antonelli - 4

  • Oscar Piastri - 2

  • Lando Norris - 2

  • Max Verstappen - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 35 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 32 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 21 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 20 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 9 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 4 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 4 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Pierre Gasly - 3 (Australia 2026)

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🏃 Sprint Stats

🏎️ Full Stats For Each Driver

Oscar Piastri

WINS: 9 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 28 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Piastri & Lewis Hamilton are the only drivers to have a perfect 100% Q3 rate in Montreal (min. multiple appearances)

  • Montreal is 1 of 6 circuits where Piastri has raced & doesn’t have a podium, joining Mexico, Albert Park, Las Vegas, Interlagos & Austin

  • Piastri has scored 22 points in Montreal. The only tracks where he has scored fewer points are Interlagos (21), Austin (20), Albert Park (18), Mexico (18) & Las Vegas (8)

  • Piastri has led 5 laps in Montreal with all of them occurring last year

  • Has scored points in each of the last 2 races in Montreal (4th in 2025, 5th in 2024)

  • Montreal would be the 19th different circuit that Piastri stands on the podium at, 10th different circuit he wins at & 7th different circuit he takes pole at

  • Piastri has scored more points in Montreal (22) than teammate Lando Norris (18)

  • Montreal last year marked the end of an 8-race podium streak for Piastri

KEY STATS

  • Piastri’s number of points scored per race weekend has increased with every GP this season (see below)

  • Piastri has started 2 races this season & finished on the podium in both of them

  • Piastri (2/2) & Kimi Antonelli (4/4) are the only drivers who have finished on the podium in every race they’ve started this season

  • Piastri has finished inside the top 5 in every race he’s finished (excludes DNFs & DSQs) since the 2025 Australia GP. This is the longest streak on the grid currently.

  • Piastri has finished on the podium in each of the last 4 races he’s started (2025 Qatar, 2025 Abu Dhabi, 2026 Suzuka, 2026 Miami)

  • A podium in Montreal would mark the first time since Austria to Monza 2025 that Piastri strings together 3 consecutive podiums

  • Piastri has made Q3 in 32 consecutive races, 2nd longest streak on the grid

OTHER STATS

  • Is 3-1 in qualifying against Lando Norris this season with his only loss coming at the last race in Miami

  • Last race in Miami was the first time Piastri qualified outside the top 5 since Mexico 2025

  • Miami 2026 tied Austria 2024 for Piastri’s furthest starting grid position to end up on the podium (started 7th in both)

  • Miami 2026 was the 3rd time in Piastri’s career that he started from outside the top 5 & finished on the podium, joining Qatar 2023 & Austria 2024

  • Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Last led the drivers’ championship at the 2025 USA GP

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Once recorded 8 straight podiums in 2025, a feat only Lewis Hamilton (9 straight in 2007) & Ayrton Senna (8 straight in 1988) have replicated as McLaren drivers

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

  • Piastri, Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers to record a grand slam this decade

McLaren Key Stats

  • McLaren has converted all of its 5 race starts into a top 5 finish this season

  • McLaren enters Montreal having scored more points than any other team in Miami

  • Last year’s GP Montreal was the first race in 2025 that finished with no McLaren drivers on the podium

  • There have been 2 high-profile crashes between McLaren teammates in Montreal with Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri in 2025 plus Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button in 2011

  • McLaren has only 1 podium in Montreal since 2013 (Lando Norris in 2024)

  • Since 2013, McLaren has fewer podiums in Montreal (1) than Williams (2) & are tied with Aston Martin (1)

  • McLaren has not started on the front row in Montreal since Lewis Hamilton in 2012

  • Since Lewis Hamilton left McLaren after 2012, Alpine (1) & Aston Martin (1) have more front row starts than McLaren in Montreal

  • McLaren has 9 wins in Montreal from 6 different drivers with Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990), Gerhard Berger (1992), Mika Hakkinen (1999), Kimi Raikkonen (2005), Jenson Button (2011) & Lewis Hamilton (2007, 2010, 2012)

  • McLaren has 8 poles in Montreal from 4 different drivers with Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1992), Alain Prost (1989), David Coulthard (1998) & Lewis Hamilton (2007, 2008, 2010)

  • McLaren has 2 1-2 podiums in Montreal (1988 & 2010)

  • McLaren has 5 front-row lockouts in Montreal (1988, 1989, 1990, 1998 & 2007)

  • McLaren’s next win will make them the second team to win a race in 40 different seasons, joining Ferrari (59)

  • McLaren will make its 1000th GP appearance at Barcelona later this year (currently at 996) & will join Ferrari as the only constructor with +1000 starts

Lando Norris

WINS: 11 | POLES: 16 | PODIUMS: 45

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Norris has scored 18 points in Montreal with all 18 points coming from his 2nd place podium finish in 2024

  • Norris’ 18 points in Montreal are his fewest at any circuit he’s made at least 5 starts at

  • Montreal & Las Vegas are the only tracks on the current calendar where Norris has only 1 points finish (not counting Madrid)

  • Montreal is the only track where Norris has multiple DNFs

  • Norris has led 23 laps in Montreal

  • Norris has led the last 2 races in Montreal with 15 laps led in 2025 & 8 laps led in 2024

  • Montreal would be his 12th different circuit with a win & his 16th different circuit with a pole

  • Norris has made Q3 in each of the last 3 races in Montreal

  • The last 3 DNFs of Norris’ career have all come on Lap 64 or later (Zandvoort 2025, Montreal 2025 & Austria 2024)

KEY STATS

  • Norris is the only driver this season to lead from start to finish in any format (more below)

  • Norris is the only non-Mercedes driver to take pole in any format this season

  • Norris is the only non-Mercedes driver to win in any format this season

  • Norris is the only polesitter in any format this year to not lose the lead at any point on Lap 1 (Miami sprint)

  • Norris’ next podium will make him the 20th driver in F1 history to record more than 45 career podiums

  • Norris joined David Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen as the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

  • Norris is only 4 podiums away (45) from matching Lewis Hamilton in podiums for McLaren (49)

  • Has made Q3 in 35 consecutive races, the longest streak on the grid

  • Has 1481 career points, meaning he is 19 points away from becoming the 11th driver in F1 history to reach 1500+ points

  • If he finishes on the podium in Montreal, it will be the first time Norris gets consecutive podiums since Singapore to Brazil 2025

  • Norris is now 30th in F1 history in laps led (720)

  • Norris needs to lead 9 laps to pass Valtteri Bottas & move to 29th in F1 history in laps led

OTHER STATS

  • Norris has now stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons

  • Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Norris has finished in the top 5 in all 3 races he’s started this season

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 45 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Norris the only driver with 30+ podiums since the start of 2024 (32) with Max Verstappen (29) the next closest & his teammate Piastri with 3rd most (26)

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts (155)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win their maiden championship after doing 150+ races with the same team that took them to a title

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

Max Verstappen

WINS: 71 | POLES: 48 | PODIUMS: 127 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Verstappen has stood on the podium in 4 consecutive races in Montreal (2022-2025)

  • Verstappen is 1 of 5 drivers to collect 4 consecutive podiums in Montreal, joining Michael Schumacher (2000-2006), Jean Alesi (1994-1997), Valtteri Bottas (2015-2018) & Giancarlo Fisichella (1997-2000)

  • Verstappen would join Michael Schumacher as the only drivers ever to record 5+ consecutive podiums in Montreal

  • Verstappen has 4 straight front row starts in Montreal (2022-2025)

  • Verstappen is 1 of 4 drivers to have 4 consecutive front row starts in Montreal, joining Lewis Hamilton (2012-2017), Michael Schumacher (1999-2002) & Sebastian Vettel (2010-2013)

  • Verstappen would join Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers with 5+ consecutive front row starts in Montreal

  • Since joining Red Bull in 2016, Verstappen has finished in the top 5 in Montreal every time he completes the race & sees the chequered flag

  • Verstappen is responsible for the largest pole margin (1.244s in 2023) at the circuit

  • Verstappen was also involved in the smallest pole margin (0.000s in 2024) when he & George Russell posted the exact same lap time, but Russell was awarded pole because he set his lap first

  • Verstappen is responsible for 2 of the 5 biggest pole margins at the circuit (1.244s in 2023 is 1st, 0.645s in 2022 is 5th)

  • Another win in Montreal would see Verstappen join Michael Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers to win more than 3 times at the Canadian circuit

  • Another pole in Montreal would see Verstappen join Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Nelson Piquet & Ayrton Senna as the only drivers with at least 3 poles at the circuit

  • Another podium in Montreal would see Verstappen join Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton & Sebastian Vettel as the only drivers with more than 5 podiums at the circuit

  • Has led 165 laps in Montreal, 4th most in the circuit’s history & only trailing Michael Schumacher (433), Lewis Hamilton (354) & Sebastian Vettel (311)

  • Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton & Michael Schumacher are the only drivers to win 3 races in a row in Montreal

  • During the ground-effect era, Verstappen was responsible for 93 of Red Bull’s 102 points in Montreal

KEY STATS

  • The last time a Red Bull driver used the #3, they ended up collecting their first podium of the season in the 5th race (Daniel Ricciardo in 2014). Montreal will be the 5th race for Verstappen since switching to #3

  • The last time a Red Bull driver used the #3, their first win came in Montreal (Daniel Ricciardo in 2014). This will be Verstappen’s first time racing in Montreal using the #3

  • Verstappen has 26 points, his fewest after 4 GPs since 2018 when he had 18

  • If Verstappen makes Q3 in Montreal, it will be the first time he strings together consecutive Q3 appearances all season

  • If Verstappen isn’t on the podium in Montreal, it will be the first time he begins a season with Red Bull & doesn’t collect a podium over the first 5 races of the season

  • Verstappen is now 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

  • We just passed the 10-year anniversary of Verstappen’s debut with Red Bull & since then he’s won 33% (33.18%) of all F1 races

OTHER STATS

  • Verstappen has now recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Won a race & stood on the podium in 10 consecutive seasons, taken pole in 7 consecutive seasons

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Would become the first driver to win a race or finish on the podium with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 62)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Red Bull Key Stats

  • Red Bull is 3 podiums away from their 300th F1 podium

  • Only 3 Red Bull drivers have won in Montreal: Max Verstappen (2022-2024), Daniel Ricciardo (2014) & Sebastian Vettel (2013)

  • Only 2 Red Bull drivers have taken pole in Montreal: Max Verstappen (2022-2023) & Sebastian Vettel (2011-2013)

  • Only 5 Red Bull drivers have stood on the podium in Montreal (Max Verstappen: 2018, 2022-2025), Daniel Ricciardo (2014, 2017), Sebastian Vettel (2011, 2013, 2024), Mark Webber (2011) & David Coulthard (2008)

  • The 3rd podium in Red Bull’s history came in Montreal via David Coulthard in 2008

  • Red Bull has never had a 1-2 finish in Montreal & they’ve never locked out the front row there

  • Red Bull has 4 consecutive podium finishes in Montreal (2022-2025)

Isack Hadjar

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Qualified 9th in Montreal last year, joining Max Verstappen as the only Red Bull-controlled drivers to make Q3

  • Finished 16th, outside the points

  • The last Red Bull driver not named Max Verstappen to score points in Montreal was Sergio Perez in 2023

  • The last Red Bull driver not named Max Verstappen to finish on the podium in Montreal was Daniel Ricciardo in 2017

  • The only French drivers to win in Montreal are Jean Alesi (1995), Alain Prost (1993), Rene Arnoux (1983) & Jacques Laffite (1981)

  • The only French drivers to take pole in Montreal are Alain Prost (1989, 1993), Rene Arnoux (1983), Didier Pironi (1982) & Jean-Pierre Jarier (1978)

  • The last French driver to finish on the podium in Montreal was Romain Grosjean in 2012

KEY STATS

  • Hadjar has scored fewer points (4) than Yuki Tsunoda did over his first 4 races as a Red Bull driver (6)

  • If Hadjar makes Q3 in Montreal, it would mark 10 consecutive races where he has made Q3

  • Has made Q3 in all 4 races so far this season

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all 4 races this season

  • Has as many points (4) as Q3 appearances (4) this season

  • Has outqualified Max Verstappen in 2 of 4 races this season

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Verstappen 1 more time, he will have outqualified him the same number of times as Verstappen’s teammates since 2023 (3-67)

  • Could become the first French driver to win a race since Esteban Ocon at Hungary 2021

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 4 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

OTHER STATS

  • Hadjar has only scored points in 1 event this season (China GP race)

  • Hadjar has DNFed in 2 of 4 races this season (Australia & Miami)

  • Hadjar already has as many retirements/DNFs (2) in 2026 as he did throughout his entire rookie season (2)

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (2) in 4 races than Verstappen’s teammates have since the start of 2024 (1-47)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

George Russell

WINS: 6 | POLES: 8 | PODIUMS: 26

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Won last year’s race in Montreal

  • Got his first career hat trick in Montreal last year (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • Is the only Mercedes driver not named Lewis Hamilton to win in Montreal

  • Has qualified on pole in each of the last 2 races in Montreal

  • Has finished on the podium in each of the last 2 races in Montreal

  • Has a 100% Q3 rate in Montreal since joining Mercedes in 2022

  • Since joining Mercedes, Russell has 3 race finishes in Montreal & they’re all top 4 finishes (1st in 2025, 3rd in 2024, DNF in 2023 & 4th in 2022)

  • Just like his driver number, Russell has led 63 laps in Montreal

  • The only circuit where Russell has led more laps than Montreal (63) is Interlagos (94)

  • If he wins in Canada again this year, Montreal would be the first circuit where Russell has multiple wins

  • With another victory, Russell would become the 8th driver with multiple wins in Montreal, joining Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Nelson Piquet, Max Verstappen, Alan Jones, Ayrton Senna & Sebastian Vettel

  • Worth mentioning - all drivers with multiple wins in Montreal are world champions

  • Montreal is already the only circuit where Russell has multiple poles

  • Another pole in Montreal would see Russell become the 6th driver with at least 3 poles at the circuit, joining Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Nelson Piquet & Ayrton Senna

  • A third straight pole in Montreal would see Russell join Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel & Michael Schumacher as the only drivers to accomplish the feat

  • Has outqualified his teammate in Montreal in each of the last 2 years

KEY STATS

  • Another win for Russell would mean 2026 ties his personal record for wins in a season (2 in 2024 & 2 in 2025)

  • Russell has scored points in 20 consecutive GP races dating back to the 2025 Spanish GP, the longest streak on the grid & his personal best

  • Outqualified in 3 straight races by a teammate for the first time since 2023 (Austin-Mexico-Brazil)

  • Hasn’t been outqualified by a teammate in 4 straight races since 2023 (Monaco-Barcelona-Montreal-Austria)

  • The longest streak of Russell being outqualified by a teammate is 6 consecutive races by Lewis Hamilton from 2022 Spa to 2022 Austin

  • If Kimi Antonelli finishes ahead of George Russell in Montreal, it will be 4 straight races Russell finishes behind a teammate, matching the longest streak of his career

  • Russell & Kimi Antonelli are the only drivers to finish in the top 5 in every race this season

  • Has made Q3 in 20 consecutive races

  • 3 race starts away from his 100th GP as a Mercedes driver (currently scheduled for Barcelona)

OTHER STATS

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Since he joined Mercedes in 2022, Russell is the only Mercedes driver who hasn’t had 3 consecutive podiums

  • Is 8 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Currently has finished 38 consecutive races, 4th most in F1 history

  • Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has converted his last 3 poles to victory

  • Started his career with 0 of his first 3 poles converted to victory but has now converted 4 of his last 5 poles to victory

  • Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

  • Has not gone more than 3 races without a podium appearance since Singapore-Brazil 2024

  • 5 of Russell’s 6 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 27 of 28 races (Monaco 2025 the only exception due to mechanical issue)

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Mercedes Key Stats

  • If Mercedes wins in Montreal, it will be their 5th win of the year, making it their best season since 2021

  • Mercedes is only 4 wins away from joining Red Bull as the most successful constructor since the start of this century (Mercedes - 126 wins, Red Bull - 130)

  • Mercedes is 1 podium away from reaching 300 podiums since returning to F1 in 2010

  • Mercedes is just 3rd all time in F1 podiums with 316 after passing Williams in Miami (315)

  • Mercedes has as many 1-2s through 2 races of the 2026 regulations (2) as they did throughout the entire ground-effect era (2)

  • If Mercedes takes pole in Montreal, it will be their 5th pole of the year, making it their best season since 2021

  • Only 2 Mercedes drivers have won in Montreal: Lewis Hamilton (2015-2017, 2019) & George Russell (2025)

  • Only 3 Mercedes drivers have taken pole in Montreal: Nico Rosberg (2014), Lewis Hamilton (2015-2017) & George Russell (2024-2025)

  • Mercedes has finished on the podium in Montreal in every race dating back to 2013

  • Mercedes has 2 1-2 podiums in Montreal (2015, 2017)

  • Mercedes has 3 front-row lockouts in Montreal (2014-2016)

Kimi Antonelli

WINS: 3 | POLES: 3 | PODIUMS: 7

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden F1 podium in Montreal last year

  • Became the 217th different podium finisher in F1 history at the race in Montreal last year

  • Became the 3rd youngest podium finisher in F1 history & youngest Italian podium finisher at the race in Montreal last year

  • At last year’s race in Montreal, Antonelli became the first Italian to finish on the podium since Jarno Trulli at Suzuka in 2009

  • Montreal would be the first circuit where Antonelli has multiple podiums

  • Led 1 lap in Montreal last year

  • A win would see Antonelli join Michele Alboreto (1985) as the only Italians to win in Montreal

  • Antonelli would join Elio De Angelis (1985) & Riccardo Patrese (1991) as the only Italian polesitters in Montreal

  • Antonelli would join Giancarlo Fisichella (1997-2000) as the only Italians with consecutive podiums in Montreal

KEY STATS

  • Antonelli’s championship lead is the largest by a driver after 4 GPs since 2022 (more below)

  • Antonelli would become the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 poles come consecutively and/or their first 4 wins come consecutively

  • Antonelli is the only driver in F1 history to take their first 3 career poles consecutively and convert all of them into victory

  • If you normalize the points (no sprints or fastest lap points), Antonelli has more points (93) than Max Verstappen in 2023 (86) after 4 GPs & has as many points as Lewis Hamilton in 2021 (93) after 4 GPs

  • A win would give Antonelli 4 consecutive wins, which would be the longest streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari’s last constructors’ title in 2008 (Ferrari’s longest win streak in this span was 3 in a row in 2019)

  • Antonelli is the 23rd driver to win 3 races in a row with 20 going on to being world champions (Oscar Piastri & Stirling Moss are only exception besides Antonelli)

  • The last 2 drivers to win 3 races in a row did not become champion that season (Oscar Piastri in 2025, Max Verstappen in 2025)

  • Antonelli’s win streak (3) is longer than George Russell’s best podium streak (2)

  • Antonelli would become the 16th driver to win 4 races in a row

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win 4+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

  • The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3, Kimi Antonelli - 3)

  • His 3 consecutive wins is the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953

  • Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 3+ consecutive races in a row

  • Is the first Italian driver to lead the championship for consecutive GPs since Michele Alboreto in 1985

  • Since becoming teammates in 2025, Antonelli is now equal on wins (3) & poles (3) as George Russell (3)

  • A podium in Montreal would give Antonelli 5 consecutive podiums, making him the first Mercedes driver to have 5 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton in 2022

  • Antonelli would be the first Italian to record 5+ consecutive podiums since Giuseppe Farina (British GP 1953 to Argentina GP 1954)

  • Antonelli would join Alberto Ascari (7) & Giuseppe Farina (5) as the only Italians to record 5+ consecutive podiums.

  • Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

  • Antonelli would become the first Mercedes driver to have 4+ consecutive poles since Lewis Hamilton from 2020 Spanish GP to 2020 Russian GP (5 in a row)

  • Antonelli would join Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to take 4+ consecutive poles

  • Has converted all 3 of his poles to victory, giving him the best pole-to-win conversion rate in F1 history among all drivers with multiple poles

  • If Antonelli wins from pole in Montreal, he will have the same number of poles converted to wins as Oscar Piastri & George Russell (4)

  • Has led more laps (118) than all other drivers combined (106) this season

  • Has lost positions on Lap 1 at every single race & sprint this season

  • Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell as many times this season (3) as he did all of last season (3)

  • Antonelli has finished a race ahead of George Russell in 3 of 4 races this season. He finished ahead of Russell in only 3 of 24 races last season.

  • Antonelli has more podiums (6) than George Russell (3) over the last 10 races

  • Finished 43.051 seconds ahead of George Russell at the last race in Miami

OTHER STATS

  • Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

  • Joined Damon Hill & Mika Hakkinen as only drivers to get their first 3 wins consecutively

  • Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

  • Is the first Mercedes driver to win 3 consecutive races since Lewis Hamilton in 2021

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 2 wins be hat tricks

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

Charles Leclerc

WINS: 8 | POLES: 27 | PODIUMS: 52 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Leclerc’s 2-4 qualifying H2H record against his teammates in Montreal is his worst at any circuit

  • Hasn’t qualified better than 8th in Montreal since 2019

  • 2019 is also the only time that Leclerc has qualified better than 8th in Montreal (3rd)

  • Leclerc’s 2 Q3 appearances in Montreal are his fewest of any track he’s previously raced at on the current F1 calendar

  • The only tracks where Leclerc has fewer Q3 appearances than Montreal are Turkey (1), Mugello (1) & Nurburgring (1)

  • However, Leclerc has scored points in 5 of his 6 starts in Montreal with the only exception being a DNF in 2024

  • Leclerc even scored points in Montreal as a rookie driving for Sauber in 2018 (10th)

  • Leclerc has placed inside the top 5 every time he’s finished the race in Montreal since joining Ferrari (3rd in 2019, 5th in 2022, 4th in 2023, 5th in 2025)

  • Montreal would be the 17th different circuit Leclerc takes pole at & 8th different track he wins at

  • Out of all the tracks where Leclerc has made at least 6 race starts, his 48 points in Montreal ranks last in points scored

  • Leclerc has led 11 laps in Montreal (6 in 2025, 5 in 2019)

KEY STATS

  • Leclerc has now gone 33 consecutive races without a win, tying his 3rd longest wins drought (2018 Australian GP - 2019 Hungary)

  • If Leclerc goes 2 more races without a pole, he will tie his 4th longest drought without a pole (16 from 2021 French GP to 2021 Abu Dhabi GP)

  • 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

  • Leclerc needs to lead 15 more laps to surpass his total amount of laps led last season (48)

  • Leclerc has done 175 GPs with a Ferrari power unit, only 5 fewer than Michael Schumacher (180) & 34 fewer than Kimi Raikkonen (209)

  • Has gained more places on Lap 1 than any other driver this season (see below)

  • Leclerc has taken the lead on Lap 1 twice this season (Australia & Miami) but didn’t win either race

  • Leclerc is tied with Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver with 52 & can pass him in Montreal

  • Leclerc’s 8th place finish at the last race in Miami was his worst result since finishing 8th in Qatar in 2025

  • Leclerc has finished on the podium in every other race this season (Australia - podium, China - no podium, Japan - podium, Miami, no podium, Montreal - ?)

  • Coming off his best qualifying result of the season (3rd in Miami)

  • Has qualified inside the top 5 in 5 straight races dating back to Abu Dhabi 2025 & in 8 of his last 10 races dating back to Austin 2025

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • 3 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most podiums as a Ferrari driver (55)

  • Needs to lead 88 more laps to reach 1000 laps led

  • Hasn’t won a race since Oct. 20 2024 at the US GP

  • Leclerc’s longest drought without a win is 46 consecutive races from 2019 Singapore to 2021 Abu Dhabi (Leclerc is currently at 33 consecutive races without a win, meaning he could surpass this in 2026)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

  • Is 4 Q3 appearances away from 150 career Q3 appearances

  • Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • Has now outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 22 of their 28 races as teammates

  • Responsible for 10 of Ferrari’s last 11 podiums

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history (9)

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026), which would be the longest on the grid if Max Verstappen doesn’t end up on the podium this season (10 straight from 2016-2025)

  • Leclerc has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons, the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Max Verstappen (7 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) during their time spent as teammates

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Ferrari Key Stats

  • 6 Ferrari drivers have won in Montreal: Gilles Villeneuve (1978), Rene Arnoux (1983), Michele Alboreto (1985), Jean Alesi (1995), Michael Schumacher (1997-1998, 2000, 2002-2004) & Sebastian Vettel (2018)

  • More than half of Ferrari’s 11 wins in Montreal have come from Michael Schumacher (6)

  • 4 Ferrari drivers have taken pole in Montreal: Didier Pironi (1982), Rene Arnoux (1983), Michael Schumacher (1997, 1999-2001) & Sebastian Vettel (2018-2019)

  • Since Michael Schumacher left Ferrari, their only podiums in Montreal have come via Fernando Alonso (2010, 2013), Sebastian Vettel (2016, 2018-2019), Charles Leclerc (2019) & Carlos Sainz (2022)

  • Ferrari has 3 1-2 podiums in Montreal (1985, 2000 & 2004)

  • Ferrari has never locked out the front row in Montreal

  • Since 2007, Ferrari has fewer podiums in Montreal (7) than Red Bull (12) & Mercedes (14)

  • In the ground-effect era (2022-2025), Ferrari had the same number of podiums in Montreal (1) as Aston Martin (1) & McLaren (1)

  • In the ground-effect era, Alpine & Aston Martin (1 each) had more front row starts in Montreal than Ferrari (0)

  • Ferrari has scored a total of 18 points in Montreal over the last 2 years

Lewis Hamilton

WINS: 105 | POLES: 104 | PODIUMS: 203 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Got his maiden pole & win in Montreal as a rookie in 2007

  • Hamilton (2017) Michael Schumacher (1994) & Nelson Piquet Sr. (1984) are the only drivers to score a grand slam in Montreal

  • Hamilton’s best qualifying H2H record against teammates of circuits on the current calendar is Montreal (13-3)

  • Would become the first driver to win or take pole in Montreal with 3 different teams

  • Hamilton would join Fernando Alonso & Nelson Piquet Sr. as only drivers to take a podium in Montreal with 3 different teams

  • Would become the first British Ferrari driver to ever win in Montreal

  • Would become the 3rd world champion to win in Montreal for Ferrari, joining Michael Schumacher & Sebastian Vettel

  • Hamilton is tied with Michael Schumacher for most wins (7) & poles (6) in Montreal

  • Hamilton (10) & Michael Schumacher (12) are the only drivers with 10+ podiums in Montreal

  • Hamilton is the only driver who has scored over 200 points in Montreal (236) with the next closest being Sebastian Vettel (166)

  • Hamilton has led 354 laps in Montreal, only trailing Michael Schumacher (433)

  • Hamilton’s 7 wins in Montreal only trails Hungary (8) & Silverstone (9) for circuits with the most wins

  • Hamilton’s 6 poles in Montreal only trails Silverstone (7), Monza (7), Melbourne (8) & Hungary (9)

  • Hamilton’s 354 laps led in Montreal only trails Silverstone (367) & Hungary (487)

  • If Hamilton completes 20 laps in Montreal, he will become the 4th driver in history to reach 1000 laps raced at the circuit, joining Fernando Alonso (1158), Michael Schumacher (1138) & Kimi Raikkonen (1063)

  • Owns the best average finishing position in the circuit’s history (2.38)

  • Hamilton & Oscar Piastri are the only drivers to have a 100% Q3 rate in Montreal (min. 2 appearances)

  • Every time Hamilton has finished a race in Montreal, he’s placed inside the top 6

  • Hamilton has only been outqualified 3 times in Montreal by a teammate: Nico Rosberg in 2014, Valtteri Bottas in 2018, George Russell in 2024

KEY STATS

  • Has started 6th & finished 6th in each of the last 2 races

  • If Hamilton makes Q3 in Montreal, it will tie his longest Q3 streak (5) as a Ferrari driver

  • Hamilton has finished ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc in 2 of 4 races this season

  • If Hamilton finishes a race ahead of Charles Leclerc again, he will already match the number of times he accomplished that last season (3)

  • Needs to lead 8 laps to reach 5500 career laps led

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a race or take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton’s next front row start will be his first since Silverstone in 2024

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • The only time a Ferrari driver using #44 won a race was Maurice Trintignant at the 1955 Monaco GP

  • Is the first driver ever to have a podium with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole

  • Would also become the first driver ever to have a win/pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Would be the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Needs to lead 6 more races to have 200 races led in his career (has led 194 GPs)

  • If Hamilton records a fastest lap this year, it will be his 17th consecutive season with a fastest lap & 19th different season with a fastest lap, extending his F1 record

OTHER STATS

  • Has already led as many races (2) in 2026 as he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP

  • Is 6 Q3 appearances away from 350 career Q3 appearances

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Has now led a race in 20 consecutive seasons & in 20 different seasons, the only driver in F1 history to do so

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to start 20+ different seasons

  • Hamilton hasn’t won a race in 3 of the last 4 seasons

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Was the first Ferrari driver to go an entire season (2025) without a podium since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

Carlos Sainz

WINS: 4 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 29

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Since Montreal returned to the calendar in 2022, Sainz is responsible for Ferrari’s only podium (2022) at the track

  • Sainz scored points in Montreal last year with Williams, finishing 10th

  • Sainz has scored points in Montreal for 4 different teams (Ferrari, Williams, Renault & Toro Rosso)

  • Sainz has made Q3 in Montreal for Ferrari, McLaren & Renault

  • Sainz has scored 36 points in Montreal

  • Sainz has also led 17 laps in Montreal with all 17 coming in 2022

  • Sainz has scored more points (36) than his teammates (28) in Montreal

  • Sainz scored more points in Montreal (29) than Charles Leclerc (22) during their time together as teammates

KEY STATS

  • Sainz has gained 11 positions on Lap 1 this year, tied with Alex Albon for 2nd most & only trailing Charles Leclerc (12)

  • Both Williams drivers finished in the points in Miami, marking the team’s first double points finish in a GP race since Monaco in 2025

  • Montreal could mark the first time Williams has a double points finish in consecutive GP races since Jeddah to Monaco last year

  • Responsible for 52 of Williams’ last 56 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

  • Sainz is the only Williams driver with multiple points finishes (2) this season (Alex Albon only has 1)

  • Sainz has recorded multiple points finishes every season since he debuted in F1

  • The only drivers with multiple points finishes this season are Carlos Sainz (Williams), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Franco Colapinto (Alpine), George Russell (Mercedes), Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Lando Norris (McLaren), Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls), Max Verstappen (Red Bull), Ollie Bearman (Haas), Oscar Piastri (McLaren) & Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

  • Has made Q2 in consecutive races (Japan & Miami)

  • Sainz’s qualifying position has improved with each race this season (21st in Australia, 17th in China, 16th in Suzuka, 14th in Miami)

OTHER STATS

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

  • Will make his 250th race start in Qatar this year

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has been outscored by Alex Albon 74-68 during their time together as teammates

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • Podiums for Williams: Sainz - 2, All other Williams drivers since 2017 - 2

  • His 150 GPs before his first win is 2nd most in F1 history, only trailing Sergio Perez, who had to wait 190 GPs

  • Last year, Sainz became the 1st Williams driver to get 2+ podiums in a season since 2015 when Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa each had 2

  • Was the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs (2022-2025)

  • Is 1 of 5 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Lewis Hamilton - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Sergio Perez - 4, Fernando Alonso - 5)

Alex Albon

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 2

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Hasn’t scored points in Montreal since 2023, which was his only points finish

  • Has qualified 10th in each of the last 3 races in Montreal

  • Has DNFed in Montreal in each of the last 2 races

  • Has 3 DNFs in 5 race starts in Montreal

  • Has 6 points after 5 race starts in Montreal

KEY STATS

  • Will tie Ralf Schumacher for 2nd most race starts as a Williams driver at the Canadian GP (94)

  • Will tie Nigel Mansell for most race starts as a Williams driver in Monaco (95)

  • Will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts in Barcelona (96)

  • Albon has gained 11 positions on Lap 1 this year, tied with Carlos Sainz for 2nd most & only trailing Charles Leclerc (12)

  • Albon scoring points in Miami marked the first time he scored points in a GP race since Monza last year & the first time he scored points at all since the US GP sprint race

  • Prior to Miami, Albon hadn’t scored points in a GP race in 10 consecutive race starts

  • Has made Q2 in 2 of 4 races this season

  • Has missed Q3 in 15 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • Montreal could be the first time Albon scores points in consecutive races since Zandvoort to Monza last year

  • Both Williams drivers finished in the points in Miami, marking the team’s first double points finish in a GP race since Monaco in 2025

  • Montreal could mark the first time Williams has a double points finish in consecutive GP races since Jeddah to Monaco last year

OTHER STATS

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 50th Q3 appearance

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • His 314 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • 73 points scored in 2025 were more than all his other years at Williams combined (43)

  • In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has never raced in Montreal before

  • The only rookie driver who scored points in Montreal last year was Kimi Antonelli

KEY STATS

  • Miami last race was his first Q1 elimination of his career

  • Has finished 14th in back-to-back races

  • Hasn’t scored points since the season opener in Australia

  • Has made Q3 in 2 of his 4 races this season

  • If Lindblad finishes on the podium in Montreal, he will be the 3rd youngest driver to finish on the podium, trailing Max Verstappen (Spain 2016) & Lance Stroll (2017 Azerbaijan)

  • Can become the 2nd youngest driver to record a fastest lap, trailing Kimi Antonelli (2025 Japan GP)

  • Can become the 3rd youngest driver to lead a lap, trailing Kimi Antonelli (2025 Japan GP) & Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • The Monaco GP will be Lindblad’s last chance to become the youngest front-row starter in F1 history, beating Lance Stroll’s record of 18 years, 10 months & 5 days

  • Now has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • Has as many Q3 appearances this season (2) than Max Verstappen (2) & more Q3 appearances than his teammate Liam Lawson (1)

OTHER STATS

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

Liam Lawson

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Qualified 19th last year in Montreal with only Pierre Gasly behind him

  • Ended up DNFing in the race

KEY STATS

  • Since the rebrand to RB/Racing Bulls in 2024, Lawson has scored more points (52) for the team than any other driver (Isack Hadjar next closest with 51)

  • Didn’t score points in Miami, which ended a run of 2 straight points finishes

  • Has scored the second most points by a Red Bull-controlled driver this season with 10, only trailing Max Verstappen who has 26

  • Has scored more points (10) than Arvid Lindblad (4) & Isack Hadjar (4) combined (8)

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • In the 16 races since Monza 2025, Lawson has 7 Q3 appearances & 9 Q2 exits

OTHER STATS

  • Needs to score 30 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 54, Amon - 83)

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

WINS: 32 | POLES: 22 | PODIUMS: 106 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • No driver has completed more laps in Montreal than Alonso (1158)

  • Alonso has scored points in the last 4 races in Montreal (7th in 2025, 6th in 2024, 2nd in 2023, 9th in 2022)

  • Alonso has also made Q3 in the last 4 races in Montreal

  • Alonso had back-to-back front row starts in Montreal (2022-2023) & did it for 2 different teams (Alpine in 2022, Aston Martin in 2023)

  • Alonso has twice taken consecutive front row starts in Montreal for different teams (2022-2023 for Alpine + Aston Martin & 2006-2007 for Renault + McLaren)

  • The only drivers to take consecutive front row starts in Montreal for different teams are Alonso, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton & Rene Arnoux but Alonso is the only one who has done it multiple times

  • Alonso & Nelson Piquet Sr. are the only drivers to stand on the podium in Montreal for 3 different teams. Alonso did it for Renault, Ferrari & Aston Martin

  • Alonso has scored points in Montreal for every team he’s driven for except Minardi (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Alpine & Aston Martin)

  • Owns the best qualifying H2H record against a teammate in the circuit’s history (17-2)

  • The only teammates who have outqualified Alonso in Montreal are Jarno Trulli in 2004 & Lewis Hamilton in 2007

  • Has outqualified his teammate in the last 14 GPs in Montreal that he’s participated in

  • The last time Alonso finished a race behind his teammate in Montreal was 2022 (Esteban Ocon)

  • The only 2 times that Alonso & his teammate both finished a race in Montreal but Alonso finished behind his teammate was Esteban Ocon in 2022 & Lewis Hamilton in 2007

  • Alonso has 102 points in Montreal, making it 1 of 10 tracks where he has exceeded 100 points scored

  • Has led 103 laps in Montreal, making it 1 of 9 tracks where he has led over 100 laps

  • Alonso is 1 of 9 drivers with to record the fastest lap in multiple races in Montreal; Alonso & Lewis Hamilton are the only active drivers to do so (2 each)

  • Only 5 drivers have scored over 100 points in Montreal (Lewis Hamilton - 236, Sebastian Vettel - 166, Max Verstappen - 130,, Michael Schumacher - 118 & Fernando Alonso - 102)

  • Alonso has scored more points in Montreal (102) than his former team Renault (78)

  • Only 8 drivers have led over 100 laps in Montreal (Michael Schumacher - 433, Lewis Hamilton - 354, Sebastian Vettel - 311, Max Verstappen - 165, Nelson Piquet - 154, Nigel Mansell - 131, Ayrton Senna - 129, Fernando Alonso - 103)

KEY STATS

  • This weekend will be the 430th career GP & the 75th GP as an Aston Martin driver for Alonso

  • We recently passed the 13th anniversary of Alonso’s last win & 16 different drivers have won since then (see below)

  • The last time Alonso scored points using a Honda engine was 2017 Abu Dhabi GP on Nov. 26 2017 & the last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

  • Outqualified Lance Stroll in 40 consecutive races with the last time he was outqualified by his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Alonso is 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualifying a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

  • After DNFing in the first 2 races of this season, Alonso has now finished each of the last 2 races

  • Last race in Miami was the first time both Aston Martin drivers finished a race this season

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • This is the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 4 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006

  • This is the 2nd straight season where Alonso has scored 0 points after 4 GPs. For reference, Alonso didn’t score his first points of the season in 2025 until the 9th race (Spanish GP)

  • This is the first time since 2018 that he has no Q3 appearances in the first 4 races

  • If Alonso doesn’t make Q3 in Montreal, it will be the first time he doesn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015

  • 1 more DNF for Alonso will see him enter the top 10 for most DNFs in F1 history, passing Eddie Cheever & Derek Warwick

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

OTHER STATS

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race (current record for time & GPs is 17y 1m 18d & 340 GPs by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (429)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 3

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Stroll’s home track is arguably his best, Montreal is tied with Silverstone for Stroll’s most points finishes at a circuit (5)

  • Owns the worst qualifying H2H record at Montreal, his home race, among all drivers on the current grid with multiple appearances at the GP (1-6)

  • The only teammate Lance Stroll outqualified in Montreal was Sergey Sirotkin in 2018

  • Has 13 points in 7 race starts in Montreal

  • Stroll didn’t score points in Montreal last year, which ended a run of 4 consecutive points finishes at the track (2019, 2022-2024)

  • Stroll has seen the chequered flag 6 times in Montreal (1 DNF in 2018) & he’s taken points in 5 of them (9th in 2017, 9th in 2019, 10th in 2022, 9th in 2023, 7th in 2024, 17th in 2025)

  • Stroll has started 16th or 17th in 6 of his 7 starts in Montreal (17th in 2017, 16th in 2018, 17th in 2019, 17th in 2022, 16th in 2023, 9th in 2024, 17th in 2025)

  • Stroll’s only Q3 appearance in Montreal was in 2024

KEY STATS

  • Last race in Miami was the first time Stroll finished a race this season

  • It was also the first time both Aston Martin drivers finished a race

  • No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

  • Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Has scored 1 point over the last 13 GPs

  • Outqualified by Fernando Alonso in 40 consecutive races with the last time he outqualified his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Holds the F1 record with 91 Q1 eliminations, which is 17 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

OTHER STATS

  • Hungary is scheduled to be Stroll’s 200th GP in F1

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

  • His 193 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris (208) & Nico Hulkenberg (250)

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 4

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Ocon has scored points in every race he’s started in Montreal (6th in 2017, 9th in 2018, 6th in 2022, 8th in 2023, 10th in 2024, 9th in 2025)

  • Out of all the current drivers with multiple races driven in Montreal, Ocon is the only one with a 100% points-finishing rate

  • If Ocon scores points again in Montreal, it will tie Spa for the circuit where he has the most points finishes (7)

  • Has scored points in Montreal with Force India, Alpine & Haas

  • Hasn’t made Q3 in Montreal since 2023

  • Eliminated in Q2 last year & in Q1 in 2024 in Montreal

  • Made Q3 in 4 consecutive trips to Montreal from 2017-2018 & 2022-2023 (Ocon didn’t drive in F1 in 2019)

  • Has scored 25 points in Montreal

KEY STATS

  • Montreal will be Ocon’s 185th race, tying him with Kevin Magnussen for 29th most all time

  • Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances & 4 Q2 eliminations this season

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 20 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Outscored 42-11 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 17-1 to start 2026

OTHER STATS

  • Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (184)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (484) is Alain Prost (798.5)

Haas Key Stats

  • Haas’ best finish in Montreal is 9th by Esteban Ocon in 2025

  • Haas has 2 points finishes in Montreal (Esteban Ocon 9th in 2025, Romain Grosjean 10th in 2017)

  • Haas has 1 double Q3 appearance in Montreal, which came in 2022 (Kevin Magnussen 5th, Mick Schumacher 6th)

Ollie Bearman

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Made Q2 & outqualified his teammate Esteban Ocon in Montreal last year

  • Finished 11th, just narrowly missing out on points

KEY STATS

  • Is the only driver with a top 5 finish this season that doesn’t drive for Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull or McLaren

  • Is the only driver that has finished in the top 5 in a race this season after starting 10th or worse on the grid

  • Since Mexico last year, Bearman has scored more points (38) than Racing Bulls (34), Williams (31), Alpine (25), Aston Martin (20) & Sauber/Audi (13)

  • Owns a career 18-12 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

  • After scoring points in the first 2 GPs of the season, Bearman hasn’t scored points in either of the last 2 GPs

  • If Bearman doesn’t score points in Montreal, it will be the first time he goes 3 straight races without points since Jeddah to Silverstone last year

  • Responsible for 17 of Haas’ 18 points this season

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 3 of 4 GPs this season

  • Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 8 of the last 11 races

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Has finished in the points in 7 of his last 11 races with 2 top 5 finishes (Mexico 2025, China 2026)

OTHER STATS

  • Has scored 42 of Haas’ 53 points since Singapore last year

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 12

  • Bearman needs 12 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 23 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 5

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Gasly has scored a total of 6 points over 6 starts in Montreal, meaning he averages 1 point per race

  • Gasly’s 2 points finishes in Montreal are 9th for Alpine (2024) & 8th for Red Bull (2019)

  • Gasly’s only Q3 appearance in Montreal came in 2019, a weekend where he was the only Red Bull driver to make Q3

  • Qualified last in Montreal last year (20th) & finished 15th

  • Montreal last year was the first race where Gasly was outqualified by Franco Colapinto as teammates

  • The only tracks on the current calendar where Gasly has raced & scored fewer points than Montreal are Albert Park (3) & Las Vegas (0)

  • Montreal is tied with Singapore, China & Spa for fewest Q3 appearances (1) among tracks on the current calendar that Gasly has raced at

  • The only French drivers to win in Montreal are Jean Alesi (1995), Alain Prost (1993), Rene Arnoux (1983) & Jacques Laffite (1981)

  • The only French drivers to take pole in Montreal are Alain Prost (1989, 1993), Rene Arnoux (1983), Didier Pironi (1982) & Jean-Pierre Jarier (1978)

  • The last French driver to finish on the podium in Montreal was Romain Grosjean in 2012

KEY STATS

  • Has made Q3 in 3 consecutive races

  • If Gasly makes Q3 in Montreal, it will be his longest streak of consecutive Q3 appearances since joining Alpine & his longest since he had 6 straight Q3 appearances from 2021 Turkey to 2021 Saudi Arabia as an AlphaTauri driver

  • Gasly didn’t score points in the Miami GP race (DNF) but he picked up 1 point in the sprint, meaning that he still has collected points at every GP weekend this year so far

  • The only drivers who have scored points at every GP weekend this year are Kimi Antonelli, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton & Pierre Gasly

  • Responsible for 38 of Alpine’s 45 points scored since the start of 2025

  • Gasly has 3 GP race points finishes, which means he’s already 2 away from matching his total last year (5)

  • Gasly has 16 points currently, meaning he is only 6 points away from matching his 2025 output already (22)

  • Made Q3 in 6 of his last 8 races dating back to Brazil last year

  • Was outqualified by Franco Colapinto in Miami, marking the first time he was outqualified by a teammate since Singapore last year

  • Hasn’t been outqualified by a teammate in consecutive races since Monza to Singapore last year (3 straight races)

  • Has still outqualified Colapinto in 9 of the last 10 races

OTHER STATS

  • Gasly is now 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (182), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (184)

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Gasly trails Esteban Ocon by 10 points (484-474) for 2nd most points scored in F1 history by a French driver. Alain Prost is first with 798.5 points

  • Is 15 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 5 points finishes in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Has at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

Franco Colapinto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Montreal was his best qualifying performance (12th) & starting grid position (10th) in 2025

  • Montreal was the first race where Colapinto outqualified Pierre Gasly as teammates & the first race where he finished ahead of Gasly as teammates

  • The last Argentine driver to score points/finish on the podium in Montreal was Carlos Reutemann in 1980 (placed 2nd)

  • No Argentine driver has ever won or started on pole in Canada

KEY STATS

  • Recorded the best qualifying result (8th) & finishing result (7th) of his F1 career at the last race in Miami

  • Recorded the best finishing result by an Argentine driver in 44 years at the last race in Miami (see below)

  • Has already scored more points in 2026 after 4 GPs (7) than he did over the first 26 GPs of his career from 2024-2025 (5)

  • In Miami, Colapinto reached Q3 for the first time as an Alpine driver & for the first time since Baku 2024

  • Has scored points in 2 of the last 3 GPs, the first time he’s done that since 2024 with Williams

  • If he scores points in Montreal, it will be the first time Colapinto has consecutive points finishes

  • Colapinto would become the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

  • If he makes Q3 in Montreal, it will be the first time Colapinto has consecutive Q3 appearances

  • Miami was the first time Colapinto outqualified Gasly since Singapore last year

  • Could outqualify Gasly in consecutive races for the first time since Monza to Singapore (3 straight races) last year

  • Colapinto (12 career points) needs to score 2 more points to pass Roberto Mieres (13) & move to 4th all time in points scored for an Argentine driver

  • Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

OTHER STATS

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Has 4 career points finishes

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

  • In his debut season in 2024 with Williams, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

Nico Hulkenberg

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 1

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Has not made Q3 in Montreal since 2023

  • Qualified 2nd in 2023 in Montreal but was then hit with a 3-place grid penalty

  • Had 6 straight Q3 appearances in Montreal from 2015-2019 & 2023

  • Finished 8th in last year’s race in Montreal

  • Finished in the points in 6 straight races in Montreal from 2014 to 2019

  • Has scored 38 points in Montreal

KEY STATS

  • Looking for his 1st Q3 appearance & points finish for Audi

  • His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th & DNF

  • Has qualified 11th in 3 of 4 races this season (Australia, China & Miami)

  • 5 of his 8 results in GP format this season have been 11th

  • Hasn’t made Q3 in 7 straight GPs but in that span he has qualified 11th 5 times

  • Has only made Q3 once over his last 28 races

  • 14-14 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 253, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

OTHER STATS

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (253)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Hulkenberg is 1 of 8 German drivers with a pole & 1 of 14 German drivers with a podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Eliminated in Q1 last year in Montreal before finishing 14th

  • The last Brazilian to make Q3 in Montreal was Felipe Massa in 2017

  • The last Brazilian to score points in Montreal was Felipe Massa in 2015 (6th)

  • The only Brazilians who have won at in Montreal are Nelson Piquet (1982, 1984, 1991) & Ayrton Senna (1998, 1990)

  • The only Brazilians who have poles in Montreal are Nelson Piquet (1980, 1981, 1984) & Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1992)

  • The last Brazilian to be on the podium in Montreal is Rubens Barrichello in 2005

KEY STATS

  • Last race in Miami was his first Q1 elimination since 2025 Las Vegas GP

  • Looking to avoid having consecutive Q1 eliminations for the first time since 2025 Singapore GP to 2025 Las Vegas GP (5 straight)

  • Only 6 drivers have completed fewer laps than Bortoleto this season (166)

  • Needs 8 more points to match Felipe Nasr for 8th most points by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

  • Is 14-14 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

  • Bortoleto is responsible for both of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia & Japan)

  • Bortoleto is also responsible for both of Audi’s points scored this season (2 points in Australia)

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto has 6 points finishes & 7 Q3 appearances in his career now

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Bortoleto joined Daniel Ricciardo (2019) as the only drivers to outqualify Hulkenberg in 7 straight races (Austria to Baku 2025) & he did it as a rookie

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

  • His 21 points are 9th most among all Brazilians in F1 history

Sergio Perez

WINS: 6 | POLES: 3 | PODIUMS: 39

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Perez scored a podium in his first time racing in Montreal in 2012 for Sauber but hasn’t been on the podium since

  • His points finishes in Montreal at 3rd in 2012 with Sauber, 10th in 2016 with Force India, 5th in 2017 with Force India & 6th in 2023 with Red Bull

  • Has scored points in Montreal with Sauber, Force India & Red Bull

  • His only Q3 appearances in Montreal are 2015, 2017 & 2018

  • Has only scored 35 points in Montreal & has never led a lap there

  • His last appearance in Montreal ended with a Q1 elimination (2024)

  • Has DNFed in 2 of his last 3 races in Montreal (2022, 2024)

KEY STATS

  • Perez (285 GPs) & Rubens Barrichello (323 GPs) are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

  • Has finished all 4 races this season

  • Has completed 219 laps this season, 9th most in F1

  • Has completed more laps (219) than Max Verstappen (213), Pierre Gasly (170), Lando Norris (168), Isack Hadjar (123) & Oscar Piastri (110), among others

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 career race starts later this year in Brazil

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

Valtteri Bottas

WINS: 10 | POLES: 20 | PODIUMS: 67

CIRCUIT STATS

  • Bottas is 1 of 5 drivers to record 4+ consecutive podiums in Montreal, joining Michael Schumacher (2000-2006), Jean Alesi (1994-1997), Max Verstappen (2022-2025) & Giancarlo Fisichella (1997-2000)

  • Bottas’ 4 podiums in Montreal came consecutively (2015-2018). He did not stand on the podium before or after this stretch

  • Bottas has scored points in Montreal with 3 different teams (Williams, Mercedes & Alfa Romeo)

  • Bottas had 7 consecutive Q3 appearances in Montreal from 2013 to 2019 but hasn’t made Q3 since then

  • In his first appearance at Montreal, Bottas qualified 3rd in a Williams

  • The last time Bottas scored points in Montreal was 2023 with Alfa Romeo (finished 10th)

  • Bottas has 4 podiums in Montreal but has never led a single lap there

  • Bottas is 1 of 3 drivers to have 4+ podiums in Montreal but not win a race there, joining Rubens Barrichello & Giancarlo Fisichella

  • His last appearance in Montreal ended with a Q1 elimination (2024)

KEY STATS

  • Has finished 3 consecutive races, a great achievement for Cadillac

  • Has completed more laps in 2026 (177) than the likes of Pierre Gasly (170), Lando Norris (168), Isack Hadjar (123) & Oscar Piastri (110), among others

  • Went over 14,000 laps completed after Miami. Is now 11th in F1 history with 14,036 career laps done

  • Montreal will be his 251st race start, making Bottas the 14th driver to exceed 150 race starts

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 33 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

OTHER STATS

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

  • The only circuits Bottas has raced at & not made Q3 is India (1 GP) & Korea (1 GP)

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Kimi Antonelli - Miami 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Kimi Antonelli - Miami 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Kimi Antonelli - Miami 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

  • Lando Norris - Miami 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Japan 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - China 2026

  • George Russell - China 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

]]><![CDATA[2026 Miami GP Driver Power Rankings]]>https://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-miami-gp-driver-power-rankingshttps://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-miami-gp-driver-power-rankingsTue, 05 May 2026 17:07:07 GMTFollow Me On: X | BlueSky | Threads | Instagram

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Norris is making people rethink the claim that anyone could have won in a McLaren last year. The reigning champion became the first non-Mercedes driver to take pole & win in any format this season after triumphing in the sprint. He probably would have repeated Sunday if Mercedes didn’t undercut him. Still, he was the only one who could keep pace with Kimi Antonelli. Norris’ pace was nearly 5 tenths quicker than Oscar Piastri on Sunday.

Antonelli’s detractors may have pointed to good safety-car luck for his win in Suzuka. You couldn’t discredit him in Miami. The teenage sensation was a whopping 8 tenths faster than George Russell in Sunday’s race. Antonelli’s pace in Miami is downright mystical. Including the sprint format, he’s never qualified worse than 3rd at the track (1st x2, 2nd, 3rd). To no surprise, that culminated in a historic win in Miami as Antonelli became the first driver in F1 history to take their first 3 poles consecutively & convert them all into victory.

What a week for the Colapinto. After completing a road show in Argentina & meeting Lionel Messi, the Alpine driver carried that momentum into Miami. He qualified a personal best 8th & then finished 7th, also his best F1 result. He was faster than Pierre Gasly all weekend, too.

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Sainz kept his points-scoring streak alive in Miami with his 9th place finish. The Spaniard is 1 of 5 drivers to have scored points in all 5 Miami GP races. His biggest achievement though? 2 of his 5 points finishes in Miami have come for Williams while the others (Max Verstappen, George Russell, Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton) have had the advantage of exclusively driving front-running cars.

Piastri made it 2-for-2 in converting his race starts into podiums this season, making him & Kimi Antonelli the only drivers to maintain their 100% podium rate. Piastri didn’t have the pace his teammate did, but he did a great job in salvaging the weekend, placing 2nd in the sprint & 3rd in the race.

Bortoleto scored 0 points but that number is very deceiving. No driver recovered more positions from their starting spot in Sunday’s race than the Brazilian, who went from 21st to 12th, gaining a whopping 9 positions.

Mistakes matter, but I also try to avoid being a prisoner of the moment, especially when there are other highlights worth discussing. Verstappen gets points deducted for his Lap 1 spin but him sticking his Red Bull nearly on pole is still a bigger accolade than his 360-degree spin was a blunder. Verstappen, who was the first non-Mercedes driver to start on the front row in GP format this season, recovered to finish 5th. He even led the GP, maintaining his streak as the only driver to lead every Miami GP race.

Alonso racked up more laps on the medium tyre Sunday (41) than anyone in the race. That long-shot strategy allowed him to finish 15th, his & Aston Martin’s best finishing result of the season. Well done, captain.

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Perez was once again the better of the 2 Cadillac drivers. With his 16th place finish, Perez ended Sunday’s race ahead of Lance Stroll & teammate Valtteri Bottas. This is now the first time since 2020 that Perez has finished ahead of his teammate in consecutive races.

Like with Verstappen, Leclerc was penalized for his last-lap spin but I won’t let it completely overshadow the fact that it was largely a strong weekend for Leclerc. He hung onto a podium position until the closing stages Sunday & finished P3 in the sprint. Despite finishing 8th on Sunday - behind his teammate - Leclerc had consistently more pace than Lewis Hamilton. All of that is why Leclerc is still the only non-Mercedes driver to collect at least 10 points at every GP weekend this year.

