Miami Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

A few interesting statistical compilations from the Miami Grand Prix…

Qualification

After qualifying in Miami, Sergio Perez took his third career pole, second of the season and first outside of Jeddah.

Fernando Alonso’s second place is his best result since Canada’22, but this year the Spaniard started from the front row – in Jeddah he qualified third and moved up one place through an opponent’s penalty.

Carlos Sainz qualified third, his first time in the top three this season.

Kevin Magnussen finished fourth and started in the top four in a Grand Prix for the first time in Haas F1 history. Last year he started on pole in the sprint in Brazil and in the top four in the sprint in Imola. For the first time this season, Kevin was ahead of his partner and reached the final of qualifying for the first time.

Pierre Gasly’s fifth place is his best result this season.

Max Verstappen qualified ninth. No one has won from ninth place since Niki Lauda in France’84 in Dijon.

Valtteri Bottas’ tenth place is his best result of the season and Alfa Romeo’s first qualifying final.

Lewis Hamilton qualified 13th and failed to qualify for the final for the first time since last year’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. This is his worst result in all US qualifiers.

For the first time since Brazil’18, both McLaren cars were eliminated in the first part of qualifying.

Race

By winning the Miami Grand Prix, Max Verstappen took his third victory of the season and the 38th of his career, equaling Sebastian Vettel in the number of victories for Red Bull Racing. Next in the ranking in terms of number of victories is Ayrton Senna with 41 victories.

In terms of the number of podiums in his career, Max has already surpassed Ayrton – the Brazilian had 80, the Dutchman now has 82. Next in the ranking is Fernando Alonso with 101 podiums.

Verstappen became the fifth driver in F1 history to win a race after starting ninth, following Niki Lauda in France ’84, Jody Scheckter in Canada ’77? John Surtees in Italy’67 and Maurice Trintignant in Monaco’55.

Second, Sergio Perez finished on the podium for the 30th time in his career. This is the third podium of the season for the Mexican and the twentieth with Red Bull Racing.

In Miami, Red Bull Racing won its 26th winning double in its history. The closest rival in the rankings – Williams with 33 winning doubles – is likely to be beaten this season already. It took Williams 23 years, Red Bull 14 years.

Third place Fernando Alonso is his most common position this year. For the fourth time this season and 102nd in his career, the Spaniard finished in the top three. The closest benchmark in the ranking is Kimi Raikkonen with 103 podiums.

George Russell’s fourth place is a repeat of his best result of the season, in Jeddah he also finished fourth.

Carlos Sainz finished fifth in Miami, repeating the result of the race in Baku. This is the 107th race in which he scores points. Closest rival is Max Verstappen with 134 scoring races, but it will be very difficult for the Spaniard to catch up with him in the near future.

For the second race in a row, Lewis Hamilton finished sixth, repeating his worst result of the season. This is a repeat of Lewis’ worst-ever US Grand Prix finish since finishing sixth at last year’s Miami Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc finished seventh, passing the 900 career mark.

Pierre Gasly’s eighth place is his best result of the season.

Esteban Ocon finished ninth and scored points in his 70th career Grand Prix.

Kevin Magnussen’s tenth place is a repeat of his best result of the season.