McLaren could record three consecutive 1-2s for the first time since 1998, Verstappen could be fastest in qualifying at Spa for the fifth year in a row and Alonso could set a new record for the most laps raced at the track. Here are the milestones and records which could be broken at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix!
THE 2025 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix will be the 1,138th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
This will be the 70th time that Formula 1 has raced in Belgium. It will be the 58th Belgian Grand Prix held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in World Championship history, as well as the 79th Belgian Grand Prix since the event was first held in 1925.
This weekend, Fernando Alonso becomes the first driver to make 20 appearances at the Belgian Grand Prix. As Alonso did not officially start the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix, he and Lewis Hamilton become the first drivers to make 19 starts at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps this weekend.
The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix is the fourth F1 race to take place on July 27, after the 1986 German Grand Prix, the 1997 German Grand Prix and the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix.
This weekend, Belgium becomes the sixth nation to have hosted as many as 70 Formula 1 races.
This weekend, Lance Stroll will become the first driver to have started as many as 100 Grands Prix with Aston Martin.
The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix marks Fernando Alonso’s 200th start in car number 14.
This will be the 600th World Championship race in which a Mercedes-powered car has competed.
Charles Leclerc makes his 139th start with Ferrari this weekend, equalling Felipe Massa as the driver who has made the third-most starts with the Scuderia.
Alex Albon makes his 79th start with Williams this weekend, overtaking Felipe Massa for fourth on the list of drivers who’ve made the most starts with the team.
Yuki Tsunoda makes his 100th Grand Prix start this weekend, becoming the 81st driver to have made as many as 100 starts in Formula 1.
The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix will host the third Sprint weekend of the 2025 F1 season. This will be the 21st Sprint event in total. It will be the second time that Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps has hosted the Sprint format, having last hosted a Sprint event in 2023.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
If Max Verstappen is fastest in qualifying for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, it would be the sixth time that a driver has set the fastest qualifying time on five consecutive visits to a single circuit.
McLaren have recorded six 1-2 finishes to date in the 2025 season. If they record another, it would be the first time since 1988 that they have recorded as many as six 1-2 results in a single year.
Having recorded 1-2 results in the last two races, a 1-2 finish for McLaren at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix would make this the first time that the team has recorded three consecutive 1-2 results since the 1997 European Grand Prix, the 1998 Australian Grand Prix and the 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix.
A victory for Lando Norris at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix would make this the first time in his career that he has recorded three consecutive wins.
If Nico Hulkenberg scores a point in the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, it would be the first time that he has scored points at as many as five races in a row since doing so between the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix and the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix.
If Oscar Piastri continues to lead the championship after the Belgian Grand Prix, this will be the first time an Australian driver has led the title race after as many as nine consecutive races since Jack Brabham led after all nine races in the 1959 season. It would equal the record for the most consecutive races after which an Australian driver has led the championship standings.
Unless he finishes in the top three, Yuki Tsunoda will become the sixth driver to make as many as 100 starts without recording a podium on any of those occasions, after Philippe Alliot, Pierluigi Martini, Adrian Sutil, Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz.
A pole position for Red Bull this weekend would be their 108th pole, overtaking Lotus for fifth on the list of most pole positions for a team in Formula 1.
If Max Verstappen scores a point this weekend, this will be the 200th Grand Prix in which a Dutch driver has scored. The Netherlands will be the 11th different nation to have scored in as many as 200 races.
Pole position for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix would be his 45th pole with Red Bull, overtaking Sebastian Vettel as the driver who has taken the most poles with the team. It would also see him overtake Vettel for fourth on the list of most poles with a single team.
If Max Verstappen leads the race from start to finish, he will overtake Sebastian Vettel for third on the list of most F1 races led from start to finish. Verstappen has led 15 Grands Prix from start to end so far in his career, doing so most recently at Imola.
A podium finish for Lando Norris at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix would be his 37th top three result with McLaren, overtaking Kimi Raikkonen for sixth on the list of most podiums with the team.