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]]><![CDATA[2026 Miami F1 Stat Pack ]]>https://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-miami-f1-stat-packhttps://f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-miami-f1-stat-packMon, 27 Apr 2026 13:03:31 GMTFollow Me On: X | BlueSky | Threads | Instagram

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Welcome To Miami! 📍

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Oscar Piastri | Lando Norris | Max Verstappen | Isack Hadjar | George Russell | Kimi Antonelli | Charles Leclerc | Lewis Hamilton | Carlos Sainz | Alex Albon | Arvid Lindblad | Liam Lawson | Fernando Alonso | Lance Stroll | Esteban Ocon | Ollie Bearman | Pierre Gasly | Franco Colapinto | Nico Hulkenberg | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sergio Perez | Valtteri Bottas

Let’s give you a rundown of the Miami circuit 📊

First race: 2022, won by Max Verstappen for Red Bull

Laps: 57

Lap distance: 5.412 km

Race distance: 308.326 km

Corners: 19

Straight Mode Zones: 3

Pirelli tyre range: C3-C4-C5

Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P9 by Max Verstappen in 2023 for Red Bull

Furthest grid spot to finish on the podium:

  • P9 by Max Verstappen in 2023 for Red Bull

Lap Record:

  • 1:29.708 by Max Verstappen in 2023 for Red Bull

Track Record:

  • 1:26.204 by Max Verstappen in 2025 for Red Bull

Most Wins 🥇

  • Max Verstappen - 2 | Red Bull - 2

  • Lando Norris - 1 | McLaren - 2

  • Oscar Piastri - 1

Most Poles 🛞

  • Max Verstappen - 2 | Red Bull - 3

  • Charles Leclerc - 1 | Ferrari - 1

  • Sergio Perez - 1

Most Podiums 🏆

  • Max Verstappen - 3 | Red Bull - 4

  • Charles Leclerc - 2 | Ferrari - 3

  • Lando Norris - 2 | McLaren - 3

  • Carlos Sainz - 1 | Aston Martin - 1

  • Sergio Perez - 1 | Mercedes - 1

  • Fernando Alonso - 1

  • Oscar Piastri - 1

  • George Russell - 1

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • P3 - 1 (25%)

  • P4 - 1 (25%)

  • P5 - 1 (25%)

  • P9 - 1 (25%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Lando Norris in 2024 for McLaren

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • No Maiden poles

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • No Maiden podiums

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Stats Of The Week 😲

How Teams Have Fared Recently In Miami 🏎️

Every Team’s Best Finishing Result in Miami

Red Bull - 1st (Max Verstappen in 2022 & 2023)

McLaren - 1st (Lando Norris in 2024 & Oscar Piastri in 2025)

Ferrari - 2nd (Charles Leclerc in 2022)

Aston Martin - 3rd (Fernando Alonso in 2023)

Mercedes - 3rd (George Russell in 2025)

Williams - 5th (Alex Albon in 2025)

Racing Bulls/RB - 7th (Yuki Tsunoda in 2024)

Alpine - 8th (Esteban Ocon in 2022 & Pierre Gasly in 2023)

Haas - 10th (Kevin Magnussen in 2023)

Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record In Miami? ⚔️

Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2 | Mercedes - 3

Consecutive Poles

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2 | Mercedes - 3

Consecutive Podiums

  • Kimi Antonelli - 3 | Mercedes - 3

  • N/A | Ferrari - 3

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • George Russell - 4

  • Charles Leclerc - 4

  • Kimi Antonelli - 3

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • George Russell - 19

  • Charles Leclerc - 6

  • Lewis Hamilton - 4

  • Kimi Antonelli - 3

  • Pierre Gasly - 3

  • Liam Lawson - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 34 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 31 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 20 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 19 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 8 (Austin 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 3 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 3 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Pierre Gasly - 2 (Australia 2026)

Sprint Stats 🏃

2026 Leaderboards 📊

Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

WINS: 9 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 27 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

KEY STATS

  • Won last year’s race in Miami from 4th on the grid

  • His win last year is his only points finish in a GP race in Miami as he finished 13th in 2024 & 19th in 2023

  • Has more laps led (48) than points scored (35) at Miami GP

  • Miami would become the first circuit where Piastri has multiple wins

  • Miami would also become his 7th career pole & 7th different circuit with a pole

  • Has never outqualified Lando Norris in Miami

  • Coming off his best qualifying performance of the season (P3 in Suzuka)

  • On his first GP racing lap of 2026, Piastri took the lead (Suzuka)

  • Finished on the podium in his first GP race of 2026 (Suzuka)

  • Led 16 laps in Suzuka, making Piastri the only non-Mercedes & Ferrari driver to lead a GP race this season

  • Has outqualified Lando Norris in 3 straight races & is the first of Norris’ teammates to do that in 6 years (hasn’t happened since Carlos Sainz from 2020 Spanish GP to 2020 Russian GP)

  • Piastri, Fernando Alonso & Pierre Gasly are the only drivers who are still undefeated in qualifying against their teammates in 2026

  • Is the only driver who is undefeated in qualifying H2H against their teammate (3-0) AND have a 100% podium rate in race starts (1/1)

  • Piastri’s last 6 races are now a DSQ-podium-podium-DNS-DNS-podium

  • Piastri and Lando Norris are the only drivers to record 50 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024 (both are 50/51)

  • Has been responsible for 3 of McLaren’s last 4 podiums (2026 Suzuka, 2025 Abu Dhabi, 2025 Qatar for Piastri | only 2025 Abu Dhabi for Norris)

  • Has more career podiums than George Russell again (27-26)

  • Would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

OTHER STATS

  • Qualified inside the top 5 in 7 straight races dating back to Brazil 2025

  • Piastri, Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers to record a grand slam this decade

  • Became the first driver to record consecutive DNS since Bruce McLaren in 1969 (USA GP-Mexico GP) after not starting in Australia & China this season

  • Became the first driver in F1 history to start a season with consecutive DNS

  • Has as many DNS (2) as his manager Mark Webber did over his entire career (2)

  • Piastri, Charles Leclerc, & Sergio Perez are the only drivers on the grid to have a DNS, DNF & DSQ in a 10-race span during their careers

  • Last led the drivers’ championship at the 2025 USA GP

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Once recorded 8 straight podiums in 2025, a feat only Lewis Hamilton (9 straight in 2007) & Ayrton Senna (8 straight in 1988) have replicated as McLaren drivers

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

McLaren Key Stats

  • Piastri’s podium in Suzuka marks 53 different seasons where McLaren has recorded a podium, which only trails Ferrari (75)

  • McLaren’s next win will make them the second team to win a race in 40 different seasons, joining Ferrari (59)

  • McLaren now has 559 podiums as a team

  • McLaren’s 46 points is their fewest after 3 GPs since 2023 when they had only 12

  • McLaren has won every race or sprint in Miami since Lando Norris’ maiden win at the track in 2024

  • McLaren is tied with Red Bull for most wins at Miami GP (2)

  • McLaren has won the last 2 Miami GPs but has yet to qualify on pole at the track

  • A pole in Miami would be the 52nd different circuit McLaren takes pole at

  • McLaren has 3 podiums in Miami with 2 from Norris (2024, 2025) & 1 from Piastri (2025)

  • McLaren finished 1-2 in Miami last year

  • Both of McLaren’s wins in Miami have come from a starting grid spot outside the top 3 (Norris - started 5th in 2024, Piastri started 4th in 2025)

  • McLaren only has 1 front row start in Miami (Norris in 2nd in 2025)

  • McLaren is the only team in F1 history to take pole at 50 or more different circuits (51) with Ferrari in second with 48

  • McLaren will make its 1000th GP appearance at Barcelona later this year (currently at 996) & will join Ferrari as the only constructor with +1000 starts

Lando Norris

WINS: 11 | POLES: 16 | PODIUMS: 44

KEY STATS

  • Got his maiden win at the Miami GP in 2024

  • Became the 21st British driver to win a GP race at 2024 Miami GP

  • Became the 114th different driver in F1 history to win a race at 2024 Miami GP

  • At the 2024 Miami GP, Norris became the first McLaren driver to win a race since Daniel Ricciardo at the 2021 Italian GP

  • At the 2024 Miami GP, Norris also became the first McLaren driver to win a race on U.S. soil since Lewis Hamilton in 2012

  • Norris had 15 podiums before his first win at the 2024 Miami GP, tying Patrick Depailler, Jean Alesi, Mika Hakkinen & Eddie Irvine for the most podium finishes before a first win

  • Was the first driver to take a maiden win in USA since Michele Alboreto at Caesars Palace in 1982

  • There were only 2 drivers that won races from 5th or worse on the grid during the ground-effect era (2022-2025): Norris (Miami 2024) & Max Verstappen (Hungary 2022, Spa 2022, Italy 2022, Miami 2023, Spa 2023, Austin 2023, Brazil 2024)

  • Has never been outqualified by a teammate in Miami

  • Has consecutive podiums in Miami (1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025)

  • Would join Max Verstappen as the only drivers to record 3 consecutive podiums in Miami

  • Would also join Max Verstappen as the only drivers with multiple wins in Miami

  • Norris & Oscar Piastri are the only drivers to record 50 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024 (both are 50/51)

  • Aside from his 2 podiums, Norris’ other results in Miami are not great (17th in 2023, DNF in 2022)

  • 2023 was the only season where Norris didn’t make Q3 in Miami

  • Norris has made 34 consecutive Q3 appearances, the longest active streak on the grid

  • Norris has finished 5th in both the races he’s started this season

  • This is the first time since Miami 2024 that Norris has gone 3 straight races without a front row start (had 10 straight non-front row starts between Mexico 2023 & Miami 2024)

  • Has only 1 podium over his last 6 races

  • Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 44 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 30

  • Has now been outqualified by his teammate in 3 straight GP races for the first time since 2020 when Carlos Sainz outqualified him in 5 straight races from Spain through Russia

  • This is the first time Norris has been outqualified in the first 3 races to open a new season

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

OTHER STATS

  • Has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

  • Is the only driver with 30+ podiums since the start of 2024 (31) with Max Verstappen (29) the next closest & his teammate Piastri with 3rd most (25)

  • Is the only driver to take 3 consecutive poles dating back to the start of 2025

  • His next podium will make it 7 consecutive seasons with a podium finish

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts (154)

  • Earlier this season in China, Norris became the first reigning champion to record a DNS since Damon Hill at the 1997 Australian GP

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win their maiden championship after doing 150+ races with the same team that took them to a title

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Has led the drivers’ championship for 9 races over his career

  • Hoping to become the 4th McLaren driver to win back-to-back drivers’ championships (Alain Prost: 1985-1986, Ayrton Senna: 1990-1991, Mika Hakkinen: 1998-1999)

  • Is 5 podiums away from tying Lewis Hamilton for 5th most podiums in McLaren history (49)

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18

Max Verstappen

WINS: 71 | POLES: 48 | PODIUMS: 127 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

KEY STATS

  • Won the inaugural race in Miami in 2022

  • Both of his wins in Miami didn’t come from pole while both of his starts from pole didn’t result in wins either

  • Is the only driver with multiple wins or poles in Miami

  • His win in Miami in 2023 kicked off a record 10 straight victories

  • Was on the podium in Miami in each of its first 3 editions (2022-2024) but finished 4th in 2025

  • Is the only driver who has led all 4 Miami GP races

  • His 2 fastest laps are also more than any other driver in Miami (Oscar Piastri - 1, Lando Norris - 1)

  • His 90 points scored in Miami is 38 more than the next closest driver (Charles Leclerc - 52)

  • His 119 laps led in Miami is 71 more than the next closest driver (Oscar Piastri - 48)

  • Has led more laps in Miami (119) than the rest of the grid combined (109)

  • Verstappen, Charles Leclerc & Carlos Sainz are the only drivers who have made Q3 in all 4 Miami GP races

  • The only season where Max Verstappen had fewer points scored after 3 GPs than 2026 (12 points) is 2015 when he was a 17-year-old rookie driving for Toro Rosso (6 points)

  • Has only 1 Q3 appearance this season while his teammate has 3

  • Has 1 Q3 appearance, 1 Q2 elimination & 1 Q1 elimination this season

  • This is the first time Verstappen has failed to make Q3 twice in a 3-race span since 2018 (Missed Q3 in Russia, made it in Suzuka, missed it in Austin)

  • Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

  • Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

  • Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

  • Has yet to complete a lap in the top 4 this season

  • Has completed only 10 laps inside the top 5 this season

  • Australia to Miami 2026 could be the first time Verstappen goes 4 straight races without a top 5 finish since 2015 Mexico to 2016 Russia when he was still driving for Toro Rosso

  • That means if he doesn’t get a top 5 finish in Miami, this will be the first time as a Red Bull driver that Verstappen goes 4 consecutive races without a top 5 finish

  • 2026 is the first season that Verstappen doesn’t have a podium over the first 3 races since 2018

  • 2026 could also be the first season that Verstappen doesn’t have a podium over the first 4 races since 2018

  • 2026 is the first season that Verstappen doesn’t have a top 5 finish over the first 3 races since 2016

  • Being 9th in the standings is tied for Verstappen’s worst start to a season after 3 GPs (9th in 2016 & tied for 9th in 2015)

  • Verstappen has never been worse than 10th in the standings after 4 GPs (tied for 10th in 2015, 10th in 2016)

  • Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

OTHER STATS

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to win with a grand slam (23y 9m 4d at Austria 2021)

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Has 2 Q1 eliminations since Brazil 2025

  • Has gotten a podium & won a race in every Red Bull car he’s driven except the RB22 so far

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Would become the first driver to win a race or finish on the podium with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Won a race & stood on the podium in 10 consecutive seasons, taken pole in 7 consecutive seasons

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 62)

  • No driver has led more laps than Verstappen since his F1 debut in 2015 (Verstappen - 3872, Hamilton - 3655, Sebastian Vettel - 1063)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • 85 career front row starts, 1 away from tying Alain Prost for 5th most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has the most wins in F1 history from a starting grid spot outside the top 5 with 7

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Red Bull Key Stats

  • Both of Red Bull’s wins in Miami came from Max Verstappen (2022, 2023)

  • Red Bull has taken the last 3 poles in Miami (Verstappen - 2025, 2024 & Perez - 2023)

  • Max Verstappen (3) & Sergio Perez (1) are the only Red Bull drivers with a podium in Miami

  • Red Bull has 1 1-2 finish in Miami (2023)

  • 16 points is the fewest Red Bull has had after 3 GPs since 2015 when they had 13

  • This is the first time since 2015 that Red Bull doesn’t have a podium after 3 races

Isack Hadjar

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 1

KEY STATS

  • Outqualified former teammate Liam Lawson in Miami last year

  • Eliminated in Q2 in Miami last year

  • Hadjar’s next Q3 appearance will be the 20th of his career

  • Has made Q3 in all 3 races so far this season

  • Despite his 3 Q3 appearances, Hadjar has only scored points once (8th in China)

  • Has outqualified Max Verstappen in 2 of 3 races this season

  • Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (2) in 3 races than Verstappen’s teammates have since the start of 2024 (1-47)

  • If Hadjar outqualifies Verstappen 1 more time, he will have outqualified him the same number of times as Verstappen’s teammates since 2023 (3-67)

  • Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver to outqualify Verstappen in 2 of the first 3 races of a season since Daniel Ricciardo in 2017 (Ricciardo outqualified Verstappen in 3 of the first 4 races that season)

  • Would become the first Red Bull driver to outqualify Max Verstappen in 2 straight races since Sergio Perez in 2022 (Monaco & Baku)

  • Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 3 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

  • Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all 3 races this season

OTHER STATS

  • Became the 13th different driver to score points for Red Bull in the team’s history when he finished 8th in China earlier this season

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • In Australia, Hadjar became the first Red Bull driver to outqualify Max Verstappen since Sergio Perez at Baku 2024 & he did it at his first race for the team (Max crashed in Q1)

  • Could become the first French driver to win a race since Esteban Ocon at Hungary 2021

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • The only drivers who had more Q3 appearances than Hadjar (16) in 2025 were Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Got the 1st & only podium of his career last year in Zandvoort

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

  • Hadjar’s 10 points finishes in 2025 are tied with Max Verstappen (2015) & Charles Leclerc (2018) for 9th most by a driver in their debut season

George Russell

WINS: 6 | POLES: 8 | PODIUMS: 26

KEY STATS

  • Finished on the podium in Miami last year, which is Mercedes’ only podium at the circuit

  • Has never started better than 5th in Miami

  • Was outqualified by Kimi Antonelli in sprint & GP format during last year’s Miami GP

  • Miami was the first track where Russell was outqualified by Antonelli

  • Has made Q3 in 3 straight years in Miami (eliminated in Q2 in 2022)

  • Has finished in the top 5 in 3 of his 4 starts in Miami (only exception was 8th place finish in 2024)

  • Russell, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Carlos Sainz are the only drivers who have scored points in all 4 Miami GP races so far

  • Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for 2 GPs (Australia & China)

  • Out of the four most recent drivers who led the championship for their first time, Russell spent the least time on top. Piastri - 15 GPs (2025), Leclerc - 5 GPs (2022), Norris - 4 GPs (2025), Russell - 2 GPs (2026)

  • Since he joined Mercedes in 2022, Russell is the only Mercedes driver who hasn’t had 3 consecutive podiums

  • Russell remains the only driver who has started on the front row in every GP race & sprint this season

  • Russell has scored points in 19 consecutive GP races dating back to the 2025 Spanish GP, extending a new personal record for him

  • Has been outqualified in 2 straight races for the first time since Hungary-Belgium 2024

  • Hasn’t been outqualified in 3 straight races since 2023 (Austin-Mexico-Brazil)

OTHER STATS

  • Is 9 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Earlier this season, Russell became the first Mercedes driver to lead the championship since Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Russian GP

  • Currently has finished 37 consecutive races, 4th most in F1 history

  • Russell was P1 in each of the first 8 competitive sessions of the 2026 season, starting from Q1 in Australia & ending with the sprint race in China

  • Russell was the first driver since at least 2006 to start a season by finishing P1 in all the first 8 competitive sessions

  • Also became the first driver since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 to lead 8+ consecutive competitive sessions at any point in a season

  • Russell has now won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has converted his last 3 poles to victory

  • Started his career with 0 of his first 3 poles converted to victory but has now converted 4 of his last 5 poles to victory

  • Has a win & pole in 3 consecutive seasons plus a podium in 6 straight seasons

  • Has not gone more than 3 races without a podium appearance since Singapore-Brazil 2024

  • Since 2024, Russell has a Qualifying H2H record of 41-10 against Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli

  • 5 of Russell’s 6 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • Since the start of 2025, Monaco is the only GP where Russell has qualified worse than 6th & that was due to a mechanical issue

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

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Mercedes Key Stats

  • Mercedes now has the most wins (125) since they returned to F1 in 2010, surpassing Red Bull (124)

  • Mercedes is only 5 wins away from joining Red Bull as the most successful constructor since the start of this century (Mercedes - 125 wins, Red Bull - 130)

  • Mercedes is 2 podiums away from reaching 300 podiums since returning to F1 in 2010

  • Mercedes is tied with Williams with 315 podiums for 3rd most podiums in F1 history

  • Mercedes has as many 1-2s through 2 races of the 2026 regulations (2) as they did throughout the entire ground-effect era (2)

  • If you normalize the points (removing sprints & fastest lap points), Mercedes has scored more points in 2026 after 3 GPs (123) than Red Bull in 2023 (121)

  • Miami is the only circuit on the current calendar (not counting Madrid) that Mercedes has never won

  • Mercedes has never started on the front row in Miami with its best starting grid position being a P3 by Kimi Antonelli in 2025

  • Mercedes has only 1 podium in Miami with a P3 by George Russell in 2025

  • A Mercedes driver has always finished in the points in the Miami GP race since the circuit joined the calendar

Kimi Antonelli

WINS: 2 | POLES: 2 | PODIUMS: 6

KEY STATS

  • If you remove sprints & fastest lap points, Antonelli would have the same amount of points as Max Verstappen in 2023 after 3 GPs (68)

  • Became the youngest polesitter in any format in F1 history when he qualified P1 for Miami’s sprint race last year

  • Miami last year was the first time Antonelli outqualified teammate George Russell

  • Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

  • Is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 2 wins be hat tricks

  • Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

  • Would become the first Italian to lead the championship for consecutive GPs since Michele Alboreto in 1985

  • Would become the first Italian to win 3 consecutive races since Alberto Ascari in 1952

  • Became the first Italian to win consecutive races since Alberto Ascari won the Dutch & Belgian GPs in 1953

  • Both Antonelli & Ayrton Senna got their second pole in the race after their maiden win/pole

  • The last 4 drivers who qualified on pole in the next race immediately after their maiden pole are Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna

  • Would become the first Italian driver to take 3 consecutive poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991 (Canada - Mexico - France)

  • Would become the first Italian to take 4 consecutive podiums since Riccardo Patrese in 1989 (USA - Canada - France - Britain)

  • Is the first Italian to take 3 consecutive podiums since Riccardo Patrese in 1992 (South African GP - Mexican GP - Brazilian GP)

  • Is the first Italian driver to lead the championship since Giancarlo Fisichella after 2005 Australian GP

  • Also delivered Italy its 50 pole position as a nation

  • Antonelli has more podiums (5) than George Russell (4) over the last 10 races

  • Has led 88 laps this season, more than any other driver

  • Is the first Mercedes driver to start a season with 3 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton in 2021

  • Antonelli could become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

  • Antonelli’s next Q3 appearance will be the 20th of his career

OTHER STATS

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • Has now won a race in every single-seater series he has driven in

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Became the 10th driver to win the ensuing race after their maiden win, joining Charles Leclerc (2019), Lewis Hamilton (2007), Mika Hakkinen (1997-1998), Damon Hill (1993), Nigel Mansell (1985), René Arnoux (1980), Bruce McLaren (1959-1960), Peter Collins (1956) & Alberto Ascari (1951)

  • Was the 108th different polesitter in F1 history

  • Was the first Italian to win a race since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2006 Malaysian GP

  • Also was the first Italian to take pole since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2009 Belgian GP

  • Antonelli is the first Mercedes teammate of George Russell to finish ahead of him in a Mercedes 1-2 finish

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Became the 1st Italian driver to record a hat trick since Alberto Ascari at the 1953 British GP

  • Antonelli joins George Russell as the second driver from Mercedes junior program to win a race

  • Antonelli is the 7th Mercedes driver to win a race & is the 2nd to get their maiden win in China, joining Nico Rosberg; Antonelli was part of the Rosberg Racing Academy during his karting days

  • Antonelli was the first driver to win using the #12 since Jenson Button at Hungary in 2006

  • Drivers who took their maiden win using #12: Kimi Antonelli, Jenson Button, Ayrton Senna, Gilles Villeneuve, Niki Lauda, Stirling Moss, Jose Froilan Gonzalez

  • Drivers who had a hat trick in their maiden win: Kimi Antonelli, David Coulthard, Jochen Rindt, Phil Hill, Giuseppe Farina, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Stirling Moss, Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

  • Is now the youngest driver to start on pole in any format (Miami 2025 sprint) & GP format (China 2026)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to stand on the podium after getting his maiden podium in Montreal in 2025 (18 years 9 months 21 days)

  • Is the 2nd youngest driver ever to get back-to-back podiums, only trailing Max Verstappen, who was 18 years, 9 months & 10 days at the 2016 British GP (Max came 2nd in 2016 Austria & 2016 Silverstone)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to start on the front row, trailing record-holder Lance Stroll (Monza 2017) & Max Verstappen (Spa 2016)

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Charles Leclerc

WINS: 8 | POLES: 27 | PODIUMS: 52 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

KEY STATS

  • Leclerc is now tied with Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver with 52 & can pass him in Miami

  • 3 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most podiums as a Ferrari driver (55)

  • Was the first polesitter in the history of the Miami GP (2022)

  • Has 2 front row starts in Miami (2022 & 2024) & 2 starts on the fourth row (P7 in 2023 & P8 in 2025)

  • Has 2 podiums in Miami (2022 & 2024) & 2 7th place finishes (2023 & 2025)

  • That means Leclerc gets a podium & front row start in Miami every other year, putting him on track for a podium & front row start in 2026

  • Fun fact - Leclerc qualified on the front row of the 2024 Miami GP despite only completing 3 total laps & only 1 flying lap in free practice that weekend

  • Leclerc, Max Verstappen & Carlos Sainz are the only drivers who have made Q3 in all 4 Miami GP races

  • Didn’t start the Miami sprint race last year after crashing out in the wet

  • Led the first 8 laps in the history of the Miami GP in 2022

  • Has scored 52 points over 4 GP weekends in Miami

  • Out of all the drivers with multiple podiums in Miami, Leclerc is the only one without a win

  • Leclerc’s 49 points scored is his most after 3 GPs since 2022 when he had 71

  • Needs to lead 99 more laps to reach 1000 laps led

  • Has qualified 4th in all 3 GP races this season

  • The last time a driver qualified 4th in 3 straight races, they won the next race (George Russell qualified 4th in 2025 Las Vegas, Qatar & Abu Dhabi before winning 2026 Australian GP)

  • Has qualified inside the top 5 in 4 straight races dating back to Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has now qualified in the top 5 in 7 of his last 9 races dating back to Austin 2025

  • Hasn’t won a race since Oct. 20 2024 at the US GP

  • Has now made the 2nd most race starts as a Ferrari driver in team history with 152, only trailing Michael Schumacher (179)

  • Has finished in the top 5 38 times since the start of 2024, only trailing Lando Norris (40) & Max Verstappen (39)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history with 150+ races for a single constructor to not deliver them a drivers’ title

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 150 career Q3 appearances

  • Has only 7 Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

  • Has now outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 21 of their 27 races as teammates

  • Responsible for 10 of Ferrari’s last 11 podiums

  • Would become the first Ferrari driver to lead the drivers’ standings at the conclusion of a GP since the 2022 Miami GP

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history (9)

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons, the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Max Verstappen (10 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons, the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Max Verstappen (7 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) over his career

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc’s 43 front row starts is more than double his teammates’ combined total (21) during his time with Ferrari

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Ferrari Key Stats

  • Ferrari’s last win was the 2024 Mexican GP on Oct. 27 2024

  • Over 500 days have passed since Ferrari’s last win

  • If Ferrari doesn’t win in Miami, they will surpass 555 days since their last win - which was a win by driver #55 Carlos Sainz

  • A win in 2026 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

  • Ferrari has 3 podiums in Miami (Sainz & Charles Leclerc in 2022, Leclerc again in 2024)

  • Ferrari has 1 double podium in Miami (2022) & 1 front row lockout (2022)

Lewis Hamilton

WINS: 105 | POLES: 104 | PODIUMS: 203 | GRAND SLAMS: 6

KEY STATS

  • Miami is 1 of only 2 circuits where Hamilton doesn’t have a podium, joining India

  • Miami is 1 of only 7 circuits where Hamilton doesn’t have a win, joining Zandvoort, South Korea, Valencia, India, Magny-Cours & Las Vegas

  • Miami is 1 of only 6 circuits where Hamilton doesn’t have a pole, joining Las Vegas, Magny-Cours, India, Zandvoort & Turkey

  • Miami is 1 of 4 circuits where Hamilton hasn’t led a lap, joining Magny-Cours, India & South Korea

  • Miami last year marked the first time Hamilton failed to reach Q3 as a Ferrari driver

  • Hamilton makes Q3 in Miami in every even numbered year (2022 & 2024) but gets eliminated in Q2 in every odd numbered year (2023 & 2025)

  • Finished 8th in Miami last year, his worst result at the circuit

  • Hamilton, Carlos Sainz & Yuki Tsunoda are the only drivers who have finished in the points with 2 different teams during a Miami GP race

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a race or take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Hamilton’s next front row start will be his first since Silverstone in 2024

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • Has already led as many races (2) in 2026 as he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • Is the first driver ever to have a podium with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would also become the first driver ever to have a win/pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Fernando Alonso as the only drivers on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Would be the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Needs to lead 6 more races to have 200 races led in his career (has led 194 GPs)

OTHER STATS

  • Is 7 Q3 appearances away from 350 career Q3 appearances

  • Got his first podium as a Ferrari driver at the same track where Michael Schumacher got his last podium as a Ferrari driver (China)

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes

  • Hamilton is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is the 22nd oldest driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Extended his record by taking a podium in 19 different seasons now (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Is now the 57th different driver to get a podium with 3+ different teams

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Now has at least 10 podiums at 9 of the 24 tracks that were initially on the 2026 calendar

  • Has now led a race in 20 consecutive seasons & in 20 different seasons, the only driver in F1 history to do so

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP assuming no more cancellations or additions to the calendar

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to start 20+ different seasons

  • The only time a Ferrari driver using #44 won a race was Maurice Trintignant at the 1955 Monaco GP

  • The last time a Ferrari driver ended a race leading the championship was Charles Leclerc at the 2022 Miami GP

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole

  • Hamilton hasn’t won a race in 3 of the last 4 seasons

  • The only drivers in F1 history to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine are Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Has recorded at least 5 podiums in every single season of his career except 2025

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Won from 8 different grid positions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P10, P14)

  • Was the first Ferrari driver to go an entire season (2025) without a podium since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

Carlos Sainz

WINS: 4 | POLES: 6 | PODIUMS: 29

KEY STATS

  • Sainz is the only driver who has started all 4 Miami GPs from a top 6 grid position (2022 - 2nd, 2023 - 3rd, 2024 - 3rd, 2025 - 6th)

  • Sainz, Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers who have made Q3 in all 4 Miami GP races

  • Sainz, Lewis Hamilton & Yuki Tsunoda are the only drivers who have finished in the points with 2 different teams during a Miami GP race

  • Sainz has scored 41 points across 4 Miami GP weekends

  • Sainz’s average finishing position in Miami is 5.5, just like his racing number (#55)

  • Out of all the drivers who have driven in all 4 Miami GPs, Sainz is tied for the best average starting position at the circuit with Max Verstappen (3.5)

  • Sainz has led 1 lap in Miami (2022 GP)

  • The 2022 Miami GP was Sainz’s second career front row start (his first was 2021 Russian GP)

  • Has delivered 50 of Williams’ last 53 points dating back to Baku 2025

  • Looking to make it consecutive races where Sainz makes it out of Q1

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

OTHER STATS

  • Scored Williams’ first points of the 2026 season with a 9th place finish in China

  • Has been outscored by Alex Albon 73-66 during their time together as teammates

  • Will make his 250th race start in Qatar this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • Podiums for Williams: Sainz - 2, All other Williams drivers since 2017 - 2

  • Won the qualifying H2H battle against Alex Albon 14-9 last year

  • His 150 GPs before his first win is 2nd most in F1 history, only trailing Sergio Perez, who had to wait 190 GPs

  • Last year, Sainz became the 1st Williams driver to get 2+ podiums in a season since 2015 when Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa each had 2

  • Was the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs (2022-2025)

  • Is 1 of 5 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Lewis Hamilton - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Sergio Perez - 4, Fernando Alonso - 5)

Williams Key Stats

  • Both Williams drivers make Q3 & finished in the points in last year’s Miami GP race

  • Williams only has 2 Q3 appearances in Miami with both coming last year

  • Williams has 3 points finishes during Miami GP races (2 from Alex Albon, 1 from Carlos Sainz)

  • The best starting grid position by a Williams driver in Miami was Carlos Sainz (6th last year) & the best finishing position by a Williams driver in Miami was Alex Albon (5th last year)

  • Williams is now tied for 3rd most podiums in F1 history with 315 after being caught by Mercedes

  • Williams has 2 points after 3 GPs this year. Last year they had 19 points after 3 GPs

  • The last Williams world champion was Jacques Villeneuve in 1997

  • Williams finished 5th in the constructors’ last year, its best finish since 2017

  • Williams scored 137 points in 2025

  • Williams’ last win was Pastor Maldonado in Barcelona in 2012

  • Williams’ last pole was Felipe Massa in Austria in 2014, which was also the first year of a new regulation change

  • Williams’ last 1-2 finish was 2003 French GP

Alex Albon

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 2

KEY STATS

  • Using only GP format, Albon hasn’t scored points in 10 straight races he’s started

  • If Albon doesn’t score points in the Miami GP race, he’ll set a new personal record for longest streak of GP races without a points finish (11), beating his previous record of 10 from 2023 Brazil to 2024 Imola

  • His 5th place finish in Miami last year was tied for his joint-best result of the season (was also 5th in Australia, Imola & Zandvoort)

  • His 5th place finish in Miami last year is also tied for his joint-best finishing result as a Williams driver (tied with the races mentioned above)

  • His 2 points finishes in Miami was 5th last year & 9th in 2022

  • Qualified 7th in Miami last year, which was his only Q3 appearance at the circuit

  • Outqualified both Ferrari drivers in Miami last year

  • Miami will be Albon’s 93rd start with Williams

  • Has been eliminated in Q1 in consecutive races entering Miami

  • Albon has 0 points after 3 races. In 2025, he had 18 points after 3 races

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 50th Q3 appearance

  • Has been outscored 50-3 by Carlos Sainz since Baku 2025

  • Has missed Q3 in 14 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • The last time Albon scored points was the 2025 US GP sprint & the last time he finished in the points in a GP race was 2025 Italian GP

OTHER STATS

  • Will tie Ralf Schumacher for 2nd most race starts as a Williams driver at the Canadian GP (94)

  • Will tie Nigel Mansell for most race starts as a Williams driver in Monaco (95)

  • Will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts in Barcelona (96)

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • His 313 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • 73 points scored in 2025 were more than all his other years at Williams combined (43)

  • In 2025, became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

KEY STATS

  • Has never raced in Miami

  • Has driven the same number of laps in a top 5 position (10) as Max Verstappen (10) this season

  • Has driven more laps in a top 4 position (4) than Max Verstappen this season (0)

  • Lindblad & Isack Hadjar are the only Red Bull controlled drivers who have completed laps in a top 4 position this season

  • If Lindblad finishes on the podium in Miami or Canada, he will be the 3rd youngest driver to finish on the podium, trailing Max Verstappen (Spain 2016) & Lance Stroll (2017 Azerbaijan)

  • Can become the 2nd youngest driver to record a fastest lap, trailing Kimi Antonelli (2025 Japan GP)

  • Can become the 3rd youngest driver to lead a lap, trailing Kimi Antonelli (2025 Japan GP) & Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Racing Bulls has scored only 2 points fewer (14) than Red Bull (16) after 3 GPs this season

  • The Monaco GP will be Lindblad’s last chance to become the youngest front-row starter in F1 history, beating Lance Stroll’s record of 18 years, 10 months & 5 days

  • Now has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 yet

  • Has made Q3 in 2 of his 3 races this season

  • Has more Q3 appearances this season (2) than Max Verstappen (1)

  • The only Red Bull controlled driver with more Q3 appearances than Lindblad is Isack Hadjar (3/3)

OTHER STATS

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

  • Finished 4th in his rookie F3 season in 2024, collecting 4 wins & 5 podiums for Prema

  • Won the 2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with 6 wins, 6 poles & 12 podiums

Liam Lawson

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

KEY STATS

  • If he scores points in Miami, it will be the first time in his career that Lawson scores points in 3 consecutive GP races

  • Racing Bulls has scored only 2 points fewer (14) than Red Bull (16) after 3 GPs this season

  • If he scores points in the Miami sprint but not the race, it will still be the first time in his career that Lawson scores points in 3 consecutive GP weekends

  • Made it into Q2 last year in his first appearance in Miami as an F1 driver

  • DNFed in the GP race in Miami last year

  • Hasn’t scored any points in Miami yet

  • Has scored the second most points by a Red Bull controlled driver this season with 10, only trailing Max Verstappen who has 12

  • Has scored more points than Arvid Lindblad & Isack Hadjar combined (8) this season

  • Has scored points in consecutive races for the first time since Spa-Hungary last year

  • Lawson & Max Verstappen were the only Red Bull controlled drivers to score points last race in Suzuka

  • Has qualified 14th in his last 2 races

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • In the 15 races since Monza 2025, Lawson has 7 Q3 appearances & 8 Q2 exits

  • Needs to score 30 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 54, Amon - 83)

OTHER STATS

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

WINS: 32 | POLES: 22 | PODIUMS: 106 | GRAND SLAMS: 1

KEY STATS

  • Picked up the 102nd podium of his career in Miami in 2023 when he finished 3rd

  • Miami 2023 was also the 40th front row start of Alonso’s career when he started P2

  • Alonso has scored 17 points in Miami, though 15 of them come from his podium in 2023

  • Otherwise Alonso has failed to score points in 2/4 Miami GP races & in both sprint races (2024-2025)

  • His only other points finish was a 9th place result in 2024

  • Alonso’s only Q3 appearance in Miami was his 2023 front row start

  • 2025 was Alonso’s first Q1 exit in Miami

  • This is the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 3 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006

  • This is the 2nd straight season where Alonso has scored 0 points after 3 GPs

  • For reference, Alonso didn’t score his first points of the season in 2025 until the 9th race (Spanish GP)

  • This is the first time Alonso has not made Q3 in the first 3 races since 2018

  • If Alonso doesn’t make Q3 in Miami, it will also be the first time since 2018 that he has no Q3 appearances in the first 4 races

  • 1 more DNF for Alonso will see him enter the top 10 for most DNFs in F1 history, passing Eddie Cheever & Derek Warwick

  • Outqualified Lance Stroll in 39 consecutive races with the last time he was outqualified by his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

OTHER STATS

  • Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • This is Alonso’s 23rd season in F1, his first in Adrian Newey-designed machinery & his first with a Honda PU since 2017

  • Hasn’t won a race since the 2013 Spanish GP

  • Hasn’t been on pole since the 2012 German GP

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since the 2023 Brazilian GP

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race (current record for time & GPs is 17y 1m 18d & 340 GPs by Lewis Hamilton)

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Alonso has led 87 different races in his career, 5th most in F1 history & 13 away from becoming the 5th driver to eclipse 100 different races led

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (428)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 3

KEY STATS

  • Has scored 5 points in Miami but 4 of those came in the sprint last year after he finished 5th

  • Gained 11 positions in the sprint race last year to finish 5th

  • Eliminated in Q1 in Miami last year after qualifying 18th & then finished the race in 16th

  • Has qualified 18th in Miami twice (2023, 2025)

  • Has 1 Q3 appearance, 1 Q2 exit & 2 Q1 exits in Miami

  • Has outqualified Sebastian Vettel (2022) & Fernando Alonso (2024) in Miami

  • Outqualified by Fernando Alonso in 39 consecutive races with the last time he outqualified his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Holds the F1 record with 90 Q1 eliminations

OTHER STATS

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

  • His 192 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris (208) & Nico Hulkenberg (250)

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 4

KEY STATS

  • Scored points in each of the first 3 Miami GP races (8th in 2022, 9th in 2023, 10th in 2024) but didn’t score points last year

  • All 3 of his points finishes in Miami came with Alpine

  • His finishing results in Miami have been getting worse (8th - 9th - 10th - 12th)

  • Made Q3 in Miami in 2025 with Haas & in 2023 with Alpine

  • The only time Ocon was eliminated in Q1 in Miami was 2022 when he didn’t participate in qualifying due to an accident in free practice

  • Ocon has more points finishes in Miami than either McLaren driver & has as many points finishes at the track as McLaren total (3)

  • Suzuka was the first time this season that Ocon outqualified teammate Ollie Bearman

  • Miami would become the first time Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in consecutive races since Miami to Monaco last year (3 races)

  • Suzuka was the first time Ocon scored points this season, picking up 1 point for finishing 10th

  • Suzuka was the first time Ocon scored points since the season finale in Abu Dhabi last year

  • Miami would become the first time Ocon has scored points in consecutive races since Canada-Austria last year

  • Ocon has now qualified 12th or 13th in every race this season

  • Ocon has 3 Q2 appearances, 0 Q1 exits & 0 Q3 appearances this season

  • Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 19 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Outscored 42-11 by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 17-1 to start 2026

OTHER STATS

  • Ocon is the record holder for most GPs without a pole position (183)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025)

  • Has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • Scored fewer points (38) than rookie teammate Ollie Bearman (41) in 2025 & was outqualified (13-10) by Bearman in 2025

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (484) is Alain Prost (798.5)

Ollie Bearman

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

KEY STATS

  • Qualified last in Miami in 2025 & then DNFed in the race due to a engine problem

  • Suzuka last race was the first time this season that Bearman was outqualified by Esteban Ocon

  • Bearman still has more points this season (17) than Red Bull (16)

  • Bearman has still scored points every time he’s raced a race or sprint this season (only exception was a DNF in Suzuka after crashing to avoid Franco Colapinto)

  • Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 12

  • Hasn’t been outqualified by Esteban Ocon in consecutive races since Miami to Monaco last year (3 straight races)

  • Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 7 of the last 10 races

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • Has finished in the points in 7 of his last 10 races with 2 top 5 finishes (Mexico 2025, China 2026)

  • His only 3 non-points finishes over the last 10 races are 2 DNFs (Suzuka 2026, Qatar 2025) & a 12th place finish in Abu Dhabi last year

  • Bearman needs 12 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 23 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman has more points finishes (11) than Esteban Ocon (9) during their time as teammates

OTHER STATS

  • Has scored 42 of Haas’ 53 points since Singapore last year

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • Bearman ranked 5th in the drivers’ championship following the Chinese GP but fell out of the top 5 after Suzuka

  • Bearman, Kevin Magnussen after 2022 Bahrain GP & Romain Grosjean after 2016 Bahrain GP are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • With China 2026 & Mexico 2025, Bearman is the 3rd Haas driver to have multiple top 5 finishes for the team, joining Kevin Magnussen (Bahrain 2018, Austria 2018, Bahrain 2022) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain, 2018 Austria)

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

WINS: 1 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 5

KEY STATS

  • Scored 1 point in the Miami sprint race last year but did not score points in the GP race

  • The last & only time Gasly scored points in a Miami GP race was 2023

  • Gasly made Q3 in his first 2 appearances in Miami (2022 & 2023) but hasn’t since

  • Was eliminated in Q1 last year & then elected to start from the pit lane

  • Has scored 5 points over 4 Miami GPs

  • An Alpine driver has never finished better than 8th in Miami, which is jointly shared by Gasly (2023) & Esteban Ocon (2022)

  • 15 points is Gasly’s most through the first 3 races of a season ever

  • Has qualified 7th in back-to-back races

  • His last 2 race results are 6th & 7th

  • Is the only non-Mercedes & Ferrari driver to score points in all 3 GP races this season

  • Miami would be his 182nd GP without a pole position, passing Romain Grosjean for 2nd most all time. Only Esteban Ocon is ahead with 183

  • This is the first time in Gasly’s career that he’s scored points in the first 3 GP races of a season

  • This is the first time Gasly has scored points in 3 consecutive GP races since Monaco through Austria in 2024 (4 GPs)

  • Has now made Q3 in 5 of his last 7 races dating back to Brazil last year

  • Outqualified Franco Colapinto in 9 straight races

  • Gasly trails Esteban Ocon by 11 points (484-473) for 2nd most points scored in F1 history by a French driver

OTHER STATS

  • Has made at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Responsible for 37 of Alpine’s 38 points since the start of 2025

  • Responsible for all of Alpine’s last 12 Q3 appearances

  • Looking for his 1st win since the 2020 Italian GP at Monza

  • Has never had multiple podium finishes in a season

  • Still looking for his maiden pole position

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 16 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 5 points finishes in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly has a podium in 5 of his last 7 seasons with 2022 & 2025 the only exceptions

Franco Colapinto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

KEY STATS

  • Has never raced in Miami

  • Miami will be the 30th GP of Colapinto’s career

  • Was promoted into the Alpine seat following the 2025 Miami GP

  • Is 1 of 7 drivers to complete a non-safety car lap in a podium position this season, joining Kimi Antonelli, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, Oscar Piastri & Lando Norris

  • At the 2024 US GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine to score points in the USA since Carlos Reutemann at the 1981 USA West GP

OTHER STATS

  • Scored his first points as an Alpine driver by finishing 10th in China, collecting 1 point

  • China 2026 was Colapinto’s first points scored since 2024 US GP when he was still driving for Williams

  • At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Has 3 career points finishes

  • First Q3 appearance came at his 2nd F1 race at Baku 2024 but he hasn’t made Q3 since

  • Aiming to better his personal best career finishing result of 8th place set at Baku in 2024

  • Colapinto’s best qualifying result was 9th at Baku 2024 with his best starting grid spot being 8th which also came at the same race after he was bumped up due to a grid penalty elsewhere

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

  • In his debut season in 2024 with Williams, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • During his debut season, he also became the 1st Argentine driver to qualify in the top 10 since Reutemann at the 1982 Brazilian GP

Nico Hulkenberg

WINS: 0 | POLES: 1 | PODIUMS: 1

KEY STATS

  • His only points in Miami came from finishing 7th in the 2024 sprint race (2 points)

  • Out of all the circuits on the calendar that’s he raced at (this means Madrid is excluded), Miami, Qatar & Zandvoort are the only ones where Hulkenberg doesn’t have a GP points finish

  • Has qualified 11th (just missing Q3) in 2 of his 3 races this season & has finished 11th (just missing points) in both his 2 race starts this season

  • Has now finished 11th in consecutive races (Japan & China)

  • Hasn’t made Q3 in 6 straight GPs but in that span he has qualified 11th 4 times

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

  • Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 252, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

OTHER STATS

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • 1 Q3 appearance in 2025 was his fewest in any of his seasons as a full-time driver

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (252)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Took him only 18 GPs before his 1st career pole at the 2010 Brazilian GP with Williams, but hasn’t been on pole since. He also has 2 career front row starts (Brazil 2010 - Pole, Austria 2016 - P2)

  • Hulkenberg is 1 of 8 German drivers with a pole & 1 of 14 German drivers with a podium

Gabriel Bortoleto

WINS: 0 | POLES: 0 | PODIUMS: 0

KEY STATS

  • Outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in Miami last year but was eliminated in Q2

  • Bortoleto is responsible for both of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia & Japan)

  • Bortoleto is also responsible for both of Audi’s points scored this season (2 points in Australia)

  • Dating back to Abu Dhabi 2025, Bortoleto has made Q3 in 3 of his last 4 races

  • Has outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 2 of 3 races this season

  • Needs 8 more points to match Felipe Nasr for 8th most points by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

  • Has outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 14 of their 27 races together as teammates (14-13)

OTHER STATS

  • Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto has 6 points finishes & 7 Q3 appearances in his career now

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Bortoleto joined Daniel Ricciardo (2019) as the only drivers to outqualify Hulkenberg in 7 straight races (Austria to Baku 2025) & he did it as a rookie

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

  • His 21 points are 9th most among all Brazilians in F1 history

Sergio Perez

WINS: 6 | POLES: 3 | PODIUMS: 39

KEY STATS

  • Out of all the drivers with multiple appearances in Miami, Perez’s average starting position of 3.0 is best among all drivers

  • Took the 3rd & last pole position of his career at the 2023 Miami GP

  • Miami 2023 was also his 30th podium of his career

  • Didn’t win the 2023 Miami GP despite starting from pole as his teammate Max Verstappen won from 9th on the grid

  • Perez, Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers with pole positions in Miami

  • Miami is 1 of 2 circuits where Perez has a pole, joining Jeddah where he has 2

  • Has led 21 laps in Miami, 6th most of any circuit in his career

  • Has never finished outside the top 4 in Miami (4th in 2022, 2nd in 2023, 4th in 2024)

  • Has also never started worse than 4th in Miami (4th in 2022, 1st in 2023, 4th in 2024)

  • Average starting position of 3 in Miami & average finishing position of 3.33

  • Miami 2024 was the last time Perez finished a race inside the top 5

  • Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 2 of 3 races so far this season

  • Perez has completed more laps (163) than Max Verstappen (156), Lando Norris (111) & Oscar Piastri (53), the top 3 drivers in last year’s championship

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

  • Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 GPs in Brazil later this year (currently at 284)

  • Perez’s last F1 podium came at the 2024 Chinese GP

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Perez & new teammate Valtteri Bottas have shared only 1 podium together (Turkey 2021)

  • Perez’s Red Bull tenure ended with 0 podiums over his final 19 races & only 9 points over his last 8 races

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Has recorded more than 10 points finishes for every constructor he’s driven for (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Has to lead 2 more races to hit 30 career races led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner (6), polesitter (3) & podium finisher (39)

Cadillac Key Stats

  • Cadillac is 1 of 4 teams that have a drivers’ lineup of 2 race winners, joining McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Cadillac has completed more laps (285) than Red Bull (275), Williams (272), Audi (218), Aston Martin (187) & McLaren (164)

  • Cadillac is still looking for its first driver to score points or make it out of Q1

Valtteri Bottas

WINS: 10 | POLES: 20 | PODIUMS: 67

KEY STATS

  • Miami will be his 250th career GP start

  • Bottas will become the 14th driver in F1 history to make 250+ race starts

  • Qualified 5th in the inaugural Miami GP in 2022 for Alfa Romeo & then finished 7th to score 6 points

  • Made Q3 in the first 2 Miami GPs but was eliminated in Q1 in his last Miami GP in 2024

  • Hasn’t scored points in Miami since the inaugural GP

  • His finishing results in Miami have gotten worse (7th in 2022, 13th in 2023, 16th in 2024)

  • Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar, including Miami

  • Bottas has also made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at multiple times

  • The only circuits Bottas has raced at & not made Q3 is India (1 GP) & Korea (1 GP)

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 32 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

  • Has started 19th or 20th in all 3 races this season

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

OTHER STATS

  • Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Has driven for 5 different constructors in name (Williams, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Kick Sauber, Cadillac)

  • Needs to lead 2 more races to become the 22nd driver in F1 history to lead 40 races in their career

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Has 10 wins, making him 1 of 5 drivers on the grid with 10+ victories

  • Has 67 podiums, 10th most in F1 history

  • Has 20 career poles, tied for 16th most in F1 history

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

  • Has 46 career front row starts

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Kimi Antonelli - Japan 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Kimi Antonelli - Japan 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Kimi Antonelli - Japan 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Japan 2026

  • Oscar Piastri - Japan 2026

  • Lewis Hamilton - China 2026

  • George Russell - China 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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Oscar Piastri | Lando Norris | Max Verstappen | Isack Hadjar | George Russell | Kimi Antonelli | Charles Leclerc | Lewis Hamilton | Carlos Sainz | Alex Albon | Arvid Lindblad | Liam Lawson | Fernando Alonso | Lance Stroll | Esteban Ocon | Ollie Bearman | Pierre Gasly | Franco Colapinto | Nico Hulkenberg | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sergio Perez | Valtteri Bottas

Let’s give you a rundown of the Suzuka circuit 📊

First race: 1987, won by Gerhard Berger for Ferrari

Laps: 53

Lap distance: 5.807 km

Race distance: 307.471 km

Corners: 18

Straight Mode Zones: 2

Overtake Detection Point: Before Turn 18

Pirelli tyre range: C1 - C2 - C3

Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P17 by Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 for McLaren

Furthest grid spots to finish on the podium:

  • P17 by Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 for McLaren

  • P16 by Fernando Alonso in 2005 for Renault

  • P13 by Martin Brundle in 1992 for Benetton

Lap Record:

  • 1:30.965 by Kimi Antonelli in 2025 for Mercedes

Track Record:

  • 1:26.983 by Max Verstappen in 2025 for Red Bull

Most Wins 🥇

Most Poles 🛞

Most Podiums 🏆

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • Pole - 19 (54.29%)

  • P2 - 11 (31.43%)

  • P6 - 2 (5.71%)

  • P3 - 1 (2.86%)

  • P5 - 1 (2.86%)

  • P17 - 1 (2.86%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Alessandro Nannini - 1989

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • None

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • Aguri Suzuki - 1990

  • Roberto Moreno - 1990

  • Mika Hakkinen - 1993

  • Kamui Kobayashi - 2012

  • Oscar Piastri - 2023

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Consecutive Wins

  • None for drivers | 2 - Mercedes

Consecutive Poles

  • None for drivers | 2 - Mercedes

Consecutive Podiums

  • 2 - George Russell | Mercedes - 2

  • 2 - Kimi Antonelli | Ferrari - 2

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • George Russell - 3

  • Charles Leclerc - 3

  • Lewis Hamilton - 2

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • George Russell - 18

  • Charles Leclerc - 5

  • Lewis Hamilton - 3

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2

  • Ollie Bearman - 2

  • Pierre Gasly - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 33 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 30 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 19 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 18 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 7 (Austin 2025)

  • Gabriel Bortoleto - 2 (Qatar 2025)

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • Lewis Hamilton - 2 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

Constructor Points Scored 2025 vs. 2026

Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

KEY STATS

  • Got his maiden podium in Suzuka in 2023, which was also McLaren’s 499th podium in team history

  • A podium at Suzuka would tie Qatar as one of the only tracks where Piastri has 3 podiums

  • Out of all the tracks where Piastri has multiple podiums, Suzuka & Monaco are the only ones where he’s never led a lap

  • Suzuka & Qatar were the only 2 podiums of Piastri’s rookie season

  • Outqualified Lando Norris at Suzuka in 2023 as a rookie but hasn’t done so since

  • 100% Q3 rate & points-scoring rate in Suzuka

  • Became the first driver to record consecutive DNS since Bruce McLaren in 1969 (USA GP-Mexico GP)

  • Became the first driver in F1 history to start a season with consecutive DNS

  • Has 0 laps of GP racing, 2 DNS but has scored 3 points

  • If Piastri somehow has a DNS in Suzuka, the earliest he would be able to complete his first lap of GP racing would be the Miami GP on May 3, nearly 2 months after the 2026 season started

  • Has outqualified Lando Norris in the first 2 races of a season for the first time ever

  • Would become the first teammate to outqualify Lando Norris in 3 straight races since Carlos Sainz in 2020 (Spain through Russia, 5 races)

  • Piastri now has as many DNS (2) as his manager Mark Webber did over his entire career (2)

  • Piastri’s 3 points after 2 GPs is his worst start to a season since his rookie year in 2023 when he had 0 points after 2 races

  • Piastri has either DNF, DNS or been DSQ in 4 of his last 10 race weekends

  • Piastri, Charles Leclerc, & Sergio Perez are the only drivers on the grid to have a DNS, DNF & DSQ in a 10-race span

  • Piastri’s last 5 races are now a DSQ-podium-podium-DNS-DNS

  • Piastri has qualified 5th exactly 3 times since 2025 & all 3 times have been disastrous (‘25 Las Vegas - qualifies 5th, DSQ | ‘26 Australia - qualifies 5th, DNS | ‘26 China - qualifies 5th, DNS)

  • Would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

OTHER STATS

  • Last led the drivers’ championship at the 2025 USA GP

  • Qualified inside the top 5 in 6 straight races dating back to Brazil 2025

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Once recorded 8 straight podiums in 2025, a feat only Lewis Hamilton (9 straight in 2007) & Ayrton Senna (8 straight in 1988) have replicated as McLaren drivers

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

McLaren Key Stats

  • McLaren has qualified 5th & 6th in both of the first 2 GPs this season

  • McLaren has 3 DNS & 1 race start this season

  • McLaren now has a double DNS & double DSQ over the last 5 races

  • This is McLaren’s worst start to a season (18 points) since 2023 when they had 0 points after 2 GPs

  • China 2026 was the first time McLaren had a double DNS since the infamous 2005 US GP

  • McLaren has 7 wins at Suzuka by 5 different drivers (Jenson Button - 2011, Kimi Raikkonen - 2005, Mika Hakkinen - 1998-1999, Ayrton Senna - 1988, 1993 & Gerhard Berger - 1991)

  • McLaren has 4 poles at Suzuka by 2 different drivers (Gerhard Berger - 1991, Ayrton Senna - 1988-1990)

  • McLaren has a double podium at Suzuka in 2 of the last 3 years (2023 & 2025)

  • The last time a McLaren driver took consecutive podiums at Suzuka was Kimi Raikkonen in 2002 & 2003; Oscar Piastri & Lando Norris could replicate this in 2026 after getting podiums in 2025

  • Piastri or Norris could join Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard, Ayrton Senna & Kimi Raikkonen as the only McLaren drivers with +3 podiums at Suzuka

  • McLaren has 2 1-2 finishes in Suzuka (1991 by Berger & Senna + 1988 by Senna & Prost)

  • McLaren’s last front row lockout at Suzuka was 2007

  • A win at Suzuka would see McLaren tie Red Bull for most wins at the track

  • McLaren will make its 1000th GP appearance at Barcelona later this year (currently at 995) & will join Ferrari as the only constructor with +1000 starts

Lando Norris

KEY STATS

  • Perfect Q3 rate in Suzuka (5/5)

  • Hasn’t qualified worse than 3rd in Suzuka since 2023

  • Has finished in the top 5 in 3 straight years (2nd - 2023, 5th - 2024, 2nd - 2025)

  • Has finished ahead of his teammate in Suzuka in each of the last 4 years

  • Has led 1 lap at Suzuka (2023)

  • Out of all the tracks where Norris has multiple podiums, Suzuka, China & Imola are the only ones where he doesn’t have a win or pole

  • Suzuka would be the 12th different track Norris has a win at

  • Suzuka would become the 16th different track Norris has a pole at

  • If he’s outqualified by Oscar Piastri in Suzuka, Norris will have been outqualified by a teammate in 3 straight races for the first time since Carlos Sainz in 2020 (Spain through Russia)

  • Became the first reigning champion to record a DNS since Damon Hill at the 1997 Australian GP

  • Last race was the first DNS of Norris’ career

  • 15 points after 2 GPs is his worst start since 2024 (12 points after 2 GPs)

  • The last time a reigning world champion had 15 or less points after 2 GPs was Sebastian Vettel in 2014 (15 points)

  • However, if you remove sprints, Norris has 10 points after 2 GP races, the fewest by a reigning world champion after 2 GP races since McLaren’s last maiden champion, Lewis Hamilton in 2009

  • Norris now has 1 DSQ, 1 DNS & 1 podium over his last 5 races

  • Since the summer break of 2025 ended, Norris has a DNF, DSQ & DNS

  • Norris only had 1 stretch where he went consecutive races without a podium in his championship season (Vegas-Qatar), he’s already matched that 2 races into 2026 (Australia-China)

  • If Norris isn’t on the podium in Suzuka, it’ll be the first time he goes 3 straight races without a podium since Brazil-Vegas-Qatar 2024

  • Norris is the first reigning champion to not have a podium in his first 2 races since Lewis Hamilton in 2009

  • First time since Baku-Singapore that Norris went consecutive races without a front row start

  • The last time Norris went 3+ straight races without a front row start was the beginning of the 2024 season (Bahrain through Miami)

  • This is the first time Norris has been outqualified by his teammate in each of the first 2 races of a season since Daniel Ricciardo in 2021

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

OTHER STATS

  • Has only 1 podium over his last 5 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • His next podium will make it 7 consecutive seasons with a podium finish

