Dutch Grand Prix: curious statistics

A few interesting statistical compilations from the Dutch Grand Prix…

Qualification

After qualifying at Zandvoort, Max Verstappen took his 28th career pole position and moved up to tenth in the standings, with Juan Manuel Fangio in ninth with 29 and Nico Rosberg in eighth with 30.

For the first time in his career, Max took eight pole positions in one season. The record also belongs to the Red Bull Racing driver – in 2011 Sebastian Vettel won 15 pole positions.

Verstappen has qualified for every Dutch Grand Prix he has competed in.

Lando Norris qualified second and third in his career for the second time this season – and for the fourth time he will start the race from the front row of the grid. For the second time in the last four races, Verstappen and Norris shared the front row.

George Russell’s third place is his best result since the Australian Grand Prix, where he qualified second.

While qualifying fourth, Alex Albon repeated his career best for the fifth time.

Carlos Sainz outperformed his teammate for the first time in five races.

Sergio Perez lost a second and a half to his partner and only qualified seventh – starting outside the top six for the eighth time in 13 races of the season.

Logan Sargent became the first American to qualify in the top ten since Michael Andretti in Italy ’93.

For the first time since Italy’17, both Williams drivers reached the qualifying final.

Guanyu Zhou has been eliminated for the fifth time in the last six Grands Prix in the first part of qualifying.

Kevin Magnussen has been eliminated for the fourth time in the last five Grands Prix in the first part of qualifying.

Race

By winning the Dutch Grand Prix, Max Verstappen scored his 46th career win, 11th of the season and ninth in a row, equaling the record set by Sebastian Vettel from 2013, also won in a Red Bull car built by Adrian Newey.

Max won the race for the twelfth consecutive time, starting from pole, equaling Michael Schumacher’s record. The eleventh win of the season was the repeat of five similar performances from Lewis Hamilton. Last year Verstappen won 15 Grand Prix – and this is still an absolute record.

At Zandvoort, Verstappen climbed the podium for the 90th time in his career. The next frontier is Kimi Raikkonen’s 103 podium finishes.

This year Verstappen led 628 laps, another 111 laps, and he will repeat Sebastian Vettel’s record of 739 laps set in 2011.

Fernando Alonso finished second to take the podium for the seventh time this season, setting a new record for the longest period between the first and last (so far) podium of his career. The previous record was held by Michael Schumacher (20 years, 3 months and 2 days and 347 Grand Prix), while Alonso has a gap of 20 years, 5 months and 4 days – and 392 Grand Prix.

Pierre Gasly finished third and climbed the podium for the fourth time in his career – the first time since Azerbaijan’21.

Carlos Sainz achieved his best result in Zandvoort with fifth place.

Alex Albon finished eighth and finished in the top eight for the third time in the last six races.

Liam Lawson became the 10th New Zealander in Formula 1 and the 653rd driver in history to finish at least once.