A pole position at any Grand Prix in 2025 for Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto or Isack Hadjar would make them the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
If Max Verstappen wins the race without having started from pole position, it will be the 33rd race which he has won from a position other than pole. That would see him equal Alain Prost for third place on the list of most Grand Prix victories away from pole position.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be his sixth Grand Slam. That would see him equal Lewis Hamilton for second on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A win for Lewis Hamilton would make him the 16th driver to have won Grands Prix with as many as three different teams.
A win for Ferrari would make 2025 the 60th season in which they’ve won a Grand Prix.
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car this weekend would make Ferrari the first engine manufacturer to have powered 250 victories in Formula 1. Of the 249 previous victories, Sebastian Vettel’s with Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is the only one which was not taken in a Ferrari chassis.
THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX RECORDS ON OFFER
Lewis Hamilton is one Belgian Grand Prix victory away from equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of six wins at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. He could equal the record in the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen could become the sixth driver to have won as many as four races at the track.
If Lewis Hamilton leads five laps of the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, he will become the third driver – after Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher – to have led 200 laps at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. If he leads 17 laps of the race, Hamilton will overtake Senna for second in the list of most laps led at the track.
Fernando Alonso could set a new record for the most Grand Prix laps raced at Spa-Francorchamps during the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel is the current record holder, having raced 622 laps here. Alonso could move ahead of both Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher in the list and will pass Vettel’s record if he completes the first 41 laps of Sunday’s race. Lewis Hamilton will equal Vettel’s current record if he completes every lap of the race.
If Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc complete 75 laps of the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix between them, Ferrari will become the first team to have raced 4,000 Grand Prix laps at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
If Lewis Hamilton crosses the finish line at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, he will equal Sebastian Vettel for the most finishes at the track. Vettel crossed the finish line 14 times here during his career.
A first lap retirement for Fernando Alonso would see him equal Lewis Hamilton for the most first lap retirements at the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton has recorded three Lap 1 DNFs here to date.
2025 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
If Max Verstappen is fastest in qualifying for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix it would be the fifth consecutive year in which he has set the fastest Q3 time. That would see him overtake Ayrton Senna as the driver to have set the fastest qualifying time in the most consecutive seasons at Spa-Francorchamps. Senna did so between 1988 and 1991.
Mercedes are the most successful engine manufacturer in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps, having powered 14 pole positions at the track. Ferrari could equal that record in qualifying for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix.
A front row start for Lewis Hamilton would see him become the first driver to make ten front row starts at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri is the only current driver with a 100% Q3 appearance rate at the Belgian Grand Prix. If he holds on to it, he’ll become only the third driver – after Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld – to maintain a 100% Q3 appearance rate at the circuit having made as many as three appearances.
Pierre Gasly has the most Q2 exits of any driver at the Belgian Grand Prix, with five. His record could be equalled this weekend by Lance Stroll or Nico Hulkenberg.
Fernando Alonso, Yuki Tsunoda and Nico Hulkenberg are currently tied for the most Q1 exits at the Belgian Grand Prix with four other drivers. Any of the three drivers could become the first to record four Q1 exits here this weekend, while the current record could be equalled by Lance Stroll or Carlos Sainz.
LONGEVITY RECORDS ON OFFER FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A win for Lewis Hamilton would see him move into the top ten of Formula 1’s oldest Grand Prix winners. Meanwhile, a victory for Fernando Alonso would make him the sport’s fifth oldest winner – and the oldest since Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 German Grand Prix. Only nine drivers have won races at the age of over 40. The most recent driver to do so was Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton in 2025 would make him the first driver in his 40s to take pole position since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. He would be the sixth driver to take a pole position above the age of 40.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher as the driver who has set the fastest lap of a Grand Prix in the most consecutive seasons. Schumacher set a fastest lap in at least one race in all 15 seasons between 1992 and 2006, while Hamilton has set a fastest lap in every season since 2010. A fastest lap for Hamilton this year would see him become the first driver to take a fastest lap in 16 consecutive seasons.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2025 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between two Formula 1 victories, with his last having come at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The current record is 6 years, 6 months and 28 days, set by Riccardo Patrese.
A pole position for Fernando Alonso in 2025 would make him the sport’s fourth-oldest polesitter. He would be the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.