It ended Saudi Arabian GP in Jeddah and it's time to statistics. Although the final result of the race may seem boring due to Max Verstappen's dominance, there are many curiosities to discover, let's see them together.
- 1. With Friday's pole, his first in Jeddah, Verstappen he scored the new absolute track record in 1.27:452. The previous one was by Hamilton in 1'27"511, dating back to the inaugural GP in 2021.
- 2. His lap time was achieved with a average speed of 254 kilometers per hour. If you exclude Monza, no other pole had been so “fast” since Nigel Mansell's lap at Silverstone in 1990.
- 3. The world champion's pole also increases a 20 the different circuits in which the Dutchman started from the pole, overcoming Michael's total Schumacher. The general record, however, is still far away: Lewis Hamilton has in fact scored at least one pole position in 32 different circuits.
- 4. Verstappen he became the pilot youngest ever to reach 100 podiums, at just 26 years old and in just 188 races.
- 5. Verstappen broke another curse. In fact, before Saturday, the driver who was first in FP3 in Jeddah had always finished second in the race.
- 6. Last line for Verstappen, which also dominates the statistics in the Saudi Arabian GP. Now the Dutchman remained first in the standings (in terms of career percentage) for longer than Ayrton Senna.
- 7. Great weekend for Oscar Piastres, who with fifth place in qualifying and fourth in the race gives a McLaren his best result ever in Saudi Arabia.
- 8. Mercedes is struggling at the start of 2024, but Russell he showed off again with an excellent qualifying, finishing ahead of Hamilton. In four years, English he was never beaten by his teammate in qualifying in Jeddah.
- 9. In addition to Verstappen, Bearman he is among the most present in the Saudi Arabian GP statistics, with several records to his name. Among the most important, we remember the one how youngest English driver ever (beating Lando Norris) and youngest Ferrari driver ever (beating Ricardo Rodriguez).
- 10. Also thanks to Bearman, four British pilots (Russell, Bearman, Norris and Hamilton) closed the race in points for the first time since 1968. On that occasion, in the French GP, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, Vic Elford and Piers Courage scored points
