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Lewis Hamilton has now gone 5⃣0⃣3⃣ days without a race victory, which is longer than Max Verstappen's longest win drought in Formula 1.
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is the ONLY driver to take pole at Melbourne since the start of the turbo-hybrid era in 2⃣0⃣1⃣4⃣.
Can Mercedes spring a surprise this Saturday?
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Max Verstappen's title margin after the 2024 Austrian GP = 8⃣1⃣ pts
Max Verstappen's title margin after the 2023 Austrian GP = 8⃣1⃣ pts
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Pointless yet interesting stat of the day -
Fernando Alonso celebrated with an alcoholic drink on the F1 podium after almost nine years. 🍷
🇭🇺 2014 - Champagne
🇶🇦 2021 - Rosewater
🇧🇭 2023 - Rosewater
🇸🇦 2023 - Rosewater
🇦🇺 2023 - Sparkling wine
H/T -
@santoshmaruwada
Looks like
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can win from almost anywhere. The Spaniard has won from 9️⃣ different grid positions, the most by any Formula 1 driver.
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VER - 3⃣3⃣5⃣ pts
HAM - 1⃣6⃣8⃣ pts
With 6 races left and 164 points on offer, Lewis Hamilton is now officially out of contention for the 2022 drivers' title.
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Where you go, I follow!
2017 - Hulkenberg leaves Force India, Ocon joins Force India.
2020 - Hulkenberg leaves Renault, Ocon joins Renault.
2025 - Hulkenberg leaves Haas, Ocon joins Haas.
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Points scored by Red Bull drivers in the last 3⃣ races -
1. Max Verstappen - 58
2. Yuki Tsunoda - 5
3. Sergio Perez - 4
4. Daniel Ricciardo - 4
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Red Bull now have the most wins in Formula 1 since their debut in 2005 -
Red Bull - 117
Mercedes - 116
Ferrari - 62
McLaren - 45
Renault - 18
...
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Lewis Hamilton will make his 2⃣0⃣0⃣th Grand Prix appearance with Mercedes at Abu Dhabi, becoming the first driver to reach that milestone with a constructor.
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The 2024 Austrian GP was the very FIRST time in Max Verstappen's
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career that he started a race from pole position and finished it WITHOUT making it to the podium.
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Last time these teams led a lap in a Grand Prix -
🇶🇦 2023 - Red Bull
🇯🇵 2023 - McLaren
🇯🇵 2023 - Ferrari
🇮🇹 2023 - Mercedes
🇸🇦 2023 - Aston Martin
🇯🇵 2022 - Alpine
🇮🇹 2020 - AlphaTauri
🇸🇬 2019 - Alfa Romeo
🇬🇧 2015 - Williams
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Verstappen has taken MAXimum points at each of the last three races.😳
He’s the first driver to do so since the point for the fastest lap was introduced in 2019.
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#MaxVerstappen
has been tearing up the racetracks this season, leading the pack for over 700 laps. But can he pull off the impossible and hit the coveted 1000 laps led mark before the year's end?
Let's crunch the numbers, shall we? 📊
An
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🧵
📊Max Verstappen could equal Fernando Alonso's record of winning from nine different starting positions, if he wins the Belgian GP from P6⃣ on Sunday.
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Uh oh! Drivers crossing the 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ race starts landmark have not won another race in Formula 1.
Can
#LewisHamilton
be the first one to do so?
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Mastering the double! 🥇🥇
Perez joins Verstappen and Russell in the small club of drivers who have conquered both the Sprint and the Grand Prix in the same weekend.
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What you saw -
Red Bull signs Sergio Perez until 2026. 🇲🇽
What you didn't see -
Red Bull's lineup to become the longest partnership in F1 history. 🇦🇹
Where are they due to break the record?
Zandvoort 2025. 🇳🇱
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#CanadianGP
Max Verstappen is the first driver in nine seasons to take pole position in the opening three rounds of the season.
2015 - Lewis Hamilton - 🥇🥇🥇
2024 - Max Verstappen - 🥇🥇🥇
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For the first time since 2003, THREE teams have had both drivers secure victories this year -
Ferrari - Sainz (1) & Leclerc (1)
Mercedes - Russell (1) & Hamilton (1)
McLaren - Norris (1) & Piastri (1)
Surprisingly, the reigning Constructors' champion is NOT among them.
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Since timing systems began uniformly measuring lap times to three decimals in '82, there have been only TWO perfect '.000' pole times in
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-
Spain 2016 🇪🇸
1:22.000
Mercedes on pole (HAM)
Verstappen wins
Canada 2024 🇨🇦
1:12.000
Mercedes on pole (RUS)
Verstappen wins
Yikes!
