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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 …

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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

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Stat Of The Week 😮

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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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🗳️ Cast Your Vote

We’re only going to focus on championship contenders this week. For fans of Charles Leclerc, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton & others, consider this a thank you. But, feel free to still vote above & then below, too.

Let me know the craziest F1-related superstition you do or let me know a time when my jinxing caused you the most turmoil. Comment who your favourite driver is also. Any feedback or suggestions are also welcome.

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Qatar Circuit Stats

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

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Drivers’ Championship Info

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

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Sprint Leaderboards

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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 🏎️

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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)

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More about Oscar Piastri

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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

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More about Lando Norris

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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.

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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)

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More about Max Verstappen

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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.

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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

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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.

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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)

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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

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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)

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More About Kimi Antonelli

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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

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More about Charles Leclerc

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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2025 General Stats 🏎️

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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

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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)

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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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