Il Spanish GP he offered a good dose of action both in qualifying and in the race, but (as often happens) he came out on top Max Verstappen. Eight years after his first victory, in Barcelona, the Dutchman surpasses Lewis Hamilton as the driver with the most victories in the last 8 seasons. For its part, Hamilton he extended his record to 18 consecutive seasons with at least one podium. The statistics of the Spanish GP, however, they don't stop there. Let's go and discover the others.
Spanish GP statistics: Verstappen like Prost and Alonso, Norris and McLaren in constant progress
- Verstappen reached Alain Cheers and Fernando Alonso at altitude 106 podiums ranked fourth all-time.
- For the 31th time in 34 editions of the Spanish GP at Montmelò, the winner started from the front row. The last time this didn't happen was in 2016, when… Max Verstappen won.
- Despite the lack of victory, Norris and McLaren can leave Barcelona with a smile. The Englishman got the the team's first pole in Spain since 2005 and first podium since 2011, also taking for the first time in second place in the ranking pilots.
- La McLaren she went to podium in all the last 6 races, a streak that had been missing since the period between the end of 2011 and the beginning of the 2012 season.
- Between internal tensions and colorless results, the Spanish GP was a weekend to forget for Ferrari. Despite this, Sainz continues its trend of going points in every edition of the home match. The Barcelona circuit is the only one where Sainz boasts 100% points finishes.
- For the second consecutive year, the Spanish GP ends without withdrawals. Also counting the other races, it is the 14th time in history that this has occurred, the tenth since the beginning of the hybrid era.
