F1 Sprint Statistics

Below you can find facts and statistics on F1 Sprint events. The first F1 Sprint was held at the 2021 British Grand Prix. Six F1 Sprint races will take place in 2023 at Baku City Circuit, the Red Bull Ring, Spa Francorchamps, Losail International Circuit, COTA and Interlagos.

DRIVER BY DRIVER

BEST AND WORST F1 SPRINT PERFORMANCES

The table below shows each driver’s best and worst F1 Sprint performance. These results are based on F1 Sprint results after any penalties were applied. 

DriverBest Sprint ResultWorst Sprint Result
Max Verstappen1st (Britain 2021 & Imola 2022, Austria 2022)4th (Sao Paulo 2022)
Sergio Perez3rd (Imola 2022)DNF (Britain 2021)
Charles Leclerc2nd (Imola 2022, Austria 2022)7th (Sao Paulo 2021)
Carlos Sainz2nd (Sao Paulo 2022)11th (Britain 2021)
Lewis Hamilton2nd (Britain 2021)14th (Imola 2022)
George Russell1st (Sao Paulo 2022)17th (Sao Paulo 2022)
Esteban Ocon6th (Austria 2022)16th (Imola 2022)
Pierre Gasly8th (Sao Paulo 2021)DNF (Italy 2021)
Lando Norris4th (Italy 2021)11th (Austria 2022)
Oscar Piastri--
Valtteri Bottas1st (Italy 2021 & Sao Paulo 2021)14th (Sao Paulo 2022)
Zhou Guanyu13th (Sao Paulo 2022)DNF (Imola 2022)
Fernando Alonso7th (Britain 2021)DNS (Austria 2022)
Lance Stroll10th (Italy 2021)17th (Sao Paulo 2022)
Kevin Magnussen7th (Austria 2022)8th (Imola 2022)
Nico Hulkenberg--
Yuki Tsunoda12th (Imola 2022)17th (Austria 2022)
Nyck De Vries--
Alex Albon18th (Imola 2022)DNF (Sao Paulo 2022)
Logan Sargeant--

POSITIONS GAINED/LOST IN EACH F1 SPRINT

The table below shows the number of positions gained or lost by the end of the F1 Sprint from where they had started.

DriverGBR 2021ITA 2021SAO 2021IMO 2022AUT 2022SAO 2022
Max Verstappen11-100-2
Sergio PerezDNF0-1484
Charles Leclerc02-1004
Carlos Sainz-202603
Lewis Hamilton-1-315-115
George Russell-100002
Esteban Ocon0DNF-40-52
Pierre Gasly3113-1-12
Lando Norris101-24-3
Oscar Piastri
Valtteri Bottas001124
Zhou GuanyuDNF44
Fernando Alonso42-3-4DNS-8
Lance Stroll12104-2
Kevin Magnussen-4-1-7
Nico Hulkenberg
Yuki Tsunoda01-34-33
Nyck de Vries
Alex Albon2-5DNF
Logan Sargeant
Antonio Giovinazzi-121
Daniel Ricciardo12-3043
Kimi Raikkonen4-5
Mick Schumacher1-1-12-28
Nicholas Latifi120-11-3
Nikita Mazepin13-1
Robert Kubica1
Sebastian Vettel2-11-4DNF4

GAP TO WINNER AT END OF F1 SPRINT

The table below shows each driver’s gap to the winner at the end of each F1 Sprint event. The final column shows the average gap to the winner from F1 Sprint events which the driver has finished.

