A few interesting statistical compilations from the Spanish Grand Prix…
Qualification
After taking pole position in Barcelona, Max Verstappen won his fourth qualifying of the season and 24th of his career, tying Niki Lauda and Nelson Pique in this indicator. Next in the ranking is Mika Hakkinen with 26 poles.
By qualifying second, Carlos Sainz achieved his best result of the season. For the eighth time in his career, the Spaniard started the race from the front row, tied with Gilles Villeneuve, Richie Ginter and Peter Collins in this indicator.
Third place Lando Norris – his best result since last year’s Italian Grand Prix and eighth start in the top three.
Pierre Gasly qualified fourth and achieved the best result since Qatar’21, but received a double penalty for blocking opponents and started only tenth.
Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth for the third time this season.
Lance Stroll qualified sixth and drove for Fernando Alonso for the first time of the season.
Niko Hulkenberg’s eighth place is his best result since the 2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso’s ninth place is his worst result of the season.
Sergio Perez qualified 11th and failed to qualify for the final for the third time this season. The same number of times he missed the top ten last season.
George Russell qualified 12th, losing to his partner in qualifying for the second time in a row. In this pair the score is now 4:3 in favor of Russell.
Race
By winning the Spanish Grand Prix, Max Verstappen took his third victory in Barcelona, the fifth of the season and the 40th of his career. One more win and he’ll be tied with Ayrton Senna in the rankings for this indicator.
Starting from pole, leading the entire race, setting the best lap and taking victory, Verstappen won the third Grand Slam of his career after Austria’21 and Emilia-Romagna’22.
The Red Bull drivers led the full distance of the last three Grands Prix – the last time Mercedes managed to do this – at the Grands Prix of Tuscany, Russia and the Eifel in 2020.
Verstappen finished 26 consecutive races, a new Red Bull Racing record after Daniel Ricciardo’s 25 consecutive finishes in the 2015-2016 seasons.
For the second time in the last three races there were no retirements, no yellow or red flags and no safety car.
Lewis Hamilton finished second on the podium for the 193rd time, the second step for the 55th time and the 11th time in Barcelona.
George Russell finished third, the first time of the season and tenth career podium finish. This is Mercedes’ first double podium of the season.
Sergio Pérez finished fourth, falling outside the top three for the third time this year and the second time in a row. After seven past Grand Prix’s he is 53 points behind his partner and last year only 15 points behind after seven races.
Carlos Sainz finished fifth and extended his successful streak in Barcelona by scoring points in all nine races he competed on the Spanish circuit.
Lance Stroll finished sixth, overtaking Aston Martin teammate Fernando Alonso for the first time this year.
Alonso’s seventh-place finish is his worst result of the season, but Barcelona’s best since 2014.
Esteban Ocon finished eighth and scored points for the third race in a row.
Guanyu Zhou’s ninth-place finish is a repeat of his best result of the season in Australia and the 10th points earned of his career.
Pierre Gasly finished tenth and scored points for the third race in a row.
Charles Leclerc finished 11th, scoring no points for the third time this year.
Alex Albon’s 16th place is his worst result of the season.
Valtteri Bottas’ 19th place is his worst result of the season.
Source: F1 News
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