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts (154)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win their maiden championship after doing 150+ races with the same team that took them to a title

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Has led the drivers’ championship for 9 races over his career

  • Hoping to become the 4th McLaren driver to win back-to-back drivers’ championships (Alain Prost: 1985-1986, Ayrton Senna: 1990-1991, Mika Hakkinen: 1998-1999)

  • Is 5 podiums away from tying Lewis Hamilton for 5th most podiums in McLaren history (49)

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18

Max Verstappen

KEY STATS

  • Participated in his first ever F1 session at Suzuka in 2014 with Toro Rosso, becoming the youngest driver ever to participate in a practice session

  • Since his first F1 appearance in free practice at Suzuka in 2014, Verstappen has led more laps than any other driver (Verstappen - 3872, Lewis Hamilton - 3806)

  • Won his 2nd drivers’ championship at Suzuka in 2022

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win 4 straight races at Suzuka

  • If Verstappen wins in Suzuka, he will join Lewis Hamilton (Spain 2017-2021) & Ayrton Senna (Monaco 1989-1993) as the only drivers to win a single GP 5 straight times

  • Suzuka & Imola are Verstappen’s longest active winning streaks for a circuit (4 consecutive wins each)

  • Has 4 straight poles at Suzuka

  • Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel (x4) & Michael Schumacher (x5) are the only drivers to record 4 consecutive poles at Suzuka

  • A 5th straight pole at Suzuka would see Verstappen join Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton & Ayrton Senna as the only drivers to record 5 or more consecutive poles at a single GP

  • Owns the track record at Suzuka, which he set last year in Q3

  • Has been on the podium all 7 times he’s seen the chequered flag in Suzuka as a Red Bull driver

  • Only non-podium result in Suzuka as a Red Bull driver was a DNF in 2019

  • Another podium at Suzuka would see it tie Austria & Barcelona for his tracks with the most podiums (8)

  • Another pole at Suzuka would see it tie Austria & Abu Dhabi for his tracks with the most poles (5)

  • Another win at Suzuka would see it tie Austria, Abu Dhabi & Mexico for his tracks with the most wins (5)

  • Owns the largest margin of victory in Suzuka history (27.066s in 2022) despite it being done in a shortened 28-lap wet race

  • Responsible for 2 of the 4 closest pole margins in Suzuka history (Michael Schumacher - 0.009s in 2000, Sebastian Vettel - 0.009s in 2011, Verstappen - 0.010s in 2022, Verstappen - 0.012s in 2025)

  • His pole margin of 0.581s in 2023 was the largest at Suzuka since Rubens Barrichello’s 0.699s in 2003

  • Led 169 of 187 laps at Suzuka during the ground-effect era

  • Has never finished lower than he has started at Suzuka (not counting DNFs) over his F1 career

  • Verstappen is responsible for 1 of 12 times a drivers’ title has been clinched in Suzuka

  • Verstappen is 1 of 2 Red Bull drivers to clinch a title in Suzuka, joining Sebastian Vettel in 2011

  • Verstappen is 1 of 3 Honda-powered drivers to win in Suzuka (2022-2023-2024-2025), joining Ayrton Senna (1988) & Gerhard Berger (1991)

  • Verstappen & Hamilton are the only active drivers to start on pole in Suzuka

  • Has yet to complete a lap in the top 4 this season

  • Has completed only 8 laps inside the top 5 this season so far, fewer than Arvid Lindblad (10)

  • This is the first time in Max Verstappen's F1 career that he hasn't qualified inside the top 6 over the first two races of a season

  • Verstappen has only 8 points after 2 GPs, his fewest since 2018 when he also had 8 points. Just like in 2018, Verstappen started the season with a P6 & DNF

  • The only season where Verstappen had fewer than 8 points after 2 GPs was 2015, his rookie season with Toro Rosso when he was 17 years old (6 points)

  • 2026 would become the 1st time since 2016 that Verstappen doesn’t get a top 5 finish in any of the first 3 races of a season

  • The worst position Verstappen has ever been in the drivers’ standings after 3 races is 9th (2016 & tied for 9th in 2015). He is currently 8th after 2 races

OTHER STATS

  • Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from Verstappen’s arsenal)

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Has 2 Q1 eliminations since Brazil 2025

  • Has won a race in every Red Bull car he’s driven except the RB22 so far

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Would become the first driver to win a race or finish on the podium with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Responsible for 1014 of Red Bull’s 1015 total laps led since the start of 2024

  • Won a race & stood on the podium in 10 consecutive seasons, taken pole in 7 consecutive seasons

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 62)

  • No driver has led more laps than Verstappen since his F1 debut in 2015 (Verstappen - 3872, Hamilton - 3655, Sebastian Vettel - 1063)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • 85 career front row starts, 1 away from tying Alain Prost for 5th most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has the most wins in F1 history from a starting grid spot outside the top 5 with 7

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Red Bull Key Stats

  • All 4 Red Bull controlled drivers occupy 8th to 11th in the standings (Verstappen - 8 points, Lawson - 8 points, Lindblad - 4 points, Hadjar - 4 points)

  • Red Bull’s 12 points is the fewest by the team through 2 races since 2015 when they had 11

  • Red Bull’s 8 wins at Suzuka were delivered by Max Verstappen (4 wins) & Sebastian Vettel (4 wins)

  • Red Bull’s 9 poles at Suzuka were delivered by Max Verstappen (4), Sebastian Vettel (4) & Mark Webber (1)

  • Max Verstappen has the most podiums as a Red Bull driver at Suzuka (7) followed by Sebastian Vettel (6), Mark Webber (2), Sergio Perez (2) & Daniel Ricciardo (1)

  • Red Bull’s most recent 1-2 finish came at Suzuka in 2024 with Max Verstappen & Sergio Perez

  • The team has 4 1-2 finishes at Suzuka (2024, 2022, 2013, 2010)

  • Red Bull’s 4 1-2 finishes at Suzuka are more than any other track

  • Red Bull has 4 front-row lockouts at Suzuka (2024, 2013, 2012, 2010)

Isack Hadjar

KEY STATS

  • Hadjar & Verstappen were the only Red Bull controlled drivers to make Q3 in Suzuka last season

  • Hadjar & Verstappen were the only Red Bull controlled drivers to score points in Suzuka last year

  • No French driver has ever won in Suzuka with the last podium by a French driver here being Romain Grosjean in 2013

  • The Red Bull second seat only scored points in consecutive GPs once last season (Miami-Imola by Yuki Tsunoda); Hadjar can already match that if he scores points in Suzuka

  • Scored his first points as a Red Bull driver with a 8th place finish in China (4 points)

  • Became the 13th different driver to score points for Red Bull in the team’s history

  • Is 1 of 7 drivers to have made Q3 in both races so far, joining both Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren drivers

  • Would be the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 3 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014 (the only reason this isn’t Verstappen is because of the brief elimination format F1 used in 2016)

  • Hadjar being only 4 points off Max Verstappen (8-4) means this is the closest the second Red Bull seat has been to Verstappen after 2 races since Sergio Perez was 1 point behind after Saudi Arabia 2023

OTHER STATS

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • In Australia, Hadjar became the first Red Bull driver to outqualify Max Verstappen since Sergio Perez at Baku 2024 & he did it at his first race for the team (Max crashed in Q1)

  • Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Could become the first French driver to win a race since Esteban Ocon at Hungary 2021

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • The only drivers who had more Q3 appearances than Hadjar (16) in 2025 were Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Got the 1st & only podium of his career last year in Zandvoort

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

  • Hadjar’s 10 points finishes in 2025 are tied with Max Verstappen (2015) & Charles Leclerc (2018) for 9th most by a driver in their debut season

George Russell

KEY STATS

  • A podium in Suzuka would make it the first time in Russell’s career that he gets 3 podium finishes in a row

  • Russell could become the first Mercedes driver to lead the championship for +3 consecutive GPs since Lewis Hamilton from 2020 Hungary to 2021 Monaco (19 GPs)

  • Suzuka would be the 18th different circuit that Russell finishes on the podium

  • Has never qualified better than 5th in Suzuka & only once has he qualified better than 8th in Suzuka (5th in 2025, 9th in 2024, 8th in 2023, 8th in 2022, 18th in 2019)

  • His 5th place finish in 2025 was also the only time he’s finished better than 7th at Suzuka (7th in 2023 & 2024, 8th in 2022, 16th in 2019)

  • Has only 26 points & has never led a lap at Suzuka

  • Out of all the circuits where Russell has +4 Q3 appearances, Suzuka ranks 2nd lowest in points scored (26), only trailing Silverstone (11)

  • Russell is the only driver who has been in the top 2 of every qualifying or race result so far this season in any format

  • Russell has scored points in 18 consecutive GP races dating back to the 2025 Spanish GP, a new personal best for him (previous best was 17 from 2024 Dutch GP to 2025 Emilia-Romagna GP)

  • This is the second straight year that Russell has started a season with 2 podiums in a row

  • 51 points after 2 GPs is the most by a driver since Max Verstappen in 2024, though Russell had a sprint race to bag extra points

  • Russell’s 43 points with the sprint points removed is the best start by a Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton in 2021

  • Russell was P1 in each of the first 8 competitive sessions of the 2026 season, starting from Q1 in Australia & ending with the sprint race in China

  • Russell was the first driver since at least 2006 to start a season by finishing P1 in all the first 8 competitive sessions

  • Also became the first driver since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 to lead 8+ consecutive competitive sessions at any point in a season

  • China 2026 was the first time that Russell was 2nd in a Mercedes 1-2 finish

OTHER STATS

  • Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

  • Is currently the first Mercedes driver to lead the championship since Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Russian GP

  • Currently has finished 36 consecutive races, 4th most in F1 history

  • Russell has now won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Has converted his last 3 poles to victory

  • Started his career with 0 of his first 3 poles converted to victory but has now converted 4 of his last 5 poles to victory

  • Has a win & pole in 3 consecutive seasons plus a podium in 6 straight seasons

  • Has not gone more than 3 races without a podium appearance since Singapore-Brazil 2024

  • Since 2024, Russell has a Qualifying H2H record of 41-9 against Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli

  • 5 of Russell’s 6 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

  • Since the start of 2025, Monaco is the only GP where Russell has qualified worse than 6th & that was due to a mechanical issue

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

Mercedes Key Stats

  • Another 1-2 in Suzuka would mean Mercedes records 3 straight 1-2 finishes for the first time since they recorded 5 straight 1-2 finishes to start 2019

  • Since Mercedes returned to F1 in 2010, they are tied with Red Bull for the most wins (124)

  • Mercedes now has more wins (124) than Ferrari (123) since 2000, only 6 wins away from matching Red Bull in this span (130 wins)

  • Mercedes is 3 podiums away from their 300th podium since returning to F1 in 2010

  • Due to the sprint format, Mercedes’ 98 points is the most by any team after 2 GP weekends

  • Mercedes has as many 1-2s through 2 races of the 2026 regulations (2) as they did throughout the entire ground-effect era (2)

  • Mercedes is 1 podium away from tying Williams for 3rd most podiums in F1 history & 2 podiums away from passing Williams

  • Mercedes has 6 wins in Suzuka from 3 different drivers (Valtteri Bottas - 2019, Lewis Hamilton - 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 & Nico Rosberg - 2016)

  • Mercedes has 5 poles in Suzuka with Nico Rosberg having 3 (2014-2016) & Lewis Hamilton having 2 (2017-2018)

  • Mercedes’ last podium in Suzuka was 2019 with Valtteri Bottas & Lewis Hamilton

  • Mercedes has 3 1-2 finishes in Suzuka (2014, 2015, 2018)

  • Mercedes has 4 front-row lockouts in Suzuka (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)

Kimi Antonelli

KEY STATS

  • Became the youngest driver in F1 history to lead a race & record the fastest lap of a race at last year’s GP in Suzuka

  • Finished 6th in qualifying & in the race in Suzuka last year, one position behind George Russell

  • One race after his maiden win, Antonelli goes to Suzuka, a track where the only driver to get their maiden win there was also Italian (Alessandro Nannini in 1989)

  • Only 2 Italians have won in Suzuka (Riccardo Patrese in 1992 & Alessandro Nannini in 1989)

  • The last Italian on the podium in Suzuka was Jarno Trulli in 2009 for Toyota

  • No Italian has taken pole in Suzuka

  • Antonelli could become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Would become the youngest driver to win the drivers’ championship in F1 history

  • At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

  • Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

  • Has now won a race in every single-seater series he has driven in

  • Became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

  • Became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

  • Lewis Hamilton leading Lap 1 was the only obstacle preventing Antonelli from achieving a grand slam for his maiden win

  • Would become the first driver to win the next race after their maiden victory since Charles Leclerc in 2019

  • Antonelli would then become the 10th driver to win the ensuing race after their maiden win, joining Charles Leclerc (2019), Lewis Hamilton (2007), Mika Hakkinen (1997-1998), Damon Hill (1993), Nigel Mansell (1985), René Arnoux (1980), Bruce McLaren (1959-1960), Peter Collins (1956) & Alberto Ascari (1951)

  • Charles Leclerc is the youngest driver in F1 history to win consecutive races (Leclerc was 21 years, 10 months, 23 days old after winning Spa & Monza in 2019); Antonelli could break this record with a win in Suzuka

  • Was the 108th different polesitter in F1 history

  • Delivered Italy its 44th victory as a nation & its first since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2006 Malaysian GP

  • Also delivered Italy its 49th pole as a nation & its first since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2009 Belgian GP

  • His next pole will be Italy’s 50th as a nation

  • Antonelli is the first teammate to place ahead of George Russell in a Mercedes 1-2 finish (Russell finished ahead of Antonelli in Australia & ahead of Lewis Hamilton in 2024 Las Vegas GP & 2022 Sao Paulo GP)

  • Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

  • Became the 1st Italian driver to record a hat trick since Alberto Ascari at the 1953 British GP

  • Antonelli joins George Russell as the second driver from Mercedes junior program to win a race

  • Antonelli is the 7th Mercedes driver to win a race & is the 2nd to get their maiden win in China, joining Nico Rosberg; Antonelli was part of the Rosberg Racing Academy during his karting days

  • Antonelli was the first driver to win using the #12 since Jenson Button at Hungary in 2006

  • Drivers who took their maiden win using #12: Kimi Antonelli, Jenson Button, Ayrton Senna, Gilles Villeneuve, Niki Lauda, Stirling Moss, Jose Froilan Gonzalez

  • Drivers who had a hat trick in their maiden win: Kimi Antonelli, David Coulthard, Jochen Rindt, Phil Hill, Giuseppe Farina, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Stirling Moss, Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio

  • Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

  • The last time Italy won consecutive races as a nation was 1953 when Giuseppe Farina won the German GP & then Alberto Ascari won the Switzerland GP

  • The last time an Italian driver won consecutive races was 1953 when Alberto Ascari won the Dutch & Belgian GPs

  • The last time an Italian driver had consecutive poles was Riccardo Patrese in 1991 (Canadian GP - Mexican GP - French GP)

  • The last time an Italian driver had 3 consecutive podiums was Riccardo Patrese in 1992 (South African GP - Mexican GP - Brazilian GP)

  • Antonelli & George Russell are the only drivers to finish top 5 in every qualifying & race session in all formats this season

  • Antonelli now has 4 podiums & 5 top 5 finishes in his last 6 races dating back to Brazil last year

  • Antonelli now has 3 front-row starts in his last 6 races

  • Antonelli is the first Italian driver to be top 2 in the drivers’ standings since Giancarlo Fisichella after the 2006 Australian GP

  • Would become the first Italian driver to lead the championship since Giancarlo Fisichella after 2005 Australian GP

  • Would become the first teammate to outqualify George Russell in consecutive GPs since Lewis Hamilton at the 2024 Hungary & Belgium GPs

  • Has finished ahead of George Russell in 4 of the last 7 GP races dating back to Mexico last year

OTHER STATS

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

  • Is now the youngest driver to start on pole in any format (Miami 2025 sprint) & GP format (China 2026)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to stand on the podium after getting his maiden podium in Montreal in 2025 (18 years 9 months 21 days)

  • Is the 2nd youngest driver ever to get back-to-back podiums, only trailing Max Verstappen, who was 18 years, 9 months & 10 days at the 2016 British GP (Max came 2nd in 2016 Austria & 2016 Silverstone)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to start on the front row, trailing record-holder Lance Stroll (Monza 2017) & Max Verstappen (Spa 2016)

Charles Leclerc

KEY STATS

  • Has twice started on the front row in Suzuka but has never started on pole

  • Suzuka would be the 17th different circuit at which Leclerc takes pole

  • His only podium in Suzuka came in 2022

  • Has finished 4th at Suzuka in each of the last 3 seasons (2023-2025)

  • DNFed in his first race at Suzuka in 2018 with Sauber but has finished inside the top 6 in each appearance at the track as a Ferrari driver (2019-present)

  • Has started inside the top 5 in 5 of his last 6 appearances at Suzuka (8th in 2024 the only exception)

  • Has led 4 laps at Suzuka with all of them coming in 2024

  • Next win will be the 9th of his career while next pole will be his 28th & his next podium will be his 52nd

  • Needs to lead 99 more laps to reach 1000 laps led

  • Leclerc has 34 points after 2 GPs, his best start to a season since 2022 (45 points), though there were no sprints in 2022

  • Has now qualified in the top 5 in 6 of his last 8 races dating back to Austin 2025

  • Has finished in the top 5 37 times since the start of 2024, only trailing Lando Norris (39) & Max Verstappen (39)

  • Hasn’t won a race since Oct. 20 2024 at the US GP

  • Has now made the 2nd most race starts as a Ferrari driver in team history with 152, passing Kimi Raikkonen (151) & only trailing Michael Schumacher (179)

  • China was the first race since the 2024 Las Vegas GP where only 1 Ferrari driver made the podium & it wasn’t Leclerc

  • 1 podium away from tying Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums in Ferrari history (52)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history with 150 races for a single constructor to not deliver them a drivers’ title

  • Has now outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 20 of their 26 races as teammates

  • Responsible for 9 of Ferrari’s last 10 podiums & 10 of Ferrari’s last 12 podiums

  • Would become the first Ferrari driver to lead the drivers’ standings at the conclusion of a GP since the 2022 Miami GP

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history (9)

OTHER STATS

  • Has a podium in 8 straight seasons, the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Max Verstappen (10 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons, the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Max Verstappen (7 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) over his career

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc’s 43 front row starts is more than double his teammates’ combined total (21) during his time with Ferrari

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • 4 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most (55)

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Ferrari Key Stats

  • Ferrari’s last win was the 2024 Mexican GP on Oct. 27 2024

  • Over 500 days have passed since Ferrari’s last win

  • A win in 2026 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

  • It’s been over 20 years since Ferrari’s last win in Suzuka with Michael Schumacher winning in 2004

  • 3 Ferrari drivers have won in Suzuka (Michael Schumacher - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 | Gerhard Berger - 1987 | Rubens Barrichello - 2003)

  • Ferrari has clinched 2 drivers’ titles at Suzuka (Michael Schumacher in 2000 & 2003)

  • Suzuka was the site where Michael Schumacher won his first drivers’ championship with Ferrari in 2000

  • 5 different Ferrari drivers have taken pole in Suzuka (Sebastian Vettel - 2019 | Felipe Massa - 2006 | Rubens Barrichello - 2003 | Michael Schumacher - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 | Gerhard Berger - 1987)

  • Ferrari only has 1 pole at Suzuka since the team’s last championship (Sebastian Vettel in 2019)

  • Since the start of the turbo-hybrid era in 2014, Ferrari only has 4 podiums at Suzuka (Carlos Sainz - 2024, Charles Leclerc - 2022, Sebastian Vettel - 2015, 2019)

  • Ferrari only has 1 1-2 finish at Suzuka (2002)

  • Ferrari has 3 front-row lockouts at Suzuka (2002, 2006, 2019)

Lewis Hamilton

KEY STATS

  • The last time an Italian driver won a race (2006), a 7-time world champion for Ferrari DNFed in Suzuka

  • Suzuka would become the 12th circuit where Hamilton has at least 5 wins

  • Has scored points in Suzuka every time he sees the chequered flag (only non-points finish was a DNF in 2013)

  • Has a perfect Q3 rate at Suzuka, joining Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri as the only active drivers who have never missed Q3 at the track (min. 2 appearances)

  • Finished 7th last year & 9th in 2024 at Suzuka, but before that Hamilton had 13 consecutive top 5 finishes at Suzuka

  • Had 5 consecutive front row starts at Suzuka from 2014 through 2018 but has never started on the front row at the track otherwise

  • Average starting grid position in Suzuka is 4.4 for driver No. 44

  • His pole in 2018 was the last time Hamilton has started better than 4th at Suzuka

  • Needs 5 points to become the first driver to score 200 points at Suzuka

  • Needs to lead 19 laps at Suzuka to join Michael Schumacher as the only drivers to lead +200 laps at the circuit (Schumacher has 309)

  • Got his first podium since 2024 Las Vegas GP, ending a podiumless drought of 27 races, the longest of his career

  • Got his first podium as a Ferrari driver at the same track where Michael Schumacher got his last podium as a Ferrari driver (China)

  • Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes

  • Hamilton is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

  • Hamilton is the 22nd oldest driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

  • Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

  • Extended his record by taking a podium in 19 different seasons now (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

  • Is now the 57th different driver to get a podium with 3+ different teams

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a race or take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • If he gets a podium in Suzuka, it will be the first time Hamilton gets consecutive podiums since 2024 (Silverstone-Hungary-Spa)

  • Hamilton’s next front row start will be his first since Silverstone in 2024

  • Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

  • Hamilton is off to his best start since 2021 with 33 points

  • This is also the first year since 2021 where Hamilton started a season with consecutive finishes inside the top 4

  • This is the first time where Hamilton has qualified inside the top 3 at least once over the first 2 races of a season since 2021

  • Is the only driver who has led both GP races this season

  • Is the only driver who has driven every single GP lap this season in a top 5 position

  • Has already led as many races (2) in 2026 as he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • Is the first driver ever to have a podium with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would also become the first driver ever to have a win/pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Fernando Alonso as the only drivers on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Would be the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Needs to lead 6 more races to have 200 races led in his career (has led 194 GPs)

OTHER STATS

  • Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Now has at least 10 podiums at 9 of the 24 tracks that were initially on the 2026 calendar

  • Has now led a race in 20 consecutive seasons & in 20 different seasons, the only driver in F1 history to do so

  • Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP assuming no more cancellations or additions to the calendar

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to start 20+ different seasons

  • The only time a Ferrari driver using #44 won a race was Maurice Trintignant at the 1955 Monaco GP

  • The last time a Ferrari driver ended a race leading the championship was Charles Leclerc at the 2022 Miami GP

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole

  • Hamilton hasn’t won a race in 3 of the last 4 seasons

  • The only drivers in F1 history to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine are Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Holds the undisputed F1 record in wins (105), poles (104), podiums (203), front row starts (176)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Has recorded at least 5 podiums in every single season of his career except 2025

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Won from 8 different grid positions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P10, P14)

  • Was the first Ferrari driver to go an entire season (2025) without a podium since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

Carlos Sainz

KEY STATS

  • Is responsible for Ferrari’s most recent podium at Suzuka (2024)

  • Last year was the first time Sainz failed to reach Q3 at Suzuka since 2018 when he was driving for Renault

  • Has never failed to make it out of Q1 in Suzuka

  • Finished 14th in Suzuka last year, his worst finishing result at the circuit since 2016 when he finished 17th while driving for Toro Rosso

  • Has scored points in Suzuka with Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren & Ferrari but not Williams

  • Led 2 laps in Suzuka with 1 coming in 2023 & the other coming in 2024

  • Scored Williams’ first points of the 2026 season with a 9th place finish in China

  • For the second season in a row, Sainz has scored his first points in the second race

  • Has delivered 50 of Williams’ last 53 points dating back to Baku 2025

  • Has only been outscored by Alex Albon 73-66 during their time together as teammates

  • Has scored points in 3 of his last 5 races dating back to Las Vegas 2025

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

OTHER STATS

  • Will make his 250th race start in Qatar this year assuming the calendar stays the same

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • Podiums for Williams: Sainz - 2, All other Williams drivers since 2017 - 2

  • Won the qualifying H2H battle against Alex Albon 14-9 last year

  • His 150 GPs before his first win is 2nd most in F1 history, only trailing Sergio Perez, who had to wait 190 GPs

  • Last year, Sainz became the 1st Williams driver to get 2+ podiums in a season since 2015 when Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa each had 2

  • Was the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs (2022-2025)

  • Is 1 of 5 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Lewis Hamilton - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Sergio Perez - 4, Fernando Alonso - 5)

Williams Key Stats

  • The last 2 Williams drivers to score points in Suzuka are Alex Albon (2025) & Nicholas Latifi (2022)

  • Former Williams driver Nicholas Latifi had a 100% points-scoring rate in Suzuka (1/1)

  • The last time Williams had both drivers make Q3 in Suzuka was 2015

  • The last double points finish for Williams in Suzuka was 2016

  • The only Williams drivers to win in Suzuka were Damon Hill (1994, 1996) & Riccardo Patrese (1992)

  • The only Williams drivers with poles in Suzuka were Jacques Villeneuve (1996, 1997), Alain Prost (1993) & Nigel Mansell (1992)

  • Williams only has 2 podiums in Suzuka since the start of this century (Ralf Schumacher in 2004, Juan Pablo Montoya in 2001)

  • Williams had 17 points after 2 GPs last season. Williams has 2 points after 2 GPs this year with only Cadillac & Aston Martin having fewer points (0)

  • The last Williams world champion was Jacques Villeneuve in 1997

  • Williams finished 5th in the constructors’ last year, its best finish since 2017

  • Williams scored 137 points in 2025

  • Williams’ last win was Pastor Maldonado in Barcelona in 2012

  • Williams’ last pole was Felipe Massa in Austria in 2014, which was also the first year of a new regulation change

  • Williams’ last 1-2 finish was 2003 French GP

Alex Albon

KEY STATS

  • Suzuka will be Albon’s 92nd start with Williams

  • Will tie Ralf Schumacher for 2nd most race starts as a Williams driver at the Canadian GP (94)

  • Will tie Nigel Mansell for most race starts as a Williams driver in Monaco (95)

  • Will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts in Barcelona (96)

  • Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

  • Made Q3 & scored points in Suzuka last year with a 9th place result in qualifying & the race

  • Albon has done 5 races at Suzuka, he’s DNFed in 3 (2022-2023-2024) & scored points in 2 (2019, 2025)

  • Has only 1 Q1 exit in Suzuka (2022)

  • 2025 was his first Q3 appearance at Suzuka since his rookie season in 2019

  • Had his first DNS since Brazil 2024 last race

  • Albon has 0 points after 2 races. In 2025, he had 16 points after 2 races

  • Has been outscored 50-3 by Carlos Sainz since Baku 2025

  • Has missed Q3 in 13 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

  • The last time Albon scored points was the 2025 US GP sprint

  • Using only GP format, Albon hasn’t scored points in 10 straight races (1 DNS in this span)

  • His 313 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • 73 points scored in 2025 were more than all his other years at Williams combined (43)

  • In 2025, became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

KEY STATS

  • Has driven more laps in a top 5 position (10) this season than Max Verstappen (8)

  • Can no longer become the youngest race winner or podium finisher in F1 history after failing to do either in China; can only become the 2nd youngest race winner or podium finisher in F1 history at best

  • If Lindblad’s first podium is at the Japanese GP, he will be the 2nd youngest podium finisher in F1 history at 18 years, 7 months, 21 days, beating Lance Stroll’s mark of 18 years, 7 months, 27 days at Baku 2017

  • Can no longer become the youngest driver to record a fastest lap or lead a lap (a record held by Kimi Antonelli - 18 years, 7 months, 12 days)

  • The Monaco GP will be Lindblad’s last chance to become the youngest front-row starter in F1 history, beating Lance Stroll’s record of 18 years, 10 months & 5 days

  • Now has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

  • Suffered the first Q2 exit of his career in China & failed to score points for the first time, finishing 12th

OTHER STATS

  • If Lindblad’s first podium is between the Miami GP & Canadian GP, he will become the 3rd youngest podium finisher in F1 history, beating Kimi Antonelli’s mark of 18 years, 9 months, 21 days at Montreal 2025

  • Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

  • Finished 4th in his rookie F3 season in 2024, collecting 4 wins & 5 podiums for Prema

  • Won the 2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with 6 wins, 6 poles & 12 podiums

Liam Lawson

KEY STATS

  • Took a pole position at Suzuka in 2023 Super Formula Championship, his only pole of that season

  • Last year’s race at Suzuka was his first since he got demoted back down to Racing Bulls & he qualified 13th before finishing 17th

  • Qualified 11th & finished 11th in his first trip to Suzuka as an F1 driver in 2023

  • No points scored yet at Suzuka & no Q3 appearance yet

  • After 2 races last season - dropped by Red Bull with 0 points. After 2 races this season - tied with Max Verstappen for the most points by a Red Bull controlled driver with 8 points

  • Last year’s Racing Bulls lineup (Lawson & Isack Hadjar) have so far been the highest-placed Red Bull controlled drivers in qualifying in Australia & in the race in China

  • Was the highest scoring Red Bull controlled driver in China with 8 points (6 in GP, 2 in sprint)

  • Was the highest scoring Red Bull controlled driver in the China GP race (7th) & in the sprint (7th)

  • China 2026 was the first time Lawson scored points in the sprint & GP race in the same weekend

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

  • Has made Q3 in 8 of the last 16 races since Austria 2025

  • In the 14 races since Monza 2025, Lawson has 7 Q3 appearances & 7 Q2 exits

  • Needs to score 32 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 52, Amon - 83)

OTHER STATS

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Fernando Alonso

KEY STATS

  • This is the first time Aston Martin has started a season with 0 points after 2 races since 2022

  • Started the 2026 season with consecutive DNFs, giving him 84 DNFs for his career

  • One more DNF for Alonso will see him enter the top 10 for most DNFs in F1 history, passing Eddie Cheever & Derek Warwick

  • This is the second straight season that Alonso has begun with 2 straight DNFs

  • Alonso starting 17th & 18th in his first 2 races of 2026 is his worst 2 starting positions to begin a season since 2015 (18th & 18th), which was also his first year using a Honda power unit

  • Suzuka could be the first time Alonso records 3 consecutive DNFs since Monaco-Canada-France in 2018

  • Has never scored points at Suzuka while driving with a Honda engine (11th in 2015, 16th in 2016, 11th in 2017)

  • The last time he drove in Suzuka with a Honda engine, he did make Q3 but then started 20th after having to take a 35-place grid penalty for exceeding power unit components

  • In 2015, Alonso in his first year using a Honda power unit infamously called it a “GP2 engine” over the radio at the manufacturer’s home race in Suzuka. Now in 2026, Alonso is once again in his first year using a Honda power unit that is severely underperforming & returns to Suzuka

  • Finished 11th in Suzuka last year, marking the first time he hasn’t scored points at the circuit since 2018

  • Since returning to F1, Alonso has finished 7th, 8th, 6th & 11th in Suzuka with 3 Q3 appearances (2025 the only exception again)

  • Has 6 top 5 finishes in Suzuka

  • Has started 5th 5 different times in Suzuka

  • Has never started better than 4th in Suzuka

  • Out of all the circuits that Alonso has raced at 15 or more times, Suzuka is the only one where he hasn’t started a single race inside the top 3

  • Has scored points in Suzuka with Renault, Ferrari, Alpine & Aston Martin

  • Has only led 20 laps in Suzuka with 17 of those coming in 2006 after Michael Schumacher retired from the lead due to an engine problem

  • 2006 was also Alonso’s only win in Suzuka

  • Famously known for overtaking Michael Schumacher around 130R at Suzuka & for finishing behind Sebastian Vettel by only 0.011s for 6th in a photo finish in 2022

  • Outqualified Lance Stroll in 38 consecutive races with the last time he was outqualified by his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

OTHER STATS

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • This is Alonso’s 23rd season in F1, his first in Adrian Newey-designed machinery & his first with a Honda PU since 2017

  • Hasn’t won a race since the 2013 Spanish GP

  • Hasn’t been on pole since the 2012 German GP

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since the 2023 Brazilian GP

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race (current record for time & GPs is 17y 1m 18d & 340 GPs by Lewis Hamilton)

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Needs 5 Q3 appearances to join Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers to have 250+ Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has led 87 different races in his career, 5th most in F1 history & 13 away from becoming the 5th driver to eclipse 100 different races led

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Has 245 Q3 appearances, 2nd most in F1 history behind Lewis Hamilton (340)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (427)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

KEY STATS

  • Finished last in Suzuka last year (20th) & was the only driver to be lapped

  • Also qualified 20th last year in Suzuka, 2.288s off pole time

  • Has only 2 points & 0 Q3 appearances over 7 trips to Suzuka, one of his worst tracks

  • The only other tracks on the current calendar where Stroll has raced before but never made Q3 are Monaco, Qatar, Mexico, Las Vegas & Singapore

  • Is the only Aston Martin driver to finish a race this season, though the 1 race he finished saw him 15 laps down from the leader in Australia

  • Retired after 9 laps in China due to a battery issue

  • Qualified 21st in China, only ahead of 1 Cadillac (Sergio Perez)

  • Outqualified by Fernando Alonso in 37 consecutive races with the last time he outqualified his teammate being Silverstone 2024

OTHER STATS

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish

  • In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • Has 3 career podiums & 1 pole

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

  • His 191 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris (208) & Nico Hulkenberg (250)

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Esteban Ocon

KEY STATS

  • Passed Romain Grosjean for the most races without a pole position (182). The interesting part is both drivers drove for Team Enstone (Ocon with Alpine & Renault, Grosjean with Lotus & Renault)

  • Has scored only 10 points over the last 11 races & 11 points over the last 13 races

  • Outscored 42-10 by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 17-0 to start 2026

  • Responsible for Alpine’s best finishing result in Suzuka with a 4th place finish in 2022

  • Hasn’t scored points in Suzuka since 2023 & hasn’t made Q3 there since 2022

OTHER STATS

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025)

  • Has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • 2025 was the first season since 2022 where Ocon didn’t have a podium

  • Scored fewer points (38) than rookie teammate Ollie Bearman (41) in 2025 & was outqualified (13-10) by Bearman in 2025

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (483) is Alain Prost (798.5)

Haas Key Stats

  • This is the first time Haas has been in the top 4 of the constructors’ standings since Bahrain 2022 when they were third

  • The last time Haas had a double points finish in Suzuka was 2017

  • The last time Haas had both their drivers make Q3 in Suzuka was 2016, their debut season

  • Haas has scored points in 8 of the last 9 GP weekends dating back to Singapore 2025

Ollie Bearman

KEY STATS

  • Bearman is currently 5th in the drivers’ standings, above the reigning world champion Lando Norris & the previous world champion Max Verstappen

  • Bearman is the first Haas driver to be top 5 in the drivers’ standings since Kevin Magnussen after the 2022 Bahrain GP

  • Bearman, Kevin Magnussen after 2022 Bahrain GP & Romain Grosjean after 2016 Bahrain GP are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

  • Bearman could become the first Haas driver to be in the top 5 of the drivers’ standings for multiple races

  • Has finished in the points in 7 of his last 9 races with 2 top 5 finishes (Mexico 2025, China 2026)

  • With China 2026 & Mexico 2025, Bearman is the 3rd Haas driver to have multiple top 5 finishes for the team, joining Kevin Magnussen - Bahrain 2018, Austria 2018, Bahrain 2022 & Romain Grosjean - 2016 Bahrain, 2018 Austria

  • Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

  • If Bearman was his own constructor, he would be 4th in the standings (17 points) & only 1 point off McLaren for 3rd (18 points)

  • Bearman has scored points in all 3 race events this season (Australian GP race, China sprint race & China GP race)

  • Finished 5th in China with only the 2 drivers from Mercedes & Ferrari ahead of him

  • Bearman passed Nico Hulkenberg for 3rd most points finishes by a Haas driver (Bearman - 12, Hulkenberg - 11)

  • Bearman needs 12 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 23 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

  • Bearman has more points finishes (11) than Esteban Ocon (9) during their time as teammates

  • Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 15 of their 25 classified GPs together as teammates (excludes 2025 Baku when Ocon was DSQed)

  • Scored 1 point in Suzuka last year & was the only Haas driver to finish in the top 10 of the race

  • Has scored 42 of Haas’ 52 points since Singapore last year

  • Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 8 of the last 10 races (not counting Baku where Ocon was disqualified)

  • There have been 13 races that Bearman & Esteban Ocon have both finished since Silverstone last year; Bearman has finished ahead in 11 of them

OTHER STATS

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

KEY STATS

  • The only drivers who have scored points in both GP races this season are George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Ollie Bearman & Pierre Gasly

  • Will tie Romain Grosjean for 2nd most races without a pole position at his next GP (181). Only Esteban Ocon is ahead with 182 races without a pole. All 3 of these drivers drove for Team Enstone at some point

  • Has 7 points across 7 race starts in Suzuka

  • Out of all the circuits where Gasly has +7 starts, only Albert Park has fewer points scored (3) than Suzuka (7)

  • Has only scored points once in his last 4 trips to Suzuka & that was a 10th place finish in 2023

  • Has not made Q3 in Suzuka since 2019 when he was driving for Toro Rosso

  • Both his Q3 appearances at Suzuka came with Toro Rosso (2018 & 2019)

  • Only once in Suzuka has Gasly made Q3 & then converted it to points (2019)

  • Gasly has now scored points in consecutive races (6th in China, 10th in Australia)

  • Gasly’s 6th place finish in China was his best result since he finished 6th in Silverstone last year

  • Gasly qualifying 7th in China was his best qualifying performance since he qualified 5th in Bahrain last year

  • This is the first time Gasly has scored points in consecutive GP races since Silverstone-Spa last year

  • The last time Gasly scored points in 3 consecutive GP races was Monaco through Austria in 2024 (4 GPs)

  • Gasly has made Q3 in 4 of his last 6 GPs dating back to Brazil 2025

  • Outqualified Franco Colapinto in 8 straight races

  • Gasly trails Esteban Ocon by 16 points (483-467) for 2nd most points scored in F1 history by an F1 driver

OTHER STATS

  • Has made at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Responsible for 31 of Alpine’s 32 points since the start of 2025

  • Responsible for all of Alpine’s last 11 Q3 appearances

  • Looking for his 1st win since the 2020 Italian GP at Monza

  • Has never had multiple podium finishes in a season

  • Still looking for his maiden pole position

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 17 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 5 points finishes in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly has a podium in 5 of his last 7 seasons with 2022 & 2025 the only exceptions

Alpine Key Stats

  • Alpine got a double points finish in China, their first since Brazil 2024 when they had a double podium

  • The last Alpine had consecutive double points finishes was Canada-Spain in 2024

  • Alpine has 10 points through 2 GPs. Last year it took Alpine 9 GPs to reach 10 points

  • Alpine scoring 9 points in China was also the most scored by the team at a GP weekend since Qatar 2024 (10 points)

  • Alpine’s last double Q3 appearance was the 2024 Spanish GP

  • Alpine’s last & only win was 2021 Hungary

  • Alpine is yet to take pole while the team’s last podium was a double podium by Pierre Gasly & Esteban Ocon at Brazil 2024

  • Alpine’s best finishing result at Suzuka since their rebrand was a fourth place finish by Esteban Ocon in 2022

  • Alpine has 2 double points finishes in Suzuka (2022 & 2023)

  • The only time Alpine had both drivers make Q3 at Suzuka was 2022

Franco Colapinto

KEY STATS

  • Has never raced at Suzuka

  • No Argentine driver has ever scored points at Suzuka while the only Argentine driver to score points at the Japanese GP was Carlos Reutemann in 1977 when the event was held at Fuji

  • Would become the first Argentine driver to score points in consecutive races since Carlos Reutemann in 1981

  • Scored his first points as an Alpine driver by finishing 10th in China, collecting 1 point

  • China 2026 was Colapinto’s first points scored since 2024 US GP when he was still driving for Williams

  • Qualifying 12th in China is his joint-best qualifying performance as an Alpine driver, matching 2025 Canadian GP

  • Is 1 of 5 drivers to complete a non-safety car lap in a podium position this season

  • Became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

  • Has only made Q3 in 1 of his 29 career races in F1

OTHER STATS

  • Has 3 career points finishes

  • First Q3 appearance came at his 2nd F1 race at Baku 2024 but he hasn’t made Q3 since

  • Aiming to better his personal best career finishing result of 8th place set at Baku in 2024

  • Colapinto’s best qualifying result was 9th at Baku 2024 with his best starting grid spot being 8th which also came at the same race after he was bumped up due to a grid penalty elsewhere

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

  • In his debut season in 2024 with Williams, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • During his debut season, he also became the 1st Argentine driver to qualify in the top 10 since Reutemann at the 1982 Brazilian GP

Nico Hulkenberg

KEY STATS

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (tied with John Surtees & trailing Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Hulkenberg’s last 6 race results at Suzuka are 3 non-points finishes, 1 DSQ & 2 DNFs

  • Hulkenberg hasn’t scored points at Suzuka since 2016 when he was driving for Force India

  • From 2012-2016, Hulkenberg had 5 consecutive points finishes in Suzuka but hasn’t scored points there since

  • 2016 was also the last time that Hulkenberg made Q3 in Suzuka

  • In Hulkenberg’s first appearance in Suzuka in 2010, he qualified 9th ahead of 7-time world champion Michael Schumacher

  • Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

  • Hulkenberg has now qualified 11th in both races this season & in 4 of his last 5 races

  • Dating back to Singapore 2025, Hulkenberg has qualified 11th in 6 of his last 9 races, just narrowly missing out on Q3

  • Since the start of 2025, Hulkenberg has 2 DNS, 2 DNF & 1 DSQ

  • Audi now has had at least 1 driver not start in each race this season (Bortoleto in China, Hulkenberg in China)

OTHER STATS

  • Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • 1 Q3 appearance in 2025 was his fewest in any of his seasons as a full-time driver

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (251)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Took him only 18 GPs before his 1st career pole at the 2010 Brazilian GP with Williams, but hasn’t been on pole since. He also has 2 career front row starts (Brazil 2010 - Pole, Austria 2016 - P2)

Gabriel Bortoleto

KEY STATS

  • Eliminated in Q1 at Suzuka last year, qualifying 17th

  • Finished 19th at Suzuka last year, with only Lance Stroll finishing behind him

  • The last Brazilian driver to make Q3 or score points in Suzuka was Felipe Massa in 2017

  • The last Brazilian driver to win in Suzuka was Rubens Barrichello in 2003

  • The last Brazilian driver to take pole in Suzuka was Felipe Massa in 2006

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium in Suzuka was Felipe Massa in 2012

  • After scoring Audi’s first points in Australia, Bortoleto failed to start the race in China

  • China was the first DNS of Bortoleto’s career

  • Bortoleto now has 2 DNFs & 1 DNS over his last 6 races

  • Audi now has had at least 1 driver not start in each race this season (Bortoleto in China, Hulkenberg in China)

  • After making Q3 in Australia, Bortoleto was eliminated in Q2 in China

  • Has outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 13 of their 26 races together as teammates (13-13)

  • Needs 8 more points to match Felipe Nasr for 8th most points by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

  • The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

  • The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

  • Bortoleto has 6 points finishes & 6 Q3 appearances in his career now

  • Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

  • Bortoleto joined Daniel Ricciardo (2019) as the only drivers to outqualify Hulkenberg in 7 straight races (Austria to Baku 2025) & he did it as a rookie

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

  • His 21 points are 9th most among all Brazilians in F1 history

Sergio Perez

KEY STATS

  • Perez in his 3 races at Suzuka as a Red Bull driver either finished 2nd (2022/2024) or DNFed (2023)

  • His last 3 trips to Suzuka have seen Perez qualify 2nd, 5th & 4th

  • Has made Q3 in 7 of his last 8 appearances at Suzuka

  • Has only 1 Q1 exit in Suzuka (2019)

  • Has scored points in 6 of his last 7 appearances at Suzuka

  • The only circuits where Perez has more Q3 appearances than Suzuka (8) are Spa (12), Monza (9) & Monaco (9)

  • Suzuka is 1 of 9 tracks where Perez has multiple podiums, joining Baku, Bahrain, Turkey, Mexico, Jeddah, Monaco, Spa & Monza

  • Perez has driven more laps (110) than the top 3 drivers in last year’s championship so far: Max Verstappen (103), Lando Norris (58) & Oscar Piastri (0)

  • Perez has also finished as many GP races (2) as Verstappen, Norris & Piastri combined (2)

  • After finishing 3 laps down in Australia, Perez finished only 1 lap down in China

  • In both races this season, Perez has been last among all classified finishers (16th in Australia, 15th in China)

  • Qualified last among all drivers in China

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

OTHER STATS

  • Will reach 300 GPs in Brazil later this year assuming the calendar stays the same (currently at 283)

  • Perez’s last F1 podium came at the 2024 Chinese GP

  • Since Canada 2022, Perez has only outqualified his teammate 5 times (Singapore 2022, Jeddah 2023, Miami 2023, Baku 2024, Australia 2026)

  • Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Perez & new teammate Valtteri Bottas have shared only 1 podium together (Turkey 2021)

  • Perez’s Red Bull tenure ended with 0 podiums over his final 19 races & only 9 points over his last 8 races

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Has recorded more than 10 points finishes for every constructor he’s driven for (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Has to lead 2 more races to hit 30 career races led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner (6), polesitter (3) & podium finisher (39)

Cadillac Key Stats

  • Cadillac is 1 of 4 teams that have a drivers’ lineup of 2 race winners, joining McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

  • Cadillac is still looking for its first driver to score points or make it out of Q1

  • Cadillac has driven more laps (180) than Red Bull (169), Williams (168), Audi (112), Aston Martin (105) & over 3 times as many laps as McLaren (58)

Valtteri Bottas

KEY STATS

  • Suzuka is 1 of 8 circuits where Bottas has a win

  • Has scored 74 points & led 45 laps in Suzuka

  • Didn’t score any points in Suzuka for Alfa Romeo/Sauber, recording a 15th place finish (2022), DNF (2023), 14th place finish (2024)

  • His last points finish in Suzuka was his 2019 victory for Mercedes

  • Scored points in 6 consecutive races at Suzuka between 2014-2019 for Williams & Mercedes

  • Has started in the top 3 in 4 of his 10 starts in Suzuka, doing it 2 times as Mercedes driver (2018—2019) & twice as a Williams driver (2014-2015)

  • Is very consistent at Suzuka with a 8.2 average starting grid spot & 8.22 average finishing position

  • Completed his first race as a Cadillac driver in China, finishing 13th

  • Has completed 70 laps through 2 races, more than McLaren has done as a team (58)

  • Outqualified Sergio Perez in China, making the H2H matchup 1-1

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 31 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

OTHER STATS

  • Will make his 250th race start at the Miami GP

  • Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

  • Has driven for 5 different constructors in name (Williams, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Kick Sauber, Cadillac)

  • Needs to lead 2 more races to become the 22nd driver in F1 history to lead 40 races in their career

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Has 10 wins, making him 1 of 5 drivers on the grid with 10+ victories

  • Has 67 podiums, 10th most in F1 history

  • Has 20 career poles, tied for 16th most in F1 history

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

  • Has 46 career front row starts

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Kimi Antonelli - China 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Kimi Antonelli - China 2026

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Lewis Hamilton - China 2026

  • George Russell - China 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - China 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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Welcome To Shanghai! 📍

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Oscar Piastri | Lando Norris | Max Verstappen | Isack Hadjar | George Russell | Kimi Antonelli | Charles Leclerc | Lewis Hamilton | Carlos Sainz | Alex Albon | Arvid Lindblad | Liam Lawson | Fernando Alonso | Lance Stroll | Esteban Ocon | Ollie Bearman | Pierre Gasly | Franco Colapinto | Nico Hulkenberg | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sergio Perez | Valtteri Bottas

Let’s give you a rundown of the Shanghai circuit 📊

First race: 2004, won by Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari

Laps: 56

Lap distance: 5.451km

Race distance: 305.066km

Corners: 16

Straight Mode Zones: 4

Overtake Detection Point: T16

Pirelli tyre range: C2-C3-C4

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Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P6 by Michael Schumacher in 2006 for Ferrari

  • P6 by Daniel Ricciardo in 2018 for Red Bull

Furthest grid spot to finish on the podium:

  • P18 by Mark Webber in 2011 for Red Bull

Lap Record:

  • 1:32.238 by Michael Schumacher in 2004 for Ferrari

Track Record:

  • 1:30.641 by Oscar Piastri in 2025 for McLaren

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Most Wins 🥇

Most Poles 🛞

Most Podiums 🏆

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • Pole - 11 (61.11%)

  • P2 - 2 (11.11%)

  • P3 - 2 (11.11%)

  • P6 - 2 (11.11%)

  • P5 - 1 (5.56%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Nico Rosberg - 2012

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • Nico Rosberg - 2012

  • Oscar Piastri - 2025

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • None

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Stats Of The Week 😲

Since 2014, every race winner of the Chinese GP goes on to become world champion … except if the race winner is Australian (Daniel Ricciardo - 2018 & Oscar Piastri - 2025)

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How Teams Have Fared Recently In China 🏎️

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Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

  • None

Consecutive Poles

  • None

Consecutive Podiums

  • None

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Lando Norris - 3

  • George Russell - 2

  • Charles Leclerc - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • George Russell - 17

  • Max Verstappen - 14

  • Charles Leclerc - 4

  • Lando Norris - 3

  • Lewis Hamilton - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 32 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 29 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 18 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 17 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 6 (Austin 2025)

  • Gabriel Bortoleto - 2 (Qatar 2025)

Sprint Stats 🏃

Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

KEY STATS

  • Got his first pole & third win of his career in China last year

  • Converted his first pole to win in China last year, becoming the first driver to convert their maiden pole to victory since Carlos Sainz (2022 Silverstone)

  • Last 3 drivers to convert their maiden pole to victory: Oscar Piastri (China 2025), Carlos Sainz (Silverstone 2022) & Pastor Maldonado (Barcelona 2012)

  • Came second in last year’s sprint race in China

  • Perfect Q3 rate & points-scoring rate in China

  • Led 53 laps in China with all of them coming last year

  • Would join Lewis Hamilton as only McLaren drivers with multiple wins or poles in China

  • Would join Lewis Hamilton as only drivers to win consecutive races in China

  • Would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9)

  • Suffered the first DNS of his career last race after crashing on the laps to the grid

  • Piastri’s last 4 races are now a DSQ-podium-podium-DNS

  • Piastri entered the 2nd race weekend last year with 2 points; this year he enters with 0

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

OTHER STATS

  • Qualified inside the top 5 in 5 straight races dating back to Brazil 2025

  • 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Piastri (8 in 2025) & Lewis Hamilton (9 in 2007) are the only drivers in McLaren history to record 8+ consecutive podiums

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

  • Has led the drivers’ championship for 15 races over his career

McLaren Key Stats

  • McLaren has 4 wins in China shared by 3 different drivers (Lewis Hamilton - 2008, 2011, Jenson Button - 2010, Oscar Piastri - 2025)

  • McLaren has 3 poles in China shared by 2 different drivers (Lewis Hamilton - 2007, 2008 & Oscar Piastri - 2025)

  • The only McLaren drivers with consecutive podiums in China are Kimi Raikkonen (2004-2005), Lewis Hamilton (2010-2012), Lando Norris (2024-2025)

  • McLaren has 2 1-2 finishes in China (2010, 2025)

  • McLaren got the 50th 1-2 finish in team history last year in China

  • McLaren is 5 races away from their 1000th race start

Lando Norris

KEY STATS

  • Isn’t leading the drivers’ championship anymore after finishing 5th in Australia

  • Norris’ 5th in Australia was his worst finishing result since finishing 7th in Baku last year

  • Australia was the first time since Singapore 2025 that Norris wasn’t on the front row, ending a 6-race streak

  • Australia was the first time since Las Vegas 2024 GP that a race finished with both Norris & Max Verstappen off the podium

  • Has only 1 podium over his last 4 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

  • His next podium will make it 7 consecutive seasons with a podium finish

  • China would be the 12th different track Norris has a win at

  • China would become the 16th different track Norris has a pole at

  • Never started on the front row in China

  • Finished 2nd in back-to-back years in China

  • China 2025 was the first race that Norris entered leading the drivers’ championship

  • Would become the 4th different McLaren driver to win in China, joining Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button & Oscar Piastri

  • Would join Lewis Hamilton (2010-2012) as the only McLaren drivers to have 3 consecutive podiums in China

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

OTHER STATS

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts (153)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win their maiden championship after doing 150+ races with the same team that took them to a title

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Has led the drivers’ championship for 9 races over his career

  • Hoping to become the 4th McLaren driver to win back-to-back drivers’ championships (Alain Prost: 1985-1986, Ayrton Senna: 1990-1991, Mika Hakkinen: 1998-1999)

  • Is 5 podiums away from tying Lewis Hamilton for 5th most podiums in McLaren history (49)

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18

Max Verstappen

KEY STATS

  • Has made up +14 spots in a race twice over his last 5 races (20th to 6th at 2026 Australia, PL to 3rd at 2025 Brazil)

  • Has as many Q1 eliminations in this era of regulations (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

  • Suffered his 2nd Q1 elimination in 5 races dating back to Brazil 2025, something that’s never happened to him before

  • Was outqualified by a teammate for the first time since Baku 2024, ending a streak of 31 consecutive GPs outqualifying his teammate

  • Could be outqualified by a teammate in two consecutive races for the first time since Monaco-Baku 2022

  • This is the first time Verstappen trails in a qualifying H2H battle against his teammate since Abu Dhabi 2016 when he finished the season down 6-11 against Daniel Ricciardo

  • Has never been outqualified in 2 straight races to start a season

  • Australia was the first time Verstappen didn’t finish on the podium since Hungary 2025, ending a 10-race streak

  • Australia was the first time since Las Vegas 2024 GP that a race finished with both Lando Norris & Verstappen off the podium

  • Delivered Red Bull its 100th ever pole at the 2024 Chinese GP, the same circuit where the team got its first pole

  • His 16th to 3rd drive in China in 2017 was the 2nd furthest starting grid spot to reach the podium, only being beaten by Red Bull’s Mark Webber in 2011 (18th to 3rd)

  • Verstappen & Webber are only drivers to reach the podium in China from a starting grid spot that is 10th or worse

  • Gained 9 positions on the opening lap in China 2017, going from 16th to 7th

  • China 2017 was his 8th podium of his career while China 2024 was his 102nd career podium

  • China 2017 is 1 of 5 drives in his career where he started 16th or worse & ended up on the podium, joining 2018 US GP, 2021 Russian GP, 2024 Brazil GP & 2025 Brazil GP

  • Has finished in the top 5 in 5 consecutive races in China & has qualified in the top 5 in 4 straight years

  • Only has 1 podium in the last 4 races in China (his 2024 win)

  • Has never finished lower than his starting position in China in races he’s seen the chequered flag in

  • Scored 92 points & led 51 laps in China

  • China is 1 of 4 tracks on the current calendar where Verstappen has fewer than 2 wins, joining Albert Park, Singapore & Madrid, a new circuit

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher & Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

OTHER STATS

  • Has won a race in every Red Bull car he’s driven except the RB22 so far

  • Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • Would become the first driver to win a race or finish on the podium with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

  • Responsible for 1014 of Red Bull’s 1015 total laps led since the start of 2024

  • Won a race & stood on the podium in 10 consecutive seasons entering 2026

  • Taken pole in 7 consecutive seasons

  • Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 62)

  • No driver has led more laps than Verstappen since his F1 debut in 2015 (Verstappen - 3872, Hamilton - 3651, Sebastian Vettel - 1063)

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • 85 career front row starts, 1 away from tying Alain Prost for 5th most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Has the most wins in F1 history from a starting grid spot outside the top 5 with 7

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Red Bull Key Stats

  • Red Bull got its first F1 win at the 2009 Chinese GP with Sebastian Vettel

  • Red Bull got its first pole (Sebastian Vettel, 2009) & 100th ever pole (Max Verstappen, 2024) at the Chinese GP

  • Red Bull’s most recent front row lockout was 2024 in China with Max Verstappen 1st & Sergio Perez 2nd

  • Red Bull has 2 front-row lockouts (2010, 2024) & 1 1-2 finish (2009) in China

Isack Hadjar

KEY STATS

  • Only 3 drivers have qualified in the top 3 during their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

  • Became the first Red Bull driver to outqualify Max Verstappen since Sergio Perez at Baku 2024 & he did it at his first race for the team (Max crashed in Q1)

  • Also outqualified both Ferraris & McLarens in his Red Bull debut

  • Became the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Became the first Red Bull driver to qualify inside the top 3 since Sergio Perez at Spa 2024

  • Would become the first Red Bull driver to outqualify Max Verstappen in consecutive races since Sergio Perez in 2022 (Monaco-Baku)

  • Hadjar is the first driver since Daniel Ricciardo in 2016 to be leading a qualifying H2H matchup against Max Verstappen

  • Would become the first Red Bull not named Max Verstappen to qualify inside the top 3 in consecutive races since Sergio Perez (Japan-China 2024)

