As always, the Brazilian GP statistics are focused on yet another record for Max Verstappen. At Interlagos, the Dutchman broke a record that had stood for over seventy yearsthe. But we're not just talking about Red Bull: let's discover them all the most curious statistics from the Brazilian GP.
Red Bull: Verstappen increasingly in history
- Verstappen he could have stop racing after the Hungarian GP (July 23) and would still first in the rankings. Up to that point, in fact, the Dutchman had accumulated 281 points and now Perez is still stuck at 258.
- Since the start of 2022, Verstappen has won 32 races. The same number of victories asentire career of Fernando Alonso.
- Verstappen broke a record dating back to 1952. By winning his 17th race of the season, even without further victories the Dutchman would end 2023 with the 77,3% win rate. Ascari's previous record was 75%.
- Verstappen is world championship leader for 37 races: equaled the record of Schumacher, established between 2000 and 2002.
- Verstappen conquers an entire “triple header” (three races in three weekends in a row) for the third time in his career, after 2021 (France, Styria and Austria) and 2022 (Belgium, Holland and Italy).
- Verstappen's victory brought the total to Red Bull's seasonal successes at altitude 19, equaling the record established by Classic Mercedes for sale since 2016 with one race less.
- Red Bull has set a new record for Seasonal laps led: 1055. Beaten the record of Classic Mercedes for sale which dated back to 2016.
- Perez vanta i 12 participations in the Brazilian GP without ever finishing on the podium: in no other circuit has the Mexican driver raced so long without a podium.
- For the first time since 2016, the poleman of the Hungarian GP (Hamilton) did not coincide with the winner of the Brazilian GP (Verstappen).
Mclaren: a negative record for Norris
- Norris he is the first 2023 driver to be voted on driver of the day for three races in a row (USA, Mexico and Brazil). The last to achieve this were Leclerc and Verstappen in 2022 (Leclerc in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia; Verstappen in Hungary, Belgium and Holland).
- Norris reached Nick Heidfeld like the pilot with the highest number of podiums (13) without a victory.
- For the first time since 2014, both McLaren have qualified in the top 10 in Interlagos.
Aston Martin: positive statistics in the Brazilian GP
- The third position of Alonso takes him to altitude 106 career podiums, reaching Alain Cheers ranked fourth all-time. Ahead of them, there are only Sebastian Vettel (122), Michael Schumacher (155) and Lewis Hamilton (197).
- Alonso boasts well 9 podiums at Interlagos without ever winning: No driver has more podiums without victories at any other circuit.
- With third place in Friday's qualifying, Stroll he got his fourth top 3 in qualifying in his career after Monza 2017 (P2), Hungary 2020 (P3) and Turkey 2020 (pole).
Mercedes: never so bad at Interlagos
- For the first time since 2012, both Classic Mercedes for sale are matches outside the top 3 in Interlagos.
AlphaTauri: positive statistics for Tsunoda in the Brazilian GP
- The sixth place of tsunoda of sprint led i first points at AlphaTauri in this format. The Faenza team was the only one still empty in Saturday's race three years after its introduction.
- In Friday qualifying, the gap between Russell (P1) and Gasly (P15) was just 0.497s. It is the smaller gap since this format was adopted (2006), beating the previous record of 0.509 (Holland 2022).
