The most curious facts you should know before the Baku F1 GP

The Formula 1 coming this weekend F1 Azerbaijan GPsa standard, Tierra del Fuego, who will once again experience intense contention for victory in the eighth race of the season. Before, it’s important to review some of the most important and compelling data that could mark an appointment this weekend. You can get one ‘Czech ‘Perez. Mexican might match standard his best streak of his career F1 if he achieved another great performance exactly in a special place for him, where last year he achieved his first success withn Red Bull after the perforation of Verstappen and the mistake of hamilton with a button on its steering wheel in the final and decisive highlight.

5 different winners in Baku

9 different drivers on the podium

Baku had five different winners (Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez), five different pole positions (Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas and Charles Leclerc) and five different fastest lap winner. (Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen) in each of his five F1 races.
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Up to nine different drivers from seven different teams were able to visit the podium in five races held in Baku, with Sebastian Vettel (2016, 2019 and 2021) and Sergio Pérez (2016, 2018 and 2021) having repeated- again on the Caucasian circuit (three each).

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Mercedes, 3 wins and 3 pole positions

Three of the five wins and three of the five pole positions on the Baku circuit went to the Mercedes AMG F1. Three of the five victories in Baku came from the front row of the starting grid, three were taken by a driver other than the German team (two of them from pole position, Nico Rosberg in 2016 and Valtteri Bottas in 2019).

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Ferrari, a double from Mercedes

go for the record

Ferrari is only twice as far away from surpassing the Mercedes AMG F1 as the team that has achieved it the most times in Formula 1 history (82 times each). He earned pole position in two of the four Azerbaijan GP qualifiers, along with last year’s Charles Leclerc.

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Red Bull could be on par with Lotus

In the number of victories

Red Bull, who have won five of the first seven Grands Prix this season (Max Verstappen four and Sergio Pérez in Monaco), is a victory away from equaling Lotus as the fifth most successful team in F1 (81), just behind of Ferrari (240), McLaren (183), Mercedes AMG F1 (124) and Williams (114).

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9 on the podium

Red Bull drivers finished on the podium in nine of 11 races (7 races were held, the total would be 14, but Pérez added one retirement and Verstappen, two retirements) who finished in 2022, achieving two double in the last four Grands Prix (Emilia Romagna and Spain), only twice than in his previous 163 races (Malaysia 2016).

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Verstappen, on a Vettel podium

Max Verstappen (65 of 125 races, 24 wins) is just a podium away to overtake Sebastian Vettel (65 of 113 races, 38 wins) as the driver who has achieved the most times in the Austrian team.

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Poles-success

Only Michael Schumacher (+23, 91-68) and Alain Prost (+18, 51-33) have a higher difference between wins and pole position than Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (+10) , 24-14), 10 like Fernando Alonso (32-22) and Jackie Stewart (27-17).

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Pérez, to match his best streak

After finishing second in Spain and winning in Monaco, Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) could equal the best run of his sports career on the podium, third place in 2021 between Turkey and Mexico. The man from Guadalajara with only one pole position, just one win less in Formula 1 (three) than Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) achieved with 14 pole position to his credit (four).

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Leclerc, the second with the worst average from the pole

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari driver, achieved 14 pole positions in total and only 4 victories. Of the drivers who have won at least once, he is the second driver in history with the worst average number of wins relative to the number of pole positions (0.29), just behind Jarno Trulli (0.25, a win with four pole position). .

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Leclerc, 5 of 7 of the poles

Charles Leclerc claimed pole position in five of the seven qualifying rounds held this season, and could be the first Ferrari driver to claim six of the top eight at a World Championship since Michael Schumacher in 2001.

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Hamilton, a win away from breaking another Kaiser record

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG F1) could surpass “Kaiser” (15, 1992 – 2006) as the driver with the most consecutive seasons with success in F1 (it will be 16 in a row since 2007). However, the Briton has six consecutive races ending on the podium, and he has no longer streak without a podium finish, not counting the DNFs, since eight consecutive Grands Prix in 2009.

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Russell, always in the Top-5

George Russell (Mercedes AMG F1) is the only driver on the grid to finish in the Top 5 in each of the first seven races of this World Championship (always between third and fifth), always improving his starting position in the race on the starting grid.

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Alonso, up to 2000 points

Fernando Alonso (Alpine) achieved his best position in Monaco in 2022 (seventh). He needed a fifth place in Baku to become the third driver in history to reach 2,000 points in F1 after Lewis Hamilton (4,215.50) and Sebastian Vettel (3,066).

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Norris a quick lap behind Hunt and Alonso at McLaren

Lando Norris, who is the McLaren driver with the most Grands Prix without a win (67), is just one fastest lap away from the parity of James Hunt and Fernando Alonso in this aspect within the English constructor (5) . The last McLaren driver to link the fastest lap in two consecutive Grands Prix was Jenson Button’s three consecutive consecutive races between Italy and Japan in 2011.

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Bottas, a podium away from Barrichello

Valtteri Bottas, who will be looking in Baku to match Rubens Barrichello as the non-world champion driver with the most podium finishes (68). Finn has scored points in six of the seven Grands Prix he has competed against at Alfa Romeo this year (40 points), the same race of two drivers who defended the Italian team throughout 2021 (13).

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Baku, Vettel’s only podium with Aston Martin

Sebastian Vettel certainly achieved in his second place in Baku last year the only podium that Aston Martin has achieved in its entire career in Formula 1 (34 Grand Prix). In case of not reaching the box in Azerbaijan, the German will go through the worst in a row not to reach the top three in his entire F1 career (22 races).