  • Hadjar’s results in F1 season openers: DNS (2025) & DNF (2026)

  • Qualified 7th last year in China in a Racing Bulls, only 0.058s off the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc & 0.262s off Max Verstappen in a Red Bull

  • Qualified ahead of then teammate Yuki Tsunoda by 0.559s in China last year

  • Finished just outside the points in last year’s race in China, coming 11th

  • Could become the first French driver to win a race since Esteban Ocon at Hungary 2021

OTHER STATS

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

  • The only drivers who had more Q3 appearances than Hadjar (16) in 2025 were Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Got the 1st & only podium of his career last year in Zandvoort

  • Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

  • Hadjar’s 10 points finishes in 2025 are tied with Max Verstappen (2015) & Charles Leclerc (2018) for 9th most by a driver in their debut season

George Russell

KEY STATS

  • Leads the drivers’ championship for the first time in his career

  • Is the first Mercedes driver to lead the championship since Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Russian GP

  • Took his 6th career win, 8th career pole & 25th career podium at the 2026 Australian GP

  • Russell has now won 6 races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America x2, Europe, South America)

  • Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

  • Since he joined Mercedes, Russell has always been 1st in all 3 of the team’s 1-2 finishes

  • Delivered Mercedes’ 250th powered pole last race

  • Is 1 of 47 drivers to have 25+ podiums in their career

  • Passed Juan Manuel Fangio for 4th most poles in Mercedes history

  • Has converted his last 3 poles to victory

  • Started his career with 0 of his first 3 poles converted to victory but has now converted 4 of his last 5 poles to victory

  • Delivered Mercedes’ last 4 wins & last 7 poles

  • Finished 3rd last year behind the McLarens in China after qualifying on the front row

  • Russell’s podium in China last year was Mercedes’ 300th podium in F1

  • Started the 2025 season with consecutive podiums in Australia & China, can do the same again this year

  • Now has a win & pole in 3 consecutive seasons plus a podium in 6 straight seasons

OTHER STATS

  • Scheduled to make his 100th race start as a Mercedes driver at the Canadian GP this season (currently at 94)

  • Has not gone more than 3 races without a podium appearance since Singapore-Brazil 2024

  • Currently has finished 35 consecutive races, 4th most in F1 history

  • Since 2024, Russell has a Qualifying H2H record of 41-8 against Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli

  • 5 of Russell’s 6 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

  • His furthest winning grid spot was 3rd (Austria 2024), otherwise, all his wins have come from 1st on the grid

Mercedes Key Stats

  • The 2012 Chinese GP won by Nico Rosberg was Mercedes’ first win since their return to F1 in 2010

  • Mercedes’ first 2 poles after returning to F1 in 2010 both came in China (2012 - Nico Rosberg, 2013 - Lewis Hamilton)

  • 2010 Chinese GP podium by Nico Rosberg was the team’s second podium since returning to F1

  • Mercedes has 6 wins in China shared by 2 different drivers (Lewis Hamilton: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 & Nico Rosberg: 2012, 2016)

  • Mercedes has 7 poles in China shared by 3 different drivers (Lewis Hamilton: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 & Nico Rosberg: 2012, 2016 & Valtteri Bottas: 2019)

  • Mercedes has 13 podiums in China shared by 4 different drivers (Lewis Hamilton: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 & Nico Rosberg: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 & Valtteri Bottas: 2018, 2019 & George Russell: 2025)

  • Mercedes has 3 1-2 finishes (2014, 2015 & 2019) & 3 front-row lockouts (2012, 2015 & 2019) in China

  • From 2012 to 2019, Mercedes won 6/8 races in China

  • From 2012 to 2019, Mercedes was responsible for 7/8 poles in China

  • The 2018 Chinese GP was the only race at the circuit between 2012 & 2019 that didn’t see a Mercedes driver start on pole or win

  • Had 6 straight poles in China from 2012 to 2017 & 4 straight wins from 2014 to 2017

  • Mercedes & Ferrari were the only teams to have both drivers score points in Australia

  • This is the first time Mercedes is 1-2 in the drivers’ championship since Abu Dhabi 2020

  • Mercedes has not recorded back-to-back 1-2 finishes since Imola-Portugal 2020

  • Mercedes collected their 61st 1-2 finish & 83rd front row lockout last race in Australia

  • Mercedes has won 123 races since returning to the sport in 2010, only 1 behind Red Bull who have 124 in that span

  • Mercedes have the same number of wins as Ferrari since 2000 (123) despite not returning to the sport until 2010

  • Mercedes is 5 podiums away from their 300th podium since returning to F1 in 2010

Kimi Antonelli

KEY STATS

  • Antonelli is the first Italian driver to be top 2 in the drivers’ standings since Giancarlo Fisichella after the 2006 Australian GP

  • Would become the first Italian driver to lead the championship since Giancarlo Fisichella after Australia 2005

  • Got the 4th podium of his career in Australia

  • Became the first Italian on the podium in Albert Park since Jarno Trulli in 2009

  • Antonelli has converted a front row start into a podium (Brazil 2025, Australia 2026) twice in the last 5 races

  • Has 3 podiums & 4 top 5 finishes over his last 5 races

  • Responsible for 3 of Mercedes’ last 5 podiums

  • Scored 10 points in China last year (7th in the sprint, 6th in the race)

  • Would become the second Italian on the podium in China, joining Giancarlo Fisichella (2006 with Renault)

  • Has until November 4, 2027 to break Sebastian Vettel’s record of youngest polesitter in F1 history (Vettel was 21 years 2 months 11 days old at Monza 2008)

  • Would be the 2nd youngest race winner if he won right now (only trailing Max Verstappen)

OTHER STATS

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Antonelli could become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 (not adjusted by era)

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

  • Is the youngest driver ever to start on pole in any format in F1 history (2025 Miami sprint)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to stand on the podium after getting his maiden podium in Montreal in 2025 (18 years 9 months 21 days)

  • Is the 2nd youngest driver ever to get back-to-back podiums, only trailing Max Verstappen, who was 18 years, 9 months & 10 days at the 2016 British GP (Max came 2nd in 2016 Austria & 2016 Silverstone)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to start on the front row, trailing record-holder Lance Stroll (Monza 2017) & Max Verstappen (Spa 2016)

Charles Leclerc

KEY STATS

  • 2022 - Leclerc leads after Lap 1 in first race of new regulations. 2026 - Leclerc leads after Lap 1 in first race of new regulations

  • Leclerc got the 51st podium of his career in Australia, tying him with Mika Hakkinen for 16th most podiums all time

  • Will pass Kimi Raikkonen for 2nd most starts as a Ferrari driver when he makes his 152nd start with the Scuderia at the Chinese GP

  • 1 podium away from tying Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums in Ferrari history (52)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history with 150 races for a single constructor to not deliver them a drivers’ title

  • Has now outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 20 of their 25 races as teammates

  • Responsible for 10 of Ferrari’s last 11 podiums

  • Was disqualified from last year’s Chinese GP race due to high plank wear

  • 2025 China was the 2nd DSQ of his career, joining the 2023 US GP

  • Leclerc & Hamilton have had double DSQs in 2025 China & 2023 US GP

  • China is 1 of 4 circuits on the calendar where Leclerc doesn’t have a podium, joining Hungary, Interlagos & Madrid (new track)

  • Out of all the circuits that Leclerc has raced at +4 times, China & Qatar are the only tracks that he’s never started inside the top 3

  • Has qualified 6th in consecutive years in China

  • China would be the 24th different circuit that Leclerc has a podium at

  • Has never led a lap in China

  • Would become the first Ferrari driver to lead the drivers’ standings at the conclusion of a GP since the 2022 Miami GP

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

  • If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia and not win a title

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

  • Leclerc’s 43 front row starts is also more than double his teammates’ combined total (21) during his time with Ferrari

OTHER STATS

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) over his career

  • Leclerc has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons, tied with Carlos Sainz for the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Verstappen (10 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons, the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Max Verstappen (7 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • 4 podiums away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most (55)

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

Ferrari Key Stats

  • As of Wednesday March 11, 500 days will have passed since Ferrari’s last win (2024 Mexican GP)

  • The 2025 Chinese GP was the first time ever that Ferrari had both cars disqualified in a race

  • Ferrari’s Rubens Barrichello took pole & won the inaugural Chinese GP in 2004

  • Ferrari won 3 of the first 4 Chinese GPs but have only won 1 of 14 since then

  • The 4 Ferrari wins in China come from 4 different drivers (Rubens Barrichello: 2004, Michael Schumacher: 2006, Kimi Raikkonen: 2007 & Fernando Alonso: 2013)

  • Ferrari only has 2 poles in China (Rubens Barrichello: 2004 & Sebastian Vettel: 2018)

  • 6 different Ferrari drivers are responsible for the team’s 13 podiums in China (Rubens Barrichello: 2004 & Michael Schumacher: 2006 & Kimi Raikkonen: 2007, 2008, 2018 & Felipe Massa: 2007, 2008 & Fernando Alonso: 2013, 2014 & Sebastian Vettel: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)

  • Ferrari has 1 front-row lockout (2018) in China but has never had a 1-2 finish there

  • A win in 2026 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

  • Ferrari & Mercedes were the only teams to have both drivers score points in Australia

Lewis Hamilton

KEY STATS

  • Has already led more laps in 2026 after one race (3) than he did in all of 2025 (2)

  • Is now the first driver in F1 history to lead a race in 20 consecutive seasons & in 20 different seasons

  • Hamilton’s 4th place finish in Australia was his best result since he came 4th at the 2025 US GP

  • Hamilton finished 0.6s off Charles Leclerc for the final podium spot in Australia, the closest he’s come to his first podium as a Ferrari driver

  • Leads all drivers in wins (6), poles (6), podiums (9), laps led (306), fastest laps (4) & points (221) at China

  • Is the only driver to have a grand slam in China (2017)

  • Disqualified from last year’s Chinese GP race due to high plank wear

  • Took pole in sprint qualifying & won the sprint race in China last year, his second GP with Ferrari

  • Sprint win in China was Ferrari’s only P1 race result in any format last year

  • Would become the 9th circuit where Hamilton has 10+ podiums

  • Since China returned to the calendar in 2024, Hamilton has been 9th & disqualified in the GP race

  • Also finished 2nd in the 2024 Chinese GP sprint race

  • China was 1 of 5 circuits where Hamilton outqualified Charles Leclerc last year, joining Spain, Canada, Silverstone & Singapore

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • 27 straight races without a podium, the longest streak of his career (last podium was 2024 Las Vegas GP)

  • Would be the first driver ever to have a win, pole, or podium with McLaren, Mercedes, & Ferrari

  • Would join Fernando Alonso as the only drivers on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Would be the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Currently holds the record for most GPs as a Ferrari driver (25) without a single podium

OTHER STATS

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to start 20+ different seasons

  • Is the first Ferrari driver to go an entire season (2025) without a podium since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

  • The only time a Ferrari driver using #44 won a race was Maurice Trintignant at the 1955 Monaco GP

  • Hamilton hasn’t won a race in 3 of the last 4 seasons

  • The only drivers in F1 history to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine are Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello

  • The last time a Ferrari driver ended a race leading the championship was Charles Leclerc at the 2022 Miami GP

  • If Hamilton leads 7 races, he will become the first driver in F1 history to lead 200 different races

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole, 19th season with a podium & 19th with a fastest lap

  • Would become the: 16th driver to win a race with 3+ different teams, the 17th different driver to get pole with 3+ different teams & the 57th different driver to get a podium with 3+ different teams

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

  • Holds the undisputed F1 record in wins (105), poles (104), podiums (202), front row starts (176)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Has recorded at least 5 podiums in every single season of his career except 2025

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Won from 8 different grid positions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P10, P14)

Carlos Sainz

KEY STATS

  • Did not set a time in qualifying in Australia & then finished 15th, 2 laps down from the leader

  • Scored his first points as a Williams driver last year in China when he finished 10th

  • Has scored points in China with Williams, Ferrari, Renault & Toro Rosso

  • Has scored only 25 points in 7 GPs in China

  • The only circuit Sainz has started 7+ times & has fewer points than China is Sochi (24 points)

  • The only years he didn’t score points in China was his rookie season (2015) & 2019 with McLaren

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

OTHER STATS

  • Scheduled to make his 250th race start at the 2026 Brazilian GP

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • Podiums for Williams: Sainz - 2, All other Williams drivers since 2017 - 2

  • Won the qualifying H2H battle against Alex Albon 14-9 last year

  • His 150 GPs before his first win is 2nd most in F1 history, only trailing Sergio Perez, who had to wait 190 GPs

  • Last year, Sainz became the 1st Williams driver to get 2+ podiums in a season since 2015 when Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa each had 2

  • Was the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs

  • Is 1 of 3 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Fernando Alonso - 5)

Williams Key Stats

  • Williams was 1 of only 3 teams that didn’t score points in the 2026 opening race, joining Cadillac & Aston Martin

  • Williams had a double points finish in China last year with Alex Albon finishing 7th & Carlos Sainz finishing 10th

  • Williams has 4 double points finishes in China (2012, 2015, 2016, 2025)

  • Williams’ best ever result in China is 5th by Juan-Pablo Montoya in 2004 & Felipe Massa in 2015

  • Williams’ best ever starting grid spot in China is Felipe Massa in 4th in 2015

  • The last Williams world champion was Jacques Villeneuve in 1997

  • Williams finished 5th in the constructors’ last year, its best finish since 2017

  • Williams scored 137 points in 2025

  • Williams’ last win was Pastor Maldonado in Barcelona in 2012

  • Williams’ last pole was Felipe Massa in Austria in 2014, which was also the first year of a new regulation change

  • Williams’ last 1-2 finish was 2003 French GP

Alex Albon

KEY STATS

  • Last Q3 appearance was Spa 2025

  • Has missed Q3 in 12 straight races

  • The last time Albon scored points was the 2025 US GP sprint

  • In only GP format, Albon hasn’t scored points in 9 straight races

  • Finished 12th in Australia last week, 1 lap down from the leader

  • Led 1 lap in China last year, the first time he’s led a race as a Williams driver

  • China 2025 was the first time a Williams driver led a race since Silverstone 2015 (Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa)

  • China 2025 was the first time Albon led a race since Turkey 2020 for Red Bull

  • Made Q3 in China for the first time at the circuit last year, then finished in the points in 7th

  • Has scored points in China with Williams & Toro Rosso

  • Will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts this season

  • If no races are cancelled, Albon will tie Nigel Mansell as the driver with the most race starts for Williams at the 2026 Saudi Arabian GP (95)

  • If no races are cancelled, Albon will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts at the 2026 Miami GP

  • If no races are cancelled, Albon will become the 1st Williams driver to complete 100 races with the team at the 2026 Austrian GP

  • His 313 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • 73 points scored in 2025 were more than all his other years at Williams combined (43)

  • In 2025, became 1st Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

KEY STATS

  • Became the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history last week & the youngest British driver to race in F1

  • Made Q3 & scored points in his F1 debut

  • Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

  • Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

  • Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

  • Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP last week, his first F1 racing lap ever

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in the first race of the season since Yuki Tsunoda at the 2022 Bahrain GP

  • Lindblad is the first driver to score points on their F1 debut since Kimi Antonelli at the 2025 Australian GP

  • Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

  • Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

  • The Chinese GP is Lindblad’s last chance to become the youngest race winner or podium finisher in F1 history in order to beat Max Verstappen’s record of 18 years, 7 months & 15 days

  • If Lindblad doesn’t win or get a podium in China, he can only be the 2nd youngest race winner or podium finisher in F1 history at best

  • Has until October 18, 2028 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history as he will be 21 years, 2 months & 10 days old which would beat Sebastian Vettel’s record by 1 day (21 years, 2 months, 11 days at Monza 2008)

OTHER STATS

  • If Lindblad’s first podium is at the Japanese GP, he will be the 2nd youngest podium finisher in F1 history at (18 years, 7 months, 21 days), beating Lance Stroll’s mark of 18 years, 7 months, 27 days at Baku 2017

  • If Lindblad’s first podium is between the Bahrain GP & Canadian GP, he will become the 3rd youngest podium finisher in F1 history, beating Kimi Antonelli’s mark of 18 years, 9 months, 21 days at Montreal 2025

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

  • Finished 4th in his rookie F3 season in 2024, collecting 4 wins & 5 podiums for Prema

  • Won the 2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with 6 wins, 6 poles & 12 podiums

Racing Bulls Key Stats

  • Both Racing Bulls drivers made Q3 in Australia last week

  • Racing Bulls hasn’t had both drivers make Q3 appearances in consecutive races since Brazil-Las Vegas 2025

  • Both Racing Bulls drivers qualified in Q3 in China last year but they scored 0 points in the GP race

  • Racing Bulls’ best finishing result in China was 4th by Sebastian Vettel in 2007 under the Toro Rosso name

Liam Lawson

KEY STATS

  • Qualified 8th in Australia, his best result since he qualified 6th in Las Vegas last year

  • Aiming for his first back-to-back Q3 appearances since Brazil-Las Vegas 2025

  • Racing Bulls’ 2025 drivers’ lineup were the highest-qualified Red Bull drivers in Australia last week with Isack Hadjar 3rd & Lawson 8th

  • The 2025 Chinese GP was his last as a Red Bull driver after he was slowest in qualifying & finished over a minute behind Max Verstappen in the race

  • No Kiwi driver has ever scored points in China

OTHER STATS

  • Needs to score 40 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 44, Amon - 83)

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

  • Made 8 Q3 appearances & had 7 points finishes in 2025, his first full season in F1

  • Scored 38 points in 2025

Fernando Alonso

KEY STATS

  • Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

  • Average points per GP by power unit for Alonso: 12.4 with Ferrari PU, 5.07 with Mercedes PU, 4.00 with Renault PU, 1.44 with Honda PU

  • Nearly made it into Q2 in his first GP driving the AMR26, qualified 17th in Australia

  • Retired from the Australian GP race, his 83rd retirement of his career

  • Outqualified Lance Stroll in 37 consecutive races with the last time he was outqualified by his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Qualified 3rd in China in 2024, his best qualifying result of that entire season with only the Red Bull duo ahead of him

  • His only non-points finishes in China are DNFs (2017, 2025), 12th places (2015-2016) & a 9th place finish in 2009 under the old points system

  • Average finishing position of 5.6 at China makes this one of Alonso’s better tracks

  • Has 8 top 5 finishes in China & 11 finishes inside the top 7

  • Has only made Q3 once in his last 6 appearances in China

  • 11 of his 17 starts have seen Alonso start 6th or better

  • Last podium in China was 2014 with Ferrari

  • China is 1 of 7 circuits where Alonso has multiple poles, joining Silverstone, Hungary, Magny-Cours, Monaco, Monza & Malaysia

  • China is 1 of 5 circuits where Alonso has multiple wins & poles, joining Silverstone, Monaco, Monza & Malaysia

  • Has scored 109 points & led 119 laps at China

  • Last led laps in China in 2013, his most recent win at the circuit

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

  • This is Alonso’s 23rd season in F1, his first in Adrian Newey-designed machinery & his first with a Honda PU since 2017

OTHER STATS

  • Hasn’t won a race since the 2013 Spanish GP

  • Hasn’t been on pole since the 2012 German GP

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since the 2023 Brazilian GP

  • Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race (current record for time & GPs is 17y 1m 18d & 340 GPs by Lewis Hamilton)

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Needs 5 Q3 appearances to join Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers to have 250+ Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has led 87 different races in his career, 5th most in F1 history & 13 away from becoming the 5th driver to eclipse 100 different races led

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Has 245 Q3 appearances, 2nd most in F1 history behind Lewis Hamilton (340)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (426)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Aston Martin Key Stats

  • Aston Martin has scored points in China in 2 straight seasons (Fernando Alonso - 7th in 2024, Lance Stroll - 9th in 2025)

  • Aston Martin has 1 Q3 appearance in China (Fernando Alonso - 2024)

  • Fernando Alonso qualifying 3rd in China in 2024 was Aston Martin’s best starting spot of the entire season

Lance Stroll

KEY STATS

  • Stroll is currently unranked on F1’s official standings after being not classified in qualifying & in the race

  • Finished 15 laps down in the 2026 Australian GP

  • Was the first driver to finish exactly 15 laps down since Moisés Solana at the 1965 US GP

  • Is the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down), which also featured a Honda PU

  • For the first time since 2022, Stroll did not score points or finish in the top 6 at Albert Park, ending a 3-year streak

  • Outqualified by Fernando Alonso in 37 consecutive races with the last time he outqualified his teammate being Silverstone 2024

OTHER STATS

  • Assuming no cancellations, Stroll is scheduled to make the 200th race start of his career at the 2026 Austrian GP

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish

  • His 190 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris (208) & Nico Hulkenberg (250)

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

  • Led all drivers in Q1 eliminations last season (15)

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • Has 3 career podiums & 1 pole

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

Esteban Ocon

KEY STATS

  • The 2025 Chinese GP w be Ocon’s 182nd race without a pole, breaking Romain Grosjean’s F1 record of 181 races without a pole

  • Finished just outside the points (11th) in Australia

  • Was outqualified & finished behind his teammate Ollie Bearman in Australia

  • China 2025 was 1 of 13 races in Ocon’s career where he finished in the top 5

  • China 2025 was Ocon’s best result of the season & his top performance since his podium in Interlagos in 2024

  • Has 11 points scored in China with 10 coming from his 5th place finish last year

  • His other points finish was a 10th place result in 2017, his first time at the circuit, with Force India

  • Has 3 Q2 exits & 1 Q1 exit in China

  • Outqualified Ollie Bearman last season in China

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025)

OTHER STATS

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

  • 2025 was the first season since 2022 where Ocon didn’t have a podium

  • Scored fewer points (38) than rookie teammate Ollie Bearman (41) in 2025 & was outqualified (13-10) by Bearman in 2025

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (483) is Alain Prost (798.5)

  • Has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

Haas Key Stats

  • Haas has scored points in 7 of the last 8 GP weekends dating back to Singapore 2025

  • Esteban Ocon finishing 5th & Ollie Bearman finishing 8th last year in China was Haas’ first double points finish at the circuit

  • Haas has 5 points finishes in China between 4 drivers with Esteban Ocon (2025), Ollie Bearman (2025), Kevin Magnussen (2017, 2018) & Nico Hulkenberg (2024)

  • 2019 is the only year Haas had both drivers make Q3 in China

  • Haas’ best ever qualifying position in China is 9th (Kevin Magnussen - 2019, Nico Hulkenberg - 2024)

Ollie Bearman

KEY STATS

  • Finished 7th in Australia, scoring 6 points in the first race of 2026

  • Was the best of the rest in Australia with only drivers from Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull & McLaren finishing ahead of him

  • Outqualified & finished ahead of teammate Esteban Ocon in Australia

  • Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 14 of their 24 classified GPs together as teammates (excludes 2025 Baku when Ocon was DSQed)

  • Has finished in the points in 6 of his last 8 races

  • Has 12 points finishes in GP races

  • It took Bearman 4 races to get to 6 points last season, he did it in 1 race this year

  • Bearman is 7th in the drivers’ standings currently, the highest he’s ever been in his career

  • China 2025 was Bearman’s first points finish as a Haas driver (finished 8th)

OTHER STATS

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

KEY STATS

  • Gasly picked up Alpine’s first points in the Mercedes PU era by finishing 10th in Australia

  • Gasly finished 10th last year in China but was then disqualified

  • Was 1 of 3 drivers to be DSQ in China last year, joining Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton

  • His lone Q3 appearance & points finish in China came in 2019 with Red Bull

  • Has 2 Q1 eliminations & 1 Q2 elimination in China

  • Outqualified Franco Colapinto in 7 straight races

  • Has made at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Responsible for all 23 of Alpine’s points scored dating back to the start of 2025

OTHER STATS

  • Responsible for all of Alpine’s last 10 Q3 appearances

  • Looking for his 1st win since the 2020 Italian GP at Monza

  • Has never had multiple podium finishes in a season

  • Still looking for his maiden pole position

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Gasly trails Esteban Ocon by 14 points (483-459) for 2nd most points scored in F1 history by an F1 driver

  • Outqualified Franco Colapinto 14-5 in races during their first year together as teammates in 2025

  • Assuming no cancellations, if Gasly starts all 24 races in 2026, he will tie Jean Alesi for most races for a French driver in F1 history (201) at the season finale

  • Is 18 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • Has at least 5 points finishes in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly has a podium in 5 of his last 7 seasons with 2022 & 2025 the only exceptions

Alpine Key Stats

  • Alpine’s last & only win was 2021 Hungary

  • Alpine is yet to take pole while the team’s last podium was a double podium by Pierre Gasly & Esteban Ocon at Brazil 2024

  • The team has never scored points or made Q3 in China under the Alpine name

  • China is the only track that Alpine has raced at since its 2021 rebrand where it doesn’t have any points scored

Franco Colapinto

KEY STATS

  • Has never raced in China

  • Will become the first Argentine driver to race in China

  • Became the first Argentine driver ever to finish a race in Australia after the previous 4 occasions ended in a DNF (Gaston Mazzacane in 2001 & 2000, Esteban Tuero in 1998 for Minardi, Oscar Larrauri for Eurobrun in 1988)

  • Outqualified by Pierre Gasly in 7 straight races to end last season

  • Still searching for his first points for Alpine after going pointless across 18 with the team

  • Hasn’t scored points since the 2024 US GP in Austin when he was driving for Williams

  • Made Q3 in 1 of his 28 career F1 races

OTHER STATS

  • First Q3 appearance came at his 2nd F1 race at Baku 2024 but he hasn’t made Q3 since

  • Aiming to better his personal best career finishing result of 8th place set at Baku in 2024

  • Colapinto’s best qualifying result was 9th at Baku 2024 with his best starting grid spot being 8th which also came at Baku 2024 after he was bumped up

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

  • In his debut season in 2024 with Williams, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • During his debut season, he also became the 1st Argentine driver to qualify in the top 10 since Reutemann at the 1982 Brazilian GP

Nico Hulkenberg

KEY STATS

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (tied with John Surtees & trailing Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • China will be Hulkenberg’s first race start of 2026 after he had a DNS in Australia due to a mechanical issue before the race

  • Hulkenberg now has a DNS with Sauber, Force India, Racing Point, Sauber & Audi

  • Now has 2 DNS in his last 10 races (Monza 2025 is the other)

  • Has either DNS or DNF in 4 of his last 10 races while has also scored points in 4 of his last 10 races

  • Over his last 25 races, Hulkenberg has 2 DNS, 2 DNFs & 1 DSQ (20% of all GPs since 2025)

  • In China, Hulkenberg will become the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • China is only 1 of 2 places where Hulkenberg has led a race with Interlagos being the other

  • Hulkenberg led 8 laps in China in 2013 for Sauber

  • Has scored points in China for Renault, Force India, Haas & Sauber

  • China is 1 of 2 circuits where Hulkenberg has recorded the fastest lap (2012 Singapore, 2016 China)

  • Has scored only 18 points over 11 race starts in China

  • Will make his 251st race start in China

  • 3 German drivers have won in China (Michael Schumacher in 2006, Sebastian Vettel in 2009 & Nico Rosberg in 2012 & 2016)

  • 2 German drivers have poles in China (Sebastian Vettel in 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2018, Nico Rosberg in 2012 & 2016)

  • Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

OTHER STATS

  • Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

  • 1 Q3 appearance in 2025 was his fewest in any of his seasons as a full-time driver

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (250)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (250)

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Took him only 18 GPs before his 1st career pole at the 2010 Brazilian GP with Williams, but hasn’t been on pole since. He also has 2 career front row starts (Brazil 2010 - Pole, Austria 2016 - P2)

Gabriel Bortoleto

KEY STATS

  • Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever

  • Made Q3 but was unable to set a time due to an issue so he qualified 10th before finishing the race in 9th

  • Australia 2026 was the first time Bortoleto made Q3 & scored points since Monza 2025

  • Australia 2026 was the first time Bortoleto scored points since Mexico 2025

  • Has only scored points in consecutive races once in his career (Belgium-Hungary 2025)

  • Could make 3 consecutive Q3 appearances for the first time in his career

  • Became the first Brazilian to score points at Albert Park since Felipe Massa in 2017

  • Bortoleto has now made back-to-back Q3 appearances dating back to Abu Dhabi 2025

  • It took Bortoleto 11 races to score points last year, he did it in his first race this year

  • Bortoleto has 6 points finishes & 6 Q3 appearances in 25 races now

  • Has outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 13 of their 25 races together as teammates

  • A Brazilian (Rubens Barrichello) won & took pole at the inaugural Chinese GP in 2004 but neither have been replicated since

  • Only 2 Brazilians have been on the podium in China (Felipe Massa - 2007, 2008 & Rubens Barrichello - 2004)

  • Only Liam Lawson was slower than him in Chinese GP qualifying last year

  • Has now scored the 9th most points among all Brazilians in F1 history after his 2 points in Australia moved him past Nelson Piquet Jr.

  • Needs to score 9 points to pass Felipe Nasr for the 8th most points scored by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

OTHER STATS

  • Bortoleto joined Daniel Ricciardo (2019) as the only drivers to outqualify Hulkenberg in 7 straight races (Austria to Baku 2025) & he did it as a rookie

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Sergio Perez

KEY STATS

  • Outqualified Valtteri Bottas by over 6 tenths in his first F1 GP since 2024

  • Australia 2026 was the first time Perez has outqualified a teammate since Baku 2024 & only the 2nd time total he’s outqualified a teammate since Monaco 2023

  • Since Canada 2022, Perez has only outqualified his teammate 5 times (Singapore 2022, Jeddah 2023, Miami 2023, Baku 2024, Australia 2026)

  • Finished 16th in Australia, last of all classified finishers and was 3 laps down

  • Joined Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso as the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Perez’s last F1 podium came at the 2024 Chinese GP

  • Perez was part of Red Bull’s last front row lockout, which occurred at the 2024 Chinese GP

  • 2024 Chinese GP is 1 of 13 times Perez has qualified on the front row

  • Perez only has 1 front row lockout since the 2024 Chinese GP, coming at Spa that same year

  • Has never been eliminated in Q1 in China

  • Has started 8th 3 times in China & 12th 3 times in China, his most common starting positions there

  • Has finished 11th 4 times in China, his most common finishing position there

  • That means out of Perez’s 10 starts in China, he has 4 points finishes & 4 times he’s just narrowly missed the points

  • Perez’s average starting position in China is 10 & his average finishing position is 10.2, very consistent

  • Has scored points in China with Red Bull, Racing Point & Force India

  • Led 3 laps in China for Sauber in 2012

  • 2012 China was the 2nd ever circuit where Perez has led a race with Malaysia in 2012 being first

OTHER STATS

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • Assuming no cancellations, Perez is scheduled to become the 8th driver in F1 history to make 300 race starts at the 2026 United States GP in Austin

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Cadillac is 1 of 3 teams that have a drivers’ lineup of 2 race winners, joining McLaren & Ferrari

  • Perez & new teammate Valtteri Bottas have shared only 1 podium together (Turkey 2021)

  • Perez’s Red Bull tenure ended with 0 podiums over his final 19 races & only 9 points over his last 8 races

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Has recorded more than 10 points finishes for every constructor he’s driven for (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull)

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Has to lead 2 more races to hit 30 career races led

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner (6), polesitter (3) & podium finisher (39)

Valtteri Bottas

KEY STATS

  • Cadillac were the two slowest qualifiers in Australia with Bottas last among all drivers who set a time

  • DNF on Lap 15 in his Cadillac debut

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Was the last polesitter in China during the 2010s decade (2019)

  • Bottas has made Q3 in China in 7 consecutive appearances from 2014-2019 & 2024

  • Bottas has made Q3 in China with every team he’s driven for (Sauber, Mercedes & Williams)

  • Had back-to-back podiums in China from 2018 to 2019

  • The only two times he didn’t score points in China were 2024 (DNF) & 2013, his rookie season

  • Has scored 59 points in China

  • Led 18 laps in China in 2018

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 31 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • Bottas is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

OTHER STATS

  • Has driven for 5 different constructors in name (Williams, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Kick Sauber, Cadillac)

  • Needs to lead 2 more races to become the 22nd driver in F1 history to lead 40 races in their career

  • Cadillac is 1 of 3 teams that have a drivers’ lineup of 2 race winners, joining McLaren & Ferrari

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Has 10 wins, making him 1 of 5 drivers on the grid with 10+ victories

  • Has 67 podiums, 10th most in F1 history

  • Has 20 career poles, tied for 16th most in F1 history

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

  • Has 46 career front row starts

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • George Russell - Australia 2026

  • Kimi Antonelli - Australia 2026

  • Charles Leclerc - Australia 2026

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Lewis Hamilton - Las Vegas 2024

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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The Best Driver Stats Entering Albert Park

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Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

  • Max Verstappen - 3

Consecutive Poles

  • NA

Consecutive Podiums

  • Max Verstappen - 10

  • Oscar Piastri - 2

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Max Verstappen - 10

  • Oscar Piastri - 2

  • Lando Norris - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

  • George Russell - 16

  • Max Verstappen - 13

  • Charles Leclerc - 3

  • Fernando Alonso - 2

  • Oscar Piastri - 2

  • Lando Norris - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 31 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 28 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 17 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 16 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 5 (Austin 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 3 (Interlagos 2025)

  • Fernando Alonso - 3 (Interlagos 2025)

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Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

KEY STATS

  • Would become the first Australian driver to win, take pole, or even finish on the podium of the Australian GP

  • A win at Albert Park would be the 10th victory of Piastri’s career & would also make this the 10th different circuit/GP that he has won

  • A pole at Albert Park would be the 7th pole of his career & would make it the 7th different circuit/GP he has taken pole at

  • Has scored 6 total points across 3 season-opening races in his career

  • Hasn’t finished better than 8th in season-opening races

  • Would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9)

Circuit stats

  • Finished 9th last year after running in 2nd for majority of the race

  • Is 1 of 3 Australians to start on the front row at Albert Park, joining Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo

  • Could become the 4th McLaren driver to record multiple front row starts at Albert Park, joining David Coulthard (x3), Lewis Hamilton (x3), Mika Hakkinen (x3)

  • His starting grid position in Albert Park has improved every year (16th - 5th - 2nd)

  • Albert Park is the only circuit where Piastri has started on the front row but not recorded a podium finish

Trends

  • Enters 2026 on a streak of back-to-back podium finishes & has qualified inside the top 3 in 2 straight races

  • Has also qualified inside the top 5 in 4 straight races dating back to Brazil 2025

What’s next?

  • A win for Piastri would make him the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

  • Piastri is tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

Other notable stats

  • Piastri (8 straight podiums in 2025) & Lewis Hamilton (9 straight podiums in 2007) are the only drivers in McLaren history to record 8+ consecutive podiums

  • Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

  • Responsible for McLaren’s only grand slam since the start of this century, which came at Zandvoort in 2025. McLaren’s last grand slam before that was Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

MCLAREN KEY STATS

  • McLaren has 7 wins at Albert Park shared between 5 drivers winning the race (Lando Norris, Jenson Button x2, Lewis Hamilton, David Coulthard x2, Mika Hakkinen)

  • McLaren has 6 poles at Albert Park shared between 3 drivers starting from P1 (Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton x2, Mika Hakkinen x3)

  • McLaren has 20 podiums at Albert Park shared between 8 drivers (Lando Norris x2, David Coulthard x4, Lewis Hamilton x4, Jenson Button x3, Kimi Raikkonen x3, Mika Hakkinen x2, Fernando Alonso, Kevin Magnussen)

  • McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari are tied for the most poles at Albert Park with 6 each

  • McLaren hasn’t locked out the front row at Albert Park in consecutive years since 1998-2000

  • McLaren has only 1 1-2 podium finish at Albert Park (1998)

  • McLaren hasn’t won season-opening races in consecutive years since 1997-1998 (David Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen at Albert Park)

Lando Norris

KEY STATS

  • 2025 Australian GP: First race Norris leads the drivers’ championship
    2026 Australian GP: First race Norris enters as reigning champion

  • Will become the first McLaren driver to start a race with the #1 on their car since Jenson Button in 2010

  • Has never been outqualified by a teammate in Albert Park (5-0)

  • Albert Park would become the 1st circuit Norris has multiple wins at & the 2nd circuit he has multiple poles at, joining Interlagos

  • Would become the 1st McLaren driver to win consecutive races at Albert Park

  • Would become the first driver to record 3+ straight podiums at Albert Park since Lewis Hamilton (2015-2019)

  • Started on the front row in 6 straight races entering 2026

  • Would become the 1st McLaren driver to win season-openers in consecutive years since Ayrton Senna (1990-1991 at Phoenix, US GP)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

Circuit stats

  • The Australian GP could be the 10th GP that Norris leads the drivers’ standings for

  • Got the 5th win and 10th pole of his career at Albert Park last year

  • Could join Jenson Button & David Coulthard as the only McLaren drivers with multiple wins at Albert Park

  • Is one of only 3 McLaren drivers with poles at Albert Park, alongside Lewis Hamilton & Mika Hakkinen

  • Could become the 3rd McLaren driver with multiple poles at Albert Park (Lewis Hamilton x2, Mika Hakkinen x3)

  • Has finished on the podium in back-to-back races at Albert Park, giving him the longest active podium streak at the circuit

  • Would also become the 6th driver to record 3+ straight podiums in Albert Park history (Fernando Alonso 2004-2007, Lewis Hamilton 2015-2019, Michael Schumacher 2000-2002, Nico Rosberg 2014-2016, Sebastian Vettel 2011-2013 & 2015-2018)

  • Could become the 4th McLaren driver to record multiple front row starts at Albert Park, joining David Coulthard (x3), Lewis Hamilton (x3), Mika Hakkinen (x3)

  • Has scored 58 points & led 54 laps in Albert Park

  • Hasn’t finished worse than 6th in any of his last 4 appearances at Albert Park

  • 2023 was the only time Norris missed Q3 at Albert Park (qualified 13th)

Trends

  • Has recorded a podium finish in 6 straight seasons

  • Never went more than 2 races without a podium in 2025

  • Each of the last 26 races has seen Norris and/or Max Verstappen on the podium

  • Hasn't been outqualified in 3 consecutive races by a teammate since the end of the 2020 Russian GP

What’s next?

  • Hoping to become the 4th McLaren driver to win back-to-back drivers’ championships (Alain Prost: 1985-1986, Ayrton Senna: 1990-1991, Mika Hakkinen: 1998-1999)

  • The last time a McLaren driver entered & exited a season-opening race as leader of the drivers’ standings was Ayrton Senna in 1991

  • Is 5 podiums away from tying Lewis Hamilton for 5th most podiums in McLaren history (49)

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

Other notable stats

  • Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts (152)

  • Norris is 7th youngest drivers’ champion in F1 history, 8th McLaren champion in team history & 35th champion in F1 history

  • Is the first non-Red Bull or Mercedes drivers’ champion since Jenson Button in 2009 & the first McLaren champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Owns the best podium percentage in a championship-winning season by a McLaren driver (75% in 2025)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to win their maiden championship after doing 150+ races with the same team that took them to a title

  • Norris overcoming a 34-point deficit to win the title last season was the 3rd biggest points deficit overcome to become champion in this current format (only Verstappen - 46 pts in 2022 & Sebastian Vettel - 44 pts in 2012 are higher)

  • Is 1 of only 2 drivers in F1 history to record 18+ podiums in a season, joining Verstappen, who did it in 2021 & 2023

  • Also has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18

  • Is the 6th McLaren driver to hit 10+ wins, joining Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen & David Coulthard

Max Verstappen

KEY STATS

  • Will be the first race using the #3 & first driver to use the number since Australia’s very own Daniel Ricciardo at Singapore 2024 GP

  • Will be the first time a Red Bull car races with #3 since Daniel Ricciardo in 2018

  • Would become the first driver to win the drivers’ championship with the #3 on his car since Michael Schumacher in 2000

  • Would become the first driver to win a race with #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza in 2021

  • Won 51 races with the #1 on his car, trailing only Michael Schumacher, who won 52 races with the #1

  • Last 5 starts in Albert Park have either resulted in a podium or a DNF (3 podiums, 2 DNFs)

  • Would become first Red Bull driver with multiple wins at Albert Park (tied with Sebastian Vettel with 1 each) & the Red Bull driver with the most podiums at circuit (tied with Vettel with 3 each)

  • Had his F1-record 1029 day-streak of leading the drivers’ standings end at last year’s race at Albert Park

  • On a streak of 3 straight wins & 10 straight podiums

  • On the podium in 3 straight season-opening races, the longest active streak in F1

  • Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher & Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

  • Has won a race in every Red Bull car he’s driven

  • Responsible for 1014 of Red Bull’s 1015 total laps led since the start of 2024

  • No driver in F1 history has more wins after their first 11 seasons than Verstappen (71, ahead of Lewis Hamilton - 62 & Michael Schumacher - 53)

  • Scored more points (1887) than Mercedes (1861) in the ground-effect era (2022-2025)

Circuit stats

  • Has DNFed in 2 of the last 4 races at Albert Park (2022, 2024)

  • Since 2016, Verstappen has never started worse than 5th at Albert Park

  • Red Bull has 5 poles at Albert Park with Vettel having 3 (2010, 2011, 2013) & Verstappen having 2 (2023, 2024)

  • Albert Park is 1 of the 26 different circuits Verstappen has won at; it’s also 1 of the 23 different circuits he’s taken pole at & 1 of the 31 different circuits he has a podium at

  • Out of all the circuits where Verstappen has multiple poles, Albert Park is the only one where he has fewer than 2 wins

  • Has led 50 laps at Albert Park since 2022 with 47 alone coming in 2023, meaning he has led only 3 laps over the course of the 2022, 2024 & 2025 races

  • Verstappen’s DNF at Albert Park in 2024 from pole is just 1 of 11 times in his career that he’s failed to convert pole to victory

  • Has scored 77 points & led 52 laps at Albert Park

Trends

  • Is 1 of 5 drivers to have a grand slam in a season-opening race, which he did in Bahrain in 2024 (Michael Schumacher - 2004, Nigel Mansell - 1992, Jim Clark - 1965, Alberto Ascari - 1953)

  • Has outqualified his teammate in 31 straight GPs, 2 away from his longest streak of 33 consecutive GPs

  • Has led F1 in wins & laps led in each of the last 5 seasons

  • Has won a race & stood on the podium in 10 consecutive seasons entering 2026

  • Has taken pole in 7 consecutive seasons entering 2026

  • Has won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 62)

  • No driver has led more laps than Verstappen since his F1 debut in 2015 (Verstappen - 3872, Hamilton - 3651, Sebastian Vettel - 1063)

  • Has scored points in 13 consecutive races

What’s next?

  • His next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

  • His next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

  • His next podium will make Verstappen 1 of 8 drivers in F1 history to score a podium in 11 consecutive years, joining Hamilton (18), Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (14), Nigel Mansell (12), Gerhard Berger (12), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

  • Verstappen also only needs 13 wins to tie Hamilton & Mercedes (84) for most wins with a single constructor

  • Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

  • Has won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Has 85 front row starts, 1 away from tying Alain Prost for 5th most in F1 history

  • Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

  • Verstappen’s 127 podiums as a Red Bull driver are 2nd most in F1 history for podiums with a single constructor, only trailing Lewis Hamilton, who had 153 with Mercedes

Other notable stats

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to have a grand slam in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Has the most wins in F1 history from a starting grid spot outside the top 5 with 7

  • Verstappen is the only driver in F1 history to record 10+ consecutive podiums in a single season multiple times (2023, 2025)

  • Owns the best win percentage in F1 history among drivers with more than 25 wins (30.47%)

  • Owns the best podium percentage in F1 history among drivers with 60+ race starts (54.51%)

  • Has led 108 GPs in his career, third most in F1 history

  • Since his F1 debut in 2015, Verstappen has led 18 races from start to finish, tied for the most in this span with Lewis Hamilton (no one else has more than 3)

  • Since his Red Bull debut in 2016, no driver has more races led from start to finish than Verstappen’s 18 (Lewis Hamilton next with 16)

  • Had 51 wins in the ground-effect era (2022-2025), more than the rest of the grid combined (41)

  • Won an F1 record 10 races in a row in 2023 and also recorded 8 straight poles from Abu Dhabi 2023 to Imola 2024, tying Ayrton Senna’s F1 record

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

Isack Hadjar

KEY STATS

  • Crashed on the formation lap in Albert Park last year, his F1 debut

  • Won the F2 feature race at Albert Park in 2024

  • Would become the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

  • Would become the first Red Bull driver to score points on their debut for the team since Sergio Perez in Bahrain 2021

  • No French driver has ever taken a podium at Albert Park with Olivier Panis being the last French driver on the podium in Australia (1995 at Adelaide)

  • Made Q3 in 5 straight races entering 2026

  • The only drivers who had more Q3 appearances than Hadjar (16) in 2025 were Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen

  • The only driver in F1 history to have more Q3 appearances as a rookie than Hadjar was Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (17)

  • Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

Circuit stats

  • Just narrowly missed out on Q3 last year at Albert Park, qualifying 11th

  • Only 3 Red Bull drivers have taken podiums in Albert Park (Max Verstappen x3, Sebastian Vettel x3, Sergio Perez x1)

  • No French driver has ever won at Albert Park with Alain Prost being the last French driver to win in Australia (1988 at Adelaide)

Trends

  • Has made Q3 in 5 straight races & in 7 of the last 8 races entering the 2026 season

What’s next?

  • Trying to become the first Red Bull driver to outqualify Max Verstappen since Sergio Perez at Baku 2024, 32 races ago

Other notable stats

  • Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • Got the 1st & only podium of his career last year in Zandvoort

  • Finished 12th in the drivers’ standings in 2025, his rookie season, with 51 points

  • His 16 Q3 appearances in 2025 were tied with Kimi Antonelli for the most among rookies & was more than Lewis Hamilton (15)

  • Was only eliminated in Q1 twice last season, tied for fewest among all midfielders

  • Recorded 10 points finishes in 2025, his rookie season, tied for 9th most among drivers

  • Hadjar’s 10 points finishes were tied with Max Verstappen (2015) & Charles Leclerc (2018) for 9th most by a driver in their debut season

  • Outqualified Liam Lawson in 16 of the 22 GPs they were teammates for last year at Racing Bulls

George Russell

KEY STATS

  • Would become the first Mercedes driver to lead the championship since Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Russian GP

  • Either DNFed or finished 3rd in Albert Park since joining Mercedes (3rd in 2022, DNF in 2023 & 2024, 3rd in 2025)

  • Scored points in 16 straight GP races entering 2026, the longest active streak in F1

  • Career-high 9 podiums in 2025

  • Qualified inside the top 6 in every race in 2025 except Monaco

  • Delivered Mercedes’ last 3 wins & last 6 poles

  • Since 2024, Russell has a Qualifying H2H record of 40-8 against Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli

  • Finished 34 consecutive races entering 2026

Circuit stats

  • Took the lead on Lap 1 at Albert Park in 2023 & led 6 laps before retiring due to an engine issue

  • Another podium at Albert Park would tie the circuit with Baku for the only tracks where Russell has 3 podiums

  • Russell’s 30 points scored in Albert Park are the fewest among all tracks where he has multiple podiums

Trends

  • Has won multiple races & taken multiple poles in back-to-back years (2024 & 2025)

  • Since the summer break 2024, Russell has only been outqualified in 4 of the last 34 races

  • 4 of Russell’s 5 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid

  • Delivered all of Mercedes’ last 3 wins & 5 of Mercedes’ 7 wins since he joined the team in 2022

  • Russell recorded each of Mercedes’ last 6 poles & 7 of the team’s 8 poles since 2022

  • Responsible for 11 of Mercedes’ last 15 podiums

  • Ended 2025 with only 1 podium in his last 6 races

  • Finished 2025 by qualifying 4th in 5 of his last 6 races (6th in Brazil the only exception)

  • Was the only driver who completed every single race in 2025 without a DNF

  • Has finished his last 34 races, tied with Daniel Ricciardo for 4th most in F1 history (last non-finish was a DSQ at Spa 2024)

  • Has converted his last 3 of 4 poles to victory

  • Has not gone more than 3 races without a podium appearance since Singapore-Brazil 2024

What’s next?

  • If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

  • Aiming to make it 6 consecutive seasons with a podium finish (5 straight seasons since 2021 currently) & 3 straight seasons with a win or pole (both streaks started in 2024)

  • His next podium would make him the 47th driver in F1 history to reach 25+ career podiums

  • Scheduled to make his 100th race start as a Mercedes driver at the Canadian GP this season (currently at 93)

Other notable stats

  • Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

  • Finished the ground-effect era with 81 points finishes, only trailing Max Verstappen (88)

  • His furthest winning grid spot was 3rd (Austria 2024), otherwise, all his wins have come from 1st on the grid

  • Is the 4th driver ever to make over 150 starts with a Mercedes engine (joining Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas & Lance Stroll)

  • Tied with Juan Manuel Fangio for 4th most poles as a Mercedes driver with 7 each

MERCEDES KEY STATS

  • Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren are tied for the most poles at Albert Park with 6 each

  • Mercedes has 4 wins at Albert Park shared by 3 different drivers (Nico Rosberg 2014 & 2016, Lewis Hamilton (2015) & Valtteri Bottas (2019)

  • Mercedes has 6 poles at Albert Park, all by Lewis Hamilton (2014-2019)

  • Mercedes has 3 1-2 podium finishes in Albert Park with the last coming in 2019

  • Mercedes has 3 front row lockouts at the circuit with the last also coming in 2019

Kimi Antonelli

KEY STATS

  • Albert Park last year was his first race as a Mercedes driver and he went from P16 on the grid to finishing 4th

  • Was the only rookie to finish in the points at last year’s race in Albert Park

  • The last Italian to win or take pole in Albert Park was Giancarlo Fisichella for Renault in 2005

  • The last Italian on the podium in Albert Park was Jarno Trulli for Toyota in 2009

  • Scored 3 points in Europe in 2025 & 147 points outside of Europe (including Baku)

  • Would become the first Mercedes driver to lead the championship since Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Russian GP

  • Has until November 3, 2027 to break Sebastian Vettel’s record of youngest polesitter in F1 history (Vettel was 21 years 2 months 11 days old at Monza 2008)

  • Would be the 2nd youngest race winner if he won right now (only trailing Max Verstappen)

Circuit stats

  • Surprisingly, Antonelli in his first race with Mercedes mimicked the exact results (P16 to 4th in 2025 Albert Park) of Lewis Hamilton’s last race with Mercedes (P16 to 4th in 2024 Abu Dhabi)

Trends

  • Ended 2025 with 3 top 5 finishes, including 2 podiums, over his last 4 races

  • Antonelli had 2 races last year where he started 16th or worse but finished in the top 4 (Albert Park & Las Vegas)

  • Number of times a driver started 16th or worse & finished in the top 4 last season: Antonelli - 2, the rest of the grid combined - 2

What’s next?

  • If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Antonelli could become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

  • Mercedes is 2 poles away from its 250th pole as a power unit

Other notable stats

  • His 150 points in 2025 are the most points by a rookie in F1 history (not adjusting by era), surpassing Lewis Hamilton’s total of 109 set in 2007 in an older points format

  • Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

  • Is the youngest driver ever to start on pole in any format in F1 history (2025 Miami sprint)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to stand on the podium after getting his maiden podium in Montreal in 2025 (18 years 9 months 21 days)

  • Is the 2nd youngest driver ever to get back-to-back podiums, only trailing Max Verstappen, who was 18 years, 9 months & 10 days at the 2016 British GP (Max came 2nd in 2016 Austria & 2016 Silverstone)

  • Is the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to start on the front row, trailing record-holder Lance Stroll (Monza 2017) & Max Verstappen (Spa 2016)

  • Antonelli’s 14 points finishes in 2025 were the 2nd most by a rookie in F1 history, only trailing Hamilton, who had 15 in 2007

  • Antonelli’s 16 Q3 appearances in 2025 were tied with Isack Hadjar for 2nd most by a rookie in F1 history, only trailing Hamilton, who had 17 in 2007

  • In 2025, Antonelli became the 1st rookie driver to have 3+ podiums in their debut season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007

Charles Leclerc

KEY STATS

  • If Ferrari doesn’t win in Albert Park, the team will officially pass 500 days since their last win at the 2024 Mexican GP

  • Would become the first Ferrari driver to lead the drivers’ standings since May 21 2022, the day before the 2022 Spanish GP

  • Would become the first Ferrari driver to lead the drivers’ standings at the conclusion of a GP since the 2022 Miami GP

  • Will make his 151st start as a Ferrari driver in Albert Park, tying Kimi Raikkonen for 2nd most in team history

  • Will become the only Ferrari driver to make over 150 starts with the team & not win a drivers’ title

  • Only driver on the grid who has a grand slam at Albert Park (2022)

  • 2022 win at Albert Park is Ferrari’s only grand slam since Fernando Alonso at 2010 Singapore GP

  • Only drivers with grand slam at Albert Park are Leclerc (2022) & Michael Schumacher (2004)

  • Perfect Q3 rate at Albert Park since joining Ferrari

  • The last time there was a major engine regulation change, Leclerc & Ferrari led the championship for the first 5 races of the season (2022)

  • The last time there was a major engine regulation change, Leclerc also won the first race of the season with Ferrari recording a 1-2 & Lewis Hamilton also on the podium (Bahrain 2022)

  • The last time there was a major engine regulation change, Leclerc started the season with 8 consecutive front row starts

  • Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

  • Since his win at Australia in 2022, Leclerc has failed to convert 15 of his last 16 poles to victories

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) over his career

  • Has scored 1633 points as a Ferrari driver, most in the team’s history (not adjusting for era)

Circuit stats

  • Albert Park (2022) & Monaco (2024) are the only races Leclerc has led from start to finish

  • In that 2022 win at Albert Park, Leclerc took pole by 0.286s, won by 20.524s, led all 58 laps & his best lap was 0.586s better than the next best

  • At the end of the 2022 race in Albert Park, Leclerc had more points than all other drivers & constructors

  • Made his Ferrari debut at Albert Park in 2019, qualifying & finishing 5th

  • A win at Albert Park would see it tie Monza for the only circuits he’s won multiple times & a pole at Albert Park would make it the 8th circuit he has multiple poles at

  • His 2nd podium at Albert Park was part of a 1-2 finish for Ferrari in 2024 as he finished 2nd behind Carlos Sainz

  • Leclerc finished 8th at Albert Park in 2025, his worst finishing result there as a Ferrari driver

  • Has 59 points scored at Albert Park

  • All of his 58 laps led in Albert Park came in 2022, though his 58 laps led are 10th most by a driver in the circuit’s history (tied with Valtteri Bottas)

  • Leclerc is 1 of 4 Ferrari drivers with poles at Albert Park, joining Kimi Raikkonen (2007), Michael Schumacher (2001, 2003-2004) & Rubens Barrichello (2002)

Trends

  • Leclerc is the only Ferrari driver to take more than 5 poles in a season since the team’s last championship in 2008 & he’s done it twice (7 in 2019, 9 in 2022)

  • Leclerc has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons, the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Max Verstappen (7 straight seasons)

  • Leclerc has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons, tied with Carlos Sainz for the 2nd longest streak on the grid behind Verstappen (10 straight seasons)

  • Since 2021, Leclerc has either won 3 or 0 races in a season (0 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 0 in 2023, 3 in 2024 & 0 in 2025)

  • Owns an undefeated qualifying H2H record against his teammates for every season since coming into F1

  • 2025 was the first season since 2021 where Ferrari didn’t win a single race

  • Has failed to convert his last 3 poles to wins

  • Outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 19 out of 24 races in their first season as teammates, the first time Leclerc has ever outqualified a teammate 19+ times

  • Finished with only 1 pole in 2025, the first time he’s failed to record multiple poles in a season since 2020 when he drove the SF1000

  • Was responsible for all 7 of Ferrari’s podiums in 2025

  • Leclerc has also delivered 9 of the last 10 Ferrari podiums

  • Leclerc is the first Ferrari driver to be responsible for 100% of the team’s poles in a season with a minimum of 5 poles since Fernando Alonso in 2011 (10 poles to Felipe Massa’s 0)

What’s next?

  • Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

  • His next podium will be his 51st, overtaking Jenson Button in career podiums & tying him with Mika Hakkinen for 16th most all-time

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

  • If Leclerc doesn't win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia and not win a title

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history

  • Is 2 podiums away from tying Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver (52) & 5 away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most (55)

  • Leclerc is scheduled to tie Michael Schumacher for most GP starts as a Ferrari driver at his home GP in Monaco this season, which will be his 179th GP with the team

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

  • A win in 2026 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

Other notable stats

  • Leclerc was responsible for 75% of Ferrari's poles during the ground-effect regs (18/24)

  • Leclerc and Michael Schumacher are the only drivers who have taken a pole in 5+ consecutive seasons for Ferrari (Leclerc: 2021-2025, Schumacher: 1996-2006)

  • During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8 while Leclerc’s 43 front row starts is also more than double his teammates’ combined total (21)

  • Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion

  • Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

  • Is 1 of 18 drivers in F1 history with 50+ podiums & the fifth Ferrari driver to do so

  • Out of the 18 drivers in F1 history with +50 podiums, Leclerc is the only one with less than 10 wins. He’s also only 1 of 4 to never win a championship (others are Valtteri Bottas, Rubens Barrichello & David Coulthard)

  • Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

FERRARI KEY STATS

  • Ferrari had more wins at Albert Park (2) than any other team during the ground-effect era

  • Since the start of the turbo-hybrid era in 2014, Ferrari is tied with Mercedes for the most wins at Albert Park (4)

  • Ferrari, Mercedes & McLaren are tied for the most poles at Albert Park with 6 each

  • Ferrari has 3 1-2 podiums at Albert Park (2024, 2004, 2000)

  • Ferrari has 4 front-row lockouts at Albert Park (2001-2004)

  • A win in 2026 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

Lewis Hamilton

KEY STATS

  • Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

  • Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

  • Starting his 20th F1 season

  • Had a podium while Ferrari scored a 1-2 finish in the opening race of the season the last time there was a major regulation change (Bahrain 2022)

  • Finished on the podium in Albert Park on his F1 debut in 2007 & overtook reigning drivers’ champion Fernando Alonso on Lap 1

  • Hamilton has 8 poles in Albert Park but only 2 wins

  • More poles at Albert Park than all other drivers & constructors

  • A 9th pole at Albert Park would tie himself for most poles at a single GP/circuit in F1 history (9 at Hungary)

  • Leads all drivers in podiums (10) & points scored (195) at Albert Park

  • Would become the first driver to win/take pole at Albert Park with 3 different teams

  • Finished 10th last year at Albert Park in his debut for Ferrari, his worst finishing result at the circuit

  • 6 straight poles at Albert Park from 2014 to 2019, 1 short of tying Ayrton Senna’s F1 record of 7 consecutive poles at a GP (San Marino 1985-1991)

  • F1-record 18 consecutive seasons with a podium streak ended in 2025, his debut season with Ferrari

  • Is the first Ferrari driver to go an entire season without a podium since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

  • 26 straight races without a podium, the longest streak of his career

  • Ended 2025 with 3 consecutive Q1 eliminations, the first ever full-time Ferrari driver to have 3 straight Q1 exits

  • The only time a Ferrari driver using #44 won a race was Maurice Trintignant at the 1955 Monaco GP

  • Would be the first driver ever to have a win, pole, or podium with McLaren, Mercedes, & Ferrari

  • Would join Fernando Alonso as the only drivers on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

  • Would be the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

Circuit stats

  • Made his F1 debut at Albert Park in 2007, finishing 3rd & overtaking reigning drivers’ champion & teammate Fernando Alonso at the start

  • With 5 more points, Hamilton will become the first driver to score 200 points at Albert Park

  • A podium with Ferrari at Albert Park would see Hamilton join Fernando Alonso (4) & Kimi Raikkonen as only drivers to get a podium at the circuit with 3+ different teams

  • Needs 1 more front row start in Albert Park to make it the 6th circuit he has 10+ front row starts at

  • Has finished in the points all 14 times he’s seen the chequered flag (2 DNFs, 1 DSQ are the other results)

  • Last podium in Albert Park was in 2023 & he shared it with Fernando Alonso & Max Verstappen

  • 4 Ferrari drivers have taken pole at Albert Park with Charles Leclerc (2022), Kimi Raikkonen (2007), Michael Schumacher (2001, 2003-2004) & Rubens Barrichello (2002) accomplishing the feat

Trends

  • The last F1 season to not have Hamilton on the podium was 2006 (he was still in GP2) but that season was followed by Ferrari winning a drivers’ championship

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Mexico 2025, 5 races ago

  • Hamilton had only 15 Q3 appearances in 2025, his fewest since he had 9 in 2009 with McLaren

  • Hamilton’s sprint win in China last year was the only time Ferrari finished 1st in any race or sprint last season

  • 2025 was the first season since 2021 where Ferrari didn’t win a single race

  • Hamilton hasn’t won a race in 3 of the last 4 seasons

What’s next?

  • The only drivers in F1 history to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine are Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Alonso & Rubens Barrichello

  • The last time a Ferrari driver ended a race leading the championship was Charles Leclerc at the 2022 Miami GP but the last literal day a Ferrari driver led the championship was May 21 2022, the day before the Spanish GP

  • If Hamilton leads a race in 2026, he will become the first driver in F1 history to lead a race in 20 consecutive seasons

  • If Hamilton leads 8 races, he will become the first driver in F1 history to lead 200 different races

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole, 19th season with a podium & 19th with a fastest lap

  • Could become the: 16th driver to win a race with 3+ different teams, the 17th different driver to get pole with 3+ different teams & the 57th different driver to get a podium with 3+ different teams

  • Currently holds the record for most GPs as a Ferrari driver (24) without a single podium

  • The next win by a Ferrari-powered car will be the 250th by the power unit in F1 history

  • Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

Other notable stats

  • Holds the undisputed F1 record in wins (105), poles (104), podiums (202), front row starts (176), points finishes in GP weekends (332)

  • Has more wins than any team on the current grid. In fact if you add up the wins total of any two teams, it still wouldn’t equal Hamilton’s 105 victories

  • Hamilton has led the drivers’ standings for 126 of his 380 GPs (33.16%)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

  • Has the most wins from pole (61) in F1 history & is 2nd in most wins without pole (44) in F1 history

  • Has recorded at least 5 podiums in every single season of his career except 2025

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Won from 8 different grid positions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P10, P14)

Carlos Sainz

KEY STATS

  • Won in 2024 at Albert Park, his & Ferrari’s first win since Singapore 2023

  • His 2024 win at Albert Park ended a 9-race win streak by Max Verstappen while his previous win (Singapore 2023) ended a 10-race win streak by Verstappen

  • 2024 win at Albert Park is his only points finish at the circuit since 2018 (DNF in 2025, 1st in 2024, 12th in 2023 after a penalty, DNF in 2022, DNF in 2019)

  • Has a DNF in Albert Park with Williams (2025), Ferrari (2022) & McLaren (2019)

  • Scored points in Albert Park with Ferrari, Toro Rosso & Renault but not with Williams

  • Outqualified Alex Albon in 9 of the last 10 qualifying sessions they were classified in last season (excludes Singapore double DSQ)

  • 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

  • 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

Circuit stats

  • His 2024 win in Albert Park was Ferrari’s first 1-2 podium since Bahrain 2022

  • Albert Park is 1 of only 4 circuits Sainz has won at, joining Singapore, Silverstone & Mexico

  • Has led 57 laps at Albert Park, 3rd most among all the circuits he’s raced at (only trailing Mexico - 63 & Singapore - 62)

  • Has scored 34 points at Albert Park with 25 coming from his 2024 win

  • Other than his win in 2024, Sainz has never finished better than 8th at Albert Park, which was in 2017 with Toro Rosso

  • Despite having 8 Q3 appearances, Sainz only has started inside the top 4 once (2024)

  • The rest of his starting grid spots are 5th (x1), 7th (x2), 8th (x1), 9th (x2), 10th (x1) & 18th (x1)

Trends

  • Won the qualifying H2H battle against Alex Albon 14-9 last year

  • Ended the 2025 season with 2 top 5 finishes & 1 podium over his last 3 races

  • Sainz & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with multiple podiums in each of the last 5 seasons now

  • Podiums for Williams: Sainz - 2, All other Williams drivers since 2017 - 2

  • Has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025), which is currently tied with Charles Leclerc for the 2nd longest streak on the grid (only Max Verstappen - 10 consecutive years has more)

  • Has made a front row start in 5 straight seasons now

What’s next?

  • Is 163.5 points away from 1500 career points scored

  • Scheduled to make his 250th race start at the 2026 Brazilian GP

Other notable stats

  • His 150 GPs before his first win is 2nd most in F1 history, only trailing Sergio Perez, who had to wait 190 GPs

  • Last year, Sainz became the 1st Williams driver to get 2+ podiums in a season since 2015 when Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa each had 2

  • Was the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs

  • Was the only driver from outside the top 4 teams to start on the front row in 2025

  • Is 1 of 3 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Fernando Alonso - 5)

  • Is 1 of 3 current drivers on the grid to score points with +5 different constructors (Sainz - 5, Fernando Alonso - 5, Nico Hulkenberg - 7)

WILLIAMS KEY STATS

  • The last Williams world champion was Jacques Villeneuve in 1997

  • Williams finished 5th in the constructors’ last year, its best finish since 2017

  • Williams scored 137 points in 2025 & hasn’t scored more than that since 2016 (138)

  • Williams’ last win was Pastor Maldonado in Barcelona in 2012

  • Williams’ last pole was Felipe Massa in Austria in 2014, which was also the first year of a new regulation change

  • Williams’ last 1-2 finish was 2003 French GP

  • Williams’ last podium at Albert Park was Nico Rosberg in 2008

Alex Albon

KEY STATS

  • Finished 5th in Albert Park last year, collecting 10 points

  • Has made Q3 at Albert Park in 2 of the last 3 seasons

  • Went from starting 20th to finishing 10th & scoring points in 2022 after a superb drive where he did 57 laps on a set of hard tyres before pitting for softs

  • 73 points scored in 2025 were more than all his other years at Williams combined (43)

  • Didn’t make Q3 in 11 straight races to end the 2025 season, last Q3 appearance was Spa 2025

  • Will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts this season

  • In 2025, became 1st Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

Circuit stats

  • In his 4 trips to Albert Park as a Williams driver, Albon has 2 points finishes, 1 11th place finish & a DNF

  • Albon is 1 of 14 drivers who have started 20th or worse & finished inside the top 10 at Albert Park

Trends

  • His 73 points scored in 2025 were his highest as a Williams driver

  • Didn’t score points in the last 8 straight Grand Prix races of 2025 with his only points coming in the Austin sprint race

What’s next?

  • Albon will tie Nigel Mansell as the driver with the most race starts for Williams at the 2026 Saudi Arabian GP (95)

  • Will become Williams’ all-time leader in race starts at the 2026 Miami GP

  • Will become the 1st Williams driver to complete 100 races with the team at the 2026 Austrian GP

  • Will make his 150th race start at 2026 Las Vegas GP (96)

  • His 313 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

Other notable stats

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

Arvid Lindblad

KEY STATS

  • Will become the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history as he will be 18 years & 7 months old exactly on Sunday

  • Will only be behind Max Verstappen (17 years, 5 months, 15 days), Lance Stroll (18 years, 4 months, 26 days) & Kimi Antonelli (18 years, 6 months, 19 days)

  • Picked up a podium in F3 sprint race at Albert Park in 2024

  • Would become the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history if he scores in Albert Park (18 years, 7 months), coming in behind (Max Verstappen (17 years, 5 months, 29 days) & Kimi Antonelli (18 years, 6 months, 19 days)

  • A win or podium at the Australian GP or the Chinese GP will make him youngest race winner or podium finisher in F1 history, beating Verstappen’s record of 18 years, 7 months & 15 days

  • Has until October 18, 2028 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history as he will be 21 years, 2 months & 10 days old which would beat Sebastian Vettel’s record by 1 day (21 years, 2 months, 11 days at Monza 2008)

Circuit stats

  • Finished 10th in the Albert Park F2 sprint race last year (feature race was cancelled due to weather)

  • Racing Bulls scored 0 points at Albert Park last year but Yuki Tsunoda did qualify 5th

  • The only rookie driver who scored points at Albert Park last year was Kimi Antonelli

What’s next?

  • But if Lindblad doesn’t win or get a podium in the first 2 races, he can only be the 2nd youngest race winner or podium finisher in F1 history at best

  • If Lindblad’s first podium is at the Japanese GP, he will be the 2nd youngest podium finisher in F1 history at (18 years, 7 months, 21 days), beating Lance Stroll’s mark of 18 years, 7 months, 27 days at Baku 2017

  • If Lindblad’s first podium is between the Bahrain GP & Canadian GP, he will become the 3rd youngest podium finisher in F1 history, beating Kimi Antonelli’s mark of 18 years, 9 months, 21 days at Montreal 2025

Other notable stats

  • Finished 6th in his rookie F2 season in 2025, collecting 3 wins, 1 pole & 5 podiums for Campos

  • Finished 4th in his rookie F3 season in 2024, collecting 4 wins & 5 podiums for Prema

  • Won the 2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with 6 wins, 6 poles & 12 podiums

Liam Lawson

KEY STATS

  • Made his Red Bull debut last year in Australia but qualified 18th & then DNFed in the race

  • No Kiwi driver (from New Zealand) has ever won, taken pole or had a podium at any circuit/GP in Australia

  • No Kiwi driver has ever scored points at any circuit/GP in Australia

  • Outscored Isack Hadjar (34-30) & Yuki Tsunoda (34-23) over the last 14 races of 2025

Circuit stats

  • Albert Park was 1 of only 2 races he started as a Red Bull driver

  • Racing Bulls scored 0 points at Albert Park last year but Yuki Tsunoda did qualify 5th

Trends

  • Made 8 Q3 appearances & had 7 points finishes in 2025, his first full season in F1

  • Scored 38 points in 2025

What’s next?

  • Needs to score 40 points to pass Chris Amon for the 3rd most points by a Kiwi driver in F1 history (Lawson - 44, Amon - 83)

  • The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

  • Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

Other notable stats

  • Lawson has now driven for AlphaTauri, RB, Red Bull & Racing Bulls

Fernando Alonso

KEY STATS

  • Starting 23rd season in F1, his first in Adrian Newey-designed machinery & his first with a Honda PU since 2017

  • Alonso’s first race with Honda PU in 2015 (Malaysia) ended due to an ERS issue, could we see a repeat?

  • Only driver who has taken podiums at Albert Park with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Aston Martin)

  • Only driver who has raced over 1,000 laps at Albert Park

  • Albert Park is the only circuit where Alonso has 20 race starts but no poles (Spa is next with 19 race starts & no poles)

  • Only front row start at Albert Park was in 2007 in his first race for McLaren

  • Outqualified Lance Stroll in 36 consecutive races with the last time he was outqualified by his teammate being Silverstone 2024

  • Scored points in 21/22 seasons with the only exception being his rookie year with Minardi in 2001

  • Hasn’t won a race since the 2013 Spanish GP

  • Hasn’t been on pole since the 2012 German GP

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since the 2023 Brazilian GP

  • Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

Circuit stats

  • Another podium at Albert Park would see Alonso tie Sebastian Vettel (7) for 2nd most podiums at the circuit

  • Needs to score 17 points to pass Vettel for 2nd most points scored at Albert Park (Alonso at 134, Vettel at 150)

  • A win at Albert Park would see the circuit pass Hungary for the track where Alonso has scored the most points (Albert Park - 134, Hungary - 153)

  • The last time Alonso won at Albert Park, he won the drivers’ championship (2006)

  • Has 3 DNFs at Albert Park - including last year - & 2 non-points finishes (2001 & 2022)

Trends

  • Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

  • Enters 2026 having scored points in his last 2 races of 2025 & with 3 consecutive Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

  • Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

  • His 56 points scored in 2025 were his fewest since 2018 with McLaren

What’s next?

  • If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

  • Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race (current record for time & GPs is 17y 1m 18d & 340 GPs by Lewis Hamilton)

  • A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

  • A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

  • Needs 5 Q3 appearances to join Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers to have 250+ Q3 appearances

  • Alonso has led 87 different races in his career, 5th most in F1 history & 13 away from becoming the 5th driver to eclipse 100 different races led

Other notable stats

  • Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 7y 3m 25d passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

  • Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

  • Alonso is the only driver to score points in 21 different seasons in F1 history

  • Has 245 Q3 appearances, 2nd most in F1 history behind Lewis Hamilton (340)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (425)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

Lance Stroll

KEY STATS

  • Scored 28 points at Albert Park since 2022 while his Aston Martin teammates have only scored 19 in this same span (all 19 scored by Fernando Alonso)

  • Scored more points at Albert Park (30) than any other circuit

  • In the midst of an impressive 3-year run of scoring points in Albert Park with a 4th place finish in 2023 & 6th place finishes in 2024 & 2025

  • Outqualified by Fernando Alonso in 36 consecutive races

  • Led all drivers in Q1 eliminations last season (15)

  • Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

Circuit stats

  • Scored 8 points at Albert Park last year by finishing 6th

  • Has finished 6th for 2 straight years at Albert Park

  • Aston Martin’s only podium at Albert Park was Alonso in 2023

Trends

  • Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Enters 2026 having failed to make Q3 in all of his last 10 races

  • Stroll’s 2 Q3 appearances in 2025 were his fewest in a season since 2019 with Racing Point

  • Has never made more than 11 Q3 appearances in a season (most was 10 in 2020 with Racing Point)

What’s next?

  • Trying to outqualify Fernando Alonso for the first time since Silverstone 2024

  • The 2026 Australian GP will be the 70th race that Stroll & Alonso are teammates

  • Scheduled to make the 200th race start of his career at the 2026 Austrian GP

  • 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish

  • His 189 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris (208) & Nico Hulkenberg (250)

  • His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

Other notable stats

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

  • Has 3 career podiums & 1 pole

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

Esteban Ocon

KEY STATS

  • Will tie Romain Grosjean’s F1 record of 181 races without a pole this weekend

  • Scored only 7 points in 6 starts at Albert Park

  • Haas locked out the last row on the grid at last year’s race in Albert Park with Ocon 19th & Ollie Bearman 20th

  • Ended last season on a high, qualifying 8th in Abu Dhabi (his best result of the season) & finishing 7th, tied for his joint second-best result of the year

  • 2025 was the first season since 2022 where Ocon didn’t have a podium

  • 3 Q3 appearances in 2025 were the fewest of any season where Ocon was a full-time driver (since 2017)

Circuit stats

  • Scored points in his Force India debut with a 10th place finish at Albert Park in 2017

  • Responsible for Alpine’s best ever result at Albert Park when he finished 7th in 2022

  • Could make Haas the 3rd different constructor he’s scored points for at Albert Park if he finishes in the points this year

  • No French driver has ever won at Albert Park with Alain Prost being the last French driver to win in Australia (1988 at Adelaide)

  • No French driver has ever taken a podium at Albert Park with Olivier Panis being the last French driver on the podium in Australia (1995 at Adelaide)

Trends

  • Scored fewer points (38) than rookie teammate Ollie Bearman (41) in 2025 & was outqualified (13-10) by Bearman in 2025

  • Ocon has now lost the qualifying H2H battle in 3 of the last 4 years (10-13 vs. Bearman in 2025, 12-10 vs. Pierre Gasly in 2024, 8-14 vs. Gasly in 2023, 10-12 vs. Fernando Alonso in 2022)

  • Ocon was 15th in the drivers’ standings last year, his worst finish for a full season

  • Has only made 7 Q3 appearances from 2024-2025

What’s next?

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (483) is Alain Prost (798.5)

  • Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025)

  • Has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

Other notable stats

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

HAAS KEY STATS

  • Haas is 14 points away from scoring 400 points

  • Haas’ best race result in Albert Park was 6th in their 2016 debut by Romain Grosjean & 6th by Kevin Magnussen in 2019

  • The last time both Haas drivers scored points in Albert Park was 2024

  • The last time both Haas drivers made Q3 at Albert Park was 2019

  • Haas has finished 8th or worse in the constructors’ standings in 8 of its 10 seasons

  • Haas’ all-time best finish in the constructors’ standings is 5th in 2018 when it scored a personal-high 93 points

  • Haas is still looking for its first podium & race win

  • Haas is also seeking its first polesitter since Kevin Magnussen at the 2022 Brazilian GP

Ollie Bearman

KEY STATS

  • Never finished better than 7th in Albert Park during his 2 years in F2 (2023-2024)

  • Outscored Esteban Ocon 41-38 in points & beat him in the qualifying H2H battle 13-10 in 2025, Bearman’s first full season in F1

  • Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

Circuit stats

  • Started last in Albert Park last year & then finished last among all drivers who saw the chequered flag

Trends

  • Made more Q3 appearances (6) than Ocon (3) last season

  • Enters 2026 with 3 consecutive Q2 eliminations

Other notable stats

  • His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

  • Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

Pierre Gasly

KEY STATS

  • First race that Alpine races with a Mercedes engine

  • Has not scored points in Albert Park since joining Alpine with his last points finish coming in 2022 with AlphaTauri

  • Has made Q3 in 2 of the last 3 years at Albert Park (2025 & 2023, both being P9)

  • No French driver has ever taken a podium at Albert Park with Olivier Panis being the last French driver on the podium in Australia (1995 at Adelaide)

  • Outqualified Colapinto in 6 straight races entering 2026

  • At least 5 points finishes in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • If Gasly starts all 24 races in 2026, he will tie Jean Alesi for most races for a French driver in F1 history (201) at the season finale

Circuit stats

  • An Alpine driver has never finished better than 7th in Albert Park (Esteban Ocon in 2022) with this being the team’s only points finish at the track

  • Gasly’s 2 points in Albert Park makes it the worst output he has out of all the circuits he has 5+ appearances at

  • No French driver has ever won at Albert Park with Alain Prost being the last French driver to win in Australia (1988 at Adelaide)

Trends

  • Outqualified Franco Colapinto 13-5 in races during their first year together as teammates in 2025

  • His 18th place finish in the drivers’ standings in 2025 was his worst in a full season

  • Has made at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Gasly has a podium in 5 of his last 7 seasons with 2022 & 2025 the only exceptions

What’s next?

  • Gasly trails Esteban Ocon by 15 points (483-458) for 2nd most points scored in F1 history by an F1 driver

  • Looking for his 1st win since the 2020 Italian GP at Monza

  • Has never had multiple podium finishes in a season

  • Still looking for his maiden pole position

  • The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

  • Is 18 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

  • An Alpine driver has never finished better than 8th in the drivers’ standings (Esteban Ocon in 2022)

  • Alpine’s last & only win was 2021 Hungary

  • Alpine is yet to take pole while the team’s last podium was a double podium by Pierre Gasly & Esteban Ocon at Brazil 2024

  • Alpine finished last in 10th in the constructors’ standings last year & the team has never finished better than 4th (2022) since rebranding

Other notable stats

  • Scored all 22 of Alpine’s points in 2025 & was responsible for all 10 of the team’s Q3 appearances

Franco Colapinto

KEY STATS

  • 2026 will be the third season we see Colapinto in F1 but he’s yet to drive at Albert Park in an F1 car

  • First race that Alpine races with a Mercedes engine

  • Won an F3 sprint race at Albert Park in 2023 but was later disqualified

  • Disqualified at Albert Park in both F3 (2023) & F2 (2024)

  • No Argentine driver has ever taken a win, pole, podium or even scored points in Albert Park or any GP in Australia

  • All 4 times an Argentine driver has raced in Australia for an F1 GP, they DNFed (Gaston Mazzacane in 2001 & 2000, Esteban Tuero in 1998 for Minardi, Oscar Larrauri for Eurobrun in 1988)

  • Hasn’t scored points since the 2024 US GP in Austin when he was driving for Williams

  • First Q3 appearance came at his 2nd F1 race at Baku 2024 but he hasn’t made Q3 since

Circuit stats

  • His best result at Albert Park in his junior career was a 4th place finish in an F2 sprint race in 2024

  • The last Argentine driver to start a race in Albert Park was Gaston Mazzacane in 2001 for Prost, though he DNFed on Lap 1

Trends

  • Enters 2026 being outqualified by Pierre Gasly in 6 straight races to end last season

  • Still searching for his first points for Alpine after going pointless across 17 GPs in 2025

  • Colapinto has only made Q3 in 1 of his 27 career F1 races

What’s next?

  • Aiming to better his personal best career finishing result of 8th place set at Baku in 2024

  • Colapinto’s best qualifying result was 9th at Baku 2024 with his best starting grid spot being 8th which also came at Baku 2024 after he was bumped up

  • Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

  • Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

  • Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

  • Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

  • Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

  • Alpine’s last & only win was 2021 Hungary

  • Alpine is yet to take pole while the team’s last podium was a double podium by Pierre Gasly & Esteban Ocon at Brazil 2024

  • Alpine finished last in 10th in the constructors’ standings last year & the team has never finished better than 4th (2022) since rebranding

Other notable stats

  • In his debut season in 2024 with Williams, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

  • During his debut season, he also became the 1st Argentine driver to qualify in the top 10 since Reutemann at the 1982 Brazilian GP

Nico Hulkenberg

KEY STATS

  • Audi’s first ever race in F1

  • Would become Audi’s first points scorer in F1

  • Will become the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

  • 2026 will see Hulkenberg drive for his 9th different constructor in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

  • Scored points in his last 5 race starts at Albert Park (2018-2019, 2023-2025)

  • Finished 7th in 6 of his last 8 races at Albert Park, including in 2025

  • No driver has ever finished 7th in Albert Park more than twice meanwhile Hulkenberg has done so 6 times

  • Audi would be the 4th different constructor Hulkenberg scores points in Albert Park with (Force India, Haas, Renault, Sauber)

  • Outqualified teammate Gabriel Bortoleto in 6 of the last 7 races to end 2025

  • 1 Q3 appearance in 2025 was his fewest in any of his seasons as a full-time driver

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (250)

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

Circuit stats

  • Started 17th last year but finished 7th, the 2nd straight year he started outside the top 15 but ended up finishing in the points

  • Hulkenberg has 6 races at Albert Park where he started 10th or worse but finished in the points (2015, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025)

  • Hulkenberg has never finished a race in Albert Park worse than 11th with 8 of his 9 race finishes being in the points (DNF in 2010 & 2012, DNS in 2013 the only other results)

  • 46 points scored is his 2nd most among all circuits, only trailing Silverstone (64)

Trends

  • Hulkenberg saw the chequered flag in 4 of the last 6 races in 2025 & he scored points in all 4

  • Finished 11th in the drivers’ standings for a 2nd consecutive season last year

  • His 51 points scored in 2025 was his most since 2018 with Renault (69)

What’s next?

  • If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (tied with John Surtees & trailing Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

  • Will make his 251st race start in Albert Park, making him the 13th driver to do so in F1 history

Other notable stats

  • Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

  • But is now the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (250)

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Took him only 18 GPs before his 1st career pole at the 2010 Brazilian GP with Williams, but hasn’t been on pole since. He also has 2 career front row starts (Brazil 2010 - Pole, Austria 2016 - P2)

Gabriel Bortoleto

KEY STATS

  • Audi’s first ever race in F1

  • Would become Audi’s first points scorer in F1

  • Made Q2 & outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in his F1 debut last year at Albert Park

  • DNFed in his last 3 races at Albert Park (DNF in 2025 F1 GP, DNF in 2024 F2 sprint, DNF in 2024 F2 feature race)

  • Won the F3 feature race at Albert Park

  • Felipe Massa was the last Brazilian to score points at Albert Park with an 8th place finish in 2017

  • In his rookie season, Bortoleto finished with an even 12-12 record against teammate Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying

  • Bortoleto joined Daniel Ricciardo (2019) as the only drivers to outqualify Hulkenberg in 7 straight races (Austria to Baku 2025) & Bortoleto did it as a rookie

Circuit stats

  • The last Brazilian on the podium at Albert Park was Felipe Massa in 2010 for Ferrari

  • No Brazilian has won at Albert Park but Nelson Piquet & Ayrton Senna (x2) have won in Australia at Adelaide circuit with the last win coming in 1993 via Senna

  • Similarly, no Brazilian has taken pole at Albert Park but Senna has 6 poles at Adelaide with his last in 1993

Trends

  • Ended 2025 by tying his best qualifying performance of his rookie season with a P7 in Abu Dhabi

  • Didn’t score points in his last 4 races of 2025 with his last points finish coming at the Mexican GP

  • Made 5 Q3 appearances in 2025 while Hulkenberg only made 1

  • Finished 19th in the drivers’ standings with 19 points scored

  • Was outscored 51-19 in points by Hulkenberg in 2025

What’s next?

  • Trying to become Audi’s first points scorer in F1

  • Needs to score 11 points to pass Felipe Nasr for the 8th most points scored by a Brazilian driver in F1 history

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Other notable stats

  • His 19 career points are tied with Nelson Piquet Jr. for 9th most by a Brazilian in F1 history (not adjusted for era)

Sergio Perez

KEY STATS

  • Cadillac’s first race

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Cadillac could become the first completely new team to score points on its F1 debut since Haas did at the 2016 Australian GP when Romain Grosjean finished 6th. Like Haas, Cadillac is also an American team

  • Cadillac is 1 of 3 teams that have a drivers’ lineup of 2 race winners, joining McLaren & Ferrari

  • Perez will join Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso as the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

  • Both Perez & Bottas DNFed the last time F1 fans saw them in a race (Abu Dhabi 2024)

  • Perez & new teammate Valtteri Bottas have shared only 1 podium together (Turkey 2021)

  • Perez’s Red Bull tenure ended with 0 podiums over his final 19 races & only 9 points over his last 8 races

  • Last 3 starts at Albert Park saw him finish within the top 5 (2nd - 2022, 5th - 2023, 5th - 2024)

  • Perez’s +15 positions gained at the 2023 race (PL to 5th) is the most spots gained by a driver at Albert Park since 2009

  • Perez is 1 of 6 drivers to go from the pit lane to finishing in the top 5 at Albert Park, joining Raikkonen, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli, Rubens Barrichello & Timo Glock)

  • Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

Circuit stats

  • Perez finished 5th in 2024 & in 2023 at Albert Park, his last 2 starts at the circuit

  • Has twice started 20th or worse & finished in the points at Albert Park (2023: pit lane at start to 5th place finish, 2012: 22nd at start to 8th place finish)

  • Perez is 1 of only 3 drivers to have multiple races at Albert Park where they started 20th or worse & finished in the top 10, joining Kimi Raikkonen (x2) & Pedro Diniz (x2)

  • Has scored points for Red Bull, Force India & Sauber at Albert Park

Trends

  • Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

  • Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

  • Has recorded more than 10 points finishes for every constructor he’s driven for (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull)

  • Made Q3 in his last 2 races for Red Bull (Qatar-Abu Dhabi 2024)

  • Both Perez & Bottas DNFed the last time F1 fans saw them in a race (Abu Dhabi 2024)

  • Perez’s 4 podiums in 2024 were his fewest as a Red Bull driver (2021-2024)

  • Has not won a qualifying H2H battle against his teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020

  • Perez was outqualified 81-9 against Max Verstappen during their 4 years together as teammates

What’s next?

  • 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

  • Scheduled to become the 8th driver in F1 history to make 300 race starts at the 2026 United States GP in Austin

  • If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

  • Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

  • Has to lead 2 more races to hit 30 career races led

Other notable stats

  • Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner (6), polesitter (3) & podium finisher (39)

  • Has made 281 starts, 8th most in F1 history

  • Perez is the last driver to outqualify Max Verstappen (Baku 2024)

  • Perez is 1 of only 2 drivers to go from the pit lane to finishing in the top 5 in the ground-effect era, joining Max Verstappen (Brazil 2025)

Valtteri Bottas

KEY STATS

  • Cadillac’s first race

  • Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

  • Cadillac could become the first completely new team to score points on its F1 debut since Haas did at the 2016 Australian GP when Romain Grosjean finished 6th. Like Haas, Cadillac is also an American team

  • Cadillac is 1 of 3 teams that have a drivers’ lineup of 2 race winners, joining McLaren & Ferrari

  • Last points finish in Albert Park was in 2022 with Alfa Romeo

  • Is the most recent Mercedes race winner in Albert Park

  • Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 30 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

  • The last time Bottas joined a new team, he scored points in his debut for them (Finished 6th at Bahrain 2022 for Alfa Romeo)

  • Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

  • Bottas is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

Circuit stats

  • Is 1 of 7 drivers on the grid to win in Albert Park

  • Has scored points in Albert Park with 3 different teams (Williams, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo)

  • Hasn’t made Q3 in Albert Park since 2019

  • Albert Park is 1 of 8 circuits that Bottas has a race win at

  • Has led 58 laps & scored 63 points at Albert Park

Trends

  • Made Q3 in his most recent F1 appearance at Abu Dhabi 2024

  • Outqualified his last teammate Guanyu Zhou 51-17 over their 3 seasons together

What’s next?

  • Cadillac will become the 5th different constructor in name that Bottas drives for (Williams, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Kick Sauber, Cadillac)

  • Will become the 6th driver on the grid to drive for 5 different constructors in name, joining Nico Hulkenberg, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Sergio Perez & Carlos Sainz)

  • Needs to lead 2 more races to become the 22nd driver in F1 history to lead 40 races in their career

Other notable stats

  • Has 10 wins, making him 1 of 5 drivers on the grid with 10+ victories

  • Has 67 podiums, 10th most in F1 history

  • Has 20 career poles, tied for 16th most in F1 history

  • Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

  • Has 46 career front row starts

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • George Russell - Singapore 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • George Russell - Singapore 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Lando Norris - Abu Dhabi 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

  • George Russell - Las Vegas 2025

  • Kimi Antonelli - Las Vegas 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Mexico 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Lewis Hamilton - Las Vegas 2024

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Sergio Perez - China 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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Welcome To Albert Park

Welcome back, it feels like we hardly left.

After a short winter break that saw only 89 days between the final lap of the 2025 Abu Dhabi GP and FP1 of the 2026 Australian GP, F1 is back in Melbourne for the opening race of a new era. That’s right. We’re talking new regulations that have massively overhauled the chassis, aerodynamics, and power units. There’s also some new faces & new names in the paddock such as Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad & Audi, Cadillac, & Ford.

Oh, and how could I forget - a new drivers’ champion in Lando Norris.

The winds of change have swept F1 & the opening chapter of this new journey will write itself at Albert Park.

Let’s give you a rundown of the circuit:

Laps: 58

Lap distance: 5.278km

Race distance: 306.124km

Corners: 14

Straight Mode Zones: 5

Overtake Detection Point: Before T14

Pirelli tyre range: C3-C4-C5

This will be the 24th time that the Albert Park circuit hosts the opening race of a F1 season.

Norris won last year’s race, which was also the season opener, and went on to win the championship. Will that same kind of luck repeat? (More on that below). Pole position might be crucial with three of the last four winners coming from pole position, though it’s impossible to predict how the new regulations will affect that.

It’s finally time to start the 2026 season.

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Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

  • P11 - David Coulthard at 2003 Australian GP for McLaren

Furthest grid spot to finish on the podium:

  • PL to 3rd - Kimi Raikkonen at 2003 Australian GP for McLaren

  • PL to 3rd - Jarno Trulli at 2009 Australian GP for Toyota

Lap Record:

  • 1:19.813 - Charles Leclerc at 2024 Australian GP for Ferrari

Track Record:

  • 1:15.096 - Lando Norris at 2025 Australian GP for McLaren

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Albert Park Circuit Stats

Most Wins 🥇

Most Poles 🛞

Most Podiums 🏆

Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

  • Pole - 17 (42.86%)

  • P2 - 7 (25%)

  • P3 - 4 (14.29%)

  • P4 - 2 (7.14%)

  • P6 - 1 (3.57%)

  • P7 - 1 (3.57%)

  • P11 - 1 (3.57%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • Eddie Irvine - 1999

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • Jacques Villeneuve - 1996

Maiden Podiums 🏆

  • Jacques Villeneuve - 1996

  • Kimi Raikkonen - 2002

  • Lewis Hamilton - 2007

  • Nico Rosberg - 2008

  • Vitaly Petrov - 2011

  • Kevin Magnussen - 2014

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How Teams Have Fared Recently At Albert Park

Last Points Finish in Albert Park

Racing Bulls - P7 by Yuki Tsunoda in 2024

Aston Martin - P6 by Lance Stroll in 2025

Haas - P9 by Nico Hulkenberg and P10 by Kevin Magnussen in 2024

Alpine - P7 by Esteban Ocon in 2022

Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Albert Park? ⚔️

Season Opener Stats

There have been 76 season-opening races in Formula 1 history. Let’s give you the rundown on which drivers have produced the best results in season openers.

Most All-Time Wins In Season-Opening Races

Michael Schumacher - 6 | Ferrari - 17

Alain Prost - 6 | McLaren - 14

Juan Manuel Fangio - 5 | Mercedes - 7

Most Wins In Season-Opening Races Among Current Drivers

Lewis Hamilton - 3

Fernando Alonso - 2

Max Verstappen - 2

Valtteri Bottas - 2

Charles Leclerc - 1

Lando Norris - 1

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Is There Such Thing As A Season-Opener Curse?

Not really. In fact, the winner of the first race of the season has gone on to win the drivers’ championship in each of the last 3 years. Prior to that there was a run of 6 consecutive years where the winner of the first race didn’t win the drivers’ title but overall, the trend balances out.

  • 37/76 winners of the first race have gone on to become champion that season (48.7%)

The verdict? Very little correlation. The odds are similar to flipping a coin.

* Win was split with Luigi Musso

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Changes to the 2026 Stat Pack

The Stat Pack newsletter blew up over the 2025 season & I’m going to be making a few minor changes this season that hopefully make this an even better experience across a race week.

  • The Stat Pack will now be split into two parts

  • The first feature will be a Stat Pack about the circuit’s history itself & will be rolled out earlier in the week. This will also include any stats of the week & other cool features I explore.

  • The second feature will be the usual Stat Pack about all the drivers on the grid & this will be rolled out midweek.

These changes are just to help me better prepare for when F1 has doubleheaders, which can get chaotic. Plus, I’m getting married this year, so I’m sure life will get busy. The wedding is not planned for a race weekend, & I swear that is a total coincidence.

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Welcome To The Award Ceremony 🏆

The 2025 Formula 1 season is officially in the books. That means it’s time to hand out awards to all the drivers who you thought impressed us the most this year. Each winner was selected by the audience who voted in the Abu Dhabi Stat Pack.

Before we get started, I want to say thank you for making this season so much fun. I hope you all learned something from the Stat Packs & I can’t wait to see what 2026 brings. I’m already going through withdrawal not being able to jinx anyone.

Please leave me any suggestions about how this newsletter could get better or any stats you want to see researched this offseason in the comments below. You can also let me know the craziest stat I pulled that you found interesting from the 2025 season.

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1. Who was the top driver this season? 🔥

Max Verstappen is the inaugural winner of our Golden Wheel Award & he won quite decisively. Verstappen led F1 in wins, poles & laps led this season while his 10 straight podiums to end the season was the longest streak by any driver or opposing team this year.

I believe there were only 3 total ballots that didn’t have Verstappen on them at all.

I’ll be releasing my own rankings sometime next week.

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2. Who was the most underrated midfield driver this season? 👀

What a dream first season with Williams for Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard became the first Williams driver since 2014 to record multiple podiums and at least one front row start. Bravo, Carlos.

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3. Who was the best rookie this season? 💪

A super close race ends with Isack Hadjar narrowly beating Kimi Antonelli to best rookie of the season. It’s beyond obvious that Formula 1 got a massive injection of young talent in 2025.

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4. What was the best drive this season? 🏎️

Max Verstappen produced more magic in Interlagos this season, becoming only the 8th driver in Formula 1 history to go from the pit lane to a podium.

Lando Norris’ domination in Mexico where he took the largest margin of victory this season came 2nd while Nico Hulkenberg’s record-breaking podium in Silverstone rounds out your top 3.

P.S. - I just want to say that personally I think George Russell’s drive in Bahrain deserved more love but maybe next year I’ll make the ballot a top 3 or top 5 drives.

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5. What was the best pole lap this season? 🛞

Nothing was able to beat Lando Norris’ stonking lap in Monaco where he set the fastest time in the circuit’s history. A track known for elevating legacies, Norris left his mark in the record books on the iconic streets of Monaco.

The other 2 top contenders are also incredible picks. Max Verstappen’s track-record pole lap in Suzuka was a sight to behold as the four-time world champion mastered an iconic driver-oriented track. There’s also no shortage of praise for Charles Leclerc delivering Ferrari’s only pole of the season at Hungary. When it comes to one-lap pace, almost no one is as brilliant as Leclerc.

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Welcome To Yas Marina

It all comes down to this.

For the 1st time since 2021, the Formula 1 drivers’ championship will be decided at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. And for the 1st time since 2010, there are at least 3 drivers still in contention. This is not only a terrific send-off to a script-like season, but also a fitting way to end the ground-effect regulations.

Lando Norris enters with a 12-point lead over Max Verstappen while Oscar Piastri is 16 points back of his McLaren teammate. If you’re interested in a cheat sheet for all the possible scenarios that will crown 1 of these 3 as champion, I’ve compiled that here. Norris is still the heavy favourite, but with Verstappen’s momentum - he’s won 5 of the last 8 races - it would be silly to call this over.

Abu Dhabi is no stranger to dramatic season finales for the drivers’ title with the likes of 2010, 2014, 2016 & of course, 2021, all being decided at the Yas Marina circuit. Verstappen came out victorious in the 2021 decider but Norris has celebrated there also, just in a different manner. His dominant win in last year’s race, in which he started on pole, led every lap, & gave McLaren its 1st constructors’ title since 1998.

This 58-lap, 5.281-km circuit has been won from pole in each of the last 10 races dating back to 2015. Tyre degradation is not really much of a factor in Abu Dhabi, leading to Pirelli bringing the C3-C4-C5 compounds.

Get your popcorn ready because one way or another, the Abu Dhabi GP will end with glory & celebration for one driver.

Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest podium: Sebastian Vettel went from the pit lane to 3rd at the 2012 Abu Dhabi GP for Red Bull

Furthest win: Kimi Raikkonen won the 2012 Abu Dhabi GP from 4th on the grid for Lotus

Lap Record: Kevin Magnussen set a 1:25.637 at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP for Haas

Track Record: Max Verstappen set a 1:22.109 at the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP for Red Bull

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Jinx Poll … Just Kidding

There is no jinx pole this week as a thank you for your commitment during the season. The fate of the drivers’ championship is up to the universe now but let me know who you think will pull it off.

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The Golden Wheel Awards 🏆

The 2025 season is nearly over, which means it’s time to vote for the best drivers this season. If you’d like to participate, just fill out the survey below.

  1. Who have been the top 3 drivers this season?

  2. Who has been the most underrated driver this season?

  3. Who has been the best rookie this season?

  4. What was the best drive this season?

  5. What was the best pole lap this season?

For the 1st question, please make sure to clarify your choices by writing your top 3 in order.

1st place votes will be worth 10 points. 2nd place votes will be worth 6 points & 3rd place votes will be worth 3 points.

For the final 4 questions, please only write one submission.

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I will close the voting a few hours after the race & reveal the results next week. Thanks for all the support this year.

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How We Got To Abu Dhabi

All The Championship Swings

Max Verstappen’s Comeback

Verstappen’s Domination Since The Summer Break

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The Last Time We Had 3 Or More Drivers Enter The Season Finale With A Chance To Become Champion …

The Formula 1 scriptwriters are going crazy

Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri could join these McLaren drivers’ champions:

  • Emerson Fittipaldi (1974)

  • James Hunt (1976)

  • Niki Lauda (1984)

  • Alain Prost (1985, 1986, 1989)

  • Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1991)

  • Mika Hakkinen (1998, 1999)

  • Lewis Hamilton (2008)

Max Verstappen could join an exclusive group of drivers with 5+ championships:

  • Michael Schumacher - 7

  • Lewis Hamilton - 7

  • Juan Manuel Fangio - 5

Lando Norris could also become …

  • 35th drivers’ champion in F1 history

  • 4th driver to win their 1st championship after their 150th start, joining Nigel Mansell, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg

  • the 1st driver to win their 1st drivers’ title in their 7th season since Max Verstappen in 2021

  • the 7th-youngest driver to become world champion

  • the 1st non-Red Bull or Mercedes drivers’ champion since Jenson Button in 2009 (Brawn GP)

  • McLaren’s 1st drivers’ champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • McLaren’s 8th drivers’ champion

Oscar Piastri could also become …

  • 35th drivers’ champion in F1 history

  • the 1st Australian to do so since Alan Jones in 1980

  • the 3rd Australian ever to be named champion (joining Alan Jones & Jack Brabham)

  • the 1st non-Red Bull or Mercedes drivers’ champion since Jenson Button in 2009 (Brawn GP)

  • McLaren’s 1st drivers’ champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • McLaren’s 8th drivers’ champion

  • the 1st driver to win their 1st championship within their 1st 3 seasons since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • the 1st driver born in the 2000s to win the championship

  • the 5th youngest driver to become world champion

Max Verstappen could also become …

  • the 2nd driver to win 5 straight drivers’ championships, joining Michael Schumacher

  • the youngest driver to win 5 drivers’ championships

  • the 1st Red Bull driver to win 5 drivers’ championships

  • the 1st driver in F1 history to win multiple drivers’ championship while being part of a team that is 3rd or worse in the constructors (also did it in 2024)

  • the 1st driver in F1 history to win the drivers’ title 3 times while not being part of the team that won the constructors’ championships (Verstappen & Nelson Piquet Sr. have each done it twice so far)

Rare feats

  • It’s possible Oscar Piastri & Max Verstappen can win in Abu Dhabi & not become world champions. That means potentially either 1 of them could become the 1st driver to have the outright most wins (no ties) in a season but not win the championship since Lewis Hamilton in 2016

  • If Max Verstappen or Lando Norris takes pole in Abu Dhabi but does not win the championship, they would become the 1st driver to have the outright most poles (no ties) in a season but not win the championship since Charles Leclerc in 2022

  • Lando Norris could become the 1st driver to have the outright most podiums (no ties) in a season & not win the drivers’ championship since Lewis Hamilton in 2016

  • Oscar Piastri or Max Verstappen could become the 1st driver to have the outright most laps led (no ties) in a season & not win the drivers’ championship since Lewis Hamilton in 2016

  • Max Verstappen could potentially become the 1st driver to have the outright most wins, poles & laps led but not win the drivers’ championship since Lewis Hamilton in 2016

Other Battles To Watch

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  • Pole - 11 (68.75%)

  • P2 - 4 (25%)

  • P4 - 1 (6.25%)

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End of An Era

Sunday’s race will be the finale of the ground-effect regulations, which were introduced in 2022.

Here’s how the drivers & teams have fared during this set of regulations:

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Oscar Piastri

Circuit stats

  • Important to note that Piastri will sit out FP1 in Abu Dhabi due to McLaren needing to put a rookie in the car. Pato O’Ward will step in

  • Was part of a McLaren team that clinched the constructors’ championship in Abu Dhabi last year

  • That was McLaren’s 1st constructors’ title since 1998 at the time

  • Could become the 2nd Australian to take pole in Abu Dhabi, with only his manager Mark Webber having done so in 2013

  • Piastri could also become the 1st Australian to win in Abu Dhabi as Mark Webber was unsuccessful in converting his 2013 pole to victory

  • Could join Lando Norris & Lewis Hamilton as the only McLaren race winners or polesitters in Abu Dhabi

  • Has started in the top 3 in each of his 2 Abu Dhabi races (3rd in 2023, 2nd in 2024) but has gone backwards each, finishing 6th in 2023 & 10th in 2024

  • Abu Dhabi 2024 was his worst finishing position (10th) from a front-row start (2nd), however this was largely due to being hit by Max Verstappen on Lap 1

  • Abu Dhabi (9) & Las Vegas (8) are the only tracks on the calendar where Piastri has less than 10 points

  • Abu Dhabi & Las Vegas are the only tracks where Piastri doesn’t have a top 5 finish

  • Abu Dhabi is 1 of 7 tracks where Piastri doesn’t have a podium, joining Las Vegas, Australia, Mexico, Austin, Interlagos & Montreal

  • Outqualified Lando Norris in Abu Dhabi in 2023 with Piastri in 3rd & Norris in 5th

  • However, Piastri has never finished ahead of Lando Norris in Abu Dhabi

Trends

  • In a span of 4 GPs, Piastri went from entering Mexico as championship leader to leaving Qatar 3rd in the standings

  • The last 2 times F1 had a season finale with 3+ drivers still in contention, the driver in 3rd won the championship (Sebastian Vettel in 2010, Kimi Raikkonen in 2007)

  • Finished 2nd in Qatar, giving Piastri his 1st podium since Monza & ending a run of 6 straight races without a podium

  • Qualified on pole in Qatar, giving Piastri his 1st pole since Zandvoort, which was exactly 3 months prior

  • Piastri has finished in the top 3 in every Qatar sprint & GP race since joining the grid (3 sprint wins, 3 GP podiums)

  • Piastri is the only driver to have finished on the podium in every sprint & GP appearance in Qatar

  • Piastri has still finished every race/sprint ahead of Lando Norris in Qatar

  • Qatar was the 1st GP that Piastri outscored Norris since Zandvoort

  • Qatar was the 1st GP this season that Piastri finished ahead of Norris in a race Piastri didn’t win

  • Led more laps in Qatar (33) than he did in the 7 races prior (10)

  • Qatar was only the 2nd time Piastri has failed to convert pole to victory, joining Imola earlier this season

  • Piastri’s blown pole in Qatar means he no longer has the best pole-to-win rate in F1 history for drivers with multiple poles, surrendering the spot back to Max Verstappen

  • Piastri’s 66.7% pole-to-win rate is now tied with Jody Scheckter, Tony Brooks & Emerson Fittipaldi for 2nd best in F1 history among drivers with multiple poles

  • First 9 races of 2025: 4 poles, 5 wins

  • Last 14 races of 2025: 2 poles, 2 wins

  • Has gone 8 straight races without a win, longest winless stretch of the season for him

  • This is now Piastri’s longest winless drought since Singapore 2024 to Australia 2025 (8 races)

  • Piastri & Lando Norris having 7 wins each in 2025 are the most by a McLaren driver since Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 (7)

  • Now has more career podiums (25) than fellow Australian Alan Jones (24)

What’s next?

  • 16 points behind Lando Norris & 4 points behind Max Verstappen in pursuit of his 1st drivers’ championship

  • Piastri would become the 1st driver to win their 1st championship within their 1st 3 seasons since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Piastri could become the 1st driver born in the 2000s to win the championship

  • Piastri would also become the 5th youngest driver to become world champion

  • If Piastri wins the drivers’ title, he would be the 1st Australian to do so since Alan Jones in 1980 & would become only the 3rd Australian ever to be named champion (joining Jones & Jack Brabham)

  • Aiming to become the 1st non-Red Bull or Mercedes drivers’ champion since Jenson Button in 2009 (Brawn GP)

  • Trying to become McLaren’s 1st drivers’ champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Piastri is tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

  • Another win for Piastri would make him the 3rd driver to reach 10+ wins in the ground-effect regulations, joining Max Verstappen & Lando Norris

  • Another win will make him the 1st McLaren driver to win 8 races in a season since Mika Hakkinen in 1998

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

Other notable stats

  • Is the 1st driver in F1 history to have 8 straight podiums & 6 straight races without a podium in the same season

  • Piastri’s pole in Qatar - which was his 6th of 2025 - broke his manager Mark Webber’s record for most poles in a season by an Australian (5)

  • Is the 2025 leader in laps led (435)

  • In Mexico, Piastri became 1st driver to lose the lead of the drivers’ championship with 5 races to go since Fernando Alonso lost the lead of the championship to Sebastian Vettel at 2012 Korean GP

  • Piastri did not qualify outside the top 4 in the 1st 16 GPs of 2025, F1’s best streak at the time

  • Piastri & Lando Norris’ 7 1-2s this season are 2nd most in McLaren history in a single season, falling short of Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost’s record of 10 in 1988

  • Is 1 of 14 drivers in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship for at least 15 consecutive GPs

  • Held the lead in the drivers’ championship for exactly 189 days from Jeddah to the end of Mexico

  • Piastri (15 GPs) & Max Verstappen (63 GPs) are the only drivers to lead the championship for +10 GPs in the ground-effect regs

  • Has an F1-leading 3 hat tricks this season (Bahrain, Barcelona, Zandvoort)

  • Piastri & Lando Norris own McLaren’s single-season record for podiums (32 this season), breaking Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost’s mark of 25 in 1988

  • His grand slam in Zandvoort was McLaren’s 1st since Mika Hakkinen in 1998 at Monaco & 1 of only 2 grand slams overall this season (Max Verstappen - Baku)

More about Oscar Piastri

THE CURSE OF THE CHINESE GP

Every winner of the Chinese GP race in the turbo-hybrid era went on to become drivers’ champion that season except when an Australian won it in 2018 (Daniel Ricciardo).

And now history might repeat for Oscar Piastri, another Australian.

But it gets crazier: In 2018, a British driver won the drivers’ championship but also in 2018, a driver won their 5th championship.

Lando Norris

Circuit stats

  • Was part of a McLaren team that clinched the constructors’ championship in Abu Dhabi last year

  • His win at last year’s Abu Dhabi GP was pivotal in securing the constructors’ title for McLaren

  • That was McLaren’s 1st constructors’ title since 1998 at the time

  • Norris got his 4th career win at last year’s Abu Dhabi GP

  • Norris could become the 4th driver to obtain multiple wins at Abu Dhabi

  • Last year’s Abu Dhabi GP was also Norris’ 100th points finish in a GP race

  • Norris’ win in Abu Dhabi last year was only the 2nd by a McLaren driver at the circuit with Lewis Hamilton in 2011 being the other

  • Every Abu Dhabi race winner has gone on to become drivers’ champion the following year since 2018 … & Norris won last year

  • Could become the 1st McLaren driver to have multiple wins in Abu Dhabi & could also join Lewis Hamilton (2009, 2012) as the only McLaren drivers with multiple poles at the circuit

  • Norris is the only McLaren driver who has converted pole to victory at Abu Dhabi

  • Out of all the drivers with 3+ entries in Abu Dhabi, Norris is the only one with a 100% Q3 rate & the only one with a 100% points-scoring rate

  • Norris has never finished worse than 8th in Abu Dhabi with his 8th place being his 2019 result when he was a rookie

  • Norris has 1 win, 1 podium & 3 top 5 finishes in Abu Dhabi

  • Prior to his 2024 victory, Norris had 2 5th places (2020, 2023), 1 6th place (2022), 1 7th place (2021) & 1 8th place (2019 as a rookie) in Abu Dhabi

  • Abu Dhabi has generally been a strong circuit for Norris, he’s never started or qualified worse than 7th at the track

  • 3 of his 6 races in Abu Dhabi have seen Norris start on the 1st 2 rows of the grid (top 4)

  • Norris qualified 3rd in Abu Dhabi in 2021, only behind Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton & in 2020 he qualified 4th, only behind Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas & Hamilton

  • Has never finished behind his teammate in Abu Dhabi (6-0)

  • Has led 58 laps in Abu Dhabi, 5th most in the circuit’s history

  • His 64 points scored at the circuit is tied for 10th most with Daniel Ricciardo & Felipe Massa

Trends

  • With his DSQ in Las Vegas & 4th place finish in Qatar, this is the 1st time all season that Norris has gone back-to-back races without a podium

  • Has still never finished ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri in a GP race in Qatar or even a sprint race

  • Qatar was the 1st race this season where Norris has started on the front row & took the chequered flag in a non-podium position

  • Has started on the front row in 5 straight races, the longest streak by any driver this season

  • Has led more laps in 2025 (373) than he did over all his other seasons in F1 combined (332)

  • Has not been outscored by teammate Oscar Piastri in 6 of the last 8 GPs since his DNF in Zandvoort (both scored 0 in Las Vegas & Piastri outscored Norris by 8 points in Qatar)

  • Qatar was the 1st time Norris has finished behind Piastri in a GP race they both saw the chequered flag in since Spa

  • Every podium this season has featured Norris or Max Verstappen

  • Has outqualified Oscar Piastri in 6 of the last 8 races

What’s next?

  • Owns a 12-point lead on Max Verstappen & 16-point lead on Oscar Piastri

  • Hasn’t gone 3 straight races without a podium since Interlagos to Qatar last year

  • If Norris does go 3 straight races off the podium to end the 2025 season, there’s a good chance he will lose the title

  • Only 3 drivers have started 150+ races before winning their 1st title (Nigel Mansell, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg)

  • Norris would become the 1st driver to win their 1st drivers’ title in their 7th season since Max Verstappen in 2021

  • Which means the last time a title-deciding season finale came to Abu Dhabi, a driver in their 7th season became a world champion for the 1st time ever (Max Verstappen in 2021). Will history repeat?

