Only a small fraction of the 1,070 world championship races have been won from a double-digit starting position. Max Verstappen achieved the latest last weekend.
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Stats and facts on each race weekend
Leclerc could win every remaining race but still lose the title to Verstappen
2022 French Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onCharles Leclerc has fallen so far behind Max Verstappen he could win all of the remaining races yet still lose the championship.
Ferrari is most-improved team year-on-year at halfway point in 2022
2022 Austrian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onAt the halfway point in the season, Ferrari has gained the most points compared to last year while Lewis Hamilton has seen the biggest drop.
Sainz’s victory means more than half the F1 grid are race-winners
2022 British Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMore than half of the Formula 1 field have now won races, while Mick Schumacher scored his first points, and the second for car number 47.
Hamilton has equalled his longest win-less streak in Formula 1
2022 Canadian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onFor the fourth time in his career, Lewis Hamilton has gone 10 consecutive races without winning one. More stats and facts from the Canadian Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s 80-point swing against Leclerc in five races fires him into title lead
2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onCharles Leclerc’s head must be spinning at the speed with which his championship fortunes have reversed in the space of just seven weeks.
Verstappen now has as many poles as Leclerc – but six times as many wins
2022 Monaco Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onAnother pole without a win for Charles Leclerc leaves him with the second-lowest pole-win ratio of any driver in Formula 1 history. Here are more Monaco Grand Prix stats.
Verstappen equals Fangio’s win tally with third consecutive victory
2022 Spanish Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen scored the 24th win of his career in Spain, equalling the tally of five-times world champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
Alonso has more penalty points than championship points after luckless start to 2022
2022 Miami Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Max Verstappen’s binary season continued, Fernando Alonso added only penalty points to his tally in F1’s first Miami Grand Prix.
Verstappen becomes 14th driver in F1 history to score more than one ‘grand slam’
2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen scored a ‘grand slam’ in Imola, making him only the 14th driver in Formula 1 history to achieve more than one.
Ferrari make their best start to a Formula 1 season since 2004
2022 Australian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWith their second win from the first three races of the year, Ferrari have made their best start to a season since their dominant 2004 campaign.
“Is there even a point for that position?” Hamilton’s worst start to a season for 13 years
2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton has made his second-worst start to a season but he helped British drivers reach a landmark 10,001.78 points in yesterday’s race.
China is first country to score points on its debut since the championship began
2022 Bahrain Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Charles Leclerc ended Ferrari’s 910-day wait for a win, China’s first Formula 1 driver Zhou Guanyu scored a point on his debut.
Verstappen’s race and title-winning last-lap pass was a unique Formula 1 feat
2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen’s pass for victory on Lewis Hamilton in the final lap of the championship-deciding race was a unique Formula 1 feat.
Hamilton closes on another Schumacher record with first ‘hat-trick’ of 2021
2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton scored his first ‘hat-trick’ of pole position, win and fastest lap in over a year last weekend, tying the lead of the championship with Max Verstappen.
Verstappen is 47th F1 driver to have a shot at clinching the championship
2021 Qatar Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onFor the first time in five years, a driver other than Lewis Hamilton will go into a race with a chance of winning the world championship.
Hamilton makes his second-biggest climb to victory from 10th on the grid
2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onLewis Hamilton now has 101 wins and 101 pole positions in Formula 1 after going from 10th to first in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
No one will win more F1 races than Verstappen this year
2021 Mexico City Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen has won nine races in 2021, a total no other driver can surpass before the end of the season. Here are all the stats and facts from the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Verstappen gives Honda its first F1 win in America for 30 years
2021 United States Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Honda took their first win in America since 1991, Red Bull achieved their 200th podium finish, all of which they’ve scored in the last 15 years.
Bottas becomes 35th Formula 1 driver to reach 10 race wins
2021 Turkish Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onValtteri Bottas became the 35th driver in F1 history to reach 10 victories last weekend and scored his second ‘hat trick’ of win, pole and fastest lap.