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🇮🇹 THE VERDICT: What was your opinion of the 2024
#ItalianGP
?
#F1
Great
200
Good
165
Average
45
Bad
22
0
1
9
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
#HungarianGP
#F1
(1/2)
88
283
10K
Looks like it’s confirmed that McLaren’s 2023 line-up will be Lando Norris and an Australian.
#F1
16
295
8K
McLaren have unveiled their 2023 car early following the latest rumours on the team's driver line-up for next year
37
300
8K
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
52
182
4K
Lewis Hamilton's record-breaking run of 15 consecutive seasons with at least one pole position comes to an end
#AbuDhabiGP
#F1
47
120
3K
Q1 elimination rate, current drivers:
49% Stroll
39% Magnussen
38% Russell
34% Tsunoda
27% Albon
23% Zhou
19% Gasly
18% Ocon
9% Alonso
8% Perez
7% Bottas, Hulkenberg
6% Sainz, Leclerc
4% Verstappen
3% Hamilton
1% Norris
0% de Vries
#F1
68
72
3K
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
#F1
16
70
2K
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
25
121
2K
In France,
@LewisHamilton
and
@Max33Verstappen
recorded their 30th 1-2 result.
Another at the
#HungarianGP
would see them equal Hamilton & Rosberg as the drivers to have shared the most 1-2 finishes!
#F1
44
104
2K
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
53
180
2K
Biggest F1 win margins this millennium (continued):
39.286s - 🇲🇾 2003, Raikkonen
37.776s - 🇨🇳 2016, Rosberg
35.743s - 🇦🇹 2021 (Styria), Verstappen
35.630s - 🇪🇸 2002, M. Schumacher
35.581s - 🇭🇺 2005, Raikkonen
33.731s - 🇭🇺 2023, Verstappen
#HungarianGP
#F1
7
37
2K
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
5
170
1K
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
3
157
1K
28
210
1K
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
7
85
1K
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
60
155
1K
There's only one man in the history of Formula 1 who has out-performed two seven-time World Champions in equal machinery.
#F1
23
119
1K
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
25
50
1K
At the
#CanadianGP
,
@LewisHamilton
will overtake Jenson Button as the British driver who has raced in
#F1
for the longest amount of time!
12
144
1K
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 ✅
15
128
1K
21
72
1K
Ferrari's consistent car naming system continues in 2020:
2006: 248 F1
2007: F2007
2008: F2008
2009: F60
2010: F10
2011: 150° Italia
2012: F2012
2013: F138
2014: F14 T
2015: SF15-T
2016: SF16-H
2017: SF70H
2018: SF71H
2019: SF90
2020: SF1000
#F1
20
103
996
Max Verstappen is one win away from equalling Sebastian Vettel as the driver to have taken the most victories with
@RedBullRacing
!
#F1
9
48
973
Kimi Raikkonen is currently drunk at the
#FIAPrizeGiving
and it’s every bit as amazing as you’d expect
43
293
930
Q3 appearance rate, current drivers:
93% Hamilton
88% Verstappen
79% Norris, Bottas
76% Leclerc
68% Alonso
62% Sainz
53% Perez
51% Hulkenberg
50% Gasly
49% Ocon
41% Albon
32% Tsunoda
30% Magnussen
29% Russell
20% Stroll
9% Zhou
0% de Vries
#F1
21
22
866
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
20
108
817
Here's how the teams ranked through each sector during Free Practice 2 at the 2022
#CanadianGP
!
#F1
23
42
826
Drivers' ages at the last
#PortugueseGP
:
16 Raikkonen
11 Hamilton
10 Grosjean
9 Vettel
7 Ricciardo, Bottas
6 Perez
3 Magnussen
2 Giovinazzi, Kvyat, Sainz
1 Latifi
7 months: Gasly
5 months: Albon
5 days: Ocon
Not yet born: Verstappen, Leclerc, Russell, Stroll, Norris
#F1
16
109
790
Charles Leclerc is the first driver to take pole wearing a yellow race suit since Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the 1999 European Grand Prix
#ItalianGP
#F1
14
72
763
Q1 exits so far in 2022:
12 Latifi
9 Stroll, Albon
6 Vettel
5 Gasly, Tsunoda
4 Zhou, Magnussen
3 Schumacher
2 Ricciardo, Ocon, Hulkenberg
1 Hamilton, Alonso
0 Russell, Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, Bottas
#F1
15
27
755
Lewis Hamilton becomes the first driver to record 300 Q3 appearances in Formula 1!
#ItalianGP
#F1
12
109
730
Going for 💯! At the
#PortugueseGP
,
@LewisHamilton
could become the first driver to record 100 pole positions in Formula 1!