Interestingly, Vettel has never won when starting lower than 3rd. Hamilton has 2 wins when starting equal or lower than 10th (Germany '18 & Brazil '21).
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#F12022
With a staggering 1⃣4⃣ wins in 1⃣5⃣ races, it's clear that these two teams have been dominating the hybrid era.
But is their success taking away the excitement and unpredictability of races?
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I didn't think much of this pattern when I first reported it after the Australian GP, but the manner in which Verstappen is keeping it alive is plain frightening.
It still doesn't mean anything, but I like to think he's keeping an eye on it.😉
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The last four races have NOT seen any full safety car deployments, marking the longest period Bernd Mayländer has not made an appearance during a Grand Prix in the hybrid era.
The previous longest period was early in 2013.
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Q. How many times have we seen a podium in the hybrid era WITHOUT Mercedes or Red Bull?
A. Just thrice.
But there's also one common denominator in all of them - Max Verstappen has DNFed from each of those races.
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just claimed pole position over Lando Norris by 0.404s.
That's the biggest pole position margin of the season (not considering Sprint shootouts), that too on the track with the shortest lap time.
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#MichaelSchumacher
’s record of 1813 consecutive days as world champion will stand for another half-decade at least. Will Max Verstappen or someone else ever break this record?
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USELESS FACT OF THE DAY 🇲🇨
Max Verstappen has won the last 8⃣ races run on clockwise configurations, going back to France 2022.
The next 9⃣ races on the calendar, starting from Monaco, will all be held on clockwise circuits.
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2006 Aus GP
3rd round
2nd April
Honda-powered car on pole
Pole-sitter's teammate out in Q1
Alonso starts from the 2nd row and wins
2023 Aus GP
3rd round
2nd April
Honda-powered car on pole
Pole-sitter's teammate out in Q1
Alonso starts from the 2nd row and wins?
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#AusGP
🇦🇺
Is this the most decorated F1 podium of all-time?!
Seven titles for Lewis Hamilton
Two titles for Fernando Alonso
Two titles for Max Verstappen
23 titles (11 Driver, 12 Constructor) for Adrian Newey
World class.
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Buckle up fellas, for Interlagos has seen the most overtakes on average for an active circuit since 2017! 🇧🇷
With showers predicted for Sunday, this could turn out to be a fun race. 🤞
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#BrazilGP
The oldest driver in 6⃣6⃣ years to take back-to-back-to-back podiums in Formula 1. Fernando Alonso proving time and again that age is just a number.
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POLE ≠ WIN!
The pole-sitter has failed to win the last five Grands Prix, the longest such streak in 15 years. It's been TWO whole months since a pole-sitter last won a Grand Prix.
🇨🇦 - 🥈
🇪🇸 - 🥈
🇦🇹 - 🥉
🇬🇧 - 🥈
🇭🇺 - 🥈
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Here's post #⃣1⃣ from our 'Schumacher v Hamilton' series.
These legends are prime examples of longevity, loyalty and consistency.
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Max Verstappen matches Sebastian Vettel to become the joint-most successful driver for Red Bull Racing.
How many more will the Dutchman score?
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The story of the turbo-hybrid era has largely been Mercedes and Red Bull, two teams that weren’t on the grid two decades ago.
But did that stop them from going up against the likes of Ferrari, Williams and McLaren? Nope, and what a story it’s been!
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So for this streak to continue, one of the following drivers needs to take pole -
Perez, Alonso, Sainz, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Gasly, Stroll, Ocon, Albon, Hulkenberg, Tsunoda, Zhou, Magnussen, or Sargeant.
Def doable. 😎
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The pole-sitter in Miami has ALWAYS finished second in the race -
2⃣0⃣2⃣2⃣
Pole - Charles Leclerc
P2 - Charles Leclerc
2⃣0⃣2⃣3⃣
Pole - Sergio Perez
P2 - Sergio Perez
2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣
Pole - Max Verstappen
P2 - Max Verstappen
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Select casuals are slowly forgetting race by race that Mercedes were the first team in F1 history to win 19 out of 20 races. Red Bull just got to that mark in Austria.
Wondering how is that "nowhere near as dominant". 🤔
I just hope Verstappen doesn't go by this calculation.
If he ONLY finishes P2 for the rest of the season, he'll have 499 points. If Perez wins EVERY round and takes the fastest lap as well, he'll have 500 points.
Verstappen could lose the title...BY 1 POINT...IN ABU DHABI!😱
Max Verstappen doesn't have to win another race in 2023 to be crowned champion 🏆
If he finished P2 the rest of the way, he would still claim the title 🤯
Dominant.