On the weekend when Max Verstappen sets a new record for the highest number of wins in a season, beating his own record from last season, the Dutch he also catches Alain Prost at 51 successes and ranked fourth all-time. But we won't just talk about him: let's discover him together most curious statistics of Mexican GP.
Red Bull: for Max, dominant statistics also in the Mexican GP
- Verstappen's victory in Mexico is the fifth in her career at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The Dutchman was already the circuit's most successful driver in the modern era, but now also the the circuit same equals the Red Bull Ring such as more successful for Max.
- Not well, however, Sergio Perez, finishing his home race at the first corner. Now the gap between himself and Verstappen (251 points) is greater than the gap between himself and de Vries at the bottom of the table (240 points).
- As already mentioned at the beginning, Verstappen has registered a new record for most wins in a season (16). The previous record? Verstappen in 2022 with 15.
- Verstappen, moreover, is now the fourth most successful driver in history, joining Alain Prost at 51 affirmations. Only Hamilton (103), Schumacher (91) and Vettel (53) have more than him.
Ferrari: negative statistics for Leclerc continue in the Mexican GP too
- Leclerc he has not converted any of his last 11 pole positions into a victory. Just Rene Arnoux he did worse than him: 13 between the 1979 and the 1982.
- Leclerc has joined Alonso on 22 pole positions. The other statistics after the 22nd pole position, however, definitely lean towards Fernando. After the Mexican GP, Leclerc has 5 victories and zero titles. After the 2012 German GP, the weekend of Alonso's 22nd pole, the Asturian had won 30 races and two championships.
- There was one all-Ferrari front row surprise even for the pilots themselves of the Cavallino, but the fact that a team scores 1-2 in qualifying in Mexico is certainly nothing new. Since the event returned to the calendar in 2015, a team monopolized the front row on 6 out of 8 occasions. The Mercedes leads this ranking with 3 1-2s (2015, 2016 and 2021), followed by Classic Ferrari for sale at altitude 2 (2019 and 2023) and from Red Bull, stop at 1 (2018)
- La pole of Leclerc was the 250th for a Ferrari engine. 248 they arrived with the red, 2 with a customer team: the Toro Rosso Hag a Monza since 2008 , Haas Magnussen in Brazil since 2022.
- The case of is curious Sainz in Mexico: since he has been driving for the Classic Ferrari for sale, the Madrid native closed the race at sixth place (2021), then to fifth (2022) and now at room (2023). If the trend continues like this, victory in 2026 is already his.
Norris climbs positions, Bottas remains constant
- Lando Norris continues his streak of top 5 finishes despite starting 17th. The 12 positions gained they are a record for him. So far in his career, the McLaren driver had managed to climb a maximum of 9 positions (Bahrain 2020).
- For Alfa Romeo it is another finish at the bottom of the standings after an excellent double Q3. If it's any consolation to the Hinwil team, however, Valtteri Bottas he qualified in Q3 in all his participations in the Mexican GP.