  • Aiming to become the 1st non-Red Bull or Mercedes drivers’ champion since Jenson Button in 2009 (Brawn GP)

  • Trying to become McLaren’s 1st drivers’ champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • Another podium will see Norris join Max Verstappen as the only drivers in F1 history to record 18 or more podiums in a season

  • Another win will make him the 1st McLaren driver to win 8 races in a season since Mika Hakkinen in 1998

  • Norris & Oscar Piastri having 7 wins each in 2025 are the most by a McLaren driver since Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 (7)

  • Norris & George Russell will be the only drivers this season not to have gone more than 3 consecutive races without a podium

  • Is 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Is 6 podiums away from tying Lewis Hamilton for 5th most podiums in McLaren history (49)

Other notable stats

  • Is now McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts for the team with 151

  • Norris & Max Verstappen are the only drivers to convert pole to victory in back-to-back races this season

  • Continued his streak of never losing the qualifying H2H streak against his teammate by going up 12-11 on Oscar Piastri this season (at worst he can tie, which is not a loss)

  • One of the biggest differences in the championship is Norris & Piastri are tied on wins but Norris has 8 2nd-place finishes while Piastri only has 4

  • In fact, Norris has as many 2nd place finishes (8) as Piastri has 2nd- & 3rd-place finishes (8)

  • Has the most wins from pole this season (5)

  • Is the only driver to win their home race in 2025

  • Leads F1 in podiums (17) & front row starts (14) this season

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 17

  • Set a new career high in points scored in a season (408), passing his 2024 mark of 374 points

  • Norris & Piastri’s 7 1-2s this season are 2nd most in McLaren history in a single season

  • Is the only driver with 30 podiums since the start of 2024 & has more podiums than Ferrari since the start of 2024 (30-29)

  • Became the 1st driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Is now 1 of 5 drivers in F1 history with 17 podiums in a season, joining Lewis Hamilton (x5), Max Verstappen (x3), Michael Schumacher (2002) & Sebastian Vettel (2011)

  • Is the 2nd driver to reach 10+ wins in the ground-effect regulations, joining Max Verstappen

  • Is 2nd in podiums in the ground-effect era (Max Verstappen - 66, Norris - 38, Charles Leclerc - 37)

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Is 1 of 31 drivers in F1 history with more than 10 career wins

  • Has led as many races from start to finish as Fernando Alonso (3) & more than Charles Leclerc (2)

  • Was the 6th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins, joining Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard)

  • Leads the Race H2H against Oscar Piastri 12-7 this season

  • 2 of his 3 career hat tricks have come this season (Zandvoort 2024, Australia 2025, Monaco 2025)

  • Has never lost a Qualifying H2H matchup against his teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Has not lost a Race H2H matchup against a teammate since 2020 when he lost 6-7 to Carlos Sainz

  • Norris & Oscar Piastri own McLaren’s single-season record for podiums (32 this season), breaking Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost’s mark of 25 in 1988

More about Lando Norris:

McLaren Milestones

  • McLaren could have its 1st drivers’ champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  • McLaren is 1 win away from tying its 1988 record of 15 wins in a season

  • Another win for McLaren would also make them the 10th team in F1 history to reach 15 wins in a season

  • If 1 McLaren driver is on the podium in Abu Dhabi, McLaren will tie Mercedes’ 2016 record of 33 podiums in a single season. McLaren has 32 entering the final race

  • If both McLaren drivers are on the podium in Abu Dhabi, McLaren will break the F1 record for most podiums in a season by a team

  • McLaren is the 2nd team in F1 history to reach 800+ points, joining 2023 Red Bull, who had an F1-record 860 (McLaren is not able to tie or break the record)

  • McLaren is at 13 poles this season, which will finish as 3rd best in team history (15 each in 1988 & 1989)

  • But McLaren could become the 13th team in F1 history to reach 14+ poles in a season if they get 1 more in Abu Dhabi. They would also be the 1st team since Red Bull in 2023 to reach 14+ poles in a season

  • McLaren could become the 1st team since 2021 Mercedes to have a 100% Q3 rate in a season

Max Verstappen

Circuit stats

  • Won his 1st world championship at Abu Dhabi in dramatic fashion in 2021

  • Is 1 of 4 drivers to clinch their championship in Abu Dhabi, joining Sebastian Vettel (2010), Lewis Hamilton (2014) & Nico Rosberg (2016)

  • Verstappen’s last win in Abu Dhabi came in 2023 & was his 19th & final victory of a record-setting season

  • Verstappen’s 6th place in Abu Dhabi last year was his worst finishing result at the circuit as a Red Bull driver & overall his worst finishing result there since he was 16th in 2015 with Toro Rosso

  • Prior to 2024, Verstappen had finished inside the top 5 in 8 straight seasons in Abu Dhabi (2016-2023) & on the podium in 6 straight seasons (2018-2023)

  • His 4th place start in 2024 was the 1st time he started off the front row in Abu Dhabi since 2018

  • His only missed Q3 appearance & non-points finish came in 2015 when he was a rookie with Toro Rosso

  • Is the only driver ever to take 4 consecutive poles in Abu Dhabi (2020-2023) & the only driver to take 4 consecutive wins at the circuit (2020-2023)

  • If he wins in Abu Dhabi, he will tie Lewis Hamilton for most wins at the circuit with 5 & if he qualifies on pole, he will also tie Hamilton for most poles at the circuit with 5

  • Another podium would tie Verstappen with Sebastian Vettel for 2nd most at the circuit with 7

  • Has scored 165 points in Abu Dhabi, only trailing Lewis Hamilton (258) for most in the circuit’s history

  • His 165 laps led at the circuit is also 2nd most to Lewis Hamilton (319)

  • Has led more laps at Abu Dhabi (165) than McLaren has as a team (159)

  • The Abu Dhabi GP is 1 of 3 GPs that Verstappen has 4 consecutive wins at, joining Emilia-Romagna & Japan. Only Ayrton Senna (Monaco) & Lewis Hamilton (Spain) have won 5 consecutive times at a single GP

  • Another win in Abu Dhabi would tie it with Austria & Mexico for the only circuits he’s won 5 times at

  • Another pole in Abu Dhabi would tie it with Austria as the only circuits he has 5 poles at

  • His 6 podiums in Abu Dhabi only trails Barcelona (8), Austria (8), Austin (7), Interlagos (7) & Suzuka (7)

  • Abu Dhabi could become the 7th circuit that Verstappen leads 200+ laps at

Trends

  • Picked up the 70th win of his career & 7th win of the season in Qatar

  • Has won the last 3 Qatar GP races

  • Became the 1st driver ever to win the Qatar GP not starting on the front row

  • Verstappen’s win in Qatar was his 34th victory without starting on pole, overtaking Alain Prost for 3rd most in F1 history

  • After Qatar, Verstappen now owns the best pole-to-win rate in F1 history again among drivers with multiple poles (76.6%)

  • Verstappen owns the best win percentage in F1 history among drivers with more than 25 victories (30.17%)

  • Verstappen has collected 9 straight podiums, which will finish as the longest streak of any driver in 2025

  • This is the 1st time Verstappen has 9 straight podiums since Suzuka 2023 to Jeddah 2024 (9 races)

  • Verstappen has more wins (5) than McLaren (3) since F1 returned from the summer break

  • Verstappen has more wins (5) than the rest of the grid combined (4) since F1 returned from the summer break

  • Has more podiums than McLaren since F1 returned from the summer break (9-8), which means Verstappen has more podiums than any driver or constructor

  • Verstappen & George Russell are the only drivers who have scored points in all GP races since the summer break

  • Every podium this season has featured Verstappen or Lando Norris on it

  • Verstappen has outscored Ferrari this season (396-382)

  • Verstappen has scored the most points since Qatar, Las Vegas, Brazil, Mexico, Austin, Singapore, Baku, Monza, Zandvoort, Hungary, Spa, Silverstone, Austria, Canada, Barcelona, Imola (since Monaco is the only exception here)

  • Has outqualified his teammate in 30 consecutive GPs (hasn’t been outqualified since Baku 2024)

  • On a streak of 200 consecutive races of not finishing outside the points (last finish outside the points was Spa 2016)

  • Outqualified both McLarens in 9 of 23 races this season

  • Produced Red Bull’s last 33 wins, 25 poles & 24 podiums

  • All but 1 lap led by a Red Bull driver since 2024 have been by Verstappen

  • More podiums (66) than McLaren (63) & Ferrari (58) since the start of these regs in 2022

  • Responsible for 92.9% of Red Bull’s points this season (396/426)

What’s next?

  • Trails Lando Norris by 12 points entering the season finale in Abu Dhabi

  • Could join Michael Schumacher as the only drivers to win 5 straight drivers’ championships

  • Verstappen could become the 1st driver in F1 history to win multiple drivers’ championship while being part of a team that is 3rd or worse in the constructors (Would join his 2024 season)

  • In the history of F1, only 3 times has a driver won the drivers’ title while being part of a team that is 3rd or worse in the constructors (Verstappen - 2024, Nelson Piquet - 1983, Keke Rosberg - 1982), which means it could happen in back-to-back years again

  • Verstappen could become the 1st driver in F1 history to win the drivers’ title 3 times while not being part of the team that won the constructors’ championships (Verstappen - 2021, 2024 was tied with Nelson Piquet - 1981, 1983)

  • If Verstappen finishes on the podium in Abu Dhabi, he will become the 3rd driver with 2 separate streaks of 10+ podiums (joining Sebastian Vettel & Lewis Hamilton)

  • If Verstappen was his own constructor, he could finish the season 3rd ahead of Ferrari (currently Verstappen has 396 points & Ferrari has 382) which also means that if Red Bull only used Verstappen’s results, there would be no difference in the standings

  • Has won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Is tied on GPs led with Sebastian Vettel (107 each) & can pass him for 3rd most in F1 history if he leads the Abu Dhabi GP

  • Has 84 front row starts, 2 away from tying Alain Prost for 5th most in F1 history

  • Is guaranteed to finish the ground-effect era with a win percentage above 50% (50 wins - Verstappen, 41 wins - others, 1 race remaining)

  • Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers with only 1 Q1 elimination during the ground-effect regs

  • Verstappen’s 126 podiums as a Red Bull driver are 2nd most in F1 history for podiums with a single constructor, only trailing Lewis Hamilton, who had 153 with Mercedes

Other notable stats

  • Since his F1 debut in 2015, Verstappen has led 18 races from start to finish, tied for the most in this span with Lewis Hamilton (no one else has more than 3)

  • Since his Red Bull debut in 2016, no driver has more races led from start to finish than Verstappen’s 18 (Lewis Hamilton next with 16)

  • Verstappen has now been responsible for 4 of the 6 races this season in which a driver led from start to finish (Oscar Piastri has 1 & Lando Norris has the other)

  • Polesitters have led after Lap 1 in 21 of 23 races this season. The only 2 races they didn’t were because Verstappen overtook them at Turn 1 (Imola 2025 & Las Vegas 2025)

  • McLaren as a team (counting both drivers) have only led 3 races from start to finish this season (Spa, Zandvoort, Mexico), which is still less than Verstappen’s 4

  • Owns the best podium percentage in F1 history among drivers with more than 35 podiums or 60 race starts (54.31%)

  • Is 1 of 8 drivers in F1 history to go from the pit lane to podium (Alain Prost - South Africa 1984, Nigel Mansell - France 1989, Kimi Räikkönen - Australia 2003, Rubens Barrichello - Canada 2005, Jarno Trulli - Australia 2009, Sebastian Vettel - Abu Dhabi 2012, Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2014)

  • Is the 2nd Red Bull driver to go from the pit lane to the podium, joining Sebastian Vettel, who also just happened to be in attendance at Interlagos

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Verstappen is responsible for 3 of the 6 drives this decade (since 2020) where a driver has gained 16 or more positions from their starting spot

  • Is the only driver to have multiple instances of consecutive races started on pole this season

  • Verstappen & Norris are the only drivers to convert pole to victory in back-to-back races this season

  • Verstappen & Oscar Piastri (Zandvoort) are the only drivers with grand slams this season

  • Is the only driver to lead multiple races from start to finish this season (4)

  • Is 1 of 8 drivers to start on pole in more than 20% of their career race starts (min. 2 poles)

  • Won from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

More about Max Verstappen:

Yuki Tsunoda

Circuit stats

  • Is the only driver on the grid with an undefeated H2H qualifying record against their teammate in Abu Dhabi (4-0)

  • Tsunoda’s 4th place in Abu Dhabi 2021 is the best finishing result of his career

  • His 4th place in Abu Dhabi in 2021 was also the best finishing result by Red Bull’s junior team (Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri/RB/Racing Bulls) at Abu Dhabi

  • Abu Dhabi 2021 is also Tsunoda’s only top 5 finish in his career

  • Finished just 5 tenths off the podium at the 2021 Abu Dhabi race

  • His 16 career points in Abu Dhabi is tied with Austin for the circuit where Tsunoda has scored the most points

  • Led 5 laps in the 2023 Abu Dhabi race, which is still the only time Tsunoda has led a race over his career

  • Tsunoda has led more laps in Abu Dhabi (5) than Fernando Alonso (3), Charles Leclerc (2) & Mark Webber (1)

  • Qualified 11th last year & eliminated in Q2 before finishing 12th, outside the points

  • His 2 points finishes are 4th in 2021 & 8th in 2023

  • Has never started worse than 11th in Abu Dhabi & never qualified worse than 12th (qualified 12th in 2022 but started 11th due to a Daniel Ricciardo grid penalty)

  • Tsunoda has 0 Q1 eliminations in Abu Dhabi, 2 Q2 eliminations & 2 Q3 appearances

  • The only circuits where Tsunoda has more Q3 appearances than Abu Dhabi are Miami (3), Jeddah (3) & Baku (4)

  • Another points finish would make Abu Dhabi the 5th circuit he has 3+ points finishes at, joining Austin (4), Imola (3), Bahrain (3) & Baku (3)

Trends

  • Outqualified Max Verstappen in the sprint format in Qatar, which was the 1st time any of Verstappen’s teammates have done that since Sergio Perez in Baku last year

  • Scored 5 points in Qatar (4 in the sprint, 1 in GP race), giving Tsunoda his 1st points scored since the US GP weekend

  • 23 of his 30 points scored as a Red Bull driver have come since the summer break ended

  • Has missed Q3 in 6 straight races & has been eliminated in Q1 in 3 straight races

  • Has only scored points in consecutive GPs once this season (Miami to Imola)

What’s next?

  • Set a new career high of points scored in a season with 33, surpassing his total of 32 set as a rookie in 2021 with AlphaTauri

  • Is 1 point away from matching Kamui Kobayashi as the highest-scoring Japanese driver in F1 history (Kobayashi - 125, Tsunoda - 124)

  • Jumped up to 15th in the drivers’ standings & is only 5 points away from equalling Liam Lawson for 14th

  • Looking for his 1st Q3 appearance since Baku

  • Tsunoda’s 7 points finishes in 2025 are tied with 2021 for 2nd most of his career (he only had more in 2024, 9 points finishes)

  • If Tsunoda makes Q3 in Abu Dhabi, he will also tie 2021 for 2nd most Q3 appearances in a season (9) in his career (only 2024 had more with 11)

Other notable stats

  • Is now 3rd in F1 history for most GP starts without a podium (110)

  • 18 GPs away from matching Adrian Sutil’s record of 128 GP starts without a podium

  • Made more GP starts than any Japanese driver in F1 history (110)

  • His 5 career laps led are the most by a Japanese driver ever

More about Yuki Tsunoda:

George Russell

Circuit stats

  • Has finished in the top 5 in each of his 3 races at Abu Dhabi as a Mercedes driver (5th - 2022, 3rd - 2023, 5th - 2024)

  • Has started in the top 6 in each of his 3 races at Abu Dhabi as a Mercedes driver (6th - 2022, 4th - 2023, 6th - 2024)

  • Qualified 7th last year but was promoted to 6th after Nico Hulkenberg got a grid penalty

  • His 2023 podium in Abu Dhabi was the 11th of his career

  • Responsible for Mercedes’ only podium in Abu Dhabi in the ground-effect era

  • Out of his 6 races in Abu Dhabi, Russell has 3 Q3 appearances (all with Mercedes) & 3 Q1 eliminations (all with Williams)

  • Has never led a lap in Abu Dhabi

  • Only Mercedes drivers took pole & won in Abu Dhabi through the 1st 6 seasons of the turbo-hybrid era (2014-2019)

Trends

  • Russell’s 22 points finishes this season are a new career best, passing his previous high of 21 set in 2024

  • Russell has made Q3 & scored points (GP format only) in each of the last 15 races, the longest active streak of its kind on the grid

  • Has qualified outside the top 3 for a 5th straight race

  • Has qualified 4th in 4 of his last 5 races (6th in Brazil the only exception) but he has qualified in the top 5 in 8 of the last 10 races

  • Russell is now the only driver who has not DNFed this season

  • Russell being lapped in Monaco is the only obstacle preventing him from completing all 100% laps this season

  • This could be the only season of Russell’s career where he doesn’t have a single DNF

  • Russell & Lando Norris will be the only drivers this season not to have gone more than 3 consecutive races without a podium

  • Confirmed to finish 4th in the drivers’ standings, equalling his best ever finish in F1 (was also 4th in 2022)

  • Has scored points in 15 straight races, the longest streak in F1 currently

  • Russell & Max Verstappen are the only drivers who have scored points in all races since the summer break

  • Has qualified in the top 6 in 22/23 races this season (Monaco the only exception)

  • Has outqualified Kimi Antonelli in 2 straight races & in 5 of the last 6 races

  • However, Russell has finished behind Kimi Antonelli in 3 of the last 4 races

  • Has finished ahead of Kimi Antonelli in 16 of 19 races they’ve both finished this season

  • Has a 39-8 qualifying H2H record against Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli since the start of the 2024 season

  • Has only been outqualified 4 times in 33 races since F1 returned from the summer break in 2024 (Russell up 29-4 with his only losses being Singapore 2024, Miami 2025, Baku 2025 & Interlagos 2025)

  • Has a 45-12 qualifying H2H record against Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Antonelli since F1 returned from the summer break in 2023

What’s next?

  • If Russell makes Q3 in Abu Dhabi, it will be the 2nd straight year he hits 23 Q3 appearances, tying his career high

  • Russell’s 9 podiums this season are tied with Lewis Hamilton for the most by a Mercedes driver in the ground-effect regulations

  • A 10th podium this season for Russell would make him the 1st Mercedes driver to reach 10 podiums since Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas in 2021

  • Winning in Abu Dhabi would give Russell a career-high 3 wins in a season (2 in 2024 & 2 in 2025)

  • A podium in Abu Dhabi would make Russell the 47th driver in F1 history to reach 25+ career podiums

  • Has 17 top 5 finishes this season, which will be the 2nd most he’s ever had in a season no matter what happens in Abu Dhabi (his best is 19 in 2022)

Other notable stats

  • Russell’s 9 podiums in 2025 are the most he’s ever had in a season in his F1 career, surpassing his 2022 total of 8

  • Mercedes has its most podiums in a season (12) since 2022 (17)

  • Is 1 of 17 drivers in F1 history to score more than 1000 career points

  • Is the 4th driver ever to make over 150 starts with a Mercedes engine (joining Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas & Lance Stroll)

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to be powered by a Mercedes engine over each of the 1st 150 races of their career, joining Lewis Hamilton & Lance Stroll

  • Delivered all of Mercedes’ last 3 wins

  • Brought 5 of Mercedes’ 7 wins since he joined the team full-time in 2022

  • Responsible for 11 of Mercedes’ last 15 podiums

  • Even on podiums as his Mercedes teammates (23-23) since joining the team full-time in 2022

  • Has delivered Mercedes’ last 6 poles

  • Responsible for 7 of Mercedes’ last 8 poles since 2022

  • Tied with Juan Manuel Fangio for 4th most poles as a Mercedes driver

  • Has outqualified both McLaren drivers 3 times this season (Montreal, Baku, Singapore) with only Max Verstappen having accomplished that more (9 times)

  • Got his 1st career hat trick in Canada this season (pole, fastest lap, win)

  • Led over 100 laps for a 2nd consecutive season (103 in 2025 & 138 in 2024)

  • Has led over 400 laps in his career (405)

Kimi Antonelli

Circuit stats

  • His 1st career race at Abu Dhabi was a non-championship UAE F4 race during the F1 2021 Abu Dhabi GP weekend. He qualified on pole but finished 3rd.

  • He took 2 wins & 4 podiums at Abu Dhabi as part of a 2022 UAE F4 weekend

  • Had 1 podium in 3 races in Abu Dhabi during the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship weekend

  • Did not compete in the F2 Abu Dhabi weekend last year after an illness forced him to withdraw from the GP

  • Completed 62 laps at the post-season test for Mercedes at the Abu Dhabi circuit after last season

  • No rookie has ever been on the podium in Abu Dhabi

  • Only Mercedes drivers took pole & won in Abu Dhabi through the 1st 6 seasons of the turbo-hybrid era (2014-2019)

Trends

  • Has scored 53 points over the last 3 GPs, more than George Russell (51), Lando Norris (51), Oscar Piastri (36) & more than double Ferrari combined (26)

  • Only Max Verstappen (75 points) has outscored Kimi Antonelli (53) over the last 3 GPs

  • That means Antonelli is still the highest-scoring Italian in F1 over the last 3 GPs (Antonelli - 53, Ferrari - 26, Racing Bulls - 20)

  • In fact, Antonelli is the still the highest-scoring Italian in F1 over the last 4 GPs too (Antonelli - 61, Ferrari - 48, Racing Bulls - 20)

  • Has outscored George Russell since Mexico as well (61-57)

  • The only drivers who have outscored Kimi Antonelli since Mexico are Max Verstappen (90) & Lando Norris (76)

  • Has finished in the top 5 in 3 straight races, the 1st time he’s done that in his young F1 career

  • Has finished ahead of George Russell in 3 of the last 4 GP races

  • Has made Q3 in 7 of his last 8 races

  • Has scored points in 8 straight GP weekends (this includes Austin where Antonelli got 1 point in the sprint but 0 in the GP race)

  • Leads all rookies in Q3 appearances (16) & points finishes (14)

  • Scored 3 points in Europe this season (not counting Baku) & 147 points outside of Europe (including Baku)

  • Antonelli has scored 53 points since Brazil compared to 49 points over the 14 GPs prior to Brazil

  • Antonelli has scored 61 points since Mexico compared to the 59 points over the 16 GPs prior to Mexico

What’s next?

  • Is only 2 points behind Lewis Hamilton, who is 6th in the drivers’ championship

  • Has more Q3 appearances (16) than Lewis Hamilton this season (15)

  • If Antonelli makes Q3 in Abu Dhabi, he will tie Lewis Hamilton’s record for most Q3 appearances by a rookie in F1 history (17 in 2007)

  • If Antonelli scores points in Abu Dhabi, it would be his 15th of the season & would tie Lewis Hamilton’s record for most points finishes by a rookie in F1 history (15 in 2007)

  • Would be the 2nd youngest race winner if he won right now (only trailing Max Verstappen)

Other notable stats

  • Has scored the most points by a rookie in F1 history (not adjusting by era), surpassing Lewis Hamilton’s total of 109 set in 2007 in an older points format

  • Antonelli became the 1st Italian driver to have back-to-back podiums since Giancarlo Fisichella (China-Japan 2006) after finishing in the top 3 in Brazil & Las Vegas

  • Antonelli is the 1st rookie driver to have 3+ podiums in their debut season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007

  • Antonelli is the 1st rookie to have back-to-back podiums in their debut season since Oscar Piastri in 2023

  • Is the 2nd youngest driver to get back-to-back podiums, only trailing Max Verstappen, who was 18 years, 9 months & 10 days at the 2016 British GP (Max was 2nd in 2016 Austria & 2016 Silverstone)

  • Became the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to stand on the podium earlier this season (18y 9m 21d in Canada)

  • In Interlagos, became the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to start on the front row, trailing record-holder Lance Stroll (Monza 2017) & Max Verstappen (Spa 2016)

  • Youngest driver to record a fastest lap & lead a lap in F1 history (18y 7m 12d in Suzuka 2025)

  • Youngest driver to start on pole in any format in F1 history (2025 Miami sprint)

  • Could still become the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history (Sebastian Vettel, 21y 2m 11d at Monza 2008)

  • Owns the longest streak of Q3 appearances by a rookie this season (6, which he set from Monza to Interlagos)

  • Mercedes has its most podiums in a season (12) since 2022 (17)

Charles Leclerc

Circuit stats

  • Started last year’s race in 19th but gained 16 positions to finish on the podium in 3rd

  • Only twice in Abu Dhabi history has a driver started 19th or worse & finished on the podium: Leclerc in 2024 & Sebastian Vettel in 2012 (Pit Lane to 3rd)

  • Out of all 72 podiums in 2024, only 1 came from 19th or further back: Leclerc in Abu Dhabi

  • Leclerc at last year’s Abu Dhabi race was the 1st driver to start 19th or worse & end up on the podium since Max Verstappen at the 2021 Russian GP (20th to 2nd)

  • Leclerc & Max Verstappen (17th start to finishing 1st at Interlagos 2024) were the only drivers last season to gain 16 positions in a race

  • Went from 19th to 8th on the opening lap at last year’s Abu Dhabi GP

  • Leclerc leads all Ferrari drivers in podiums at Abu Dhabi (4), more than Sebastian Vettel (3), Carlos Sainz (2), Fernando Alonso (2) & Kimi Raikkonen (1)

  • Has been on the podium in Abu Dhabi in 3 straight years (3rd - 2024, 2nd - 2023, 2nd - 2022)

  • Is the only driver with an active podium streak at Abu Dhabi

  • Was also on the podium in Abu Dhabi during his 1st attempt at the circuit as a Ferrari driver in 2019, finishing 3rd

  • Has only 1 front row start in Abu Dhabi (starting 2nd in 2023)

  • Has started inside the top 3 on 3 occasions in Abu Dhabi (2nd - 2023, 3rd in 2022 & 2019). Leclerc qualified 4th in 2019 but was bumped up to 3rd due to Valtteri Bottas taking a grid penalty

  • Leclerc’s 4 podiums in Abu Dhabi are tied with Spa for his 2nd most among all circuits, only trailing Austria (5)

  • Leclerc is 1 of 4 drivers with 4+ podiums in Abu Dhabi (joining Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel & Max Verstappen)

  • Leclerc’s 73 points in Abu Dhabi are 6th most, only 5 away from matching Nico Rosberg (78) for 5th most

  • Leclerc has led only 2 laps at Abu Dhabi (Lap 17 in 2023 & Lap 21 in 2022)

  • Ferrari has never won or taken pole in Abu Dhabi

  • Ferrari has led only 13 laps in Abu Dhabi, fewer than each of the top 3 constructors & even Lotus (36) & Williams (14)

  • Out of all the circuits Ferrari has raced at 15+ times, Abu Dhabi is the only track where the team has no wins or poles

  • One Ferrari driver has failed to make Q3 in each of the last 2 years at Abu Dhabi

  • Clinched 2nd in the drivers’ standings at the 2022 Abu Dhabi GP

Trends

  • Set a new career high for Q3 appearances in a season in 2025 (at 22 with 1 race to go)

  • If Leclerc finishes in the points in Abu Dhabi, it’ll be his 2nd straight season of 20+ points finishes, which he’s never done before

  • Leclerc has outqualified Lewis Hamilton 18 times, more than any other teammate he’s ever had

  • Finished 8th in Qatar, his worst result since he was 9th in Baku

  • Qualified 10th in Qatar, which was also his worst result since he qualified 10th in Baku

  • His 10th in qualifying in Qatar is his joint 2nd worst qualifying result of the season, with only 11th in Imola being worse

  • Qatar was the 1st time this season where Leclerc was slowest in Q3 on pure pace (crashed in Baku)

  • Has now qualified 9th & 10th in the last 2 races

  • Has scored only 20 points over the last 3 GPs

  • Has outscored Lewis Hamilton in 6 straight GPs & in 7 of the last 8 GPs (Baku the only exception)

  • 2025 is on pace to be the 1st season where Leclerc finishes with less than 2 poles since 2020

What’s next?

  • Will make his 150th GP start with Ferrari in Abu Dhabi

  • Will become the 7th driver to make 150 starts with the same team, joining Lewis Hamilton & Mercedes, Max Verstappen & Red Bull, Michael Schumacher & Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen & Ferrari, Lando Norris & McLaren, David Coulthard & McLaren)

  • Out of all the drivers with 150+ starts with a single team, Leclerc will be the only 1 to have less than 10 wins with that team

  • Only Kimi Raikkonen (151) & Michael Schumacher (179) will have more GP starts with Ferrari than Leclerc after Abu Dhabi

  • Abu Dhabi will also be Leclerc’s 171st start with a Ferrari engine, 4th most all-time for GPs with the same engine with only Lewis Hamilton & Mercedes, Kimi Raikkonen & Ferrari, Michael Schumacher & Ferrari ahead of him

  • 2025 could be Leclerc’s 1st season with less than 2 poles since 2020 when he had 0

  • On pace for his 1st season with no wins since 2023

  • Will finish 5th in the drivers’ standings for the 1st time since 2023 (already confirmed)

  • Leclerc & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with only 1 Q1 elimination during the ground-effect regs

  • If Leclerc scores points in Abu Dhabi, he will match Daniel Ricciardo for 137 GP weekends with points scored, 13th all time

  • Leclerc is on pace to be the 1st driver to be responsible for all 100% of Ferrari’s podiums in a season since Fernando Alonso in 2014 (Alonso had 2, Kimi Raikkonen had 0)

  • Leclerc is on pace to be the 1st driver to be responsible for all of Ferrari’s podiums in a season where the team had +5 podiums since Fernando Alonso in 2011 (Alonso had 10, Felipe Massa had 0)

  • His next podium will be his 51st, overtaking Jenson Button in career podiums & tying him with Mika Hakkinen for 16th most all-time

  • Is 2 podiums away from tying Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver (52) & 5 away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most (55)

  • On pace to hand Lewis Hamilton the worst defeat of his career in race finishes H2H (is up 17-3)

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history

  • A win in 2025 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

  • His next pole will be his 28th with Ferrari, tying Nigel Mansell & Williams for 8th most poles with a single constructor

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

Other notable stats

  • Leclerc has finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton in 17 races this season, the most of all Leclerc’s teammates

  • Every time 1 Ferrari driver gets DSQ or DNFs in a race this season, the other Ferrari driver also suffers the same fate (China, Zandvoort, Interlagos)

  • 2020 & 2025 are the only seasons where Ferrari has had multiple races with a double DNF since 2000

  • Leclerc has shared 27 podiums with Max Verstappen, his most with any driver on the grid

  • Leclerc & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with 5 front row starts in every season of the ground-effect regulations

  • Is 1 of 18 drivers in F1 history with 50 or more podiums

  • Is the 5th Ferrari driver ever to reach 50 podiums with the team

  • Out of the 18 drivers in F1 history with +50 podiums, Leclerc is 1 of 4 to never win a championship (others are Valtteri Bottas, Rubens Barrichello & David Coulthard)

  • Out of the 18 drivers in F1 history with +50 podiums, Leclerc is the only one with less than 10 wins

  • Has started on pole in 5 consecutive seasons since 2021

  • Has at least 1 podium in 7 consecutive seasons since 2019

  • Has either won 3 races or 0 races in each year of the ground-effect regs

  • Is Ferrari’s all-time leading points scorer

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) over his career

  • Has 27 poles while his teammates only have 8 & has more than double the number of front row starts (43) as his teammates (21)

  • His 27 poles rank 2nd in Ferrari history with only Michael Schumacher ahead (58)

  • His 27 poles with Ferrari are 9th for most poles with a single constructor

  • The only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion

  • Owns an undefeated qualifying H2H record against his teammates for every season since coming into F1

More about Charles Leclerc

Lewis Hamilton

Circuit stats

  • Last year’s race in Abu Dhabi was his final GP with Mercedes

  • Despite starting 16th at last year’s GP, Hamilton managed to finish 4th & ahead of teammate George Russell, who started 6th & finished 5th

  • His last overtake as a Mercedes driver came on the final lap of the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP & was on teammate George Russell

  • Abu Dhabi 2024 is still the most positions Hamilton has made up from his starting spot (+12) since Monza 2022 when he went from 19th to 5th (+14)

  • Clinched his 1st drivers’ championship with Mercedes & 2nd title overall in Abu Dhabi in 2014

  • Has entered Abu Dhabi in contention for the drivers’ title 3 other times but was unsuccessful (2010, 2016 & 2021)

  • Was part of the Mercedes’ 2021 team that clinched its 8th consecutive constructors’ title in Abu Dhabi

  • Has the most wins (5), poles (5), podiums (10), points (258), laps led (319) & laps raced (818) at Abu Dhabi

  • Took the inaugural pole at Abu Dhabi in 2009

  • Has converted 3 of his 5 poles to wins here with his 2 failed attempts being DNFs in 2009 & 2012

  • Had back-to-back poles & wins in Abu Dhabi from 2018-2019

  • Won & took pole in 3 of 4 years in Abu Dhabi from 2016 to 2019

  • Had 8 consecutive podiums in Abu Dhabi from 2014-2021

  • Hamilton’s 8 consecutive podiums at Abu Dhabi is tied for 3rd most all-time for a single GP, tying himself (8 - US GP, 2014-2022) & only trailing himself (11 - British GP, 2014-2024 & 9 - Bahrain, 2014-2022)

  • Hamilton’s only 2 non-Q3 appearances in Abu Dhabi have come in the last 2 years (Q1 exit in 2024, Q2 exit in 2023)

  • Hamilton has not started inside the top 4 at Abu Dhabi during the ground-effect era with his best starting spot being 5th in 2022

  • Has scored points every time he’s seen the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi with his only 3 non-points results being DNFs in 2009 after starting on pole, 2012 after starting on pole & 2022

  • Abu Dhabi is 1 of the 8 circuits where Hamilton has 10+ podiums, joining Silverstone (15), Hungary (12), Barcelona (12), Bahrain (11), Spa (11), Australia (10) & Montreal (10)

  • His 319 laps led at Yas Marina is 4th most among his circuits, only trailing Hungary (487), Silverstone (367) & Montreal (354)

  • Has almost as many podiums at Abu Dhabi (10) as Ferrari does as a team (12)

  • Ferrari has never won or taken pole in Abu Dhabi

  • Ferrari has led only 13 laps in Abu Dhabi, fewer than each of the top 3 constructors & even Lotus (36) & Williams (14)

  • Out of all the circuits Ferrari has raced at 15+ times, Abu Dhabi is the only track where the team has no wins or poles

  • One Ferrari driver has failed to make Q3 in each of the last 2 years at Abu Dhabi

Trends

  • Qatar was his 3rd GP weekend with 0 points scored this season, joining Hungary & Zandvoort

  • This is the 1st time since 2022 where Hamilton had 3 GP weekends with 0 points scored

  • Missed Q3 for a 3rd consecutive race, the 1st time he’s done that since 2009

  • Eliminated in Q1 for a 2nd straight race

  • Is the only driver on the grid who has not made it out of either Q1 or SQ1 over the last 2 GPs (Las Vegas & Qatar)

  • Became 1 of only 3 Ferrari drivers ever to have consecutive Q1 eliminations, joining Luca Badoer & Giancarlo Fisichella

  • However, Hamilton is the 1st full-time Ferrari driver to have consecutive Q1 eliminations as Luca Badoer & Giancarlo Fisichella were midseason replacements for an injured Felipe Massa in 2009

  • Has 1 top 5 finish over his last 11 races (4th in Austin)

  • Has scored a total of 10 points over the last 4 GPs

  • Since Mexico, Hamilton has fewer points (10) than the likes of Fernando Alonso (11), Isack Hadjar (12), Ollie Bearman (21) & Carlos Sainz (26)

  • Has scored 8 points or less in 10 of the last 11 GPs & in 12 of the last 15 GPs

  • Has scored 6 points or less in 9 of the last 11 GPs

  • Has scored 4 points or less in 8 of the last 10 GPs & 6 of the last 7 GPs

What’s next?

  • Could be eliminated in Q1 for a 3rd straight race for the 1st time since Monaco-Turkey-Silverstone in 2009

  • Could become the 1st Ferrari driver to go podium-less all season since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

  • Hamilton’s run of 18 consecutive seasons with a podium (2007-2024) is on pace to end

  • Holds the record for most Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver (23) without a single podium

  • On a streak of 25 straight races without a podium, the longest of his career

  • It is already confirmed that Hamilton will finish at least 6th or worse in the drivers’ standings for 3 of the last 4 years

  • The worst 3 seasons of Hamilton’s career in the standings (7th in 2024, 6th in 2022, 6th or 7th in 2025) have all come in the last 4 years

  • If Hamilton doesn’t score points in Abu Dhabi, it’ll be the 1st time since 2012 (his final year with McLaren) where he has 4 or more pointsless GPs in a season

  • 2025 is confirmed to be the season where Hamilton scores the fewest points of any season since F1 adopted the current points system in 2010 (currently at 152)

  • If he doesn’t outqualify Charles Leclerc in Abu Dhabi, this will be the 2nd straight year he loses 19-5 in H2H qualifying against his teammate (2024 was George Russell)

  • His 6 top 5 finishes in 2025 are tied with 2009 for his career low, needs 1 more to surpass that

  • 2 laps led would be the lowest mark of his entire career with his next closest being 13 in 2023

  • Has led a GP only twice this season (Australia, Austria), which would be the lowest number of his career (only led 3 in 2010, 2023 & 2024)

  • Hasn’t made Q3 since Mexico

  • Since 2024, Lewis has finished more GP races outside of the top 5 (31) than in the top 5 (16)

  • Looking for his 1st race win since Spa 2024, 1st pole since Hungary 2023, & 1st podium since Las Vegas 2024

  • Hamilton has shared a record 60 podiums with Max Verstappen, but 2025 could be the 1st season they don’t share a single podium together since Max joined Red Bull

  • Would become the 1st driver ever to have a win, pole, or podium with McLaren, Mercedes, & Ferrari

  • Could become the 16th driver to win a race with 3+ different teams, the 17th different driver to get pole with 3+ different teams & the 57th different driver to get a podium with 3+ different teams

  • Could become the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole, & 19th season with a podium

  • A win in 2025 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

Other notable stats

  • There are now 8 GP races since 2024 where Hamilton has failed to score points (2024 Australia, 2024 Austin, 2024 Qatar, 2025 China, 2025 Hungary, 2025 Zandvoort, 2025 Interlagos, 2025 Qatar)

  • 2025 will be the 2nd straight year that Hamilton drives for a team that finished 4th in the constructors’ standings

  • Has been over 1 year since the last time Hamilton stood on the podium (Las Vegas 2024)

  • Every time 1 Ferrari driver gets DSQ or DNFs in a race this season, the other Ferrari driver also suffers the same fate (China, Zandvoort, Interlagos)

  • 2025 is the 1st season in Hamilton’s career where he doesn’t reach 5 podiums

  • 18 of his 39 career non-Q3 appearances have come in the last 3 years

  • Has led only 92 laps since 2022

  • A winless season would make 2025 the 3rd year in the last 4 where Hamilton hasn’t won a race

  • Holds the undisputed F1 record in wins (105), poles (104), podiums (202), front row starts (176), points finishes in GP weekends (332)

  • Has the most wins from pole (61) in F1 history & is 2nd in most wins without pole (44) in F1 history

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Holds the F1 record for most consecutive races finished & scoring points with 48 (Silverstone 2018 - Bahrain 2020, streak ended due to COVID)

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to race over 20000 laps over their careers

  • Won from 8 different grid positions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P10, P14)

More about Lewis Hamilton:

  • Hamilton’s sprint win could be Ferrari’s only P1 result in any race or sprint this season

Ferrari Milestones

  • Will finish 4th in the constructors, its worst placement of the ground-effect regulations & worst overall since being 6th in 2020

  • 1 race away from its 1st winless season since 2021

  • 1 pole in 2025 would be Ferrari’s fewest since it had none in 2020

  • 7 podiums in 2025 would be Ferrari’s fewest since it had 5 in 2021

  • Needs 24 points in Abu Dhabi to equal the 406 points scored in 2023 or it will be the fewest points scored by Ferrari since 2021

  • Ferrari has led only 50 laps in 2025, which if it stands would be the fewest since 2020 (0)

  • Ferrari would need to lead 23 laps in Abu Dhabi to exceed the 72 laps the team led in 2021

Carlos Sainz

Circuit stats

  • Ended his final race with Ferrari on the podium at last year’s Abu Dhabi GP

  • Sainz’s other podium in Abu Dhabi came at the famous 2021 race where he stood on the podium alongside champion Max Verstappen & runner-up Lewis Hamilton

  • Has finished in the top 5 in each of the last 3 Abu Dhabi races he’s seen the chequered flag at (2nd - 2024, DNF - 2023, 4th - 2022, 3rd - 2021)

  • Has also finished in the top 6 in each of the last 4 Abu Dhabi races he’s seen the chequered flag at (2nd - 2024, DNF - 2023, 4th - 2022, 3rd - 2021, 6th - 2020)

  • Has 3 DNFs in Abu Dhabi (2016, 2017 & 2023) meaning that his only non-points finish where he saw the chequered flag was in his rookie season in 2015 when he finished 11th for Toro Rosso

  • 5 of Sainz’s 7 finishes have been 6th or better

  • Has scored points in Abu Dhabi with 3 different constructors in Ferrari, McLaren & Renault & could make it a 4th if he does so with Williams

  • Has made Q3 in Abu Dhabi with 3 different constructors in Ferrari, McLaren & Renault & could make it a 4th if he does so with Williams

  • Abu Dhabi is 1 of the 7 circuits where Sainz has multiple podiums

  • If Sainz ends up on the podium in Abu Dhabi, it will join Monaco as the only circuit he has 3 podiums at

  • Williams has only been represented on the podium in Abu Dhabi in 2014 when Felipe Massa (2nd) & Valtteri Bottas (3rd) got the team a double podium

  • The last Williams driver to score points in Abu Dhabi was Felipe Massa in 2017. Massa was also the last Williams driver to make Q3 in Abu Dhabi, also doing so in 2017

  • Since 2018, Williams has 0 Q3 appearances, 1 Q2 appearance (Alex Albon in 2023) & 13 Q1 eliminations in Abu Dhabi

  • A Williams driver has qualified 20th in 5 of the last 7 Abu Dhabi GPs. A Williams driver has qualified either 19th or 20th in 6 of the last 7 Abu Dhabi GPs

Trends

  • After his podium in Qatar, Sainz now has a top 5 finish at every track on the current calendar

  • Sainz now has 10 straight seasons of at least 10 GP points finishes, which he’s done with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • Sainz & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with multiple podiums in each of the last 5 seasons now

  • The only drivers with multiple podiums for a team that finished 5th or worse in the constructors’ standings in the ground-effect era are Sainz (2025) & Fernando Alonso (2023)

  • Sainz has 2 podiums, 3 top 5 finishes & has qualified in the top 3 three times since Baku

  • Since Baku, Sainz has as many podiums as Ferrari (2) & more podiums than Oscar Piastri

  • Has outscored Ferrari over the last 2 GP weekends (26-20) & is even on points with Ferrari over the last 3 GP weekends (26 each)

  • Sainz is the 1st Williams driver to get 2+ podiums in a season since 2015 when Valtteri Bottas & Felipe Massa each had 2

  • In his 1st 23 GPs with Williams, Sainz has as many podiums (2) as the team’s other drivers have combined for (2) since the start of 2017

  • Sainz has done only 23 GPs with Williams, yet he is responsible for 2 of the team’s 4 top 3 starts since 2018 (Baku 2025, Las Vegas 2025 & the other 2 are George Russell - Spa 2021 & Sochi 2021)

  • Has scored the 7th most points since the summer break ended (48), even scoring more than Lewis Hamilton (43) & his teammate Alex Albon (19)

  • Has outqualified Alex Albon in 8 of the last 9 GPs (not counting Singapore where they were both disqualified)

  • Since Baku, Sainz has outscored Alex Albon 48-3

What’s next?

  • Sainz moved to 9th in the drivers’ standings, 13 points clear of 10th & 15 points clear of 11

  • This puts him on pace to finish inside the top 10 for a 9th straight year

  • Trying to extend his streak of winning a race & starting on pole in 3 consecutive years (2022-2024)

Other notable stats

  • Has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • Sainz is the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs

  • The only drivers to make front row starts with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs both happen to be Spanish (Sainz & Fernando Alonso)

  • Has made more than 7 Q3 appearances in all of his 11 seasons in F1, which has spanned 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • Has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025), which is currently tied with Charles Leclerc for the 2nd longest streak on the grid (only Max Verstappen - 10 consecutive years has more)

  • Has made a front row start in 5 straight seasons now

  • Is the only driver from outside the top 4 teams to start on the front row this season

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • In Baku earlier this season, Sainz gave Williams its 1st podium since Spa 2021 & its 1st podium in a full-length race since Baku 2017

  • Is 1 of 3 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Fernando Alonso - 5)

  • Has a Top 5 finish with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • Is 1 of 3 current drivers on the grid to score points with +5 different constructors (Sainz - 5, Fernando Alonso - 5, Nico Hulkenberg - 7)

  • Has led laps with 2 different constructors (McLaren, Ferrari)

  • Is 1 of 10 drivers to score points in more than 150 GP weekends in F1 history

  • Williams has scored more points in 2025 (137 points) than the team did over the last 7 seasons combined (84 points from 2018-2024)

More about Carlos Sainz:

Alex Albon

Circuit stats

  • Started 5th in his 1st 2 appearances at Abu Dhabi with Red Bull

  • Finished 6th in the 2019 Abu Dhabi race as a rookie with Red Bull & then finished 4th in 2020, which would be his final race with Red Bull

  • Hasn’t made Q3 or scored points in Abu Dhabi since 2020

  • Finished last year’s race in 11th after starting 18th

  • Has made up 6 or more positions from his starting grid spot in Abu Dhabi in 2 of his 3 races at the circuit as a Williams driver (17th to 11th in 2024, 19th to 13th in 2022)

  • Abu Dhabi is 1 of the 5 circuits where Albon has 20+ points scored (Spa - 27, Bahrain - 26, Silverstone - 24, Monza - 22, Abu Dhabi - 20)

  • Abu Dhabi is 1 of 5 circuits where Albon has finished inside the top 4, joining Bahrain, Mugello, Suzuka & Austria

  • Williams has only been represented on the podium in Abu Dhabi in 2014 when Felipe Massa (2nd) & Valtteri Bottas (3rd) got the team a double podium

  • The last Williams driver to score points in Abu Dhabi was Felipe Massa in 2017. Massa was also the last Williams driver to make Q3 in Abu Dhabi, also doing so in 2017

  • Since 2018, Williams has 0 Q3 appearances, 1 Q2 appearance (Alex Albon in 2023) & 13 Q1 eliminations in Abu Dhabi

  • A Williams driver has qualified 20th in 5 of the last 7 Abu Dhabi GPs. A Williams driver has qualified either 19th or 20th in 6 of the last 7 Abu Dhabi GPs

Trends

  • Missed Q3 for a 10th straight race

  • Has scored only 3 points since Baku

  • Has not scored points in 7 straight GP races with his only points coming in the Austin sprint race

  • Only has 1 Q3 appearance over his last 13 races after having 7 Q3 appearances in his 1st 10 races

  • 50 of Albon’s 73 points came in an 11-race span from Miami to Monza. During that period, only 6 other drivers outscored Albon (both McLarens, both Ferraris, George Russell & Max Verstappen)

  • 42 of Albon’s 73 points also came over the 1st 8 races of the season from Australia to Monaco. Over the 15 races since, he’s only scored 31 points

What’s next?

  • Is only ahead of Carlos Sainz by 9 points for 8th in the drivers’ standings

  • Would become the 1st Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Leads all midfield drivers in points finishes (11) but has only 1 more than Isack Hadjar (10) & Carlos Sainz (10)

  • Has made 89 GP starts with Williams, which only trails Nigel Mansell - 95 & Ralf Schumacher - 94 for most in the team’s history

  • That means Abu Dhabi will be his 90th GP with Williams

  • The last time Albon made Q3 was Spa

Other notable stats

  • Beating Carlos Sainz in the Race H2H battle 10-5 this season

  • Thanks to his fastest lap point in Interlagos, Albon no longer has the 3rd most GPs without a win, pole or fastest lap in F1 history. He had 124 GPs before getting the fastest lap in Brazil

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

  • Has the same number of points finishes this season (11) as he did over 2023 & 2024 combined (11)

  • Outscored at least 1 Ferrari driver in 7 GP weekends this season

  • His 313 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • Led 1 lap this season, tying his career high (2020 - 1 lap led)

Williams Milestones

  • Secured 5th in the constructors’ standings, the team’s best finish since 2017

  • Williams has multiple podiums in a season for the 1st time since 2015

  • Williams has scored more points in 2025 (137 points) than the team did over the last 7 seasons combined (84 points from 2018-2024)

  • Williams is at 137 points, 1 shy of matching the 138 put up in 2016. If Williams scores 2 points in Abu Dhabi, it’ll then be its highest points total since 2015

  • Williams is 30 points shy of equalling its combined points total from 2017-2024 (167 points)

  • Williams’ 19 Q3 appearances this season is its most since 2016 when they had 26

  • Williams’ 21 points finishes this season is its most since 2016 when they had 28

Isack Hadjar

Circuit stats

  • His 1st single-seater race at Abu Dhabi came in UAE F4 in 2020

  • Collected 4 podiums in 6 races at Abu Dhabi in Formula Regional Asian Championship in 2021

  • Got his 1st win in Abu Dhabi in the finale of the 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship season

  • Finished 5th in the 2024 F2 Abu Dhabi sprint race & then finished 19th - last of all remaining finishers - in the feature race

  • Participated in FP1 for Red Bull at the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP & 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Also drove the RB20 during the postseason test at Abu Dhabi following the 2024 season

  • The best finishing result from Red Bull’s junior team in Abu Dhabi is when Yuki Tsunoda finished 4th in 2021 for AlphaTauri

  • The best weekend for Red Bull’s junior team at Abu Dhabi was also 2021 as it collected 22 points from Yuki Tsunoda finishing 4th & Pierre Gasly finishing 5th

  • The last time both drivers from Red Bull’s junior team made Q3 in Abu Dhabi was 2020 (Daniil Kvyat & Pierre Gasly)

Trends

  • Failed to score points in a GP for the 1st time since Mexico

  • Has made 4 straight Q3 appearances

  • Has also made Q3 in 6 of the last 7 races & even in 9 of the last 11 races (only non-Q3 appearances were Monza & Austin)

  • Has made 15 Q3 appearances this season, the same number as Lewis Hamilton

  • Has fewer Q1 eliminations (2) than Lewis Hamilton (3)

  • Leads all rookies in Q3 appearances since Spa (9) with Kimi Antonelli next with 7

  • Racing Bulls has more double Q3 appearances (8 times) more than Red Bull (6 times) this season

  • Racing Bulls has fewer Q1 eliminations (7) than Red Bull (10)

  • Racing Bulls has 25 Q3 appearances this season compared to Red Bull’s 28

  • Racing Bulls leads the midfield in Q3 appearances with 25, which is 6 more than Williams (19)

What’s next?

  • Hadjar is 10th in the drivers’ standings, 2 points ahead of Nico Hulkenberg & 3 points ahead of Fernando Alonso

  • Hadjar’s 15 Q3 appearances this season are tied with Kevin Magnussen (2014) & Oscar Piastri (2023) for 3rd most among rookies in F1 history

  • If Hadjar makes Q3 in Abu Dhabi, he’ll join Lewis Hamilton (17 in 2007) & Kimi Antonelli (currently at 16) as the only rookies to reach Q3 16+ times

  • Hadjar has 10 points finishes as a rookie, tied with Max Verstappen (2015) & Charles Leclerc (2018) for 9th most in F1 history

  • If Hadjar gets points in Abu Dhabi, he’ll accumulate the 2nd most points finishes for a Red Bull junior team rookie (only trailing Alex Albon who had 13 in 2019)

  • Another points finish would also tie Hadjar for 5th most points finishes by a rookie in F1 history, equalling Jacques Villeneuve (1996), Heikki Kovalainen (2007), Lando Norris (2019) & Oscar Piastri (2023)

  • His 10 points finishes this season are tied with Carlos Sainz for 2nd most in the midfield, only 1 shy of Alex Albon (11)

Other notable stats

  • Got the 1st podium of his career in Zandvoort with a P3 result

  • His Zandvoort podium was the 1st for the team under the name Racing Bulls & the 1st for Red Bull’s junior team since Pierre Gasly in Baku 2021

  • Became the 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history in Zandvoort (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • His Zandvoort podium also made him the youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • Hadjar’s 15 Q3 appearances are the most of any driver’s full-debut season for a Red Bull junior team

  • Hadjar & Fernando Alonso are the only midfield drivers with 2 or fewer Q1 eliminations this season

Liam Lawson

Circuit stats

  • Participated in the young driver test at Abu Dhabi following the 2021 season for AlphaTauri

  • Participated in an FP1 session for Red Bull at the 2022 Abu Dhabi GP, marking his Red Bull debut (did 2 previous sessions for AlphaTauri)

  • Drove a Red Bull in postseason testing at Abu Dhabi following the 2022 season

  • Won the F2 sprint race in Abu Dhabi in 2022 before getting a podium (3rd place) in the feature race

  • Eliminated in Q2 & qualified 12th in last year’s GP before DNFing on Lap 55 of the race

  • The best finishing result from Red Bull’s junior team in Abu Dhabi is when Yuki Tsunoda finished 4th in 2021 for AlphaTauri

  • The best weekend for Red Bull’s junior team at Abu Dhabi was also 2021 as it collected 22 points from Yuki Tsunoda finishing 4th & Pierre Gasly finishing 5th

  • The last time both drivers from Red Bull’s junior team made Q3 in Abu Dhabi was 2020 (Daniil Kvyat & Pierre Gasly)

Trends

  • Picked up 2 points in Qatar after finishing 9th

  • Has finished in the points in 2 of his last 3 races

  • Missed Q3 for the 1st time since Mexico in Qatar

  • Since Austria, Lawson still has more points (34) than teammate Isack Hadjar (30)

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza

  • Racing Bulls has more double Q3 appearances (8 times) more than Red Bull (6 times) this season

  • Racing Bulls has fewer Q1 eliminations (7) than Red Bull (10)

  • Racing Bulls has 25 Q3 appearances this season compared to Red Bull’s 28

  • Racing Bulls leads the midfield in Q3 appearances with 25, which is 6 more than Williams (19)

What’s next?

  • Has 8 Q3 appearances, 8 Q2 eliminations & 7 Q1 eliminations this season

  • His 8 Q3 appearances are equal to Yuki Tsunoda & Alex Albon

  • His 7 points finishes are also equal to Yuki Tsunoda

Other notable stats

  • Outscored Yuki Tsunoda 38-30 in points since they swapped seats in Suzuka

Fernando Alonso

Circuit stats

  • Came into the 2010 season finale in Abu Dhabi leading the drivers’ championship but finished 7th & lost the title to Sebastian Vettel

  • If Alonso finished 5th in Abu Dhabi in 2010 he would have tied Sebastian Vettel in points but would have still lost on countback due to Vettel having more 4th place finishes (they were tied on wins, 2nd place & 3rd place finishes)

  • Thus, Alonso would have needed to finish 4th at the 2010 Abu Dhabi GP to win the title assuming Sebastian Vettel still won

  • There are only 3 circuits on the calendar where Alonso has made 14+ starts & never won (Interlagos, Spa & Abu Dhabi)

  • Out of all the circuits that Alonso has made 14 or more starts at, Abu Dhabi is the only one where he has fewer than 3 podiums

  • Out of all the circuits that Alonso has made 14 or more starts at, Abu Dhabi & Spa are the only ones where he doesn’t have a win OR pole

  • Has never even started on the front row in Abu Dhabi, making it 1 of only 3 circuits with 14+ starts where he’s missing a front row (Abu Dhabi, Spa & Suzuka)

  • Has led only 3 laps in Abu Dhabi with all 3 coming in 2011

  • The last time Alonso finished a race in the top 5 in Abu Dhabi was 2013, 12 years ago (Was 5th in 2013)

  • Alonso’s recent race results in Abu Dhabi: 2024 - 9th, 2023 - 7th, 2022 - DNF, 2021 - 8th, 2018 - 11th, 2017 - 9th, 2016 - 10th, 2015 - 17th, 2014 - 9th)

  • Alonso’s last podium in Abu Dhabi was 2012 when he came 2nd for Ferrari

  • The last time Alonso started a race in the top 5 in Abu Dhabi was 2011

  • The one & only time he started in the top 3 was 2010, which was the infamous race where he lost the championship

  • Has made Q3 & scored points in each of the last 2 years in Abu Dhabi

  • Started 8th & finished 9th last year

  • Finished 7th in 2023, Aston Martin’s best finish at Abu Dhabi

  • Hasn’t qualified worse than 11th in Abu Dhabi since returning to F1 in 2021

  • Alonso got his 250th career points finish in a GP race at the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Alonso’s final race with Alpine was a DNF due to a water leak in Abu Dhabi in 2022

Trends

  • Has more points finishes as an Aston Martin driver (42) than he did as a McLaren driver (41)

  • Qualified 4th in the Qatar sprint, his best qualifying result in any format this season

  • Finished 7th in the Qatar GP race, his best result since he was 7th in Singapore

  • Has outqualified Lance Stroll for 35 straight GPs, which dates back to Silverstone 2024

  • Since Imola, Alonso will never have gone more than 2 races in a row without making Q3

  • Has made Q3 in 4 of the last 6 races (only non-Q3 appearances were Mexico & Interlagos)

  • Made Q3 in 7 of the last 10 races (Baku, Mexico, Interlagos the only exceptions)

  • With 12 Q3 appearances this season, 2025 is the 5th straight season that Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances

  • Now has more Q3 appearances (12) than non-Q3 appearances this season (11)

  • Alonso has outscored Lewis Hamilton since Mexico (11-10)

  • Has more Q3 appearances than Lewis Hamilton since Imola (12-10)

  • Has fewer Q1 eliminations (2) than Lewis Hamilton (3) this season

What’s next?

