Biggest F1 win margins this millennium:
68.577s - 🇬🇧 2008, Hamilton
65.459s - 🇩🇪 2003, Montoya
53.271s - 🇷🇺 2021, Hamilton
46.117s - 🇩🇪 2001, R. Schumacher
40.738s - 🇪🇸 2001, M. Schumacher
39.898s - 🇧🇷 2000, M. Schumacher
39.700s - 🇲🇾 2002, R. Schumacher
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Max Verstappen set a new record for the biggest ever winning margin at Suzuka:
2022 - 27.066s (Verstappen)
2012 - 20.632s (Vettel)
1995 - 19.337s (Schumacher)
2015 - 18.964s (Hamilton)
1987 - 17.384s (Berger)
2006 - 16.151s (Alonso)
#JapaneseGP
#F1
Drivers who've been voted
#F1DriverOfTheDay
on the most occasions:
36 Max Verstappen
23 Sebastian Vettel
13 Lewis Hamilton
11 Charles Leclerc, Sergio Pérez
10 Daniel Ricciardo
5 Kimi Räikkönen, Lando Norris, Valtteri Bottas
4 Fernando Alonso
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Gap between fastest and slowest teams in qualifying at the
#BahrainGP
:
2017 - 3.285s
2018 - 3.456s
2019 - 3.893s
2020 - 2.847s
2021 - 3.452s
2022 - 2.219s
2023 - 1.753s
#F1
The last two races to be won from 11th on the grid were the 2003 Australian GP and the 2012 European GP, held 3,395 days apart.
Guess how many days tomorrow will mark since the 2012 European GP? 🤯
#TurkishGP
#F1
🏆 Days between first and third title wins:
664 - Verstappen
742 - Vettel
1,085 - Senna
1,357 - Fangio
1,463 - Stewart
1,477 - Prost
2,156 - Schumacher
2,206 - Piquet
2,458 - Brabham
2,548 - Hamilton
3,332 - Lauda
#QatarGP
#F1Sprint
#F1
Lewis Hamilton becomes the first driver to record 10 podium finishes at the
#USGP
. He also remains the only driver to have completed every lap ever raced at
@COTA
!
#F1
Lewis Hamilton won the 2021 Russian Grand Prix by 53.271 seconds - the largest win margin since his victory at the 2008 British Grand Prix!
#RussianGP
#F1
Sebastian Vettel has just set a new record. He overtakes Michael Schumacher as the driver to have raced the most laps at Spa in F1 history!
#BelgianGP
#F1
ABBA release their first album in 39 years today. To put that in a motorsport context, the last time ABBA released a new album, Aryton Senna had not yet driven a Formula 1 car.
#F1
2020
#F1
driver names according to autocorrect:
Valerie Ottawas
Sebastian Vetted
Charles Clever
Max Overstepped
Alexander Alton
Esteban Icon
Domain Grosbeak
Kevin Magnanimous
Carlos Saint
Landowner Norris
Kim Rainmaker
Antonio Giovanni
Daniel Katy
Pierre Gassy
Nicholas Latina
Of the total possible 1,424 laps, McLaren have completed the most so far in 2022! Norris and Ricciardo have raced all but 3 laps between them in the last 7 Grands Prix!
#F1
Charles Leclerc becomes the first Ferrari driver to finish on the podium at Imola since Michael Schumacher won the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix
#ImolaGP
#F1
Fun fact:
@LewisHamilton
is the last F1 driver to achieve what I am calling a ‘perfect weekend’. He did so at the 2015
#ItalianGP
:
Fastest in FP1 ✅
Fastest in FP2 ✅
Fastest in FP3 ✅
Fastest in Q1 ✅
Fastest in Q2 ✅
Pole position ✅
Race win ✅
Fastest Lap ✅
Led every lap ✅
Toto Wolff: “Enjoy the championship I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Christian. You ruined my night completely so you could have the championship and I hope now you can spend it on lessons in grace and decorum”
#AbuDhabiGP
#F1
Most podium finishes with Ferrari:
116 – Michael Schumacher
55 – Rubens Barrichello
55 – Sebastian Vettel
52 – Kimi Raikkonen
44 – Fernando Alonso
36 – Felipe Massa
32 – Niki Lauda
32 – Charles Leclerc
#AusGP
#F1
One of Bottas' more impressive stats from his five year
@MercedesAMGF1
stint is that he's never missed out on Q3.
His streak of Q3 appearances currently stands at 92 races - a record - and he could reach a century of consecutive Q3s before the end of the year.
#F1
Hamilton can still win his 8th title this year. He just needs to win every remaining race with Verstappen scoring no more than 22 points in total
#DutchGP
#F1
Lewis Hamilton recorded the fastest lap in the 2024
#MonacoGP
. It was his 54th fastest lap with
@MercedesAMGF1
- a new record for the most fastest laps with a single team!
#F1
39 qualifying sectors from the 13 races so far this season - and here's how the team-mate battles compare.
It's Lando Norris who has set faster sector times than his team-mate most frequently, while there's a tie at
@MercedesAMGF1
!