#F1
17
81
696
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
6
77
684
Drivers who've taken their first career wins at consecutive races:
Ascari (🇩🇪, 🇮🇹 1951)
Collins (🇧🇪, 🇫🇷 1956)
McLaren (🇺🇸 1959, 🇦🇷 1960)
Arnoux (🇧🇷, 🇿🇦 1980)
Mansell (🇪🇺, 🇿🇦 1985)
Hill (🇭🇺,🇧🇪,🇮🇹 1993)
Hakkinen (🇪🇺 1997, 🇦🇺,🇧🇷 1998)
Hamilton (🇨🇦,🇺🇸 2007)
Leclerc (🇧🇪, 🇮🇹 2019)
#F1
3
95
663
This weekend, at the
#BelgianGP
,
@DanielRicciardo
will become only the third driver to have started 200 consecutive Grands Prix!
#F1
6
58
630
If he crosses the finish line at the
#BelgianGP
, Sebastian Vettel will become the driver with the most race finishes at Spa Francorchamps!
#Seb5
#F1
5
43
593
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
11
90
595
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
19
44
570
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
3
40
566
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
3
90
570
A victory for
@LewisHamilton
at the
#CanadianGP
would see him equal the record for most
#F1
wins at a single track!
25
25
557
1
53
513
Perez has just been added to Barrichello and Massa's group chat on WhatsApp
#SpanishGP
#F1
19
68
499
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
6
39
490
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
4
56
473
A 300th points-scoring weekend incoming for
@LewisHamilton
at the
#AustrianGP
? He'd be the first to reach the milestone!
#F1
12
64
484
Spotted by a fan... McLaren's trucks are on their way to Catalunya!
Is this a hint of their 2018 livery?
#F1
20
121
470
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
7
68
461
You guys know we're running to time right? Question
3
31
467
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
(1/2)
#F1
10
16
467
@ScuderiaFerrari
A feat he could not have achieved without his race strategist, Mr Sebastian Vettel
4
13
449
🏆🇹🇷 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
19
18
454
🇯🇵 Vettel's career at Suzuka:
2009 - 1st 🏆
2010 - 1st 🏆
2011 - 3rd 🥉
2012 - 1st 🏆
2013 - 1st 🏆
2014 - 3rd 🥉
2015 - 3rd 🥉
2016 - 4th
2017 - DNF (mechanical)
2019 - 6th
2019 - 2nd 🥈
2022 - 6th
#JapaneseGP
#F1
6
52
453
2
65
457
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
4
30
441
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
1
73
428
Charles Leclerc's Q3 appearance makes
@ScuderiaFerrari
the first team to record 600 Q3 appearances since the knockout system was introduced in 2006.
#F1
1
84
434
Here's how the teams ranked through each sector during FP3 at the 2022
#SaudiaArabianGP
!
#F1
10
48
421
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
3
32
418
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
6
13
410
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
7
31
400
The top 🔟 sector times and ideal lap times from Free Practice 2 at the 2022
#HungarianGP
!
#F1
4
35
394
Remember Ted's mic drop at the end of his Abu Dhabi GP race notebook?
WAS IT A SIGN?! 😫
#WheresTed
#FindTed
12
76
383
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
9
27
385
For the first time since the 2013 Italian Grand Prix, no Mercedes-powered cars qualified in the top 5
#SaudiArabianGP
#F1
4
32
377
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
54
35
372
Lewis Hamilton could set a new outright record for most
#BelgianGP
podium appearances this weekend!
#F1
5
41
372
Last win for each top 10 grid slot:
1st: 🇳🇱 2022, Verstappen
2nd: 🇫🇷 2022, Verstappen
3rd: 🇦🇿 2022, Verstappen
4th: 🇸🇦 2022, Verstappen
5th: 🇧🇭 2020, Perez (Sakhir)
6th: 🇦🇿 2021, Perez
7th: 🇦🇺 2013, Raikkonen
8th: 🇭🇺 2021, Ocon
9th: 🇫🇷 1984, Lauda
10th: 🇭🇺 2022, Verstappen
#F1
8
29
363
Here's how the teams ranked through each sector during Free Practice 2 at the 2023
#LasVegasGP
!
#F1
17
19
368
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
4
15
352
Here are the fastest sector times by each team over the course of the 2022
#AzerbaijanGP
!
#F1
16
43
339
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
5
33
351
Here's how the teams ranked through each sector during Free Practice 1 at the 2022
#HungarianGP
!
#F1
6
32
345
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!
1
38
342
🇲🇨 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
3
21
339
Here's how the teams ranked through each sector during Free Practice 2 at the 2022
#JapaneseGP
!
#F1
11
26
340