DriverGBR 2021ITA 2021SAO 2021IMO 2022AUT 2022SAO 2022Average Gap to winner
Max Verstappen0.0002.3251.1700.0000.00010.4942.332
Sergio PerezDNF31.68019.7874.72118.30211.85517.269
Charles Leclerc11.27823.44225.0562.9751.67513.13312.927
Carlos Sainz47.79827.95218.72317.5785.6443.99520.282
Lewis Hamilton1.43020.01120.87241.45935.4474.49220.619
George Russell46.65246.82147.73936.28413.4260.00031.820
Esteban Ocon48.763DNF34.15843.79452.12534.17042.602
Pierre Gasly47.39543.37334.63243.51731.03251.75641.951
Lando Norris24.11118.83522.55824.56138.58025.62425.712
Oscar Piastri-
Valtteri Bottas7.5020.0000.00028.13337.55742.33819.255
Zhou GuanyuDNF50.75341.76346.258
Fernando Alonso43.52739.79536.57832.278DNS53.98541.233
Lance Stroll52.17938.67144.03742.91048.42150.70046.153
Kevin Magnussen30.71234.53928.76831.340
Nico Hulkenberg-
Yuki Tsunoda53.56749.97746.15028.29854.55650.30647.142
Nyck de Vries-
Alex Albon48.87152.412DNF50.642
Logan Sargeant-
Antonio Giovinazzi53.22531.08941.88042.065
Daniel Ricciardo30.95914.53435.86927.74039.73839.39531.373
Kimi Raikkonen50.67750.01450.346
Mick Schumacher68.21366.15461.68033.77337.16341.15951.357
Nicholas Latifi55.16245.97746.76052.01768.69476.85057.577
Nikita Mazepin77.64862.59967.47469.240
Robert Kubica65.09665.096
Sebastian Vettel44.43941.17734.86740.177DNF30.21838.176

FINISHING POSITIONS IN F1 SPRINT EVENTS

The table below shows each driver’s finishing position in each F1 Sprint race to date.

DriverGBR 2021ITA 2021SAO 2021IMO 2022AUT 2022SAO 2022
Max Verstappen122114
Sergio Perez20*94355
Charles Leclerc467226
Carlos Sainz1173432
Lewis Hamilton2551483
George Russell915171141
Esteban Ocon12DNF8171510
Pierre Gasly1013916618
Lando Norris5465117
Oscar Piastri
Valtteri Bottas31171014
Zhou GuanyuDNF1413
Fernando Alonso711129DNS15
Lance Stroll141014151317
Kevin Magnussen878
Nico Hulkenberg
Yuki Tsunoda161615121716
Nyck de Vries
Alex Albon1816DNF
Logan Sargeant
Antonio Giovinazzi15813
Daniel Ricciardo631161211
Kimi Raikkonen1318
Mick Schumacher18191910912
Nicholas Latifi171416191819
Nikita Mazepin191720
Robert Kubica18
Sebastian Vettel8121013DNF9

TOTAL POINTS SCORED IN F1 SPRINT EVENTS

The table below shows the total number of points scored by drivers in F1 Sprint events.

Points Driver
28 Max Verstappen
21 Carlos Sainz
17 Charles Leclerc
14 Sergio Perez
13 George Russell
9 Lewis Hamilton
6 Lando Norris
6 Daniel Ricciardo
5 Valtteri Bottas
4 Kevin Magnussen
3 Pierre Gasly
0 Esteban Ocon
0 Oscar Piastri
0 Zhou Guanyu
Points Driver
0 Fernando Alonso
0 Lance Stroll
0 Nico Hulkenberg
0 Yuki Tsunoda
0 Nyck de Vries
0 Alex Albon
0 Logan Sargeant
0 Antonio Giovinazzi
0 Kimi Raikkonen
0 Mick Schumacher
0 Nicholas Latifi
0 Nikita Mazepin
0 Robert Kubica
0 Sebastian Vettel

TEAM BY TEAM

BEST AND WORST F1 SPRINT PERFORMANCES

The table below shows each team’s best and worst F1 Sprint performance. These results are based on F1 Sprint results after any penalties were applied. 

TeamBest Sprint ResultWorst Sprint Result
Red Bull1st (Verstappen, Britain 2021, Imola 2022 & Austria 2022)DNF (Perez, Britain 2021)
Ferrari2nd (Leclerc, Imola 2022 & Sainz, Sao Paulo 2022)11th (Sainz, Britain 2021)
Mercedes1st (Bottas, Italy 2021 & Sao Paulo 2021, Russell, Sao Paulo 2022)14th (Hamilton, Imola 2022)
Alpine6th (Ocon, Austria 2022)DNS (Alonso, Austria 2022)
McLaren3rd (Ricciardo, Italy 2021)12th (Ricciardo, Austria 2022)
Alfa Romeo7th (Bottas, Imola 2022)DNF (Zhou, Imola 2022)
Aston Martin8th (Vettel, Britain 2021)DNF (Vettel, Austria 2022)
Haas7th (Magnussen, Austria 2022)20th (Mazepin, Sao Paulo 2021)
AlphaTauri8th (Gasly, Sao Paulo 2021)DNF (Gasly, Italy 2021)
Williams9th (Russell, Britain 2021)DNF (Albon, Sao Paulo 2022)

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