#F1
Max Verstappen becomes the sixth driver to reach 35 Grand Prix wins:
🇦🇺 1988 - Alain Prost
🇭🇺 1992 - Ayrton Senna
🇲🇨 1999 - Michael Schumacher
🇯🇵 2013 - Sebastian Vettel
🇨🇳 2015 - Lewis Hamilton
🇦🇪 2022 - Max Verstappen
#AbuDhabiGP
#F1
Hamilton is the first driver to lead a lap in 17 different Formula 1 season, eclipsing Schumacher's record set in 2004!
17 -
@LewisHamilton
16 - Michael Schumacher
15 - Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso
14 - Kimi Raikkonen
13 - David Coulthard
12 - Alain Prost
#AusGP
#F1
He qualified only 9th, but Max Verstappen now holds the Track Record at the
#MiamiGP
. His 1:26.814 in Q2 was the fastest lap of the qualifying hour!
#F1
Titles decided with four or more races remaining:
1992 - Mansell (5)
2001 - Schumacher (4)
2002 - Schumacher (6)
2004 - Schumacher (4)
2011 - Vettel (4)
2022 - Verstappen (4)
#JapaneseGP
#F1
Sergio Perez is Red Bull's fifth different polesitter:
🇩🇪 Sebastian Vettel (44)
🇦🇺 Mark Webber (13)
🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (13)
🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (3)
🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (1)
#SaudiArabianGP
#F1
Hamilton is the first driver to have won at 31 different circuits, the first to record podiums at 35 different tracks and the first to set the fastest lap at 26 different circuits
#SaudiArabianGP
#F1
Average qualifying position in 2023:
3.00 Verstappen
4.45 Leclerc
5.36 Sainz
6.36 Hamilton
6.50 Russell
7.00 Alonso
8.14 Norris
9.09 Perez
9.86 Piastri
11.05 Gasly
11.18 Ocon
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#F1
🏆🇹🇷 Istanbul Park is the 2020
#LightsOutWorldCup
Champion!
After almost 25,000 votes throughout the tournament, Istanbul fans have fended off 31 other circuits to bring the victory to Turkey!
#F1
Zhou is the first driver to reach Q3 in Canada for his team since they were BMW Sauber in 2008! (A race they went on to win... 👀)
@alfaromeoorlen
#CanadianGP
#F1
Today, Sebastian Vettel overtook Michael Schumacher as the driver to have completed the most racing laps at Spa (622) and equalled him as the driver with the most points-scoring appearances at the track (12).
#BelgianGP
#F1
Charles Leclerc's Q3 appearance makes
@ScuderiaFerrari
the first team to record 600 Q3 appearances since the knockout system was introduced in 2006.
#F1
Sebastian Vettel will make his final
#BelgianGP
appearance this weekend - and he could move to the top of the list of most laps raced at Spa in its 72-year F1 history!
#F1
Lowest Q1 exit rates, top 10 (all drivers since 2006)
0% Juan Pablo Montoya
0% Nyck de Vries
1% Lando Norris
3% Lewis Hamilton
3% Michael Schumacher
4% Max Verstappen
4% Nico Rosberg
5% Mark Webber
6% Felipe Massa
6% Carlos Sainz
6% Charles Leclerc
#F1
Zandvoort will crown its 20th different winner this weekend. If it's
@LewisHamilton
, he'll be the first driver to win at 30 different circuits!
#DutchGP
#F1
When the chequered flag falls at the 2023
#BrazilGP
, Max Verstappen will equal Michael Schumacher's record of most consecutive races after which a driver has led the championship!
#F1
Q3 appearance rate, top ten (all drivers, 2006-present):
93% Lewis Hamilton
88% Max Verstappen
80% Mark Webber
80% Juan Pablo Montoya
79% Valtteri Bottas
79% Lando Norris
78% Nico Rosberg
77% Felipe Massa
76% Charles Leclerc
76% Sebastian Vettel
#F1
Theory on Hulkenberg's post about "a more exciting Thursday":
It's not actually Hulkenberg leaving Renault, but Ricciardo. Ocon joins Renault alongside Hulkenberg, Ricciardo moves to Ferrari to replace Vettel, Vettel rejoins Red Bull and partners Verstappen. You're welcome.
#F1
Verstappen has won two thirds of 2022's races. Only four drivers have a better win percentage over a whole season:
75.00% - Ascari, 1952
72.22% - Schumacher, 2004
70.00% - Clark, 1963
68.42% - Vettel, 2013
66.67% - Fangio, 1954
66.67% - Verstappen, 2022 so far
#DutchGP
#F1
The fastest driver in FP1 in Baku has never gone on to finish in the top four:
2016 - Hamilton, 5th
2017 - Verstappen, DNF
2018 - Bottas, DNF
2019 - Leclerc, 5th
2021 - Verstappen, DNF
#AzerbaijanGP
#F1
2021 will be the first time that McLaren's drivers have raced with the numbers 3 and 4 on their cars since Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton did so in 2012
#F1
First race of the season and there's already a big record on offer for
@LewisHamilton
! 13 laps in the lead at the
#BahrainGP
would see him overtake Schumacher for most laps led in
#F1
history!
🇲🇨 15 years ago today,
@LewisHamilton
took his first
#MonacoGP
victory, winning despite this puncture as a result of tapping the wall in the early stages!
#F1