Where are the 2019 F1 drivers in the record books?

  • Published on 26 Dec 2019 09:26
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  • By: Bjorn Smit & Fergal Walsh

What is the situation of the 2019 class when the record books are opened up with the most important statistics?

Bold indicates a 2019 driver.

 

World titles
 

  Driver Titles Years
 
1.
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Titles
7
Years
1994-1995, 2000-2004
 
2.
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Titles
6
Years
2008, 2014-2015, 2017-2019
 
3.
Driver
Juan Manuel Fangio
Titles
5
Years
1951, 1954-1957
 
4.
Driver
Alain Prost
Titles
4
Years
1985-1986, 1989, 1993
 
 
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Titles
4
Years
2010-2013
 
6.
Driver
Jack Brabham
Titles
3
Years
1959-1960, 1966
 
 
Driver
Jackie Stewart
Titles
3
Years
1969, 1971, 1973
 
 
Driver
Niki Lauda
Titles
3
Years
1975, 1977, 1984
 
 
Driver
Nelson Piquet
Titles
3
Years
1981, 1983, 1987
 
 
Driver
Ayrton Senna
Titles
3
Years
1988, 1990-1991
 
17.
Driver
Kimi Raikkonen
Titles
1
Years
2007


In 2019 only three world champions competed in Formula 1 and no new titleholder was added. Lewis Hamilton took his sixth championship and set course for record-holder Michael Schumacher. 

Another world title means that the Mercedes driver will be on the same number as the German. Sebastian Vettel is fourth in this ranking with four world titles, while Kimi Raikkonen occupies the shared 17th place with one title.


Grand Prix wins
 

  Driver Victories %
 
1.
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Victories
91
%
29.64
 
2.
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Victories
84
%
33.60
 
3.
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Victories
53
%
22.08
 
4.
Driver
Alain Prost
Victories
51
%
25.63
 
5.
Driver
Ayrton Senna
Victories
41
%
25.47
 
6.
Driver
Fernando Alonso
Victories
32
%
10.26
 
7.
Driver
Nigel Mansell
Victories
31
%
16.58
 
8.
Driver
Jackie Stewart
Victories
27
%
27.27
 
9.
Driver
Jim Clark
Victories
25
%
34.72
 
 
Driver
Niki Lauda
Victories
25
%
14.62
 
15.
Driver
Kimi Raikkonen
Victories
21
%
6.71
 
35.
Driver
Max Verstappen
Victories
8
%
7.84
 
38.
Driver
Daniel Ricciardo
Victories
7
%
4.09
 
 
Driver
Valtteri Bottas
Victories
7
%
5.04
 
65.
Driver
Charles Leclerc
Victories
2
%
4.76


2019 had one new grand prix winner in Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque won in Belgium and Italy and is now 65th on the list of most victories. This list is also led by Schumacher, but Hamilton is close to him. The Briton is 7 victories behind the record champion, but displays a higher win percentage. With 53 wins, Vettel is number 3 of all time.
 

Pole positions
 

  Driver Poles % Poles
 
1.
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Poles
88
% Poles
35.20
 
2.
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Poles
68
% Poles
22.15
 
3.
Driver
Ayrton Senna
Poles
65
% Poles
40.37
 
4.
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Poles
57
% Poles
23.75
 
5.
Driver
Jim Clark
Poles
33
% Poles
45.83
 
 
Driver
Alain Prost
Poles
33
% Poles
16.58
 
7.
Driver
Nigel Mansell
Poles
32
% Poles
17,11
 
8.
Driver
Nico Rosberg
Poles
30
% Poles
14.56
 
9.
Driver
Juan Manuel Fangio
Poles
29
% Poles
56.86
 
10.
Driver
Mika Hakkinen
Poles
26
% Poles
16.15
 
17.
Driver
Kimi Raikkonen
Poles
18
% Poles
5.75
 
33.
Driver
Valtteri Bottas
Poles
11
% Poles
7.91
 
38.
Driver
Charles Leclerc
Poles
7
% Poles
16.67
 
55.
Driver
Daniel Ricciardo
Poles
3
% Poles
1.75
 
63.
Driver
Max Verstappen
Poles
2
% Poles
1.96
 
71.
Driver
Nico Hülkenberg
Poles
1
% Poles
0.56


The list with the most pole positions was extended by two names in 2019: Leclerc scored seven poles in his first season at Ferrari, while Verstappen started twice from the first position. 

As a result, there were eight pole sitters on the grid in 2019. Hamilton was already in possession of this record, but this year he managed to extend his number to 88 poles, 20 more than Schumacher.
 

Fastest laps
 

  Driver Fastest laps % Fastest Laps
 
1.
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Fastest laps
77
% Fastest Laps
25.08
 
2.
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Fastest laps
47
% Fastest Laps
18.80
 
3.
Driver
Kimi Raikkonen
Fastest laps
46
% Fastest Laps
14.70
 
4.
Driver
Alain Prost
Fastest laps
41
% Fastest Laps
20.60
 
5.
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Fastest laps
38
% Fastest Laps
15.83
 
