Did you know that Verstappen has joined Vettel as Red Bull's most successful driver? Or that the Dutchman is the first to win from ninth in nearly 40 years? Discover these and many other curious statistics on the Miami Grand Prix.
Red Bull: Verstappen breaks records
- With his 38th career win, Max Verstappen is now the most successful driver in Red Bull history alongside Sebastian Vettel and the third most successful driver with a single team behind Hamilton with Mercedes (82) and Schumacher with Ferraris (72).
- Verstappen became the fifth rider to win a race from ninth on the grid, the first since Niki Lauda at the 1984 French GP. The Dutchman now sits second in the standings for most wins from different grid positions. There are 8 (P1, P2, P3, P4, P7, P9, P10, P14, all scored since the beginning of 2022), ahead is only Alonso with 9 (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8 , P11, P15).
- For the seventh time in history, a team has won the first 5 races of the season. The last team to achieve this was Mercedes in 2019.
- For the first time since 2017, a driver has not won two races in a row in the top five. In this start to the season, Verstappen and Perez shared the victories, while six years ago the winners were Vettel, Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas and Hamilton.
- After the GP of Miami, Red Bull have a 122-point lead over second-placed Aston Martin. This is an absolute record after five races: breaking the previous record set by Mercedes in 2014 (113 points).
- From the 2022 Emilia Romagna GP Verstappen ends every race in the points: reached Schumacher in fourth place in the streak of consecutive points races (24). The record belongs to Hamilton, with points for 48 Grands Prix in a row from Silverstone 2018 to Bahrain 2020, stopped only by COVID.
- Perez's pole is the first for the Mexican in a circuit other than Jeddah.
- After 5 races, Red Bull are just one double away from equaling their record for a full season, set in 2022.
- Verstappen has won the last 4 races in the United States: it is since the 2019 Austin GP that another driver (Bottas) has not triumphed in the States.
- More good news for Verstappen: in 5 of the last 6 championships, the winner of the fifth round was crowned champion at the end of the year. The only exception was 2020, when the fifth round of the season went to Verstappen but the champion was Hamilton.
- Perez's second-place finish was his best North American finish of his career. Previously, he had finished third on the podium in Austin and Mexico.
Aston Martin: Constance Alonso
- With the third place in Miami, Alonso has reached 102 podium finishes in his career. He is one short away from matching Kimi Raikkonen for fifth all-time.
- Alonso continues to score 15 points at every race this year: 4 podiums and a weekend sprint with a sixth and a fourth place.
- With second place in qualifying, the Spaniard returned to the front row in the United States for the first time since Indianapolis 2007 (second behind Hamilton at that time).
- For the second time in history after the 2022 Belgian GP, the top three places on the grid spoke Spanish: on both occasions it was Perez, Sainz and Alonso.
- With a much better car, Stroll did worse than last year, when he started from the pitlane and finished tenth. This year, the comeback from P18 stopped at P12.
- Alonso has achieved more podiums in the first five races of 2023 than in the past 7 years combined.
Mercedes: the difficulties continue
- With Russell and Hamilton sixth and 13th respectively, the Mercedes he did not put a single driver in the top 5 in qualifying for the second time in 2023 after the Bahrain GP (P6 and P7).
- For the first time since Imola 2022, Hamilton failed to reach Q3. 13th place was his worst qualifying result ever in the United States.
- Hamilton closed both races held in Miami in sixth position, as well as the last GP in Baku.
- For the third consecutive weekend, the driver who started sixth finished in fourth place. It was Stroll's turn in Australia, Alonso in Azerbaijan and Russell in Miami.
The statistics of others – qualifications
- With fourth place in qualifying, Magnussen gave Haas the grid place in the best Grand Prix in their history. In 2022, the Dane had started first in Brazil and fourth at Imola, but in the sprint.
- For Magnussen it is the first top 4 start in a Grand Prix since the 2014 German GP.
- In the fifth race of the season, the Dane qualified ahead of teammate Hulkenberg for the first time.
- Bottas' tenth position in qualifying gave Alfa Romeo their first Q3 of the season.
- Both McLarens went out in Q1 for the first time since the 2018 Brazilian GP.
- For Norris, it was the third Q1 outing of his career. The first came in 2019, at the German Grand Prix, the other two this year.
- Verstappen and Hamilton, ninth and 13th respectively in qualifying, missed out on the top 8 for the third time since they shared the grid. Both other occasions date back to 2016 (Russian and European GP, with Verstappen ninth and Hamilton tenth).
The stats of others – race
- With fifth place in Miami, Sainz he remains the highest placed rider in the championship (fifth) without a podium this year.
- Gasly's eighth-place finish in the race earned the Frenchman his first career United States points.
- Tsunoda, who finished the race in 11th position, continues his streak of tenth or eleventh places that began at the 2022 Abu Dhabi GP.
- There were no yellow flags, safety cars or retirements throughout the race. All cars saw the finish line for the 14th time in history, the tenth since 2015.
