2022 Australian Grand Prix: Milestones and records to break
Verstappen could move into the top 10 of most podiums, Hamilton can set a new record for most poles at a single venue and Alonso could reach 900 laps raced at Albert Park.
Verstappen could move into the top 10 of most podiums, Hamilton can set a new record for most poles at a single venue and Alonso could reach 900 laps raced at Albert Park.
While the polesitter has won only once in the last eight Albert Park, 2nd and 3rd are most likely to score, and one of the top six on the grid is likely to retire.
There have been nine occasions on which successive Grands Prix have featured a new face at the front of the grid.
Mercedes have taken pole at every Australian Grand Prix since 2014, while Ferrari have won two of the last three Melbourne races.
Bottas is the most recent Albert Park winner, Hamilton has taken pole at the last six Australian races and Vettel has finished in the top four in all but one of the last nine races at the track.
Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit joined the F1 calendar in 1996, replacing Adelaide as the host of the Australian Grand Prix. Here are all the facts and statistics you need to know about Albert Park!
There have been 27 Formula 1 races at which the win margin has been smaller than the pole margin. It last happened at the 2016 Singapore Grand Prix.
In Formula 1 history, there have been 73 rounds of the World Championship which have not been held on a Sunday. Which races were not held on a Sunday – and why?
At the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Williams became the latest team to record a double retirement. But when was the last double DNF for every F1 team on the current grid?
At the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen became the first driver to win in car number 1 since Sebastian Vettel at the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix. It was the longest gap between victories for car number 1. But when were the other longest gaps?
In the 44th closest F1 finish, Verstappen equals Raikkonen’s win tally and Sainz extends his finish streak.
Verstappen wins for a seventh consecutive season, British drivers reach 10,000 points scored and only 18 drivers start for the first time in over seven years.
Did you predict a Red Bull victory? Or that a McLaren would finish in the points? How many of your pre-race predictions for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix were correct?
Pastor Maldonado remains the last driver to convert his maiden Formula 1 pole position into a win. There have been seven new polesitters since, all of whom have failed to win from their first pole.
Perez finally takes his first pole, Hamilton is out in Q1 for the first time in over four years and both Hamilton and Verstappen are out-qualified for the first time since 2018.
Carlos Sainz hasn’t recorded a DNF since the 2020 Russian Grand Prix. As his streak continues to rise up the record list, here are the drivers who’ve had the longest finishing streaks in Formula 1 history!
At the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton will become the first F1 driver to have made 180 starts with a single team.
What are the oldest F1 records which have never been broken? From the oldest ever driver to most consecutive laps led, here are some F1 records which are unlikely to be beaten anytime soon!