Motor racing-Formula One statistics for the British Grand Prix

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Jul 5, 20243 min read

Formula One F1 - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - July 9, 2023 Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso in action during the race REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/File Photo — Formula One F1 - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - July 9, 2023 Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso in action during the race /Andrew Boyers/File Photo

Formula One statistics for Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the 12th round of the 24-race championship:

Lap distance: 5.891km. Total distance: 306.198km (52 laps)

2023 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull one minute 26.720 seconds.

2023 race winner: Verstappen

Race lap record: Verstappen, 1:27.097 (Red Bull, 2020)

Start time: 1400 GMT (1500 local)

BRITAIN

Sunday's race will be the 75th British Grand Prix since the championship started in 1950, and is the fifth longest track on the calendar.

Britain has three drivers on the grid, all now race winners -- Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and George Russell and McLaren's Lando Norris. The race is also a home one for a majority of teams.

Hamilton has won a record eight times. He shares the F1 record with Michael Schumacher (eight at the French Grand Prix).

The Mercedes driver has been on pole seven times at Silverstone and on the podium 13 times. No driver has been on the podium more at a home race.

Every winner has started from fourth or higher since 2000 and Mercedes have won eight of the last 11.

Four current drivers have won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone: Hamilton (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021), Fernando Alonso (2006, 2011), Carlos Sainz (2022) and Verstappen (2023).

Verstappen also won what was designated the '70th anniversary race' at the circuit in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time Silverstone hosted two rounds in a single season.

With Italy, Britain is one of two ever-present races on the calendar. This year's will be the 58th held at Silverstone.

Ferrari have won the British GP 18 times.

CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Verstappen has led the championship for a record 50 successive races dating back to Spain in May 2022 and arrives at Silverstone 81 points clear of Norris. He has led 443 laps in total this season.

Red Bull are 64 points clear of Ferrari.

WINS

Four teams -- Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes -- have won a race this season, the first time that has happened since 2021 when Red Bull, Mercedes, Alpine and McLaren won.

Verstappen has won seven of 11 races, with Sainz triumphant in Melbourne, Norris in Miami, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in Monaco and Russell in Spain.

Ferrari are the only team to have had two winning drivers this season.

Hamilton has a record 103 career victories from 343 starts. He has now gone 56 races without a win, a run dating back to 2021.

Red Bull have won 120 races and are fourth in the all-time list of winners. Ferrari lead with 245, McLaren have 184 and Mercedes 126.

Verstappen has won 61 grands prix and is third on the all-time list. Michael Schumacher is second on 91.

POLE POSITION

Hamilton has a record 104 career poles, his most recent in Hungary last year.

Verstappen took the first seven poles of the season, equalling Alain Prost's 1993 record, and eight in a row including the last race of 2023 -- equalling Ayrton Senna's 1988-89 record.

Leclerc took pole in Monaco and Russell was fastest in Canada with Norris taking the top spot in Spain, but Verstappen was back on pole in Austria last weekend for his eighth of 2024.

Verstappen's pole margin of 0.404 seconds in Austria was the biggest yet this year.

PODIUMS

Verstappen has 106 career podiums, Hamilton 198.

Verstappen has been on the podium eight times this season, Norris six, Leclerc and Sainz five each.