The facts you need to know before watching British GP

The Formula 1 Arrived at Silverstonesa British GP, the tenth round of the 2022 F1 season, approaching its half -point (of 22 total races). Before the excitement of the competition on the mythical English track begins, check out the most relevant data from this race preview from the hands of ‘Opta Facts’ in this article.

The GP played the most times

The British Grand Prix is ​​the one run the most times in Formula 1 history (it will be
the 73rd occurred) with Italy (currently 72). Silverstone will host the 57th Grand Prix of
Formula 1, as the third circuit to see a Formula 1 test in history the most times since
Monza (71) and Monaco (68).

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Hamilton, a poor record so far

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG F1) has a chance to be the driver with the most wins
in a single Grand Prix in F1 history (there will be nine) more than the eight that the British already have
in Hungary and Michael Schumacher in France. Against him, the performance of his Mercedes W13, was far from the best and had a lot of rebound problems at the start of the World Cup. Mercedes is far from successful.

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Mercedes, great dominator in England

The Mercedes AMG F1 has claimed eight of the last nine victories in the British GP (with
except Sebastian Vettel for Ferrari in 2018), while he also won eight in
last nine pole positions at this stage (except for Max Verstappen with Red Bull this year
previous). They will be hard to repeat this year because of their car’s performance, far from the best.

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Red Bull … another quick lap?

The last two fastest laps in the British Grand Prix were won by Red Bull
(Max Verstappen in 2020 and Sergio Pérez in 2021). If achieved, it would be equivalent to South Korea (2011 –
2013) and in the United States (2012 – 2014) as GPs where he achieved this for three consecutive years.

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Ferrari, a double from …

Ferrari is just double the distance from overtaking the Mercedes AMG F1 as the team with the most times
he has achieved this in Formula 1 history (82 times everyone has achieved it). The last time
got one in Great Britain in 1988 where first Gerhard Berger and second Michele Alboreto.

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Red Bull, the best starter

Red Bull is making the best start to win in history by taking seven wins
the first nine races of the World Championship (six for Max Verstappen and one for Sergio Pérez), which won the
last six. Just between Belgium and Brazil 2013 (nine, they were all Sebastian Vettel), the team
Austrian achieved the best streak of his entire F1 career.

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Max, 7 points lower than in 2021 at this point

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) who, at this stage of the season, has seven points less (175) with
Compared to 2021 when he was proclaimed champion (182), he won six of the first nine races of
world. All the drivers who won this figure at this stage of the season have been
champions in the same year.

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Pole for Max, synonymous with …

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) was the driver who most changed his pole position in the victory (73.3%) of
History of F1, with at least two wins. If he ever wins, he will tie Jackie Stewart as eighth
driver with the most wins (27) and, in the event of a podium, he will surpass Valtteri Bottas and equalizer Rubens Barrichello
as the eighth with the most podiums in Formula 1 (68).

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Max and Leclerc, both total pole position, but …

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) has the same pole position number as Charles Leclerc in Ferrari
(fifteen). While Monegasque has achieved four victories in his professional career, the tulip driver already has
He has 26 wins, six of them in this first nine rounds of the 2022 World Cup (66.7%).

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Perez and lead turns

Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) drove just 12 laps to the lead just less this 2022 (83) than the entire
its previous trajectory (95). After retiring to Canada, he could link two consecutive careers to the departure
and failed to qualify after Belgium and Italy in 2011 with Sauber, his first season in F1.

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Leclerc, bad stat from the pole

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari driver, got 15 pole positions in total and just 4 wins. To the pilots who have
won even once, he is the second driver in history with the worst average number of victories
relation to the number of pole positions (0.27) just behind Jarno Trulli (0.25, a win with four
pole positions).

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Carlos Sainz, 150 GGPP

Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) completed the 150th Grand Prix in Formula 1. If he ever gets to the podium, there will be
achieved as many drawers now 2022 (there will be six) as in the rest of his seven seasons in
Formula 1.

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Alonso, two points from 2,000

Fernando Alonso (Alpine) needs two points at Silverstone to be the third driver in the
history of reaching 2000 points in F1 after Lewis Hamilton (4242.50) and Sebastian Vettel (3074). The
of Great Britain is the Grand Prix where the Spaniard achieved the most pole position (three).

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And a Bottas podium?

Valtteri Bottas in Great Britain will look for Rubens Barrichello as driver not world champion
with more podiums (68), although in his current Alfa Romeo it is difficult to aim for the podium. In case he doesn’t win (he probably won’t win), Silverstone equals Sakhir as the circuit where Finn has participated the most times in Formula 1 without winning (12 participants).

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If Hamilton wins …

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG F1) could surpass the “Kaiser” (15, 1992 – 2006) as the driver with the most
consecutive season with success in F1 (it will be 16 in a row since 2007). however,
He came from third place in Canada as his best position this year (the third place he has already achieved in Bahrain) and he has a car that is far from the best.

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Russell, insurance

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

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Norris Record

Lando Norris, who has yet to finish two consecutive Grands Prix outside of points, is the
driver in McLaren’s entire history with the most races played without achieving success (69).

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Great Britain, the country with the most champions

Great Britain, which this year has three drivers (Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris), is the
country gave more world champion drivers to Formula 1 (10), with more of its World Cups
having (20), more drivers achieved at least one victory (19) or at least one pole position (18).

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Vettel will be 35 on Sunday

Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel will turn 35 this Sunday. Four -time world champions, like Alain Prost, have only been surpassed in F1 history by Lewis Hamilton (7), Michael Schumacher
(7) and Juan Manuel Fangio (5). He won his first World Cup in 2010 at the age of 23 years, 4 months and 11 days, the youngest champion in the history of this sport.