Il Austrian GP gave us a breathtaking ending, with the accident between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris and George's victory Russell. The "novelty" given by the final ranking gives us many new things statistics. Let's find out the best ten.
Austrian GP: the most curious statistics
- After Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren, too Mercedes wins a race in 2024. For the first time since 2021, so, four teams they have achieved at least one victory this season.
- Since Ferrari won with both drivers, there were 5 different winners in the first 11 races of a season for the first time since 2013.
- The victory of RussellIt also brings Mercedes back to success afterwards 33 races, interrupting the longest win streak in the hybrid era for the team.
- With the fifth place finish, Verstappen saw end his strip of 5 consecutive podiums in Austria, after having scored his fifth consecutive pole on Saturday (the only track on which he succeeded). Furthermore, the Dutchman has not yet managed to win this year more than two races in a row.
- With the withdrawal of Norris, no pilot went points at every race.
- Sixth at the finish line, Nico Hulkenberg he achieved his best result from Monza 2019, also giving to Haas his best placing for two years now (Austria 2022, Mick Schumacher sixth).
- With tenth place on Sunday, I am four le consecutive points races for Pierre gasly. For the French driver, such a long-lasting streak of points hadn't come from the start 2021.
- Saturday's qualifying set a new record for the smaller gap between first and last classified in Q1. In fact, since this format has existed, no one has ever been so close as Sainz and Zhou (0.798s).