  • Alonso has finished in the top 10 in the drivers’ standings in each of his 4 seasons since returning to the grid in 2021 but he is currently 12th, 3 points behind Isack Hadjar for 10th

  • If Alonso doesn’t score 3 points in Abu Dhabi, his 48 points would both be his fewest since 2017 with McLaren (he scored 50 in 2018)

  • 12th in the drivers’ standings would also be his worst result since he was 15th in 2017

  • At 9 points finishes this season, making it the 6th straight year he has 9+ points finishes

  • If he scores points in Abu Dhabi, it’ll be the 5th straight year he has 10+ points finishes

Other notable stats

  • The only drivers to make front row starts with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs both happen to be Spanish (Alonso & Carlos Sainz)

  • Alonso & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with undefeated qualifying H2H records this season

  • Hasn’t won a race since the 2013 Spanish GP, over 12 years ago

  • Hasn’t been on pole since the 2012 German GP, over 13 years ago

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since the 2023 Brazilian GP, over 2 years ago

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (424)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

  • Alonso is the only driver in the ground-effect era (since 2022) with more than 2 podiums (8) but no wins

  • Alonso is the only driver in the ground-effect era (since 2022) with a front-row start but no poles

  • Has made a front row start with 5 of the 6 constructors he’s driven for in his career with Minardi the only exception

More about Fernando Alonso:

Lance Stroll

Circuit stats

  • Has more race starts (8) than points scored in Abu Dhabi (6)

  • Eliminated in Q2 after qualifying 13th & then finished 14th in last year’s race

  • Has scored points in 2 of his last 3 appearances in Abu Dhabi (was 10th in 2023 & 8th in 2022)

  • Has not made Q3 in Abu Dhabi since he qualified 8th in 2020

  • Has qualified 13th in 3 of the last 4 years in Abu Dhabi

  • Has qualified 13th 4 times in Abu Dhabi (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024), meaning he’s done so in half his appearances

  • Has qualified either 13th or 14th in each of the last 4 years in Abu Dhabi

  • The last time Stroll was out in Q1 in Abu Dhabi was 2018 when he was 20th

  • Made his 100th race start at the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP

Trends

  • Missed Q3 for a 9th straight race

  • Did not score points for a 8th straight race

  • Hungary is his only Q3 appearance over the last 15 races

  • Responsible for 15 of Aston Martin’s 17 Q1 eliminations this season

  • Leads F1 in Q1 eliminations this season (15)

  • 2025 is the 4th straight year where Stroll has finished at least 1 race in the top 6

What’s next?

  • Hasn’t outqualified Fernando Alonso since Silverstone 2024

  • His next points finish will be his 6th of the season, tying his 2024 total

  • His 2 Q3 appearances this season is on track to be his fewest since he only made Q3 once in 2019 with Racing Point

  • His 5 points finishes would be his fewest since 2018 with Williams

  • If he finishes 17th as he currently is in the standings, it would be his worst season since 2018 with Williams (18th)

Other notable stats

  • The only active drivers with fewer Q3 appearances than Stroll (2) this season are Nico Hulkenberg (1) & Franco Colapinto (0)

  • Of all the drivers to make 180 or more GP starts, Stroll & Nico Hulkenberg are the only ones who have never finished better than 3rd

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18y 10m 5d at Monza in 2017)

Esteban Ocon

Circuit stats

  • His last race at Abu Dhabi came in 2023 after he was sidelined for the 2024 GP due to Alpine wanting to put Jack Doohan in the car instead

  • Started 12th & finished 12th at the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP

  • Prior to 2023, Ocon had 3 straight points finishes in Abu Dhabi (2020 - 9th, 2021 - 9th, 2022 - 7th)

  • Has made Q3 in 4 of his last 6 appearances in Abu Dhabi (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)

  • Has started 10th or better in 5 of his last 6 appearances in Abu Dhabi (2017, 2018, 2020 - qualified 11th but started 10th, 2021, 2022)

  • At least 1 Haas driver has made Q3 in each of the last 2 years in Abu Dhabi

  • Haas has only 3 points finishes in Abu Dhabi (Nico Hulkenberg - 8th in 2024, Roman Grosjean - 9th in 2018, Kevin Magnussen - 10th in 2018)

  • This gives Haas a total of 7 points scored in Abu Dhabi

  • Former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen owns the lap record in Abu Dhabi with a 1:25.637 set on Lap 57 in last year’s race, his final GP in Formula 1

  • Haas celebrated its 100th race start at the 2020 Abu Dhabi GP

Trends

  • Finished 15th in Qatar, his worst result since finishing 15th in Austin

  • Has followed up each of his last 2 points finishes with a non-points finish

  • Qatar was the 1st GP Haas didn’t score any points in since Baku, ending a 5-GP points-scoring streak

  • There has not been a Haas driver in Q3 in each of the last 2 races

  • Ocon has missed Q3 in 15 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Monaco

  • Will finish more races behind his teammate rather than ahead for the 1st time since 2022 when he was teammates with Fernando Alonso

  • Ocon’s 13 Q1 eliminations this season are 2nd most, only trailing Lance Stroll (15)

What’s next?

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (477) is Alain Prost (798.5)

  • Ocon’s next Q3 appearance will be the 70th of his career

  • On pace for his 1st season without a podium since 2022

  • If he doesn’t start a race in the top 5 this season, it will be his 1st season without a Top 5 start since 2016 when he drove for Manor

  • His 2 Q3 appearances this season are on pace to be his lowest among all full seasons (Had 0 with Manor in 2016 but only started 9 races)

  • Ocon has stood on the podium in every season except 2022 & 2025 since 2020 (4/6)

  • 16th in the drivers’ standings would be Ocon’s worst result since he was 23rd in 2016 with Renault & Manor, though he only started 9 races. It would be his worst finish in a full season ever

Other notable stats

  • Is responsible for 2 of Haas’ 3 top results this season considering all formats (Ocon - 5th in China & 5th in Spa sprint, Bearman - 4th in Mexico)

  • Has a Top 5 finish in each of his last 6 seasons (2020-2025)

  • Has outscored his former team Alpine by himself in 2025 (32-22)

  • Has more points in 2025 (32) & points finishes (8) than all of 2024 with Alpine (23 points & 5 points finishes)

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Haas is the only constructor that hasn’t stood on the podium since the ground-effect regs started in 2022

  • Haas has had both its drivers score points in 5 races this season

Ollie Bearman

Circuit stats

  • His 1st Abu Dhabi drive came in the 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship where his best result was 6th

  • Has no podiums during his junior career in Abu Dhabi

  • Finished last year’s F2 sprint in Abu Dhabi in 4th & the feature race in 5th

  • Participated in FP1 in Abu Dhabi in 2023 for Haas

  • At least 1 Haas driver has made Q3 in each of the last 2 years in Abu Dhabi

  • Haas has only 3 points finishes in Abu Dhabi (Nico Hulkenberg - 8th in 2024, Roman Grosjean - 9th in 2018, Kevin Magnussen - 10th in 2018)

  • This gives Haas a total of 7 points scored in Abu Dhabi

  • Former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen owns the lap record in Abu Dhabi with a 1:25.637 set on Lap 57 in last year’s race, his final GP in Formula 1

  • Haas celebrated its 100th race start at the 2020 Abu Dhabi GP

Trends

  • Didn’t score points in Qatar after DNFing, his 1st pointsless GP since Baku

  • Bearman has missed Q3 in consecutive races for the 1st time since Spa to Baku

  • Qatar was the 1st GP Haas didn’t score any points in since Baku, ending a 5-GP points-scoring streak

  • There has not been a Haas driver in Q3 in each of the last 2 races

  • Bearman had a 4-race streak of making Q3 prior to his consecutive Q3 misses from Las Vegas to Qatar

  • Is 11-3 in qualifying H2H against Esteban Ocon since Spain (not counting Baku due to Ocon’s DSQ)

  • Has outscored Esteban Ocon 25-4 since Singapore

  • The only midfield driver with more points scored than Bearman since Singapore is Carlos Sainz (33)

  • Has outscored Lewis Hamilton (21-10) since Mexico

  • All of his race finishes since Canada have been 12th or better (1 P4, 2 P6, 2 P9, 1 P10, 4 P11s, 2 P12s, 2 DNFs)

  • Has 3 top 6 results (Zandvoort, Mexico, Interlagos) since the summer break ended

  • Responsible for 6 of Haas’ 8 Q3 appearances this season

  • Has more Q3 appearances (4) over the last 6 races than he did over the other 20 races of his career (2)

What’s next?

  • If he finishes the Abu Dhabi race ahead of Esteban Ocon (assuming they both finish), Bearman will become the 1st teammate of Ocon’s to finish 12 races ahead of him (beats previous record of 11 by Sergio Perez in 2017)

  • Has more points finishes (9) than Esteban Ocon (8) this season

Other notable stats

  • Scored points in 5 straight races this season (Singapore to Las Vegas), something no Haas driver has ever done before

  • Haas has had both its drivers score points in 5 races this season

Haas Milestones

  • 73 points scored this season is more than 2023 & 2024 combined (70)

  • Would need 20 points in Abu Dhabi to match its best season (Haas scored 93 points in 2018)

  • Haas’ average of 3.17 points scored per GP weekend is on pace to be 2nd best in team history (only trails 4.43 in 2018)

  • Haas has more points finishes this season (17) than 2024 (16)

  • Haas is 1 points finish away from tying its all-time record of 18 points finishes, set in 2018

Pierre Gasly

Circuit stats

  • Qualified 6th last year in Abu Dhabi, started 5th (after a Nico Hulkenberg grid penalty) & then finished 7th

  • Abu Dhabi was 1 of 2 races last season where Gasly started inside the top 5, joining Las Vegas (started 3rd)

  • Abu Dhabi, however, was the only race last season where Gasly started inside the top 5 AND scored points

  • Abu Dhabi 2024 was the 1st time Gasly both started inside the top 5 & finished in the points since Miami 2023

  • Gasly’s best finish in Abu Dhabi was in 2021 when he finished 5th, which means 10 of his 20 total points scored in Abu Dhabi came from this 1 result

  • Gasly had a 2-year run of consecutively scoring points in Abu Dhabi from 2020 (8th) to 2021 (5th)

  • Has made Q3 in each of the last 2 years in Abu Dhabi, which means he’s never missed Q3 here as an Alpine driver

  • His 1 other Q3 appearance came in 2020 when he qualified 10th

Trends

  • Made Q3 in 3 straight races

  • Hasn’t scored points in 2 straight races though

  • This is Gasly’s longest Q3 streak of the season

  • Outqualified teammate Franco Colapinto for a 5th straight race

  • Has 8 straight seasons of at least 5 points finishes dating back to 2018, meaning that Gasly has maintained this streak during every season as a full-time driver (only did 5 races in 2017)

  • Responsible for 17 of Alpine’s 21 Q3 appearances dating back to 2024

What’s next?

  • 22 points scored in 2025 would be a career low among seasons where he drove the full season

  • 2025 could be Gasly’s 1st season he doesn’t have a Top 5 race result since 2017 when he only started 5 races in his F1 debut season for Toro Rosso

  • 2025 could also be Gasly’s 1st season without a podium since 2022 when he was still with AlphaTauri

  • Is 1 point away from matching his 2022 points total (23) when he was in his final year at AlphaTauri

  • Is also 1 points finish away from matching his 2022 total (6 points finishes)

  • 18th in the drivers’ standings would be his worst finish in seasons where he was a full-time driver, with his next worst being 15th in 2018

  • Is at 176 GP starts, putting Gasly 25 starts away from matching Jean Alesi’s record of most starts for a French driver (201)

Other notable stats

  • Responsible for 100% of Alpine’s points in 2025 (22/22)

  • Also responsible for all 10 of Alpine’s Q3 appearances in 2025

  • Has more Q3 appearances in 2025 (10) than 2024 (7)

  • Has started at least 1 race in the top 5 in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Has made 6 or more Q3 appearances during every season he’s been a full-time driver (since 2018)

  • Carlos Sainz (0-2) & Max Verstappen (1-10) are the only teammates he’s ever lost the overall qualifying H2H to

  • Is 1 of 14 French drivers with 5 or more career podiums

  • Has scored the 3rd most points of all French drivers in F1 history (Alain Prost - 798.5, Esteban Ocon - 477, Gasly - 458)

Franco Colapinto

Circuit stats

  • Drove in the 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi race during the 2021 Asian Le Mans season, finishing 3rd & 2nd in the 2 races at the circuit

  • Made his F2 debut at the 2023 season finale in Abu Dhabi, finishing 19th in the sprint & retiring due to a mechanical issue in the feature race

  • Qualified 19th last year in Abu Dhabi with only Jack Doohan behind him. Colapinto would then go on to replace Doohan at Alpine during the 2025 season

  • DNFed on Lap 26 due to an engine issue with this being his final race as a Williams driver

Trends

  • Finished 14th in Qatar, his best result since coming 11th in Zandvoort

  • Finished ahead of Pierre Gasly for the 1st time since Austin in Qatar

  • Has finished ahead of Pierre Gasly in 3 of the last 5 races

  • Colapinto has still not scored points in any of the 16 races he’s started for Alpine this season

What’s next?

  • Still searching for his 1st points & Q3 appearance of the season

  • Colapinto is the only active driver who hasn’t made Q3 this season

  • Has not scored points in his last 21 race starts dating back to Austin 2024

Other notable stats

  • Only made Q3 in 1 of his 26 career F1 races & has only scored points in 2 of his 25 race starts

  • Became the 1st driver to outqualify Pierre Gasly in 3 straight races (from Italy to Singapore) since Esteban Ocon from Austria to Spa last year (4-race long streak)

  • In 2024, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP & the 1st Argentine driver to qualify in the top 10 since Reutemann at the 1982 Brazilian GP

Nico Hulkenberg

Circuit stats

  • Qualified 4th in Abu Dhabi last year, his best qualifying result at the circuit

  • However, Hulkenberg was demoted to 7th after a grid penalty

  • Ended up finishing 8th, scoring 4 points in his last race as a Haas driver

  • Has made Q3 in 7 straight appearances in Abu Dhabi (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024)

  • Hulkenberg’s Q3 streak spans 3 different teams (Force India, Renault, Haas) & could hit 4 teams if he continues the streak with Sauber

  • Had a run of 4 consecutive points finishes from 2014 to 2017 (2014 - 6th, 2015 - 7th, 2016 - 7th, 2017 - 6th)

  • Hulkenberg’s 8 Q3 appearances at Abu Dhabi are tied with Silverstone for his most at any circuit

  • Hulkenberg’s 40 points scored at Abu Dhabi is 3rd most of any circuit for him, only trailing Melbourne (46) & Silverstone (64)

  • Hulkenberg was the only Haas driver to make Q3 in Abu Dhabi since Romain Grosjean last did in 2018

  • Has 5 finishes inside the top 8, 4 non-points finishes & 2 DNFs in Abu Dhabi

  • The last Sauber driver to score points in Abu Dhabi was Charles Leclerc in 2018 (finished 7th)

  • The last Sauber driver to make Q3 in Abu Dhabi was Valtteri Bottas in 2024 (was 9th)

  • Sauber’s best finish in Abu Dhabi was a 6th place result by Kamui Kobayashi in 2012

Trends

  • Has outqualified Gabriel Bortoleto in 6 straight races to take the lead in the qualifying H2H battle 12-11

  • This is the longest streak of outqualifying Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates this year (previous best was 4 from China to Jeddah)

  • Qualified 11th for a 2nd straight race

  • Has qualified 11th or better in 5 of the last 6 GPs

  • Has only 1 Q3 appearance this season but has qualified exactly 11th 4 times in the last 6 GPs

  • Responsible for 49 of Sauber’s 68 points this season (72.06%)

  • Qatar ended a streak of 4 GPs with points scored for Sauber

What’s next?

  • Will make his 250th GP start in Abu Dhabi

  • Hulkenberg is 11th in the drivers’ standings, just 2 points off equaling Isack Hadjar for 10th

  • 2025 could also be the 1st season Hulkenberg finishes inside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2018 with Renault when he was 7th

  • Or it might also be the 2nd straight season he finishes 11th, though Fernando Alonso is only 1 point behind him

  • Can clinch a winning qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto in Abu Dhabi (up 12-11)

  • The race finishes H2H record between Hulkenberg & Gabriel Bortoleto is tied 7-7

Other notable stats

  • Has more career points scored than Ayrton Senna (620-614)

  • Hulkenberg has now made at least 1 Q3 appearance in 13 different seasons & in each of the 12 seasons he’s been a full-time driver

  • Has scored more points this season (49) than he did with Haas last season (41)

  • His 49 points scored this season are his most since 2018 when he scored 69

  • Has a DNF, DNS & DSQ in 2025

  • The only drivers who have beaten Hulkenberg in overall qualifying H2H as a teammate of his are Rubens Barrichello, Daniel Ricciardo & Ollie Bearman

  • Broke the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239) this season at Silverstone (No other driver with a podium has waited more than 101 GP starts for their 1st)

  • At Silverstone, he brought Sauber its first podium since Kamui Kobayashi at the 2012 Japanese GP

  • Was the 218th driver in F1 history to step on the podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber in 2013, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Has scored points with 6 different constructors under 7 different team names (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point, Haas, Kick Sauber)

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (248)

  • Took him only 18 GPs before his 1st career pole at the 2010 Brazilian GP with Williams, but hasn’t been on pole since

  • Has 2 career front row starts (Brazil 2010 - Pole, Austria 2016 - P2)

Gabriel Bortoleto

Circuit stats

  • Won a 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship race in Abu Dhabi

  • Won the F2 drivers’ championship last year in Abu Dhabi

  • Qualified 2nd for the F2 GP in Abu Dhabi last year then finished 2nd in the sprint race - gaining 7 positions from the start - & 2nd again in the feature race

  • The last Sauber driver to score points in Abu Dhabi was Charles Leclerc in 2018 (finished 7th)

  • The last Sauber driver to make Q3 in Abu Dhabi was Valtteri Bottas in 2024 (was 9th)

  • Sauber’s best finish in Abu Dhabi was a 6th place result by Kamui Kobayashi in 2012

Trends

  • Bortoleto has failed to score points in 3 straight GPs & in 5 of the last 6 GPs

  • Made it out of Q1 for the 1st time since Baku in Qatar

  • Has not made Q3 since Monza, which was 8 races ago

  • Has been outqualified by Nico Hulkenberg in 6 straight races

  • Over the last 13 races, Bortoleto had a 7-race streak of outqualifying Nico Hulkenberg & a 6-race streak of being outqualified by his teammate

  • Bortoleto has 1 point scored in the last 7 GPs but had 18 points over the 6 GPs prior to that

  • Qatar ended a streak of 4 GPs with points scored for Sauber

  • Has scored all of his 19 points since Austria

What’s next?

  • If Bortoleto outqualifies Nico Hulkenberg in Abu Dhabi, he’ll end his rookie season with an even 12-12 qualifying H2H record against his teammate

  • The race finishes H2H record between Bortoleto & Nico Hulkenberg is tied 7-7

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Other notable stats

  • Responsible for 4 of Sauber’s 5 Q3 appearances this season

  • Bortoleto (Austria to Baku 2025) & Daniel Ricciardo (2019) are the only drivers who have outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 7 straight races

  • His 19 career points are tied with Nelson Piquet Jr. for 9th most by a Brazilian in F1 history (points not normalized)

  • Has more Q1 eliminations (12) than Q3 & Q2 appearances combined (11)

2025 General Stats 🏎️

Wins 🥇

Poles 🛞

Podiums 🏆

Front Row Starts 🔥

Finishes in the Top 5 🚀

Qualifying H2H vs. Teammate ⚔️

Q3 Appearances 🚨

Drivers

23 - Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris

22 - Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell

16 - Kimi Antonelli

15 - Lewis Hamilton, Isack Hadjar

12 - Fernando Alonso

11 - Carlos Sainz

0 - Pierre Gasly

8 - Alex Albon, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson

6 - Ollie Bearman

4 - Gabriel Bortoleto

2 - Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll

1 - Nico Hulkenberg

0 - Franco Colapinto, Jack Doohan

Teams

McLaren - 46/46

Mercedes - 38/46

Ferrari - 37/46

Red Bull - 28/46

Racing Bulls - 25/46

Williams - 19/46

Aston Martin 14/46

Alpine - 10/46

Haas - 8/46

Sauber - 5/46

Longest Active Streaks in 2025

Consecutive Wins

  • Max Verstappen - 2

Consecutive Poles

  • NA

Consecutive Podiums

  • Max Verstappen - 9

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Max Verstappen - 9

  • Kimi Antonelli - 3

  • Carlos Sainz - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 30 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 27 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 16 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 15 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 4 (Austin 2025)

  • Pierre Gasly - 3. (Mexico 2025)

  • Max Verstappen - 2 (Interlagos 2025)

  • Fernando Alonso - 2 (Interlagos 2025)

  • Carlos Sainz - 2 (Interlagos 2025)

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Welcome To Lusail

Round 23 comes to the Lusail circuit in Qatar, and this should be one of the most highly-anticipated grands prix of the year. It was just a few days ago that Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri were disqualified from the Las Vegas GP, which has now blown the title fight wide open entering the penultimate race.

Norris leads both Verstappen & Piastri by 24 points and has a chance to win the championship in Qatar. (Check out more of that in the championship section below). Norris could become the second driver ever to clinch a drivers’ title in Qatar, joining Verstappen, who did so in 2023.

There will be a few obstacles ahead for the contenders on this 57-lap, 5.419-km circuit. Pirelli has mandated a 25-lap limit per tyre due to high thermal wear & stress. This will make the race a 2-stopper for everyone. Pirelli is bringing the hardest compounds in the C1 to C3 range but the Qatar GP has been no stranger to punctures due to tyre wear. Pole will be crucial, but the fight to Turn 1 even more so. Every race in Qatar has been led from start to finish.

If you’re a fan of motorsport, this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix should be a win-win situation. Either a new champion - and McLaren’s first since 2008 - will be crowned. Or a season that’s had many dramatic twists & turns will send its championship battle to the season finale in Abu Dhabi for the first time since 2021 …

Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest win: Max Verstappen won from P2 in 2024 for Red Bull

Furthest podium: Lando Norris got to P3 after starting P10 in 2023 with McLaren

Lap Record: Lando Norris recorded a 1:22.384 in 2024 for McLaren

Track Record: Max Verstappen recorded a 1:20.520 in 2024 for Red Bull

Stat Of The Week 😮

Your Actual Stat Of The Week 😌

After McLaren’s double DSQ in Las Vegas, every single team in 2025 has now had at least 1 GP weekend with 0 points scored.

That hasn’t happened since 2008, almost 2 decades ago.

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Most Wins, Poles, Podiums 🥇🛞🏆

Laps Led 🔥

Recent Winners 🥇

2024 - Max Verstappen

2023 - Max Verstappen

2021 - Lewis Hamilton

Recent Polesitters 🛞

2024 - George Russell

2023 - Max Verstappen

2021 - Lewis Hamilton

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

Pole - 2 (66.7%)

P2 - 1 (33.3%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

  • No maiden wins

Maiden Poles 🛞

  • No maiden poles

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Drivers’ Championship Info

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Tale Of The Tape

How We Got Here

Still in Lando’s control

What does Verstappen need to do?

Essentially, if Verstappen wins the remaining races & sprint, Norris cannot score more than 34 points

Sprint Leaderboards

Breaking Down The 2025 Season So Far 📊

If you split the season into 3 parts: the first 7 races, the middle 7 races & the previous 8 races, which starts from Zandvoort so the last column is points scored since the summer break.

If you split the season into 2 equal parts consisting of the 1st 11 races & the previous 11 races

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Stats To Know About Drivers 🏎️

Oscar Piastri

Circuit stats

  • Got his maiden win in any format by winning the 2023 Qatar sprint race

  • Got his maiden pole in any format at the 2023 Qatar sprint

  • Has 2 sprint wins in Qatar, making him the only driver to win the Qatar sprint since he joined the grid in 2023

  • Piastri has finished in the top 3 in every Qatar sprint & GP race since joining the grid (2 sprint wins, 2 GP podiums)

  • Piastri is the only driver to have finished on the podium in every sprint & GP appearance in Qatar (Verstappen was also close but finished 8th in last year’s sprint)

  • Piastri’s 2023 Qatar sprint victory was 1 of only 2 non-Red Bull victories in all formats that season, joining Carlos Sainz’s grand prix win in Singapore

  • Piastri’s 2nd place in the 2023 Qatar GP was his best GP finishing result of his rookie season

  • Qatar is the only track where Piastri has a 100% podium rate

  • Piastri has made Q3, scored points & got a podium in all his GP appearances in Qatar, something only Max Verstappen can say (though Verstappen has maintained it with an extra GP start too)

  • Has more podiums than teammate Lando Norris in Qatar

  • If Piastri is on the podium again, Qatar will become his circuit with the most podiums

  • Piastri & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with multiple podiums in Qatar

  • Averaging 24.5 points per GP weekend in Qatar (49 points total)

  • Piastri’s 49 points at Qatar only trails Max Verstappen (78 points)

  • Qatar 2024 was Piastri’s 10th career podium while the 2023 race was his 2nd career podium

  • McLaren have never won or taken pole in GP format in Qatar but their 3 podiums are tied with Red Bull for the most

Last Race

  • Finished 4th but was later disqualified due to excessive skid wear

  • Las Vegas 2025 was the 1st time McLaren had a double DSQ

  • Qualified 4th behind the likes of Lando Norris, Max Verstappen & even Carlos Sainz

  • Still 24 points behind Lando Norris but is now tied on points with Max Verstappen

Trends

  • Since he left Zandvoort with a win, Piastri has scored 104 fewer points than Max Verstappen (161-57), 58 points fewer than Lando Norris (115-57), 53 points fewer than George Russell (110-57), 18 points fewer than Charles Leclerc (75-57) & 16 points fewer than Kimi Antonelli (73-57)

  • Since Austin, Piastri has scored 3x fewer points than Max Verstappen (93-30) & more than 2x fewer points than Lando Norris (76-30)

  • Has scored only 20 points over the last 3 GPs

  • Piastri has scored 15 or fewer points in each of the last 7 GPs

  • Has missed the podium in 6 straight races

  • Is now the 1st driver in F1 history to have 8 straight podiums & 6 straight races without a podium in the same season

  • This is now the longest Piastri has gone without being on the podium (6 straight races) since Bahrain to Imola 2024 (7 straight races)

  • In a span of 3 races, Piastri went from entering Mexico as the championship leader to leaving Las Vegas tied for 2nd in the standings

  • Piastri had 0 pointless GP weekends from Las Vegas 2023 to Monza 2025 (42 races) yet he now has 2 pointless GP weekends in the last 6 races

  • 6 of his 8 worst points-scoring GPs of the season have come in the last 5 races (the other 2 are Australia & Canada)

  • First 9 races of 2025: 4 poles, 5 wins

  • Last 13 races of 2025: 1 pole, 2 wins

  • Piastri’s worst qualifying result over the 1st 16 GPs? 4th. Piastri’s best qualifying result over the last 6 GPs? 3rd

  • Has gone 7 straight races without a win, longest winless stretch of the season for him

  • His 7-race streak without a win is his longest since he went winless between his Baku 2024 victory & China 2025 victory (8 races in between)

  • Hasn’t started on the front row in 7 straight races with his last FR start being his pole in Zandvoort

  • 8 different drivers have matched Piastri’s best result since Baku (4th) while 6 drivers have surpassed his best result in this span

  • 6 different drivers have started on the front row since the last time Piastri started on the front row in Zandvoort, including the likes of Williams’ Carlos Sainz

  • Is averaging 7 points per GP since Baku, which now means even if Lando Norris was suspended for the last 2 races, Piastri would not be on pace to do enough to win the championship

  • Piastri has led only 10 laps since his victory in Zandvoort

  • Average qualifying position of 5.83 since Baku

What’s next?

  • Piastri could finish the season with a streak of 8 straight races with a podium & 8 straight races without a podium if he doesn’t finish in the top 3 in the last 2 races

  • Can tie Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 5)

  • His next pole will break his manager Mark Webber’s record for most poles in a season by an Australian (both tied at 5)

  • Another win would make him the 3rd driver to reach 10+ wins in the ground-effect regulations, joining Max Verstappen & Lando Norris

  • Another win will make him the 1st McLaren driver to win 8 races in a season since Mika Hakkinen in 1998

  • 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

  • If Piastri wins the drivers’ title later this year, he would be the 1st Australian to do so since Alan Jones in 1980 & would become only the 3rd Australian ever to be named champion (joining Jones & Jack Brabham)

  • Aiming to become the 1st non-Red Bull or Mercedes drivers’ champion since Jenson Button in 2009 (Brawn GP)

  • Trying to become McLaren’s 1st drivers’ champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

Other notable stats

  • Is the 2025 leader in laps led (402)

  • Became the 1st driver to lose the lead of the drivers’ championship with 5 races to go since Fernando Alonso lost the lead of the championship to Sebastian Vettel at 2012 Korean GP

  • Piastri did not qualify outside the top 4 in the 1st 16 GPs of 2025, F1’s best streak at the time

  • Piastri & Lando Norris’ 7 1-2s this season are 2nd most in McLaren history in a single season, falling short of Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost’s record of 10 in 1988

  • Is 1 of 14 drivers in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship for at least 15 consecutive GPs

  • Held the lead in the drivers’ championship for exactly 189 days from Jeddah to the end of Mexico

  • Piastri (15 GPs) & Max Verstappen (63 GPs) are the only drivers to lead the championship for +10 GPs in the ground-effect regs

  • Piastri & Lando Norris having 7 wins each in 2025 are the most by a McLaren driver since Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 (7)

  • Has an F1-leading 3 hat tricks this season (Bahrain, Barcelona, Zandvoort)

  • Is tied with Australian Alan Jones in career podiums (24)

  • Converted 4 of his 5 career poles to wins, giving him the best pole-to-win rate in F1 history (80%) among all drivers with multiple poles

  • Piastri & Lando Norris own McLaren’s single-season record for podiums (31 this season), breaking Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost’s mark of 25 in 1988

  • His grand slam in Zandvoort was McLaren’s 1st since Mika Hakkinen in 1998 at Monaco & 1 of only 2 grand slams overall this season (Max Verstappen - Baku)

More about Oscar Piastri

Lando Norris

Circuit stats

  • Could join Max Verstappen (2023) as the only drivers to clinch the championship in Qatar this weekend

  • Relinquished the lead and win to Oscar Piastri in last year’s Qatar sprint race, which he started from pole

  • With that said, Norris has never finished a GP race or sprint in Qatar ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri

  • Has a sprint pole in Qatar but yet to have even a GP front row at the circuit

  • Had to serve a 10-second stop-and-go penalty in last year’s GP race, which dropped him from 2nd to eventually finishing 10th

  • As a result he finished last year’s race behind at least one Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Alpine, Aston Martin, Sauber & Haas. The only team that didn’t have a driver finish ahead of Norris was Williams & Racing Bulls

  • 100% Q3 rate & points-finishing rate at Qatar

  • Gained 7 positions in the 2023 race to go from a P10 start to the podium (P3)

  • His 2023 drive in Qatar is the record for furthest starting grid spot to end up on the podium (P10)

  • Has finished 3rd (2023), 9th (2021) & 10th (2024) in Qatar

  • Has never led a lap in Qatar

  • Qatar would be the 12th different circuit Norris has won at

  • Qatar would be the 16th different circuit that Norris has taken pole at

  • Qatar would be the 37th different track that McLaren has a win at

  • Qatar would also be the 36th different track that McLaren has taken pole at

Last Race

  • Finished 2nd but was later disqualified due to excessive skid wear

  • Las Vegas 2025 was the 1st time McLaren had a double DSQ in the same race ever

  • Las Vegas was the 1st time Norris wasn’t on the podium since Baku, ending a 4-race podium streak

  • Was the 1st McLaren driver to qualify on pole in Las Vegas

  • Became the 1st driver this season to take pole in 3 consecutive races

  • Joined Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc as the only drivers to take 3 consecutive poles during the ground-effect era

  • Tied Max Verstappen for most poles this season (7)

  • Las Vegas is still the only track on the current calendar where Norris doesn’t have a top 5 finish

  • Las Vegas & Montreal are still the only tracks on the current calendar where Norris has fewer than 2 points finishes

  • McLaren still has only 17 points scored in Las Vegas

Trends

  • Owns the best average qualifying position (3.05) & average finishing position (2.11) this season

  • Las Vegas was only the 2nd time that Norris failed to win from his last 8 pole starts (dates back to Abu Dhabi 2024)

  • Has started on the front row in 4 straight races

  • Interesting fact - Norris scored an identical number of points in Qatar as he did in Las Vegas last year (9) to start the season-ending tripleheader

  • Norris now has 3 GPs with 0 points scored this season, his most since he had 6 in 2023

  • Has led more laps in 2025 (371) than he did over all his other seasons in F1 combined (332)

  • Has podiums in 5 of the last 7 races & in 9 of the last 12 races

  • Has outscored teammate Oscar Piastri in 6 of the last 7 GPs since his DNF in Zandvoort

  • Has outscored Oscar Piastri by 58 points since his DNF in Zandvoort (115-57), which means Norris has outscored Piastri by a bigger margin than Piastri has points scored

  • Has also outscored Oscar Piastri in 9 of the last 12 GPs since his DNF in Canada

  • Has finished ahead of Oscar Piastri in 6 straight races that they’ve both seen the chequered flag (not counting Las Vegas DSQs)

  • Has outqualified Oscar Piastri in 6 of the last 7 races

  • Every podium this season has featured Norris or Max Verstappen

  • Leads F1 in poles since Miami 2024 (17, Max Verstappen is next closest with 13)

  • Since McLaren’s 2024 upgrade package in Miami, no one has scored more points than Norris, who has 706 (Max Verstappen is next closest with 693)

What’s next?

  • Will pass David Coulthard in becoming McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts (151) in Qatar

  • Can become McLaren’s 1st world champion since 2008 at the same GP he becomes the team’s all-time leader in race starts

  • This will also be the 4th Qatar GP, which means driver No. 4 can win his 1st world title at the 4th edition of a grand prix race

  • Another podium will see Norris join Max Verstappen as the only drivers in F1 history to record 18 or more podiums in a season

  • Could become the 2025 leader in wins after tying Oscar Piastri for most wins this season (7)

  • Can also become the 2025 leader in poles after tying Max Verstappen (7) in Las Vegas

  • If he’s on the front row in Qatar, it’ll be 5 straight races he starts on the front row, which would be the longest streak in F1 this season

  • Another win will make him the 1st McLaren driver to win 8 races in a season since Mika Hakkinen in 1998

  • Is 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

  • Is 6 podiums away from tying Lewis Hamilton for 5th most podiums in McLaren history (49)

  • Is 31 laps led away from matching Oscar Piastri for most laps led in F1 this season (371 for Norris, 402 for Piastri)

  • Aiming to become the 1st non-Red Bull or Mercedes drivers’ champion since Jenson Button in 2009 (Brawn GP)

  • Trying to become McLaren’s 1st drivers’ champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

Other notable stats

  • Norris & Max Verstappen are the only drivers to convert pole to victory in back-to-back races this season

  • Continued his streak of never losing the qualifying H2H streak against his teammate by going up 12-10 on Oscar Piastri this season

  • One of the biggest differences in the championship is Norris & Piastri are tied on wins but Norris has 8 2nd-place finishes while Piastri only has 3

  • In fact, Norris has more 2nd place finishes (8) than Piastri has 2nd- & 3rd-place finishes (7)

  • Is the only driver with 30 podiums since the start of 2024

  • Has more podiums than Ferrari since the start of 2024 (30-29) & only 1 fewer than Red Bull (30-31)

  • Became the 1st driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

  • Norris & Oscar Piastri having 7 wins each in 2025 are the most by a McLaren driver since Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 (7)

  • Is now 1 of 5 drivers in F1 history with 17 podiums in a season, joining Lewis Hamilton (x5), Max Verstappen (x3), Michael Schumacher (2002) & Sebastian Vettel (2011)

  • Is the 2nd driver to reach 10+ wins in the ground-effect regulations, joining Max Verstappen

  • Is 2nd in podiums in the ground-effect era (Max Verstappen - 65, Norris - 38, Charles Leclerc - 37)

  • Has the most wins from pole this season (5)

  • Set a new career high in points scored in a season (390), passing his 2024 mark of 374 points

  • Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

  • Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

  • Is the only driver to win their home race in 2025

  • Has now led the drivers’ championship for more GPs (7) than Charles Leclerc (5) during their careers

  • Leads F1 in podiums (17), front row starts (13) & fastest laps (6) this season

  • Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 17

  • Is 1 of 31 drivers in F1 history with more than 10 career wins

  • Norris & Piastri’s 7 1-2s this season are 2nd most in McLaren history in a single season

  • 2025 is the 1st season of Norris’ career where he’s led over 300 laps

  • Has led as many races from start to finish as Fernando Alonso (3) & more than Charles Leclerc (2)

  • Was the 6th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins, joining Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard)

  • Leads the Race H2H against Oscar Piastri 12-6 this season

  • 2 of his 3 career hat tricks have come this season (Zandvoort 2024, Australia 2025, Monaco 2025)

  • Has never lost a Qualifying H2H matchup against his teammate in any of his F1 seasons

  • Has not lost a Race H2H matchup against a teammate since 2020 when he lost 6-7 to Carlos Sainz

  • Norris & Oscar Piastri own McLaren’s single-season record for podiums (31 this season), breaking Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost’s mark of 25 in 1988

More about Lando Norris

Did You Know?

Even if Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri finish 1-2 in the Qatar sprint, GP race & in the Abu Dhabi race, McLaren will not be able to beat Red Bull’s record of most points scored in a season by a constructor.

Max Verstappen

Circuit stats

  • Won his 3rd world championship during the 2023 Qatar sprint race when his teammate Sergio Perez crashed

  • Won the last 2 GP races in Qatar & has led both from start to finish, meaning he’s led the last 114 laps at the track

  • Has won 2 of the 3 GP races in Qatar

  • Despite leading F1 in sprint wins, Verstappen has never won a sprint in Qatar

  • Has a perfect 100% Q3 rate, podium rate, & points finishing rate in Qatar

  • Has never been outqualified by a teammate in Qatar

  • Leads all drivers in points in Qatar with 78 & is the only driver to score more than 49 points at the circuit

  • His 114 laps led are the most in circuit history

  • Holds the track record by topping Q3 last year with a 1:20.520 but was not credited with a pole due to a grid penalty

  • 2 of the 3 fastest lap points in Qatar have gone to Verstappen (2021, 2023) with Lando Norris having the other (2024)

  • Verstappen’s 2023 win in Qatar was the 4th grand slam of his career (pole, win, led every lap & set the fastest lap)

  • Has qualified either 1st (2023, 2024) or 2nd (2021) in Qatar

  • However he’s twice started further back than where he’s qualified in Qatar due to grid penalties in 2021 (started 7th) & 2024 (started 2nd)

  • Became the 1st driver to record multiple podiums in Qatar

  • Qatar 2024 was his 1) 9th win of that season 2) last win of that season 3) 1st win in a dry race since Barcelona, which was over 5 months prior

  • Has never lost positions in a race at Qatar

  • Qatar, Zandvoort & Jeddah are the only tracks on the calendar where Verstappen has a 100% podium rate

  • Is averaging 26 points per GP in Qatar

  • If Verstappen scores 22 points in Qatar, it will become the 19th track he reaches 100 points at

  • Qatar 2024 was the last time we had a 1-2 finish with Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc

Last Race

  • Won the 69th race of his career & 6th race of the season in Las Vegas

  • Won his 33rd race from outside pole position, tied for 3rd most in F1 history

  • Tied on points with Oscar Piastri & only 24 points behind Lando Norris in the championship

  • Became the 1st driver to reach multiple wins in Las Vegas (including the Caesars Palace GP)

  • Qualified 2nd, giving Verstappen his 1st front row start since Austin

  • Has now left Las Vegas either a race winner (2023, 2025) or drivers’ champion (2024)

  • Verstappen has multiple wins at every track he’s raced on in the USA, North America & Americas (North + South)

  • Extended his record of most wins in the USA to 8

  • Now has multiple podiums at every race on the calendar after winning in Las Vegas

Trends

  • Polesitters have led after Lap 1 in 20 of 22 races this season. The only 2 races they didn’t was because Verstappen overtook them at Turn 1 (Imola 2025 & Las Vegas 2025)

  • Verstappen now owns the best win percentage in F1 history among drivers with more than 25 victories (29.87%)

  • Verstappen has now been responsible for 4 of the 6 races this season in which a driver led from start to finish (Oscar Piastri has 1 & Lando Norris has the other)

  • McLaren as a team (counting both drivers) have only led 3 races from start to finish this season (Spa, Zandvoort, Mexico), which is still less than Verstappen’s 4

  • Verstappen has more wins (4) than McLaren (3) since F1 returned from the summer break

  • Verstappen has as many wins (4) as the rest of the grid combined (4) since F1 returned from the summer break

  • On a streak of 8 straight podiums

  • Has more podiums than McLaren since F1 returned from the summer break (8-7), which means Verstappen has more podiums than any driver or constructor

  • This is the 1st time Verstappen has 8 straight podiums since Suzuka 2023 to Jeddah 2024 (9 races)

  • Has still scored the most points out of all drivers since the summer break (179) with 57 more points than the next closest driver (George Russell, 122), 64 more points than Lando Norris (115) & 97 more points than Oscar Piastri (82)

  • Has scored the most points over the last 2 races, 3 races, 4 races, 5 races, 6 races, 7 races, 8 races, 9 races, 10 races, 11 races & 13 races

  • Verstappen is the only driver with over 200 points scored since Silverstone

  • Every podium this season has featured Verstappen or Lando Norris on it

  • Has converted his last 3 poles to victory after failing to convert any of his 3 previous before that to victory

  • Verstappen & George Russell are the only drivers who have scored points in all races since the summer break

  • Has outqualified his teammate in 29 consecutive GPs (hasn’t been outqualified since Baku 2024)

  • On a streak of 199 consecutive races of not finishing outside the points (last finish outside the points was Spa 2016)

  • Outqualified both McLarens in 9 of 22 races this season

  • Produced Red Bull’s last 32 wins, 25 poles & 23 podiums

  • All but 1 lap led by a Red Bull driver since 2024 have been by Verstappen

  • More podiums (65) than McLaren (62) & Ferrari (58) since the start of these regs in 2022

  • Responsible for 93.6% of Red Bull’s points this season (366/391)

What’s next?

  • The next race he wins from outside pole position will see Verstappen overtake Alain Prost for 3rd most in F1 history (both are tied with 33)

  • Can set the longest podium streak by any driver this season if he’s on the podium in Qatar after tying Oscar Piastri’s streak of 8 straight podiums from earlier this season in Las Vegas

  • If Verstappen finishes on the podium in the last 2 races, he will become the 3rd driver with 2 separate streaks of 10+ podiums (joining Sebastian Vettel & Lewis Hamilton)

  • If Verstappen was his own constructor, he would be 12 points from catching Ferrari in the constructors’ standings (Verstappen - 366 points, Ferrari - 378 points)

  • Has won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

  • Has led 106 GPs, 1 away from matching Sebastian Vettel for 3rd most in F1 history

  • Has 84 front row starts, 2 away from tying Alain Prost for 5th most in F1 history

  • Is guaranteed to finish the ground-effect era with a win percentage above 50% (49 wins - Verstappen, 41 wins - others, 2 races remaining)

  • Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers with only 1 Q1 elimination during the ground-effect regs

  • Verstappen’s 125 podiums as a Red Bull driver are 2nd most in F1 history for podiums with a single constructor, only trailing Lewis Hamilton, who had 153 with Mercedes

Other notable stats

  • Owns the best podium percentage in F1 history among drivers with more than 35 podiums or 60 race starts (54.11%)

  • Is 1 of 8 drivers in F1 history to go from the pit lane to podium (Alain Prost - South Africa 1984, Nigel Mansell - France 1989, Kimi Räikkönen - Australia 2003, Rubens Barrichello - Canada 2005, Jarno Trulli - Australia 2009, Sebastian Vettel - Abu Dhabi 2012, Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2014)

  • Is the 2nd Red Bull driver to go from the pit lane to the podium, joining Sebastian Vettel, who also just happened to be in attendance at Interlagos

  • Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

  • Verstappen is responsible for 3 of the 6 drives this decade (since 2020) where a driver has gained 16 or more positions from their starting spot

  • Is the only driver to have multiple instances of consecutive races started on pole this season

  • Verstappen & Norris are the only drivers to convert pole to victory in back-to-back races this season

  • Verstappen & Oscar Piastri (Zandvoort) are the only drivers with grand slams this season

  • Is the only driver to lead multiple races from start to finish this season (4)

  • 20 points finishes are tied with George Russell for most in F1 this season

  • Is 1 of 8 drivers to start on pole in more than 20% of their career race starts (min. 2 poles)

  • His 76.6% pole-to-win rate is 2nd in F1 history among drivers with 2+ poles (only trails Piastri’s 80% rate) but is 1st among drivers with more than 5 poles

  • Won from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

More about Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen 🤝 Sebastian Vettel

The last time a Red Bull driver entered the final 2 races of the season down 25 or less points was Sebastian Vettel in 2010. Vettel went on to win the drivers’ title but did not lead the championship that season until he took the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi.

Verstappen now enters the final 2 races down 24 points & has yet to lead the drivers’ championship this season.

Yuki Tsunoda

Circuit stats

  • His best GP result is 13th but his best finish in all formats was an 11th in the 2023 Qatar sprint

  • Made up 7 places in the 2023 Qatar sprint, going from 18th to finishing 11th

  • Has been eliminated in Q2 in each of the last 2 years in Qatar

  • Has outqualified his teammate in Qatar for 2 straight years (both Liam Lawson) with his only defeat ever coming from Pierre Gasly in 2021

  • Red Bull’s 2nd seat scored 0 points in Qatar last year

  • Red Bull’s 2nd seat has scored 1 point in Qatar since 2023 (Sergio Perez - P10 in 2023)

  • Qatar is 1 of the 6 tracks on the calendar where Tsunoda hasn’t scored points, joining Singapore, Monza, Montreal, Mexico & Jeddah

Last Race

  • Qualified 19th with only Lewis Hamilton slower than him

  • Started in the pit lane but could only finish 12th

Trends

  • Has missed Q3 in 5 straight races

  • Failed to score points for a 3rd straight GP

  • Red Bull now have more Q1 exits (9) this season than Racing Bulls (7) & Williams (8)

  • Has scored 18 points since the summer break, 2 more than Liam Lawson

  • Has only scored points in consecutive GPs once this season (Miami to Imola)

  • 16 of Tsunoda’s 25 points as a Red Bull driver have come over the last 6 races & 18/25 points have come since the summer break ended

What’s next?

  • Only 6 points ahead of Pierre Gasly for 17th in the drivers’ standings

  • Looking for his 1st Q3 appearance since Baku

  • Is 6 points away from matching Kamui Kobayashi as the highest-scoring Japanese driver in F1 history (Kobayashi - 125, Tsunoda - 119)

  • His 6 points finishes are equal to his 2023 season, 1 away from matching his 2021 season total & 3 away from tying his career high of 9 points finishes in 2024

  • 4 points away from matching his career high in points scored (32 in 2021)

  • His 17th place standing in the drivers’ championship would be the worst by a Red Bull driver since Christian Klien finished P18 in 2006 (15 GPs)

Other notable stats

  • Now tied with Philippe Alliot for 3rd most GP starts without a podium in F1 history (109)

  • The only active drivers with fewer points than Tsunoda (28) this season are Pierre Gasly, Gabriel Bortoleto & Franco Colapinto

  • Has more non-Q3 appearances (14) than Q3 appearances this season (8)

  • Made more GP starts than any Japanese driver in F1 history (109)

  • His 5 career laps led are the most by a Japanese driver ever

  • 19 GPs away from matching Adrian Sutil’s record of 128 GP starts without a podium

Did You Know?

There have been 5 race weekends this year where a team has scored exactly 33 points. Max Verstappen has won all of those 5 races.

This covers 5 of Verstappen’s 6 wins this year. His other win was in Austin where Verstappen himself scored 33 points.

George Russell

Circuit stats

  • Qualified 2nd last year but was promoted to pole after Max Verstappen received a grid penalty

  • Qatar was his 5th pole of his career & at the time was his 2nd pole start in a row following the 2024 Las Vegas GP

  • Qatar was also his 4th & final pole of the 2024 season, a career high

  • Qatar is 1 of the 6 different tracks Russell has started on pole

  • Has started on the front row in consecutive years in Qatar (Pole in 2024, P2 in 2023), highlighting that the track has been a positive one for Mercedes & Russell

  • However, he hasn’t converted either of his front row starts at the circuits to podiums, finishing 4th in 2023 & 2024

  • His chances of a top result in 2023 were erased almost instantly after he collided with teammate Lewis Hamilton at the 1st corner

  • Dropped to last of all remaining drivers after his collision with Lewis Hamilton in 2023 but then worked his way through the field to finish 4th

  • Has never been eliminated in Q1 in Qatar as even when he was with Williams in 2021, he still managed to qualify 15th

  • Since his move to Mercedes, Russell is the only Mercedes driver who has finished in the points in a GP race in Qatar (Lewis Hamilton DNFed in 2023 & finished 12th in 2024)

  • Russell was responsible for 18 of Mercedes’ 21 points scored in Qatar last year

  • Overall, Russell has been responsible for 35 of Mercedes’ 42 total points scored in Qatar since F1 returned to the track in 2023 with all of Lewis Hamilton’s points coming in the sprint

  • Russell & Lewis Hamilton are the only Mercedes drivers who have scored points in a GP race in Qatar with Hamilton winning in 2021 & Russell finishing 4th in 2023 & 2024

  • Russell is Mercedes’ all-time leading points scorer in Qatar with 35 points as Lewis Hamilton only has 32 total points even including his 2021 win

  • There are only four circuits where Russell has multiple front row starts (Qatar, Interlagos, Montreal, Singapore)

  • Qatar would be his 18th different circuit with a podium

Last Race

  • Made his 150th race start in Las Vegas

  • Qualified 4th in Las Vegas, the 3rd straight time he’s qualified inside the top 4 at the circuit

  • Was on the podium in Las Vegas for a 2nd straight year after finishing 2nd

  • Collected the 24th podium of his career & 9th of the season in Las Vegas

  • Mercedes had a double podium in Las Vegas for a 2nd straight year

  • Went over 1000 career points scored in Las Vegas

Trends

  • Clinched 4th in the drivers’ standings, which equals his best season (was also 4th in 2022)

  • Entering the summer break, Russell was 112 points behind in the drivers’ championship & even though he’s eliminated, he’s now cut that gap to 96

  • Russell trailed Oscar Piastri by 112 points entering the summer break but is now only 72 points behind him

  • Mercedes has scored the most points out of all constructors since Singapore (a 5-race span)

  • Mercedes has 141 points since Singapore, McLaren has 133, Red Bull has 119 & Ferrari has 92

  • Russell is now the only driver who has not DNFed this season following Lance Stroll’s retirement in Las Vegas

  • Russell’s podium in Las Vegas ensured that his streak of never going more than 3 races without a podium continued this season

  • No matter what happens over the last 2 races, Russell & Lando Norris will be the only drivers this season to not go more than 3 races without a podium

  • Finished ahead of teammate Kimi Antonelli for the 1st time since Austin

  • Has scored the 2nd most points since the summer break ended (122), more than both McLaren drivers (Lando Norris - 115, Oscar Piastri - 82)

  • Russell & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with 100+ points scored since Baku (Verstappen - 136, Russell - 100)

  • Has scored points in 14 straight races, the longest streak in F1 currently

  • Russell & Max Verstappen are the only drivers who have scored points in all races since the summer break

  • Has qualified in the top 6 in 21/22 races this season (Monaco the only exception)

  • Has qualified outside the top 3 for a 4th straight race

  • But has qualified in the top 5 in 7 of the last 9 races

  • Has finished ahead of Kimi Antonelli in 16 of 18 races they’ve both finished this season

What’s next?

  • Will become the 4th driver ever to make over 150 starts with a Mercedes engine in Qatar (joining Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas & Lance Stroll)

  • His next win will establish a new career high for a single season (2 in 2024 & in 2025)

  • If he finishes in the top 5 in each of the last 2 races, Russell will tie his career high of top 5 finishes in a single season (currently at 17, his best is 19 in 2022)

  • Mercedes has its most podiums in a season (12) since 2022 (17)

Other notable stats

  • Russell’s 9 podiums in 2025 are the most he’s ever had in a season in his F1 career, surpassing his 2022 total of 8

  • Is 1 of 17 drivers in F1 history to score more than 1000 career points

  • Is 1 of only 3 drivers to be powered by a Mercedes engine over the 1st 150 races of their career, joining Lewis Hamilton & Lance Stroll

  • Is 1 of 5 drivers to make 150 starts in total with a Mercedes engine, joining Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, David Coulthard & Lance Stroll

  • Brought 5 of Mercedes’ 7 wins since he joined the team full-time in 2022

  • Responsible for 11 of Mercedes’ last 15 podiums

  • Even on podiums as his Mercedes teammates (23-23) since joining the team full-time in 2022

  • Has delivered Mercedes’ last 6 poles

  • Responsible for 7 of Mercedes’ last 8 poles since 2022

  • Tied with Juan Manuel Fangio for 4th most poles as a Mercedes driver

  • Has outqualified both McLaren drivers 3 times this season (Montreal, Baku, Singapore) with only Max Verstappen having accomplished that more (9 times)

  • 21 points finishes this season are tied with Max Verstappen for the most in F1

  • Got his 1st career hat trick in Canada this season (pole, fastest lap, win)

  • Led over 100 laps for a 2nd consecutive season (103 in 2025 & 138 in 2024)

  • Has led over 400 laps in his career (405)

  • Has only been outqualified 4 times in 32 races since Zandvoort 2024 (Russell up 28-4 with his only losses being Singapore 2024, Miami 2025, Baku 2025 & Interlagos 2025)

More About George Russell

  • Who is the only driver to finish in the points (GP format only) & make Q3 over the last 3 races? George Russell

  • Russell currently has a 14-race streak of both scoring points (GP format only) & making Q3 since Monaco, something no other driver can say

Kimi Antonelli

Circuit stats

  • DNFed in both the F2 sprint race & feature race in Qatar last year due to collisions

  • Qualified 11th in F2 last year in Qatar

  • No F1 rookie has ever finished in the points in a GP race or sprint in Qatar

  • Yuki Tsunoda is the only rookie to make Q3 in GP format in Qatar (2021)

Last Race

  • Eliminated in Q1 for the 1st time since Spa

  • Finished on the podium following the McLaren DSQs despite starting 17th

  • Tied Lance Stroll’s Las Vegas record for most positions made from starting grid spot in Las Vegas (Antonelli - 17th to 3rd, Stroll 19th to 5th in 2023)

  • Was the 1st driver to finish on the podium after starting P17 since Max Verstappen in Interlagos last year

  • Is now 1 of 3 Mercedes drivers to start 17th or worse & finish on the podium (Lewis Hamilton - Hockenheim 2014, Hungary 2014, Spa 2016 / Valtteri Bottas - Monza 2021)

  • Mercedes has now had all 3 of its drivers on the podium in Las Vegas since it came on the calendar in 2023

  • Is the 3rd Italian to be on the podium in Las Vegas, joining Michele Alboreto (1982) & Bruno Giacomelli (1981), who did so at the Caesars Palace GP

  • Is only 15 points behind Lewis Hamilton for 6th in the drivers’ championship

Trends

  • Antonelli is the 1st Italian driver to have back-to-back podiums since Giancarlo Fisichella (China-Japan 2006)

  • Antonelli is the 1st rookie driver to have 3+ podiums in their debut season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007

  • Got back-to-back podium results for the 1st time in his career (Brazil - 2nd, Las Vegas - 3rd)

  • Antonelli is the 1st rookie to have back-to-back podiums in their debut season since Oscar Piastri in 2023

  • Is the 2nd youngest driver to get back-to-back podiums, only trailing Max Verstappen, who was 18 years, 9 months & 10 days at the 2016 British GP (Max was 2nd in 2016 Austria & 2016 Silvertone)

  • Has scored points in 7 straight GP weekends (this includes Austin where Antonelli got 1 point in the sprint but 0 in the GP race)

  • Has scored more points in the last 3 GPs (48) than he did over the 13 GPs prior (41 points from Imola to Austin)

  • This 48-point run since Mexico is the best 3-race stretch of his career

  • Has scored the 2nd most points over the last 2 races (40) with only Max Verstappen ahead of him (45)

  • Has outscored teammate George Russell since Interlagos (40-36) & since Mexico (48-42)

  • His 48 points over the last 3 GPs is 3rd most, trailing only Max Verstappen (60) & Lando Norris (58)

  • Has outscored Oscar Piastri 73-57 since Monza

  • Has scored 71 points since Baku, 4th most among drivers & more than Charles Leclerc (63), Oscar Piastri (42) & Lewis Hamilton (35)

  • Has outscored Oscar Piastri since Monza, since Baku, since Singapore, since Austin, since Mexico & since Brazil

  • Mercedes has scored the most points out of all constructors since Singapore (a 5-race span)

  • Mercedes has 141 points since Singapore, McLaren has 133, Red Bull has 119 & Ferrari has 92

What’s next?

