F1 stats: Belgian Grand Prix

2010-08-26 08:20

 

Aug 25 - F1 statistics for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps:

Wins

Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber has won four races this season. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel have won two races each.

Ferrari have won 212 times (from 805 races contested) while McLaren are the second most successful team with 168 victories. Williams have 113 wins. Red Bull have 12.

One more win would put Alonso level with Argentina's late five times champion Juan Manuel Fangio in the all-time lists with 24 victories.

Michael Schumacher, who made his debut at Spa in 1991, holds the record of 91 wins.

Pole position


Webber, Hamilton and Vettel are the only drivers to have won from pole this season. Eight of the 12 races have been won by drivers not on pole. Vettel is chasing his fifth pole in a row and eighth of the season.

Red Bull have been on pole 11 times in 12 races.

Ferrari were last on pole in Brazil in 2008, 29 races ago.

Front row

Red Bull have locked out the front row in six races this season. They have also started the last 16 races with at least one car on the front row.

World champion Button has not qualified on the front row since Turkey in June last year.

Belgium

Ferrari are chasing their fourth Belgian GP win in a row this weekend and sixth in eight years.

Michael Schumacher, now with Mercedes, has won more times at Spa than anyone else (six).

Of the current drivers, only Schumacher and Ferrari's Felipe Massa have won in Belgium.

Ferrari and McLaren have between them won every race at Spa since 1998 and 11 of the last 12.

Milestones

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello will become the first F1 driver to start 300 Grands Prix this weekend, although he has attended more.

The Williams driver, now 38, made his debut with Jordan in South Africa in 1993 and has 11 wins to his name.

Michael Schumacher made his F1 debut at Spa in 1991, also with Jordan.



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