6.
Driver
Nigel Mansell
Fastest laps
30
% Fastest Laps
16.04
 
7.
Driver
Jim Clark
Fastest laps
28
% Fastest Laps
38.89
 
8.
Driver
Mika Hakkinen
Fastest laps
25
% Fastest Laps
15.53
 
9.
Driver
Niki Lauda
Fastest laps
24
% Fastest Laps
14.04
 
10.
Driver
Juan Manuel Fangio
Fastest laps
23
% Fastest Laps
45.10
 
25.
Driver
Daniel Ricciardo
Fastest laps
13
% Fastest Laps
7.60
 
 
Driver
Valtteri Bottas
Fastest laps
13
% Fastest Laps
9.35
 
43.
Driver
Max Verstappen
Fastest laps
7
% Fastest Laps
6.86
 
58.
Driver
Sergio Perez
Fastest laps
4
% Fastest Laps
2.27
 
 
Driver
Charles Leclerc
Fastest laps
4
% Fastest Laps
9.52
 
72.
Driver
Nico Hulkenberg
Fastest laps
2
% Fastest Laps
1.13
 
 
Driver
Pierre Gasly
Fastest laps
2
% Fastest Laps
4.26
 
 
Driver
Kevin Magnussen
Fastest laps
2
% Fastest Laps
1.96
 
86.
Driver
Romain Grosjean
Fastest laps
1
% Fastest Laps
0.61
 
 
Driver
Daniil Kvyat
Fastest laps
1
% Fastest Laps
1.08


The record of most fastest laps of Schumacher remains temporarily out of reach of the current drivers. Hamilton and Raikkonen occupy positions 2 and 3, but still have 30 fewer than the former Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes driver.

Leclerc and Gasly are the new names in the lise: the Monegasque from Ferrari received an extra point four times for the fastest lap, while Gasly rode the fastest lap twice for the first time in his Red Bull Racing period.
 

Podium finishes
 

  Driver Podiums % POdiums
 
1.
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Podiums
155
% POdiums
50.49
 
2.
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Podiums
151
% POdiums
60.40
 
3.
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Podiums
120
% POdiums
50.00
 
4.
Driver
Alain Prost
Podiums
106
% POdiums
53.27
 
5.
Driver
Kimi Raikkonen
Podiums
103
% POdiums
32.91
 
6.
Driver
Fernando Alonso
Podiums
97
% POdiums
31.09
 
7.
Driver
Ayrton Senna
Podiums
80
% POdiums
49.69
 
8.
Driver
Rubens Barrichello
Podiums
68
% POdiums
21.05
 
9.
Driver
David Coulthard
Podiums
62
% POdiums
25.20
 
10.
Driver
Nelson Piquet
Podiums
60
% POdiums
29.41
 
18.
Driver
Valtteri Bottas
Podiums
45
% POdiums
32.37
 
32.
Driver
Max Verstappen
Podiums
31
% POdiums
30.39
 
35.
Driver
Daniel Ricciardo
Podiums
29
% POdiums
16.96
 
73.
Driver
Romain Grosjean
Podiums
10
% POdiums
6.10
 
 
Driver
Charles Leclerc
Podiums
10
% POdiums
23.81
 
83.
Driver
Sergio Perez
Podiums
8
% POdiums
4.55
 
105.
Driver
Daniil Kvyat
Podiums
3
% POdiums
3.23
 
142.
Driver
Kevin Magnussen
Podiums
1
% POdiums
0.98
 
 
Driver
Lance Stroll
Podiums
1
% POdiums
1.61
 
 
Driver
Carlos Sainz
Podiums
1
% POdiums
0.98
 
 
Driver
Pierre Gasly
Podiums
1
% POdiums
2.13


The record number of podium places by Schumacher is also clearly in sight for Hamilton. With 151, the Briton is only four behind the German. Vettel occupies third place in this overview, while Raikkonen is in fifth place behind Alain Prost. Of the active drivers, Verstappen is number 5 in this list, while three drivers took their first podium place in 2019: Leclerc did that ten times, while Gasly and Sainz both kept their heads cool in the chaos in Brazil.
 

Grand Prix starts
 

  Driver Starts
 
1.
Driver
Rubens Barrichello
Starts
323
 
2.
Driver
Kimi Raikkonen
Starts
313
 
3.
Driver
Fernando Alonso
Starts
312
 
4.
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Starts
307
 
5.
Driver
Jenson Button
Starts
306
 
6.
Driver
Felipe Massa
Starts
269
 
7.
Driver
Riccardo Patrese
Starts
256
 
8.
Driver
Jarno Trulli
Starts
252
 
9.
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Starts
250
 
10.
Driver
David Coulthard
Starts
246
 
11.
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Starts
240
 
24.
Driver
Nico Hülkenberg
Starts
177
 
25.
Driver
Sergio Perez
Starts
176
 
28.
Driver
Daniel Ricciardo
Starts
171
 
30.
Driver
Romain Grosjean
Starts
164
 
45.
Driver
Valtteri Bottas
Starts
139
 
70.
Driver
Max Verstappen
Starts
102
 
 
Driver
Kevin Magnussen
Starts
102
 
 
Driver
Carlos Sainz
Starts
102
 
76.
Driver
Robert Kubica
Starts
97
 
84.
Driver
Daniil Kvyat
Starts
93
 
114.
Driver
Lance Stroll
Starts
62
 
143.
Driver
Pierre Gasly
Starts
47
 
155.
Driver
Charles Leclerc
Starts
42
 
223.
Driver
Antonio Giovinazzi
Starts
23
 
230.
Driver
Alexander Albon
Starts
21
 
 
Driver
Lando Norris
Starts
21
 
 
Driver
George Russell
Starts
21

 

A record that will be broken in any case in 2020, provided that he remains healthy and does not stop prematurely, is the number of Grands Prix started. Raikkonen will take over the record of Rubens Barrichello halfway through the season. Hamilton joined the top 10 of most starts this year, while Vettel will do the same in 2020. Nico Hulkenberg ends his career (for the time being) at 177 starts, accounting for the 24th position of all time.

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  • I was surprised to see that Max surpassed Ricciardo in both podiums and wins this year.

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