Daniel Valente 🏎️

The same driver has outscored everyone else over the last 3, 4, 5, and 6 races 🤯

Most Points Since Monza: Max Verstappen
Most Points Since Zandvoort: Max Verstappen
Most Points Since Hungary: Max Verstappen
Most Points Since Spa: Max Verstappen

Mercedes' 8 poles in the ground effect regulations

• GEORGE RUSSELL
• GEORGE RUSSELL
• GEORGE RUSSELL
• GEORGE RUSSELL
• GEORGE RUSSELL
• GEORGE RUSSELL
• LEWIS HAMILTON
• GEORGE RUSSELL

The record for most positions gained at COTA is 16 by Max Verstappen in 2018 when he went from P18 to P2 🔥

He held off a fast-charging Lewis Hamilton too.

Lewis Hamilton has won at an F1 record 31 different grands prix over his career 😳

To put how crazy that is into perspective, only 6 other drivers ever have amassed more TOTAL career wins than the number of distinct GPs where Lewis has claimed a win.

🤯 The last time Max Verstappen wasn't on the podium after racing at COTA:

• Lewis Hamilton was a 3-time champ
• Charles Leclerc was still in F2
• Lando Norris was still in Euro F3
• George Russell was still in GP3
• Kimi Antonelli was only 11
• This was Gabriel Bortoleto

😳 Only 1 driver has been on every podium over the last 3 races in North America (Vegas, Miami, Canada) ...

• George Russell

Russell is also the only driver who appears more than once on these 3 podiums too. Captain America.

Lewis Hamilton won the last US GP ever held in Indianapolis in 2007 as a rookie.

Lewis Hamilton then won the first US GP ever held in COTA in 2012.

McLaren hasn't won a US GP since then.

Drivers who have won in Austin from outside the front row 😮

• Charles Leclerc (P4 in 2024)
• Max Verstappen (P6 in 2023)

End of list.

The best ever result by Red Bull's junior team in Austin is a P4 finish by a 18-year-old rookie Max Verstappen in a Toro Rosso in 2015 😳

A glimpse of what was to come.

Most Races Before 1st Podium With Ferrari 👀

Didier Pironi - 19
Lewis Hamilton - 18

If Hamilton gets a podium in COTA, he will tie this record. If Hamilton doesn’t get a podium at COTA, he will break this record.

🤯 The 2021 US GP reminds us of the different stratosphere these 2 drivers were on

1) Max Verstappen: WIN
2) Lewis Hamilton: +1.333s

3) Sergio Perez: +42.223s
4) Charles Leclerc: +52.246s
5) Daniel Ricciardo: +76.854s
6) Valtteri Bottas: +80.128s

It's been an incredible run since Baku 2024 for George Russell. In that span, George has more Top 5 finishes than any other driver. 🤯

George Russell - 22
Max Verstappen - 20
Oscar Piastri - 20
Lando Norris - 20
Charles Leclerc - 18

Mr. Consistency

Stat of the Day: The last 3 drivers on pole in Austin haven’t stood on the podium & have combined for only 12 GP points 🤯

2024: Lando Norris P1 ➡️ P4
2023: Charles Leclerc P1 ➡️ DSQ
2022: Carlos Sainz P1 ➡️ DNF

2025 Austin F1 Stat Pack Everything you need to know about the upcoming Formula 1 United States Grand Prix

🚨 The Austin Stat Pack Is Here 🚨

We had 3 drivers from different teams take pole or win over the GP weekend last year

Sprint Pole & Win: Max Verstappen
Pole: Lando Norris
Win: Charles Leclerc

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Max Verstappen has finished in the top 4 every time he's seen the chequered flag in Austin, even including his rookie year at Toro Rosso 😳

His record at Austin:
• 3 wins
• 6 straight podiums
• Top 4 in all his race finishes

👀 Austin's leader in ...

Wins: Lewis Hamilton
Poles: Lewis Hamilton
Podiums: Lewis Hamilton
Points: Lewis Hamilton
Laps Led: Lewis Hamilton
Longest Win Streak: Lewis Hamilton
Longest Pole Streak: Lewis Hamilton
Longest Podium Streak: Lewis Hamilton

King of COTA.

Drivers to win their home race in 2025...

• Lando Norris - British GP 🇬🇧

End of list.

Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen have shared a Formula 1 record 60 podiums together 🏆

However, 2025 might be the first season since 2015 where they don't share a single podium together.

2016 - 5
2017 - 3
2018 - 8
2019 - 5
2020 - 11
2021 - 15
2022 - 6
2023 - 5
2024 - 2
2025 - 0

The only drivers with a front row start in 2025 👀

• Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
• Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
• Lando Norris (McLaren)
• George Russell (Mercedes)
• Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
• Carlos Sainz (Williams)

🏆 Most Podiums In Formula 1 History

Lewis Hamilton - 202
Michael Schumacher - 155
Sebastian Vettel - 122
Max Verstappen - 121

Can't talk about F1's history without mentioning these four drivers.

😳 Wins since 2024:

McLaren - 18
Red Bull - 13
Mercedes - 6
Ferrari - 5

Would not have expected that after how last season ended.

Podiums In The Ground Effect Era 🏆

Max Verstappen - 61
McLaren - 59
Ferrari - 56
Mercedes - 43
Aston Martin - 8
Alpine - 4
Sauber - 1
Racing Bulls - 1
Williams - 1

👏 Only 10 drivers in Formula 1 history had 10 or more points finishes in their rookie year:

• Lewis Hamilton
• Alex Albon
• Kevin Magnussen
• Jacques Villeneuve
• Heikki Kovalainen
• Lando Norris
• Oscar Piastri
• Max Verstappen
• Charles Leclerc
• Kimi Antonelli

2 Ferrari drivers are responsible for just over 1/3 of all the 254 poles in the team's history 🤯

Michael Schumacher - 58 poles
Charles Leclerc - 27 poles
Total - 85/254 poles (33.5%)

5 years ago today, Lewis Hamilton tied Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 record of 91 career wins

🐐🐐

In Singapore, Lando Norris became 1 of only 25 drivers ever in Formula 1 history to reach 40 career podiums.

Average qualifying position since the summer break ended ...

Max Verstappen - 1.75
Oscar Piastri - 4.00
Lando Norris - 4.00
George Russell - 4.25
Kimi Antonelli - 6.50
Charles Leclerc - 6.75
Lewis Hamilton - 7.50

😱 Lewis Hamilton ranks 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & tied for 5th when it comes to the F1 record of most consecutive podiums at GP

1) Hamilton - 11 (British GP)
2) Hamilton - 9 (Bahrain GP)
3) Hamilton - 8 (Abu Dhabi GP)
4) Hamilton - 8 (US GP)
t5) Hamilton - 7 (Belgium GP)

Wild.

Insane stat: 21 years ago today in Suzuka, Michael Schumacher got his 13th & last win of his dominant 2004 season.

Since then, Ferrari has fewer race wins (66) than Max Verstappen (67), who debuted more than a decade later in 2015 🤯

🔥 The only drivers with 15 or more Top 5 finishes in 2025...

• Oscar Piastri (16)
• Lando Norris (15)
• George Russell (15)