Magnussen's pole and Russell's first victory: the most curious statistics of the Brazilian GP

The Grand Prix of Brazil has given so many emotions, with the first pole position by Kevin Magnussen and George's first win Russell. The two riders are the protagonists of various interesting statistics regarding the weekend just ended, but the other teams are not exempt from them either. Let's see together the most curious.

Mercedes

1. For the first time in F1 history, "God Save The King" was played.
2. Russell won his first race at the track where he made his F1 debut (FP1 in 2017 in Force India).
3. First 1-2 Mercedes since Imola 2020 (742 days).
4. Biggest win gap for Mercedes in the hybrid era (21 races since 2021 Saudi Arabian GP).
5. First English 1-2 since Canada 2010 (Hamilton-Button).
6. For the third year in a row, the penultimate round of the season saw an all-Mercedes front row, with the poleman (Bottas 2020, Hamilton 2021, Russell 2022) going on to win the race.
7. Russell is the first English driver, other than Hamilton, to win a race. The last was Button (Brazil 2012).
8. First time since 2010 that 3 teams have achieved a double in a single season (that year it was Red Bull, McLaren e Ferrari).

Ferrari

1. Sainz finished in the top 3 for the fourth time in Brazil, but was on the podium for the first time (2 sprints and a post-race promotion after a penalty in Hamilton in 2019);
2. Despite accumulating 17 podiums of the season between two, it was the first time Sainz and Russell were on the podium together.

Red Bull

1. P6 was Verstappen's worst position at Interlagos since his debut season in 2015 with Toro Rosso (when he finished ninth);
2. With seventh place in Brazil, Perez has finished the last seven races in all possible positions from first to seventh;
3. For the first time since the Bahrain Grand Prix, no Red Bulls have finished on the podium, thus ending their streak of consecutive podium finishes at 19. McLaren's record of 21, set in 1989, still stands.

Alpine

1. Third P5 of the season for Alonso (after the British GP and the Belgian GP) despite starting 17th;
2. Second consecutive P8 of the season for Ocon and second consecutive P8 in Brazil.

McLaren

1. First double withdrawal since Monaco 2017;
2. Like Bottas in Belgium (August 28), Norris raced on his birthday and retired. Vettel at Silverstone (3 July) is the only driver to have finished in the points on his birthday.

Haas

1. Magnussen has retired twice on the first lap in his F1 career. Both times in an accident with Ricciardo and both times at Interlagos (2017 and 2022).
2. For the first time since Malaysia 2003 there was both a new poleman (Magnussen) and a new winner (Russell). That time Alonso took his first pole and Raikkonen won his first race.
3. Kevin Magnussen is the first Dane to have taken a pole position, making Denmark the 24th nation with a driver on pole.
4. Magnussen's pole is only the second pole for a Ferrari-powered team after Vettel (Monza in 2008 on Toro Rosso).
5. For the first time since 1979, this season has seen 4 new polemen: Perez in Saudi Arabia, Sainz in Silverstone, Russell in Hungary and Magnussen in Brazil. Then it was Jabouille in South Africa, Villeneuve in the United States (West), Jones in Great Britain and Arnoux in Austria.
6. Magnussen became the third driver to have completed more races before taking his first pole position in 141 Grand Prix starts. In front of him only Sainz (151) and Perez (216).