  • Now has as many Q3 appearances as Lewis Hamilton this season (15)

  • Could become the 1st Mercedes driver this season to reach 3 straight podiums if he finishes in the top 3 in Qatar

  • Could become the 1st rookie to reach 3 straight podiums since Lewis Hamilton in 2007

  • 15 Q3 appearances in 2025 are tied for 2nd most by a rookie in F1 history (Lewis Hamilton - 17 in 2007, Kevin Magnussen - 15 in 2014, Oscar Piastri - 15 in 2023, Antonelli - 15 in 2025)

  • 13 points finishes in 2025 are tied for 2nd most by a rookie in F1 history (Lewis Hamilton - 15 in 2007, Alex Albon - 13 in 2019, Antonelli - 13 in 2025)

  • If Antonelli finishes in the points in the last 2 races, he will tie Lewis Hamilton’s rookie record for most points finishes

  • Mercedes has its most podiums in a season (12) since 2022 (17)

Other notable stats

  • Has now scored the most points by a rookie in F1 history (not adjusting by era), surpassing Lewis Hamilton’s total of 109 set in 2007 in an older points format

  • Owns the longest streak of Q3 appearances by a rookie this season (6, which he set from Monza to Interlagos)

  • Leads all rookies in Q3 appearances (15) & points finishes (13)

  • Scored 3 points in Europe this season (not counting Baku) & 134 points outside of Europe (including Baku)

  • Became the 3rd youngest driver ever to stand on the podium (18y 9m 21d in Canada 2025)

  • In Interlagos, became the 3rd youngest driver in F1 history to start on the front row, trailing record-holder Lance Stroll (Monza 2017) & Max Verstappen (Spa 2016)

  • Youngest driver to record a fastest lap & lead a lap in F1 history (18y 7m 12d in Suzuka 2025)

  • Youngest driver to start on pole in any format in F1 history (2025 Miami sprint)

  • Could still become the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history (Sebastian Vettel, 21y 2m 11d at Monza 2008)

  • Would be the 2nd youngest race winner if he won right now (only trailing Max Verstappen)

More About Kimi Antonelli

Charles Leclerc

Circuit stats

  • Finished last year’s race on the podium in 2nd

  • Last year’s race was the most recent 1-2 finish with Max Verstappen & Leclerc

  • Has started 5th in each of the last 2 years in Qatar & has consecutive top 5 results (2nd in 2024, 5th in 2023)

  • Was eliminated in Q2 at his 1st trip to the track in 2021 but recovered to finish 8th

  • Has a 100% points-scoring rate in GP races in Qatar (2nd in 2024, 5th in 2023, 8th in 2021)

  • Qatar is the only circuit on the current calendar where Leclerc has never started inside the top 4

  • Qatar, Mugello & Hockenheim are the only circuits ever that Leclerc has raced at but never started inside the top 4

  • Qatar is 1 of 23 different circuits Leclerc has stood on the podium at

  • Leclerc, Fernando Alonso & Max Verstappen are the only drivers who have completed all 171 laps through 3 GP races in Qatar

  • Leclerc’s 36 points in Qatar are 3rd most, only trailing Max Verstappen (78) & Oscar Piastri (49)

  • Ferrari scored the most points in Qatar last year with 35

Last Race

  • Finished 4th, less than 2 tenths away from being on the podium (0.190s off Kimi Antonelli)

  • Qualified 9th, his worst result in Q3 since Baku (10th)

  • Leclerc & Max Verstappen are still the only drivers to finish in the top 5 in both Las Vegas races

Trends

  • Qualifying 9th in Las Vegas ended a run of 3 straight races where Leclerc qualified inside the top 3

  • Continued the trend of always finishing 4th the race following a DNF or DSQ

  • Is 1 of 4 drivers with multiple podiums since Austin, joining Max Verstappen, Lando Norris & Kimi Antonelli

  • Has the same number of podiums (2) as Oscar Piastri since the summer break & has more podiums than Piastri since Monza (2-1)

  • Has outscored Lewis Hamilton in 5 straight GPs & in 6 of the last 7 GPs (Baku the only exception)

  • 2025 is on pace to be the 1st season where Leclerc finishes with less than 2 poles since 2020

  • Has outscored Lewis Hamilton 61-31 over the last 5 GPs

  • Leclerc has outqualified Lewis Hamilton 17 times, more than any other Ferrari teammate he’s had

  • Leclerc outqualifying Lewis Hamilton 17 times is tied for his highest among all teammates (Marcus Ericsson in 2018 at Sauber)

What’s next?

  • If Leclerc outqualifies Lewis Hamilton one more time, it will be the 1st time he’s outqualified a teammate 18 times in a season

  • Will make his 150th start with Ferrari at the season finale in Abu Dhabi

  • If Leclerc scores points in the next 2 GPs, he will match Daniel Ricciardo for 137 GP weekends with points scored, 13th all time

  • Leclerc is on pace to be the 1st driver to be responsible for all 100% of Ferrari’s podiums in a season since Fernando Alonso in 2014 (Alonso had 2, Kimi Raikkonen had 0)

  • Leclerc is on pace to be the 1st driver to be responsible for all of Ferrari’s podiums in a season where the team had +5 podiums since Fernando Alonso in 2011 (Alonso had 10, Felipe Massa had 0)

  • His next podium will be his 51st, overtaking Jenson Button in career podiums & tying him with Mika Hakkinen for 16th most all-time

  • Is 2 podiums away from tying Kimi Raikkonen for 4th most podiums as a Ferrari driver (52) & 5 away from tying Sebastian Vettel & Rubens Barrichello for 2nd most (55)

  • On pace to hand Lewis Hamilton the worst defeat of his career in race finishes H2H (is up 16-3)

  • His next win would tie Rubens Barrichello for 8th most in Ferrari history

  • A win in 2025 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

  • On pace for his 1st season with no wins since 2023

  • Ferrari is on pace for its 1st season with no wins since 2021

  • His next pole will be his 28th with Ferrari, tying Nigel Mansell & Williams for 8th most poles with a single constructor

  • 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

Other notable stats

  • Leclerc has finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton in 16 races this season, the most of all his teammates in F1 history

  • Every time 1 Ferrari driver gets DSQ or DNFs in a race this season, the other Ferrari driver also suffers the same fate (China, Zandvoort, Interlagos)

  • Since 2000, 2020 & 2025 are the only seasons where Ferrari has had multiple races with a double DNF

  • Leclerc has shared 27 podiums with Max Verstappen, his most with any driver on the grid

  • Leclerc & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with 5 front row starts in every season of the ground-effect regulations

  • Is 1 of 18 drivers in F1 history with 50 or more podiums

  • Is the 5th Ferrari driver ever to reach 50 podiums with the team

  • Out of the 18 drivers in F1 history with +50 podiums, Leclerc is 1 of 4 to never win a championship (others are Valtteri Bottas, Rubens Barrichello & David Coulthard)

  • Out of the 18 drivers in F1 history with +50 podiums, Leclerc is the only one with less than 10 wins

  • Is 7th all-time in F1 history in points scored

  • Leclerc’s 7 podiums in 2025 are now 4th most of any season in his career

  • Has started on pole in 5 consecutive seasons since 2021

  • Has at least 1 podium in 7 consecutive seasons since 2019

  • Has either won 3 races or 0 races in each year of the ground-effect regs

  • Is Ferrari’s all-time leading points scorer

  • Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (21) over his career

  • Has 27 poles while his teammates only have 8 & has more than double the number of front row starts (43) as his teammates (21)

  • His 27 poles rank 2nd in Ferrari history with only Michael Schumacher ahead (58)

  • His 27 poles with Ferrari are 9th for most poles with a single constructor

  • The only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion

  • Owns an undefeated qualifying H2H record against his teammates for every season since coming into F1

More about Charles Leclerc

Lewis Hamilton

Circuit stats

  • Took the track’s inaugural pole & win in 2021

  • Is the only driver who has set a faster qualifying time & finished ahead of Max Verstappen in Qatar (both happening in 2021)

  • His 2021 pole lap was 0.597s faster than Max Verstappen, who qualified 2nd

  • Hamilton’s 2021 pole in Qatar had the largest gap to 2nd out of all poles that season

  • Qatar 2021 was his 102nd pole & 102nd win of his career

  • Led from start to finish in Qatar 2021 with this race being the last time he led a race from start to finish

  • Has scored only 7 points in Qatar since his 2021 win

  • Has scored 0 points in GP races in Qatar since his 2021 win as all his 7 points came in the sprint format

  • DNFed in Qatar 2023 on the 1st lap after colliding with teammate George Russell at the opening corner

  • Qatar 2023 was the 1st time Hamilton had to retire due to a collision with his teammate since the infamous crash with Nico Rosberg at the 2016 Spanish GP

  • Has scored 32 points in Qatar, tied with Lando Norris for 5th most

  • Has never started worse than 6th in the GP in Qatar (1st - 2021, 3rd - 2023, 6th - 2024)

  • Finished last year’s race in 12th as he had to serve multiple penalties during the race (5-second time penalty for jump start & a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane)

  • His 12th place in Qatar last season was his worst finishing result of the year & was at the time his worst finishing result since he was 13th in Imola in 2022

  • Qatar 2024 was the 1st time Hamilton started a race inside the top 10 & took the chequered flag outside the points since Baku 2021, the brake magic race

  • His win at Qatar 2021 made Hamilton the 1st driver to win at 30 different circuits. He still holds this record & bumped his total to 31 different circuits when he won in Jeddah the following weekend

  • Qatar was the 34th different circuit Hamilton has stood on the podium at. He’s been on the podium at 36 different circuits

  • Ferrari scored the most points in Qatar last year with 35

Last Race

  • Finished 8th after starting 19th on the grid

  • Qualified 20th for the 1st time since the 2017 Brazilian GP

  • Qualified last on pure pace for the 1st time ever in his career

  • Hamilton was the first Ferrari driver to qualify last since Giancarlo Fisichella in Abu Dhabi 2009

  • Has now qualified 20th (2025 Las Vegas) & 16th (2024 Brazil) in the last 2 qualifying sessions that featured wet tyres

  • Outqualified by Charles Leclerc for a 17th time this season

  • Only 15 points ahead of Kimi Antonelli for 6th in the drivers’ championship

Trends

  • Has 1 top 5 finish over his last 10 races (4th in Austin)

  • Has scored a total of 10 points over the last 3 GPs

  • Over the last 3 GPs, Hamilton has fewer points (10) than the likes of Isack Hadjar (12) & Ollie Bearman (21). He’s even with Carlos Sainz (10) as well.

  • Missed Q3 for a 2nd consecutive race

  • There have now been 3 times this season where Hamilton has missed Q3 in back-to-back races (Miami-Imola, Spa-Hungary, Interlagos-Las Vegas)

  • Has missed Q3 in 3 of the last 6 GPs

  • If the standings stay the same, this will be the 2nd straight year Hamilton drives a car that finishes 4th in the constructors (never happened prior in his career before 2024)

  • Since 2024, Lewis has finished more GP races outside of the top 5 (30) than in the top 5 (16)

  • Since 2024, Lewis has finished more GP races outside the top 6 (24) than inside the top 6 (22)

  • For comparison, Lewis’ teammates in 2024 & 2025 have combined for 25 top 5 finishes in this span & 30 top 6 finishes

  • Has the same number of points finishes as Charles Leclerc this season (18)

  • Has scored 8 points or less in 9 of the last 10 GPs & in 11 of the last 14 GPs

  • Has scored 6 points or less in 8 of the last 10 GPs

  • Has scored 4 points or less in 7 of the last 9 GPs & 5 of the last 6 GPs

What’s next?

  • 2025 will be the 1st season where Hamilton finishes in front of his teammate less than 6 times in races they’ve both seen the chequered flag (currently at 3 with only 2 races left)

  • If he doesn’t outqualify Charles Leclerc in any of the last 2 races, this will be the 2nd straight year he loses 19-5 in H2H qualifying against his teammate (2024 was George Russell)

  • With only 58 points available, 2025 is confirmed to be the season where Hamilton scores the fewest points of any season since F1 adopted the current points system in 2010 (currently at 152)

  • Could become the 1st Ferrari driver to go podium-less all season since Kimi Raikkonen in 2014

  • Hamilton’s run of 18 consecutive seasons with a podium (2007-2024) is on pace to end

  • Holds the record for most Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver (22) without a single podium

  • On a streak of 24 straight races without a podium, the longest of his career

  • On pace to finish with his fewest points of any season since F1 adopted the current points system in 2010

  • His 6 top 5 finishes in 2025 are tied with 2009 for his career low, needs 1 more to surpass that

  • 2 laps led would be the lowest mark of his entire career with his next closest being 13 in 2023

  • Has led a GP only twice this season (Australia, Austria), which would be the lowest number of his career (only led 3 in 2010, 2023 & 2024)

  • On pace to finish 6th or worst in the drivers’ standings for 2nd straight year & 3rd year in the last 4

  • Looking for his 1st race win since Spa 2024, 1st pole since Hungary 2023, & 1st podium since Las Vegas 2024

  • Hamilton has shared a record 60 podiums with Max Verstappen, but 2025 could be the 1st season they don’t share a single podium together since Max joined Red Bull

  • Would become the 1st driver ever to have a win, pole, or podium with McLaren, Mercedes, & Ferrari

  • Could become the 16th driver to win a race with 3+ different teams, the 17th different driver to get pole with 3+ different teams & the 57th different driver to get a podium with 3+ different teams

  • Could become the 1st race winner & polesitter aged 40+ since Nigel Mansell at Australia 1994

  • Looking for his 17th season with a victory, 17th season with a pole, & 19th season with a podium

  • Ferrari is on pace for its 1st season with no wins since 2021

  • A win in 2025 would give Ferrari its 60th season with a victory

Other notable stats

  • There are now 7 GP races since 2024 where Hamilton has failed to score points (2024 Australia, 2024 Austin, 2024 Qatar, 2025 China, 2025 Hungary, 2025 Zandvoort, 2025 Interlagos)

  • Has now been officially over 1 year since the last time Hamilton stood on the podium (Las Vegas 2024)

  • Every time 1 Ferrari driver gets DSQ or DNFs in a race this season, the other Ferrari driver also suffers the same fate (China, Zandvoort, Interlagos)

  • Since 2000, 2020 & 2025 are the only seasons where Ferrari has had multiple races with a double DNF

  • 2025 will be the 1st season in Hamilton’s career where he doesn’t reach 5 podiums

  • Hasn’t stood on the podium in any of 21 races with Ferrari, breaking Didier Pironi’s record of 19 races before 1st podium for Ferrari

  • Broke the F1 record for most consecutive years with a fastest lap this season with 16 (2010-2025)

  • 17 of his 38 non-Q3 appearances have come in the last 3 years

  • Has led only 92 laps since 2022

  • A winless season would make 2025 the 3rd year in the last 4 where Hamilton hasn’t won a race

  • Holds the undisputed F1 record in wins (105), poles (104), podiums (202), front row starts (176), points finishes in GP weekends (332)

  • Has the most wins from pole (61) in F1 history & is 2nd in most wins without pole (44) in F1 history

  • Holds the record for longest gap between 1st & last win (over 17 years from Canada 2007 to Spa 2024)

  • Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

  • Holds the F1 record for most consecutive races finished & scoring points with 48 (Silverstone 2018 - Bahrain 2020, streak ended due to COVID)

  • Hamilton & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers to race over 20000 laps over their careers

  • Won from 8 different grid positions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P10, P14)

Carlos Sainz

Circuit stats

  • Qatar is the only track on the current calendar where Sainz doesn’t have a top 5 finish

  • The only other tracks ever where Sainz doesn’t have a top 5 finish are Portugal (6th) & Malaysia (8th)

  • Qatar & China (7th) are the only tracks on the current calendar where Sainz hasn’t started in the top 4

  • Qatar 2023 is just 1 of 3 races in Sainz’s career where he was unable to start, joining Spa 2020 & Austria 2025

  • While he started 5th in 2021 due to others having grid penalties, Sainz’s best qualifying position in Qatar in GP format is actually 7th, which he did in 2021 & 2024

  • His qualifying results in Qatar seem to follow a pattern: 7th in 2021, Out in Q2 in 2023 & again 7th in 2024

  • Has finished ahead of his teammate in both sprint races in Qatar & in the 2021 race

  • Has scored 22 points in Qatar

  • Finished last year’s race in 6th

  • Williams has never scored points in a GP race or even made Q3 in Qatar

  • Williams only has 2 total points in Qatar with both coming from Alex Albon finishing 7th in the 2023 sprint race

Last Race

  • Qualified 3rd in Las Vegas, his 2nd best qualifying result of the season, only behind a 2nd place in Baku

  • Finished 5th, his 2nd best finishing result of the season, only behind a 3rd place in Baku

  • Is the only driver who has qualified in the top 3 in all 3 Las Vegas GPs

  • Has finished in the top 6 in all 3 Las Vegas GPs

  • Became the 1st Williams driver to score points in Las Vegas

Trends

  • Sainz has done only 22 GPs with Williams, yet he is responsible for 2 of the team’s 4 top 3 starts since 2018 (Baku 2025, Las Vegas 2025 & the other 2 are George Russell - Spa 2021 & Sochi 2021)

  • That means that Sainz has as many top 3 starts in the last 6 GPs (2) as all other Williams drivers did did over the last 8 seasons (171 GPs since start of 2018)

  • Has made at least 10 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

  • No midfield driver has scored more points than Carlos Sainz since Baku (32)

  • Since Baku, Sainz has scored only 3 points fewer (32) than Lewis Hamilton (35)

  • In that same span, Sainz has outscored Alex Albon 32-3

  • Has made Q3 in 3 of the last 4 races now & in 4 of the last 6 races

  • Without counting the Singapore double qualifying DSQ for Williams, Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 8 of the last 10 races

  • Has made more Q3 appearances (10) than Alex Albon this season (8)

  • Over the last 5 GPs, Sainz has outscored Alex Albon 17-3

  • Ollie Bearman is the only midfield driver who has outscored Sainz over the last 5 GPs (25-17)

What’s next?

  • Is 1 points finish away from his 10th straight season of +10 points finishes in GP races, which he’s done with 5 different constructors so far (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari)

  • Is 1 point away from matching Nico Hulkenberg for 10th in the drivers’ standings & 3 points away from Isack Hadjar for 9th in the standings

  • If Sainz finishes inside the top 10 of the standings, it will be the 9th straight year he does so

  • Williams is at 121 points, putting the team 17 points away from equalling their biggest points haul since 2016 (138)

  • Williams is 46 points shy of equalling its combined points total from 2017-2024 (167 points)

  • Trying to extend his streak of winning a race & starting on pole in 3 consecutive years (2022-2024)

Other notable stats

  • Sainz is the only driver to make podium appearances with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs

  • The only drivers to make front row starts with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs both happen to be Spanish (Sainz & Fernando Alonso)

  • Williams has scored more points in 2025 (121 points) than the team did over the last 7 seasons combined (84 points from 2018-2024)

  • Has made more than 7 Q3 appearances in all of his 11 seasons in F1, which has spanned 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • Has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025), which is currently tied with Charles Leclerc for the 2nd longest streak on the grid (only Max Verstappen - 10 consecutive years has more)

  • Has made a front row start in 5 straight seasons now

  • Is the only driver from outside the top 4 teams to start on the front row this season

  • Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

  • In Baku earlier this season, Sainz gave Williams its 1st podium since Spa 2021 & its 1st podium in a full-length race since Baku 2017

  • Is 1 of 3 current drivers on the grid with a podium for +3 different constructors (Sainz - 3, Pierre Gasly - 3, Fernando Alonso - 5)

  • Has a Top 5 finish with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

  • Is 1 of 3 current drivers on the grid to score points with +5 different constructors (Sainz - 5, Fernando Alonso - 5, Nico Hulkenberg - 7)

  • Has led laps with 2 different constructors (McLaren, Ferrari)

  • Is 1 of 10 drivers to score points in more than 150 GP weekends in F1 history (Sainz is at 155)

Alex Albon

Circuit stats

  • Was last of all finishers last year in the GP race (15th)

  • Williams has never scored points in a GP race or even made Q3 in Qatar

  • Albon is responsible for the only points Williams has scored (in all formats) in Qatar with his 7th in the 2023 sprint race giving the team 2 points

  • Albon gained 10 positions in the 2023 sprint race, going from 17th at the start to 7th to get those 2 valuable points

  • Has 1 Q1 elimination (2024) & 1 Q2 elimination in Qatar (2023)

  • Finished 15th in last year’s GP race & 13th in 2023

  • Qatar, Jeddah, Hungary are the only tracks on the current calendar where Albon has never made Q3

  • Qatar is the only track on the current calendar where Albon has never started 12th or better

  • The only tracks ever where Albon has a worse starting grid spot are Hockenheim & Sochi

  • Out of all the tracks where Albon has finished a race, Qatar is tied with Paul Ricard are tied for his worst best finishing result (13th)

  • Qatar is 1 of 3 tracks on the calendar where Albon doesn’t have a GP points finish, joining Brazil & Las Vegas

Last Race

  • Eliminated in Q1 in Las Vegas for a 2nd consecutive year

  • Retired from the Las Vegas GP for a 2nd consecutive season

  • Still has not scored points in Las Vegas

  • Las Vegas & Interlagos are the only circuits where Albon hasn’t scored points (not counting sprints)

Trends

  • Missed Q3 for an 9th straight race

  • Eliminated in Q1 in 3 of the last 4 races

  • Has not scored points in 6 straight GP races

  • Has scored only 3 points in the last 6 races with all 3 coming in the Austin sprint race

  • Only has 1 Q3 appearance over his last 12 races after having 7 Q3 appearances in his 1st 10 races

  • 50 of Albon’s 73 points came in an 11-race span from Miami to Monza. During that period, only 6 other drivers outscored Albon (both McLarens, both Ferraris, George Russell & Max Verstappen)

  • 42 of Albon’s 73 points also came over the 1st 8 races of the season from Australia to Monaco. Over the 14 races since, he’s only scored 31 points

What’s next?

  • Is only ahead of Isack Hadjar by 22 points for 8th in the drivers’ standings with 2 GPs left

  • Would become the 1st Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

  • Leads all midfield drivers in points finishes (11) but has only 1 more than Isack Hadjar (10) now

  • Now has only 2 more points finishes this season (11) than his teammate Carlos Sainz (9)

  • Has made 88 GP starts with Williams, which only trails Nigel Mansell - 95 & Ralf Schumacher - 94 for most in the team’s history

  • Williams is at 121 points, putting the team 17 points away from equalling their biggest points haul since 2016 (138)

  • Williams is 46 points shy of equalling its combined points total from 2017-2024 (167 points)

Other notable stats

  • Thanks to his fastest lap point in Interlagos, Albon no longer has the 3rd most GPs without a win, pole or fastest lap in F1 history. He had 124 GPs before getting the fastest lap in Brazil

  • The last time Albon made Q3 was Spa, over 4 months ago

  • Could break his own personal record for most points finishes in a season this year (at 11 points finishes & his best is 13 in 2019 with Toro Rosso & Red Bull)

  • Williams has scored more points in 2025 (121 points) than the team did over the last 7 seasons combined (84 points from 2018-2024)

  • Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

  • Has the same number of points finishes this season (11) as he did over 2023 & 2024 combined (11)

  • Outscored at least 1 Ferrari driver in 7 GP weekends this season

  • His 313 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

  • Led 1 lap this season, tying his career high (2020 - 1 lap led)

Isack Hadjar

Circuit stats

  • Finished the F2 sprint race race 4th last year in Qatar & finished on the podium in 2nd during the feature race

  • Red Bull’s junior team has never scored points in Qatar

  • Red Bull’s junior team had a double Q3 appearance in Qatar in 2021 but has not made Q3 since at the track in GP format

  • No F1 rookie has ever finished in the points in a GP race or sprint in Qatar

  • Yuki Tsunoda is the only rookie to make Q3 in GP format in Qatar (2021)

Last Race

  • Scored 8 points in Las Vegas, equalling the amount Oscar Piastri has scored over 3 GPs at the circuit

  • Became the 2nd Racing Bulls driver to score points in Las Vegas, joining Yuki Tsunoda in 2024

  • Qualified 8th in Las Vegas, ahead of Charles Leclerc

  • Jumped from 10th to 9th in the drivers’ championship

  • Became the 11th driver in F1 history to record 10+ points finishes in their debut season

Trends

  • Has scored points in consecutive races for the 1st time since Zandvoort to Baku, which was a 3-race long streak

  • His 14 Q3 appearances are 2nd most among Red Bull-controlled drivers, 6 more than Yuki Tsunoda (8)

  • Hadjar’s 8th in Interlagos & 6th in Las Vegas means this is the 1st time he’s strung together consecutive top 8 finishes since Monaco-Spain. He’s yet to do this in 3 straight races

  • Has scored more points than Oscar Piastri over the last 2 races (12-10)

  • Has collected points in 5 of the 8 GP weekends since the summer break ended

  • Has scored the 10th most points since the summer break ended (29), with only 3 points fewer than Carlos Sainz (32), 4 points fewer than Ollie Bearman (33) & 14 points fewer than Lewis Hamilton (43)

  • Has made Q2 in 3 straight races & also 5 of the last 6 races & even in 8 of the last 10 races (only non-Q3 appearances were Monza & Austin)

  • Leads all rookies in Q3 appearances since Spa (8) with Kimi Antonelli next with 6

  • Both Racing Bulls drivers have made Q3 (8 times) more than both Red Bull drivers have made Q3 (6 times) this season

  • Racing Bulls has fewer Q1 eliminations (7) than Red Bull (9)

  • Racing Bulls has more Q3 appearances (24) than Alpine, Haas & Sauber combined (22)

What’s next?

  • Hadjar’s 14 Q3 appearances are tied for 5th most in F1 history for a driver’s rookie season (Lewis Hamilton - 17, Kevin Magnussen - 15, Oscar Piastri - 15, Kimi Antonelli - 15, Lando Norris - 14, Isack Hadjar - 14)

  • Hadjar’s 14 Q3 appearances are 2nd most among rookies, only 2 fewer than Kimi Antonelli (15)

  • His 10 points finishes are 2nd most among midfield drivers, only trailing Alex Albon (11)

  • Racing Bulls have only 3 fewer Q3 appearances (24) than Red Bull this season (27)

Other notable stats

  • Got the 1st podium of his career in Zandvoort with a P3 result

  • His Zandvoort podium was the 1st for the team under the name Racing Bulls & the 1st for Red Bull’s junior team since Pierre Gasly in Baku 2021

  • Became the 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history in Zandvoort (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

  • His Zandvoort podium also made him the youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

  • Hadjar’s 14 Q3 appearances are the most of any driver’s full-debut season for a Red Bull junior team

  • Racing Bulls leads the midfield in Q3 appearances with 24, which is 6 more than Williams (18)

  • Hadjar & Fernando Alonso are the only midfield drivers with 2 or fewer Q1 eliminations this season

  • Hadjar has the same number of Q1 eliminations (2) as Lewis Hamilton this season

Liam Lawson

Circuit stats

  • Red Bull’s junior team has never scored points in Qatar

  • Red Bull’s junior team had a double Q3 appearance in Qatar in 2021 but has not made Q3 since at the track in GP format

  • Eliminated in Q1 in both Qatar appearances

  • Was last of all finishers in 2023 in GP race (17th)

  • Was 2nd last of all finishers in 2024 in GP race (14th) with only Alex Albon behind him

Last Race

  • Qualified 6th in Las Vegas, the best qualifying result at the circuit by a Racing Bulls driver

  • Finished 14th with the only driver to see the chequered flag behind him being Franco Colapinto

Trends

  • Made Q3 for a 2nd straight race, the 1st time he’s done that since a 3-race streak from Spa to Zandvoort

  • Since Austria, Lawson still has more points (32) than teammate Isack Hadjar (30)

  • Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza

  • Racing Bulls drivers have combined for 14 Q3 appearances over the last 10 races since Spa

  • Both Racing Bulls drivers have made Q3 (8 times) more than both Red Bull drivers have made Q3 (6 times) this season

  • Racing Bulls has fewer Q1 eliminations (7) than Red Bull (9)

  • Racing Bulls has more Q3 appearances (24) than Alpine, Haas & Sauber combined (22)

What’s next?

  • Racing Bulls have only 3 fewer Q3 appearances (24) than Red Bull this season (27)

  • Can equal his best streak of 3 straight Q3 appearances at the next race

  • Now has more Q3 appearances (8) than Q2 eliminations (7) & Q1 eliminations (7)

Other notable stats

  • Racing Bulls leads the midfield in Q3 appearances with 24, which is 6 more than Williams (18)

  • Outscored Yuki Tsunoda 36-25 in points since they swapped seats in Suzuka

More about Racing Bulls

Fernando Alonso

Circuit stats

  • Got the 98th podium of his career in Qatar 2021, which was his 1st podium since returning to F1 at the start of the season

  • Alonso’s Qatar 2021 podium was his 1st since the 2014 Hungarian GP at the time, giving him a F1-record 146 GPs between podiums

  • The 7 years, 3 months & 25 day gap between his podium in Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021 is the 2nd longest interval between podiums in F1 history (only trailing Alex Wurz, who went 7 years, 9 months & 11 days between his podiums at Silverstone in 1997 & Imola in 2005)

  • 100% points-scoring rate & Q3 rate in Qatar

  • Scored 1 point in the 2023 sprint which means the only race that Alonso has ever finished outside the points in Qatar (in all formats) is the 2024 sprint race

  • His 2021 podium in Qatar was his best finishing result & only podium as an Alpine driver

  • Qatar 2021 is 1 of 3 races he started in the top 3 during his time with Alpine, joining Spa 2022 & Canada 2022

  • His 30 points in Qatar is 7th most & only 2 fewer than Lewis Hamilton (32) & Lando Norris (32)

Last Race

  • Qualified 7th, his best ever qualifying result in Las Vegas

  • Mexico is now the only track that Alonso has never started better than 9th after his P7 in qualifying in Las Vegas

  • Finished 11th for a 2nd consecutive year in Las Vegas

  • Still hasn’t scored points in Las Vegas since finishing 9th in 2023

Trends

  • 2025 is the 5th straight season that Alonso has made over 10 Q3 appearances

  • Since Imola, Alonso has never gone more than 2 races in a row without making Q3

  • Has made Q3 in 3 of the last 5 races (only non-Q3 appearances were Mexico & Interlagos)

  • Qualifying 7th in Las Vegas was his best qualifying result since he was 5th in Hungary

  • Has outqualified Lance Stroll for 34 straight GPs, which dates back to Silverstone 2024

  • Made Q3 in 6 of the last 9 races (Baku, Mexico, Interlagos the only exceptions) & in 11 of the last 16 GPs

  • Has scored only 3 points over the last 3 GPs with all points coming in a single points finish in the Interlagos sprint

  • Hasn’t scored points in a GP race in 3 straight races

  • Has as many Q3 appearances (11) as non-Q3 appearances this season (11)

What’s next?

  • Has more Q3 appearances than Lewis Hamilton since Imola (11-10)

  • His next points finish in a GP race will give Alonso more points finishes as an Aston Martin driver than as a McLaren driver (41 each)

  • Alonso has finished in the top 10 in the drivers’ standings in each of his 4 seasons since returning to the grid in 2021 & is trying to make it 5 in a row

  • Alonso’s 8 points finishes & 40 points would both be his fewest since 2017 with McLaren

  • Alonso is 1 of 8 drivers this season with 2 Q1 eliminations or fewer with him & Isack Hadjar being the only midfield drivers in this group

Other notable stats

  • The only drivers to make front row starts with multiple constructors in the ground-effect regs both happen to be Spanish (Alonso & Carlos Sainz)

  • Alonso & Max Verstappen are the only drivers with undefeated qualifying H2H records this season

  • Tied with Liam Lawson & Gabriel Bortoleto for most DNFs this season (5)

  • Owns a top 5 result in each of his 5 seasons since rejoining F1 in 2021

  • Hasn’t won a race since the 2013 Spanish GP, over 12 years ago

  • Hasn’t been on pole since the 2012 German GP, over 13 years ago

  • Hasn’t been on the podium since the 2023 Brazilian GP, over 2 years ago

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (423)

  • Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

  • Alonso is the only driver in the ground-effect era (since 2022) with more than 2 podiums (8) but no wins

  • Alonso is the only driver in the ground-effect era (since 2022) with a front-row start but no poles

  • Has made a front row start with 5 of the 6 constructors he’s driven for in his career with Minardi the only exception

More about Fernando Alonso

Qatar 2021 was not only Alonso’s 1st podium since the 2014 Hungarian GP, it was also the 1st time we had a podium shared by Alonso, Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen.

Lance Stroll

Circuit stats

  • Scored points in the inaugural Qatar race but has finished 11th (2023) & DNFed (2024) since

  • Has 1 Q1 elimination & 2 Q2 eliminations in Qatar

  • Hasn’t scored any sprint points in Qatar

  • Stroll & Esteban Ocon are the only active drivers who have never outqualified their teammates in GP format in each of the 3 races at Qatar

  • With 8 points in Qatar, this circuit could be the 14th he reaches 10 points or more

  • DNFed in Qatar GP race last year

Last Race

  • Qualified 12th & was eliminated in Q2 after taking a gamble on intermediates when everyone else was on full wet tyres

  • Retired after an opening-lap collision in Las Vegas

  • Stroll has still scored more points in Las Vegas (10) than either McLaren driver (Lando Norris - 9, Oscar Piastri - 8)

  • Las Vegas is still 1 of 2 tracks (joining Mexico) where Stroll has more career points scored than Fernando Alonso

Trends

  • Las Vegas was his 1st race retirement of the season & his 1st since Qatar last year

  • Missed Q3 for a 8th straight race

  • Did not score points for a for a 7th straight race

  • Hungary is his only Q3 appearance over the last 14 races

  • Hasn’t outqualified Fernando Alonso since Silverstone 2024

  • Responsible for 14 of Aston Martin’s 16 Q1 eliminations this season

  • Leads F1 in Q1 eliminations this season (14)

  • 2025 is the 4th straight year where Stroll has finished at least 1 race in the top 6

What’s next?

  • His next points finish will be his 6th of the season, tying his 2024 total

  • His next start will be his 188th, passing Nigel Mansell for 27th most all-time

  • His 2 Q3 appearances this season is on track to be his fewest since he only made Q3 once in 2019 with Racing Point

  • His 5 points finishes would be his fewest since 2018 with Williams

  • If he finishes 16th as he currently is in the standings, it would be his worst season since 2018 with Williams (18th)

Other notable stats

  • Has 86 career Q1 eliminations, 62 Q2 eliminations & 42 Q3 appearances over his career

  • The only active drivers with fewer Q3 appearances than Stroll (2) this season are Nico Hulkenberg (1) & Franco Colapinto (0)

  • Of all the drivers to make 180 or more GP starts, Stroll & Nico Hulkenberg are the only ones who have never finished better than 3rd

  • Became the 101st different polesitter in F1 history at the 2020 Turkish GP

  • Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18y 10m 5d at Monza in 2017)

Esteban Ocon

Circuit stats

  • Has scored points every time he’s seen the chequered flag in Qatar (5th in 2021, 7th in 2023, DNF in 2024)

  • Made Q3 in his 1st 2 appearances in Qatar before qualifying last in 20th in 2024

  • Qatar is 1 of the 13 circuits where Ocon has finished in the top 5

  • Has scored 16 points in Qatar with all coming in the GP format (no sprint points)

  • Ocon & Lance Stroll are the only active drivers who have never outqualified their teammates in GP format in each of the 3 races at Qatar

  • Haas has 1 GP points finish in Qatar (Kevin Magnussen coming 9th last year)

  • Haas has 4 total points in Qatar with all of them coming last year (Kevin Magnussen - 9th in GP race, Nico Hulkenberg - 7th in sprint race)

  • Haas has only 1 Q3 appearance in Qatar (Kevin Magnussen in 2024)

Last Race

  • Eliminated in Q2 & qualified 13th

  • Ended up finishing 9th & collecting 2 points

  • Has 2 points finishes in Las Vegas despite never making Q3 at the circuit

  • Ocon has scored more points in Las Vegas (14) than either McLaren driver (Lando Norris - 9, Oscar Piastri - 8)

  • Haas had a double points finish in Las Vegas with Ollie Bearman also finishing 10th

  • 2025 was the 1st time there wasn’t a Haas in Q3 in Las Vegas

  • Is now tied for 15th in the drivers’ standings with Lance Stroll

Trends

  • Ocon has 2 points finishes in his last 3 GPs with 4 points scored in this span

  • Haas has scored points in 5 straight GPs

  • Haas has had both its drivers score points in 5 races this season

  • Ocon has missed Q3 in 14 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Monaco

  • Every active driver except Franco Colapinto has made a Q3 appearance since Ocon’s last Q3 appearance

  • Outqualified Ollie Bearman for the 1st time since Zandvoort in Las Vegas

  • Finished ahead of Ollie Bearman for the 1st time since Austria in Las Vegas

  • Will finish more races behind his teammate rather than ahead for the 1st time since 2022 when he was teammates with Fernando Alonso

What’s next?

  • Haas could score points in 6 straight GP weekends for the 1st time since France to Spa in 2018

  • Haas has more points finishes this season (17) than 2024 (16)

  • Haas is 1 points finish away from tying its all-time record of 18 points finishes, set in 2018

  • The only French driver with more points scored than Ocon (477) is Alain Prost (798.5)

  • Ocon’s next Q3 appearance will be the 70th of his career

  • On pace for his 1st season without a podium since 2022

  • If he doesn’t start a race in the top 5 this season, it will be his 1st season without a Top 5 start since 2016 when he drove for Manor

  • His 2 Q3 appearances this season are on pace to be his lowest among all full seasons (Had 0 with Manor in 2016 but only started 9 races)

  • Ocon has stood on the podium in every season except 2022 & 2025 since 2020 (4/6)

  • 15th in the drivers’ standings would be Ocon’s worst result since he was 23rd in 2016 with Renault & Manor, though he only started 9 races. It would be his worst finish in a full season ever

Other notable stats

  • Is responsible for 2 of Haas’ 3 top results this season considering all formats (Ocon - 5th in China & 5th in Spa sprint, Bearman - 4th in Mexico)

  • Ocon’s 12 Q1 eliminations this season are 2nd most, only trailing Lance Stroll (14)

  • Has a Top 5 finish in each of his last 6 seasons (2020-2025)

  • Has outscored his former team Alpine by himself in 2025 (32-22)

  • Has more points in 2025 (32) & points finishes (8) than all of 2024 with Alpine (23 points & 5 points finishes)

  • Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

  • Haas is the only constructor that hasn’t stood on the podium since the ground-effect regs started in 2022

Ollie Bearman

Circuit stats

  • Won the F2 sprint race in Qatar last year but finished the feature race in 12th

  • No F1 rookie has ever finished in the points in a GP race or sprint in Qatar

  • Yuki Tsunoda is the only rookie to make Q3 in GP format in Qatar (2021)

  • Haas has 1 GP points finish in Qatar (Kevin Magnussen coming 9th last year)

  • Haas has 4 total points in Qatar with all of them coming last year (Kevin Magnussen - 9th in GP race, Nico Hulkenberg - 7th in sprint race)

  • Haas has only 1 Q3 appearance in Qatar (Kevin Magnussen in 2024)

Last Race

  • Eliminated in Q2, which was the 1st time he missed Q3 since Baku

  • Finished 10th as the last of the points scorers

  • Haas had a double points finish in Las Vegas with Esteban Ocon finishing 9th

  • 2025 was the 1st time there wasn’t a Haas in Q3 in Las Vegas

  • Fell back to 12th in the drivers’ standings, 7 points behind Carlos Sainz

Trends

  • All of his race finishes since Canada have been 12th or better (1 P4, 2 P6, 2 P9, 1 P10, 4 P11s, 2 P12s, 1 DNF)

  • Has scored points in 5 straight races, something no Haas driver has ever done before

  • The only other drivers who have scored points in the last 5 GP races are Max Verstappen & George Russell

  • Has 25 points over the last 5 GPs, 8th most & only 6 fewer than Lewis Hamilton ahead of him (31)

  • Over the last 3 GPs, Bearman (21 points) has outscored Oscar Piastri (20) & Lewis Hamilton (10)

  • Bearman has almost double the points as the next closest midfield driver over the last 3 races (Bearman - 21, Isack Hadjar - 12)

  • Leads the midfield in points scored since the summer break with 33, 1 more than Carlos Sainz (32)

  • His 33 points scored since the summer break are also 8th most

  • Missed Q3 in Las Vegas, but has still made Q3 in 4 of the last 5 GPs

  • In Las Vegas, Bearman was outqualified by teammate Esteban Ocon for the 1st time since Zandvoort

  • Is 10-3 in qualifying H2H against Esteban Ocon since Spain (not counting Baku due to Ocon’s DSQ)

  • In Las Vegas, Bearman also finished behind Esteban Ocon in a race they both finished for the 1st time since Austria

  • Haas has scored points in 5 straight GPs too

  • Haas has had both its drivers score points in 5 races this season

  • More than half of Bearman’s points this season have come over the last 3 GPs (21/41)

  • Has 3 top 6 results (Zandvoort, Mexico, Interlagos) since the summer break ended

  • Has more Q3 appearances (4) over the last 5 races than he did over the other 20 races of his career (2)

What’s next?

  • Haas could score points in 6 straight GP weekends for the 1st time since France to Spa in 2018

  • If he finishes another race ahead of Esteban Ocon (that they both see the chequered flag in), Bearman will become the 1st teammate of Ocon’s to finish 12 races ahead of him (beats previous record of 11 by Sergio Perez in 2017)

  • On pace to be the 1st driver to beat Esteban Ocon in qualifying H2H since Fernando Alonso in 2022

  • Has more points finishes (9) than Esteban Ocon (8) this season

  • Haas has more points finishes this season (17) than 2024 (16)

  • Haas is 1 points finish away from tying its all-time record of 18 points finishes, set in 2018

Other notable stats

  • Guaranteed to finish 2025 with a better qualifying H2H record against Esteban Ocon as he’s currently up 12-9 with 2 races left

  • Is leading the race H2H against Esteban Ocon 11-8 this season & guaranteed to win that too with only 2 races left

  • Got his 1st top 5 finish of his career earlier this season in Mexico when he came 4th

  • Responsible for Haas’ best ever race result (4th in Mexico, which is tied with Romain Grosjean, who finished 4th in Austria 2018)

  • Haas’ highest points total in a GP race came in China & Mexico (14 points each round)

  • Has made more Q3s than his teammate Esteban Ocon (6-2)

  • Is the 1st driver ever to score for 2 different constructors in his 1st 2 races (Scored with Ferrari in race debut at Jeddah last year & with Haas at Baku last year)

  • Haas is the only constructor that hasn’t stood on the podium since the ground-effect regs started in 2022

Pierre Gasly

Circuit stats

  • Qatar 2021 is the best starting grid position of Gasly’s career & 1st front row start of his career (P2)

  • Qatar 2021 is also the only front row start of his career

  • Did not score points in Qatar in 2021 despite starting 2nd as he finished 11th

  • Actually qualified 4th in Qatar in 2021 but was promoted to 2nd after Valtteri Bottas & Max Verstappen got grid penalties

  • Started last year’s race in Qatar in 11th but ended up finishing 5th, which marked his 2nd top 5 finishes in 3 races (joining Interlagos 2024)

  • Was the highest-scoring midfield driver in last year’s GP race in Qatar

  • Made Q3 in each of his 1st two trips to Qatar but was eliminated in Q2 last year

  • Has never qualified or started worse than 11th in Qatar, making this a strong track for him

  • Alpine scored 10 points in Qatar last year, 6 in 2023 & 25 points in 2021

  • Alpine’s 25 points scored in Qatar was equal to Mercedes (25) & only trailed Red Bull (31)

Last Race

  • 3rd straight year where Gasly started in the top 10 but failed to score points in Las Vegas

  • His 13th place result was his worst finishing result in Las Vegas

  • Incredibly has 3 Q3 appearances but 0 points finishes in Las Vegas

  • Qualified 10th in 2025, marking the 1st time he’s qualified outside the top 5 in Las Vegas

Trends

  • Has made Q3 in back-to-back races for the 1st time since Austria-Silverstone

  • Outqualified teammate Franco Colapinto for a 4th straight race

  • Has 8 straight seasons of at least 5 points finishes dating back to 2018, meaning that Gasly has maintained this streak during every season as a full-time driver (only did 5 races in 2017)

  • Finished ahead of Franco Colapinto for a 3rd consecutive race

  • Responsible for 16 of Alpine’s 20 Q3 appearances dating back to 2024

What’s next?

  • 2025 could be Gasly’s 1st season he doesn’t have a Top 5 race result since 2017 when he only started 5 races in his F1 debut season for Toro Rosso

  • 2025 could also be Gasly’s 1st season without a podium since 2022 when he was still with AlphaTauri

  • 22 points scored in 2025 would be a career low among seasons where he drove the full season

  • Is 1 point away from matching his 2022 points total (23) when he was in his final year at AlphaTauri

  • Is also 1 point finish away from matching his 2022 total (6 points finishes)

  • 18th in the drivers’ standings would be his worst finish in seasons where he was a full-time driver, with his next worst being 15th in 2018

  • Made 6 of 9 Q3s from Bahrain to Silverstone, but only 2/10 since

  • Is at 175 GP starts, putting Gasly 26 starts away from matching Jean Alesi’s record of most starts for a French driver (201)

Other notable stats

  • Responsible for 100% of Alpine’s points in 2025 (22/22)

  • Also responsible for all 9 of Alpine’s Q3 appearances in 2025

  • Has more Q3 appearances in 2025 (9) than 2024 (7)

  • Has started at least 1 race in the top 5 in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

  • Has made 6 or more Q3 appearances during every season he’s been a full-time driver (since 2018)

  • Has won the season qualifying H2H against his teammates every year since the end of 2019 … except Esteban Ocon in 2024 (10-12)

  • Carlos Sainz (0-2) & Max Verstappen (1-10) are the only teammates he’s ever lost the overall qualifying H2H to

  • Is 1 of 14 French drivers with 5 or more career podiums

  • Has scored the 3rd most points of all French drivers in F1 history (Alain Prost - 798.5, Esteban Ocon - 477, Gasly - 458)

Franco Colapinto

Circuit stats

  • Qualifed 19th last year & then retired on the opening lap due to a collision

  • Went from 20th to 18th in the sprint race, with only Zhou Guanyu & Sergio Perez finishing behind him

  • Alpine scored 10 points in Qatar last year, 6 in 2023 & 25 points in 2021

  • Alpine’s 25 points scored in Qatar was equal to Mercedes (25) & only trailed Red Bull (31)

Last Race

  • Qualified 15th & was eliminated in Q2

  • Colapinto was eliminated in Q2 for a 2nd straight year in Las Vegas

  • Finished 15th, 1 place worse than where he finished in Las Vegas last year (14th)

Trends

  • Has finished behind Pierre Gasly in 3 consecutive races after finishing ahead of him in the previous 2 before that (Singapore, Austin)

  • Outqualified by Pierre Gasly in 4 straight races

  • Colapinto has still not scored points in any of the 15 races he’s started for Alpine this season

  • Has finished 15th in back-to-back races

  • Has finished behind Pierre Gasly in 6 of the 14 races they’ve both seen the chequered flag (down 5-9 in the race H2H)

What’s next?

  • Still searching for his 1st points & Q3 appearance of the season

  • Colapinto is the only active driver who hasn’t made Q3 this season after Nico Hulkenberg made Q3 in Interlagos

  • Has not scored points in his last 20 race starts dating back to Austin 2024

Other notable stats

  • Only made Q3 in 1 of his 25 career F1 races & has only scored points in 2 of his 24 race starts

  • Became the 1st driver to outqualify Pierre Gasly in 3 straight races (from Italy to Singapore) since Esteban Ocon from Austria to Spa last year (4-race long streak)

  • In 2024, Colapinto became the 1st Argentine driver to score points since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP & the 1st Argentine driver to qualify in the top 10 since Reutemann at the 1982 Brazilian GP

Nico Hulkenberg

Circuit stats

  • Qatar, Zandvoort & Jeddah are the only circuits on the current calendar where Hulkenberg has never made Q3

  • Qatar, Miami & Zandvoort are the only circuits on the current calendar where Hulkenberg has never had a GP points finish

  • Qatar & Zandvoort though are the only circuits on the current calendar where Hulkenberg has never made Q3 OR had a GP points finish

  • However, Hulkenberg does have 2 points from finishing 7th in last year’s sprint race in Qatar where he actually finished ahead of Max Verstappen

  • Out of all the circuits Hulkenberg has raced at least twice, Qatar is the only one where he’s never finished 11th or better AND out of all the circuits he’s raced at least twice, Qatar is the only one where he’s never started 12th or better

  • Simply put, with a limited sample size, Qatar has been statistically Hulkenberg’s poorest performing track

  • In the GP format, Hulkenberg has 1 Q1 elimination & 1 Q2 elimination in Qatar

  • DNFed in last year’s GP race & finished 16th in 2023

  • Sauber scored 4 points in Qatar last year with Guanyu Zhou finishing 8th while Valtteri Bottas finished 11th, a good showing for the team

  • Both Saubers made Q2 last year, qualifying 12th & 13th

Last Race

  • Scored points in Las Vegas for a 2nd straight year

  • Is the 1st Sauber driver to score points in Las Vegas

  • Hulkenberg’s 7th place finish in Las Vegas was his best result at the circuit (was 8th in 2024)

  • Just missed Q3 after qualifying 11th

  • Hulkenberg’s P11 in qualifying is Sauber’s best qualifying result in Las Vegas

Trends

  • Responsible for 49 of Sauber’s 68 points this season (72.06%)

  • Has outqualified Gabriel Bortoleto in 5 straight races to tie up the season H2H in qualifying at 11-11

  • This is the longest streak of outqualifying Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates this year (previous best was 4 from China to Jeddah)

  • Over the last 12 races, Hulkenberg has outqualified Bortoleto in 5 straight races but also been outqualified in 7 straight races

  • Has scored points in back-to-back races for the 1st time since Spain to Silverstone (4 races)

  • Has scored points in 3 of the last 4 GPs

  • Has qualified no worse than 11th in 4 of the last 5 GPs

  • Has only 1 Q3 appearance this season but has qualified 11th 3 times in the last 5 GPs

  • Sauber has scored points in 4 straight GPs, its best stretch since the team scored in 6 straight GPs from Barcelona to Hungary

What’s next?

  • 2025 could also be the 1st season Hulkenberg finishes inside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2018 with Renault when he was 7th

  • Hulkenberg is currently 10th with 49 points, 1 ahead of Carlos Sainz & 2 behind Isack Hadjar for 9th

  • The race finishes H2H record between Hulkenberg & Gabriel Bortoleto is tied 7-7

Other notable stats

  • Has more career points scored than Ayrton Senna (620-614)

  • Hulkenberg has now made at least 1 Q3 appearance in 13 different seasons & in each of the 12 seasons he’s been a full-time driver

  • Has scored more points this season (49) than he did with Haas last season (41)

  • Has a DNF, DNS & DSQ in 2025

  • The only drivers who have beaten Hulkenberg in overall qualifying H2H as a teammate of his are Rubens Barrichello, Daniel Ricciardo & Ollie Bearman

  • Is 1 of 22 drivers to eclipse 600 points scored

  • Broke the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239) this season at Silverstone (No other driver with a podium has waited more than 101 GP starts for their 1st)

  • At Silverstone, he brought Sauber its first podium since Kamui Kobayashi at the 2012 Japanese GP

  • Was the 218th driver in F1 history to step on the podium

  • Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

  • Has made Q3 with 6 different constructors over his career (Williams, Force India, Sauber in 2013, Renault, Racing Point & Haas)

  • Has scored points with 6 different constructors under 7 different team names (Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point, Haas, Kick Sauber)

  • Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (248)

  • Took him only 18 GPs before his 1st career pole at the 2010 Brazilian GP with Williams, but hasn’t been on pole since

  • Has 2 career front row starts (Brazil 2010 - Pole, Austria 2016 - P2)

Gabriel Bortoleto

Circuit stats

  • Qualified 2nd in Qatar last year in F2

  • Finished the F2 sprint race 5th & the feature race on the podium in 3rd last year in Qatar

  • No F1 rookie has ever finished in the points in a GP race or sprint in Qatar

  • Yuki Tsunoda is the only rookie to make Q3 in GP format in Qatar (2021)

  • Sauber scored 4 points in Qatar last year with Guanyu Zhou finishing 8th while Valtteri Bottas finished 11th, a good showing for the team

  • Both Saubers made Q2 last year, qualifying 12th & 13th

Last Race

  • Qualified 18th with only Yuki Tsunoda & Lewis Hamilton being slower than him

  • Retired on the 2nd lap due to a collision at the start

Trends

  • Bortoleto has driven a total of 2 laps over the last 2 GP races

  • Bortoleto has been involved in opening-lap collisions in each of the last 2 GP races

  • Has been outqualified by Nico Hulkenberg in 5 straight races

  • Over the last 12 races, Bortoleto had a 7-race streak of outqualifying Nico Hulkenberg & a 5-race streak of being outqualified by his teammate

  • Is now tied with Liam Lawson & Fernando Alonso for most DNFs this season (5)

  • Bortoleto has failed to score points in 5 of the last 6 GPs

  • Bortoleto has 1 point scored in the last 6 GPs but had 18 points over the 6 GPs prior to that

  • Has not made it out of Q1 since Baku, which was 6 races ago

  • Has not made Q3 since Monza, which was 7 races ago

  • Has scored all of his 19 points since Austria

  • Has still outscored Nico Hulkenberg 15-12 in points since Spa & 13-12 in points since Hungary

  • Sauber has scored points in 4 straight GPs, its best stretch since the team scored in 6 straight GPs from Barcelona to Hungary

What’s next?

  • Could join Alex Albon as the only drivers to DNF in 3 straight races if he retires in Qatar

  • The next time he outqualifies Nico Hulkenberg will guarantee he at least ends his rookie season with a non-losing H2H qualifying record (tied 11-11 currently)

  • If he outqualifies Nico Hulkenberg in each of the last 2 races, it will guarantee he ends his rookie year with a winning H2H qualifying record

  • Could become the 4th driver to have a better overall qualifying H2H record against Nico Hulkenberg as teammates, joining Rubens Barrichello, Daniel Ricciardo & Ollie Bearman

  • Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

Other notable stats

  • Has more Q1 eliminations (12) than Q3 & Q2 appearances combined (10)

  • Responsible for 4 of Sauber’s 5 Q3 appearances this season

  • Bortoleto (Austria to Baku 2025) & Daniel Ricciardo (2019) are the only drivers who have outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 7 straight races

  • His 19 career points are tied with Nelson Piquet Jr. for 9th most by a Brazilian in F1 history (points not normalized)

2025 General Stats 🏎️

Wins 🥇

Poles 🛞

Podiums 🏆

Front Row Starts 🔥

Finishes in the Top 5 🚀

Qualifying H2H vs. Teammate ⚔️

Q3 Appearances 🚨

22 - Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris

21 - Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell

15 - Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Antonelli

14 - Isack Hadjar

11 - Fernando Alonso

10 - Carlos Sainz

9 - Pierre Gasly

8 - Alex Albon, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson

6 - Ollie Bearman

4 - Gabriel Bortoleto

2 - Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll

1 - Nico Hulkenberg

0 - Franco Colapinto, Jack Doohan

Longest Active Streaks in 2025

Consecutive Wins

  • NA

Consecutive Poles

  • Lando Norris - 3

Consecutive Front Rows

  • Lando Norris - 4

Consecutive Podiums

  • Max Verstappen - 8

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

  • Max Verstappen - 8

  • George Russell - 2

  • Kimi Antonelli - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

  • Lando Norris - 29 (Baku 2024)

  • Oscar Piastri - 26 (Mexico 2024)

  • Charles Leclerc - 15 (Imola 2025)

  • George Russell - 14 (Monaco 2025)

  • Isack Hadjar - 3 (Austin 2025)

  • Liam Lawson - 2 (Mexico 2025)

  • Pierre Gasly - 2. (Mexico 2025)

How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

  • Max Verstappen - Las Vegas 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • George Russell - Singapore 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Charles Leclerc - Austin 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Belgium 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

  • Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

  • Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

  • Max Verstappen - Austin 2025

  • George Russell - Singapore 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

  • Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

  • Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

  • Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

  • Max Verstappen - Las Vegas 2025

  • George Russell - Las Vegas 2025

  • Kimi Antonelli - Las Vegas 2025

  • Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

  • Charles Leclerc - Mexico 2025

  • Carlos Sainz - Baku 2025

  • Oscar Piastri - Monza 2025

  • Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

  • Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

  • Lewis Hamilton - Las Vegas 2024

  • Pierre Gasly - Brazil 2024

  • Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

  • Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

  • Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

  • Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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