FORMULA 1 DATA LAB
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Great Drivers, Strongest Circuits: Where Five F1 Champions Kept Winning
Max Verstappen’s sixth Mexico victory made it his most successful F1 circuit. Explore the tracks where Hamilton, Schumacher, Senna and Vettel also built remarkable winning records.
Mexico’s Pit Stops: The Seconds That Hurt, and the Penalty That Changed the Lead
Slow stops hurt Norris, Piastri and Antonelli in Mexico, but the stopwatch tells only part of the story. Penalties, traffic and Safety Car timing shaped what those seconds meant.
Mexico GP: Five Stats. Five Stories. Nothing Straightforward.
Five wins. A victory from 13th. A championship secured in ninth. Mexico’s Formula 1 history proves that the finishing order rarely tells the whole story.
Three Points Apart. Seventeen in the Standings.
Russell, Hamilton and Verstappen are separated by just three Grand Prix points. Six Sprints stretch that gap to 17, with Russell’s three Sprint wins making the difference.
Austin: Five Stats. Five Stories Behind the United States GP.
Why did Ferrari deliberately take a grid penalty? How did one point end a 30-year wait? Five Austin stats reveal the stories behind COTA’s F1 history.
One Driver. More Points: Verstappen’s 76 Beats Mercedes’ 75
Verstappen collected 76 points across Baku, Sepang and Singapore, one more than both Mercedes drivers combined. The Sprint points and the three-weekend cutoff explain the comparison.
Three P1s. One Missing Win. Verstappen Targets a Singapore Sweep.
Sprint pole, Sprint victory and his first Singapore Grand Prix pole. Verstappen has three P1s this weekend, but the win missing from nine previous starts still awaits.
Nine Attempts. No Wins. Verstappen’s Unfinished Business in Singapore.
Singapore is still missing from Verstappen’s win list. Behind nine attempts lies a mix of missed opportunities and strong results. Can 2026 bring the breakthrough?
Four Races. Verstappen Alone Outscored Either Ferrari or McLaren.
Four consecutive podiums brought Verstappen 76 points, beating Ferrari’s two-driver total by nine and McLaren’s by 25. Here’s how the four races added up.
Ricciardo and Verstappen: 58 Races Together. Nine Wins. Just One 1–2.
Across 58 Grands Prix as Red Bull teammates, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen won nine times. Their only 1–2 came at Sepang on October 2, 2016.
Nine Baku races. No back-to-back winner.
Nine Baku Grands Prix through 2025, seven different winners, and no back-to-back victories. Defending winner Max Verstappen could break that pattern in 2026.
BAKU IS THE LAST TIE IN VERSTAPPEN’S QUALIFYING RECORD
Through September 13, 2026, Max Verstappen led his career qualifying comparison against teammates at 32 of 33 F1 venues. Baku alone was tied at 4–4.