British Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

A few interesting statistical compilations from the British Grand Prix…

Qualification

After winning qualifying at Silverstone, Max Verstappen took the seventh pole of the season and the 27th of his career, ahead of Mika Hakkinen in this indicator. The next landmark is Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles.

The streak of five poles in a row is the longest of Max’s career.

Lando Norris qualified second, his best result of the season and only his third career front row start. This is the first front row start for McLaren at Silverstone since Heikki Kovalainen’s pole position in 2008.

Oscar Piastri qualified third, the best result of his career. For the first time since Italy’21, both McLaren drivers started in the top three.

George Russell qualified sixth and for the first time in the last five Grands Prix he was ahead of Lewis Hamilton in qualifying. Now the score is tied in this pair: 5-5.

Alex Albon qualified eighth and thus reached the qualifying finals in the last three Grands Prix.

Ninth place is Fernando Alonso’s worst starting position this season.

In three Grands Prix in a row, both AlphaTauri cars were already out of contention in the first part of qualifying.

Race

Max Verstappen won the British Grand Prix for his eighth win of the season and 43rd of his career.

Verstappen became the fifth driver in history to win six races in a row, along with Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher (twice), Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg.

Red Bull Racing won its 11th consecutive race, equaling McLaren’s record set in 1988.

In the 11th race in a row, Verstappen climbed to the podium, equaling Sebastian Vettel on this indicator in fourth place in the overall standings. Alonso (15), Hamilton (16) and Schumacher (19) had more consecutive podiums.

Verstappen started from pole, drove the best lap of the race and took victory. Verstappen scored the eighth hat-trick of his career, leveling Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel in this ranking. Fangio (9), Clark (11), Hamilton (19) and Schumacher (22) had more hat-tricks.

Lando Norris finished second and repeated his career best result (Italy ’21). This is McLaren’s first podium at Silverstone since Hamilton’s runner-up in 2010.

Lewis Hamilton finished third to take the podium at Silverstone for the 14th time, setting an all-time record for the number of podiums on a single circuit.

For the first time since 1999, two British riders climbed the podium at Silverstone – then it was David Coulthard and Eddie Irvine.

Oscar Piastri finished fourth, the best result of his career. Team McLaren has earned more points in this race (30) than in all previous races this year.

Fernando Alonso finished seventh and scored points for the tenth race in a row.

Alex Albon’s eighth-place finish is Williams’ best finish at a home grand prix since 2015, when Felipe Massa was fourth and Valtteri Bottas fifth.

Logan Sargent’s eleventh place is the best result of his career.