Whereas 114 completely different driver have received rounds of the world championship, 35 of these have however a single victory to their names.
They embrace present racers Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris – although the latter got here near including his second final weekend.
His collision with Max Verstappen meant one other driver took the chance to assert their second win. George Russell duly turned the 79th driver to win greater than spherical of the championship.
Coincidentally, when he scored his first win at Interlagos two years in the past, Verstappen was additionally penalised for a collision with a rival, this time Lewis Hamilton.
Russell is the one dwelling driver with precisely two wins to his title. The others are Invoice Vukovich, Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Maurice Trintignant, Wolfgang von Journeys, Pedro Rodriguez, Jo Siffert, Peter Revson, Patrick Depailler, Patrick Tambay, Elio de Angelis and Jean-Pierre Jabouille – the latter handed away in February final yr.
Sunday’s end result means 5 completely different drivers have received races this yr, two greater than final season and as many as in the entire of 2022.
Russell additionally ended Mercedes’ await there first win since his maiden triumph at Interlagos two years in the past. 4 completely different constructors have now received races this yr, one thing which has solely occurred thrice for the reason that V6 hybrid turbo laws have been launched in 2014, the opposite events being 2020 and 2021.
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For the second time in three years on the Purple Bull Ring, Verstappen took two pole positions and received the dash race however victory within the grand prix eluded him. Final yr he took pole and victory in each.
He claimed the fortieth pole place of his profession final weekend however wasn’t capable of convert it into victory. That’s uncommon for Verstappen: Final yr he transformed all 12 of his pole positions into wins. Nonetheless that is his third defeat from pole place this season, following his retirement in Australia and second place in Miami after a Security Automobile interval performed into Norris’ fingers. Previous to this yr, he had solely misplaced from pole 4 instances within the earlier three seasons
So whereas Verstappen nonetheless enjoys a dominant place on the high of the factors desk, he’s having a patchier season. He has received seven grands prix to date, and no different driver has a couple of, however Verstappen nonetheless hasn’t received three in a row. It is a large change when you think about that after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix he’d received 19 of the earlier 20 grands prix.
Verstappen took pole place by an emphatic margin regardless of the early levels of qualifying being very shut. He claimed the highest spot by 0.404 seconds, but in Q1 the complete 20-car area was lined by simply 0.798s (and the highest 19, Zhou Guanyu excluded, by 0.593s).
Oscar Piastri equalled the most effective results of his profession once more with second place. Afterwards he was nonetheless cursing the borderline observe limits name which value him third on the grid – the place Russell received from.
Third place for Carlos Sainz Jnr strikes him inside 15 factors of his group mate. He can subsequently declare bragging rights within the intra-team battle at Ferrari as Charles Leclerc scored 16 factors within the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which Sainz missed because of sickness.
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Nico Hulkenberg completed sixth, scoring his finest end result since returning to F1 with Haas final season. With Kevin Magnussen eighth, Haas replicated their 2022 Austrian Grand Prix end result (although a seventh place within the dash race that weekend meant they scored extra factors two years in the past).
The Purple Bull Ring has all the time been a robust observe for this group. Their finest end result to this point got here within the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix when Romain Grosjean took fourth forward of Magnussen.
Haas bagged 12 factors and jumped previous Alpine within the constructors’ championship. That was a galling growth for Alpine, who labored their means as much as seventh within the standings by accumulating ninth and tenth place finishes, just for Haas to beat their complete season rating to this point in a single race.
Daniel Ricciardo marked his 250th grand prix begin along with his second factors end in a single this yr. Nonetheless his largest rating of the yr stays to date stays his fourth place within the dash race in Miami.
Fernando Alonso failed to attain for the fourth time within the final 5 races as Aston Martin’s hunch continues. Nonetheless he snatched the quickest lap away from Verstappen on the ultimate tour by simply 0.025 seconds, making certain nobody scored the bonus level. It’s the twenty sixth quickest lap of his profession, placing him ninth on the all-time checklist, and second this yr.
Lastly, the adjustments to the final two corners prompted an enormous fall within the variety of observe limits infringements. Final yr 83 infringements have been recorded throughout the race (not 1,200, as acknowledged elsewhere, which was the variety of potential infringements investigated) however this yr there have been simply 16. Most significantly, none of these occured on the remodelled turns 9 and ten – as an alternative, one, three and 6 have been the difficulty spots.
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