Nicky Haldenby

After graduating in 2015 with a First Class honours degree in English Language and Literature, Nicky Haldenby, a lifelong fan of Formula 1, founded the Lights Out F1 Blog in 2016. The blog has become a firm fan-favourite, delving deep into the sport's history books and lifting the cover on unusual F1 statistics and trivia. Nicky also writes at F1Destinations and Motorsport Guides and can be heard as the resident stats man on the 2 Soft Compounds Podcast. His work has appeared on WTF1, BadgerGP, motorsport.com, Sky Sports F1 and BBC Radio 5 Live. Nicky is also the host of the F1 Rewind Podcast.

2021 Qatar GP: Milestones and Records to Break

As F1 races in Qatar for the first time, Hamilton can become the first driver to win at 30 different circuits and Red Bull could be the sixth team to reach 75 victories.

2021 Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying Statistics

As Hamilton sets the fastest time on Friday before being disqualified, Bottas takes the Sprint Qualifying win and Russell is out-qualified by Latifi for the first time.

2021 Brazilian GP: Milestones & Records to Break

As Sprint Qualifying makes its third outing, Ricciardo could become the driver with the second most consecutive starts and Perez could equal the record for most consecutive third place finishes.

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix: Post Race Statistics

Verstappen wins his ninth race of the year, Perez records the first home podium for a Mexican driver and Bottas records the worst ever finishing result for a polesitter in Formula 1.

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix Qualifying Statistics

Bottas sets a new record of most poles for a non-champion, Gasly records his team’s best qualifying result in Mexico and Raikkonen records his best Saturday result of the season so far.

F1 On This Day: 7th November

7th November is the day on which Senna made his last appearance with McLaren and the day that Hulkenberg started from pole for the only time in his career.

2021 Mexican GP: Milestones and Records to Break

At the 21st World Championship race in Mexico, Hamilton or Verstappen could set a new outright record for most wins in the country, while Verstappen can overtake Clark as the driver to have led the most laps at the event.

2021 US GP: A Statistic for Every Driver

Verstappen extends his championship lead, Perez becomes the first Mexican on the podium in America in over 50 years and Hamilton continues his impressive COTA form.

F1 On This Day: 24th October

The 2021 United States Grand Prix will be the seventh F1 race to be held on 24th October. It’s the day on which Honda recorded their first win, James Hunt won the 1976 World Championship and Mario Andretti set an unusual record…

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