Overtaking Stats 2011
If you thought there was more passing in F1 this season, you’re right. And it’s not all due to KERS, DRS and backmarkers. Read More …
Category: Stats
The saga of F1 is told, in part, by the numbers.
Seb’s Stats
Six out of eight race wins to start a Formula One season. Seven poles. No classifications lower than 2nd. Sebastian Vettel is having a hell of a year. Better than Niki Lauda in 1976 (five wins of first nine, three poles). Better than Jim Clark in 1965 (six wins of fist seven, four poles). Better than Aryton Senna in 1991 or Nigel Mansell in 1992. Better even than Michael Schumacher in 2002 or 2004. Read More …
Six Top F1 Qualifiers
Putting your car on the front row, P1, has never been harder in Formula One than today, but it’s always been a difficult undertaking. Here are the best qualifiers of all time, including a current Read More …
Six Longest Waits For First GP Win
Mounting the top step on the F1 podium is a feat so challenging, so exceptional, it has been accomplished by only about 90 men in more than 60 years. Sometimes it takes awhile, even for Read More …
Six Youngest All-Time F1 Drivers
There’s a youth movement underway in today’s Formula One, but the historic title of F1’s youngest Grand Prix drivers includes several from the annals as well. Part of F1A&G’s “Top Sixes” feature-in-progress. Read More …
Scheckter’s Woodcote Pile-Up
One of the most infamous accidents in Formula One history occurred at Woodcote corner during the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was before the passage through Woodcote had been slowed by chicanes. It was a fast and difficult right hander, which Jackie Stewart once described as “without doubt one of the most important corners in the F1 world.” Read More …
Out With the Old, In With the New — The Youngest-Ever F1 drivers
At the 2009 Hungarian GP, Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersauri became the youngest driver in Formula One history to start a Grand Prix race. In this vignette, Formula1 officially takes a look back through the history books to profile other youngsters to have graced the F1 grid over the years…. Read More …
Stats About Poles
Interesting statistics about 2010 Formula 1 pole positions, via Reuters. Read More …
Re-Writing the Record Books
We are witnessing another “Golden Era” in Grand prix motor racing, one that will rival the classic era of 1950-1968 in creating legends of the sport, but all of that pales in comparison to the brilliant driving of Michael Schumacher. Read More …