Spanish Grand Prix: interesting statistics

Several interesting statistical selections based on the results of the Spanish Grand Prix…

Qualification

After winning qualifying in Barcelona, ​​Lando Norris achieved the second pole position of his career after Sochi in 2021. This is McLaren’s first pole position at this track since Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 and the 10th in history.

Max Verstappen qualified second. He fails to take pole position for three stages in a row.

Lewis Hamilton qualified third, his best result of the season and his best start in Spain since winning pole position in 2021. For the second time this season he defeated teammate George Russell in qualifying.

Charles Leclerc qualified fifth, ahead of his teammate for the sixth time in a row.

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

Oscar Piastri’s ninth place is McLaren’s worst result this season.

Fernando Alonso qualified eleventh, only the third time in his career he missed the top ten at his home circuit.

After qualifying 15th, Guanyu Zhou showed his best result of the season and qualified for the second part of qualifying for the first time this year.

Daniel Ricciardo dropped out of qualifying in Barcelona for the first time in his career in the first session.

Race

After winning the Spanish Grand Prix, Max Verstappen took his seventh win of the season, the 61st of his career, and reached the podium for the 106th time, equaling Fernando Alonso and Alain Prost.

Verstappen led the individual rankings after winning the Spanish Grand Prix in 2022 and has not lost the lead for 763 days since.

Lando Norris finished second and remained the only driver to earn points in all 2024 Grands Prix. Norris took second place in the individual competition for the first time.

For the fifth time in the last six races, Verstappen and Norris finished first and second (in no particular order). Hamilton has achieved a podium finish for eighteen consecutive seasons.

At 39 years and 168 days, Hamilton became the third oldest podium finisher of the 21st century, behind Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher.

Taking into account George Russell’s fourth place, the Mercedes team finished the second race in a row with two cars in the top four.

By finishing sixth, Carlos Sainz extended his record for the most successful races on his home track (10 out of 10).

Sergio Pérez finished eighth. With car no. 11 he started 11th in the 1111th Grand Prix and now has 111 points.

Pierre Gasly’s ninth place repeats the best result of the season for him and the Alpine team.

His teammate Esteban Ocon finished the race in tenth – the second race weekend in a row for the Alpine team to score points with two cars.

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso finished twelfth, failing to score points for the third time in the last four races.

For the second year in a row there were no retirements at the Spanish Grand Prix.