As after each grand prix in 2022, Motorsport.com once again offers you a compilation of the most curious statistics of the 2022 Formula 1 French GP. These are the most important and interesting figures and data after the twelfth race of the season.
The statistics of the French GP 2022 and the drivers
– It was the 62nd edition of the French Grand Prix, which is the sixth most disputed race in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship.
– The Paul Ricard circuit hosted F1 for the 18th time, tying with Magny-Cours .
– Fernando Alonso made his 346th start in F1, which places him just five shy of the record for most Grand Prix races held, which is held by Kimi Raikkonen (350).
– Lewis Hamilton celebrated 300 grand prix in the category. He is the sixth driver to reach this milestone, after Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, Alonso and Raikkonen.
– Lewis Hamilton’s 300 grands prix have been with Mercedes engines, which is a record. Raikkonen is second in this curious classification (209 with Ferrari). Hamilton also holds the record for the most grands prix with the same team: he has done 190 with Mercedes, compared to 180 for Michael Schumacher with Ferrari.
– Max Verstappen completed 130 races with Red Bull, which surpasses Mark Webber’s previous record and places him as the driver who has donned the Milton Keynes overall the most times.
The classification
– Charles Leclerc took his 16th career pole, equaling Stirling Moss, Felipe Massa and Max Verstappen.
– It was Ferrari’s 238th pole position as a manufacturer and 239th as an engine manufacturer, which are both records.
– Leclerc is the third driver with the most pole positions for Ferrari (16), after Michael Schumacher (58) and Niki Lauda (23).
– Charles Leclerc started on the front row for the 20th time in his career, beating Chris Amon and Ralf Schumacher. It was the 37th time for Max Verstappen, who equals Stirling Moss, David Coulthard and Mark Webber.
– Lando Norris was fifth on the grid, which is the position he has held the most times (9 times), except for eighth (13 times).
– Despite the potential of his Haas, Mick Schumacher has qualified 19th or 20th three times in the last five Grands Prix, although thanks to penalties on Kevin Magnussen and Alonso, he did not start from the back row.
The race
– Max Verstappen took his 27th victory in a grand prix, equaling Jackie Stewart. However, the latter got his wins in 99 races, compared to 153 for the Dutchman.
– Red Bull achieved its 83rd victory as a manufacturer and the eighth as an engine manufacturer.
– It is the first time that the Le Castellet pole-sitter has not won the race since 1990, when Nigel Mansell was fastest on Saturday and Alain Prost won on Sunday.
– Carlos Sainz set his third fastest lap in the race, equaling Jochen Rindt, Keke Rosberg and Pierre Gasly.
– Max Verstappen achieved his 69th F1 podium finish, overtaking Rubens Barrichello. It was the 187th for Lewis Hamilton, who holds the record, and the fifth for George Russell, who equaled Piero Taruffi, Andrea de Cesaris and Olivier Panis.
– Hamilton and Verstappen have shared the podium 30 times, and are just one more away from the record held by Hamilton and Rosberg.
– Hamilton finished second for a record 49th time in his career. The closest to this figure is the other seven-time champion of the category, Michael Schumacher, with 43.
– With Hamilton 2nd and Russell 3rd, Mercedes scored its first double podium since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Hamilton 1st, Bottas 3rd).
– Max Verstappen has surpassed the mark of 1,500 laps in the lead (1,527), and is 13th in the all-time standings.
– Mercedes has scored 136 points in the last five grands prix, compared to 115 for Ferrari. Red Bull has taken 161.
– Esteban Ocon managed to score points for the first time at the French Grand Prix (he retired in 2018 and was 14th in 2021).
– Daniel Ricciardo has scored points on two consecutive occasions, at the Red Bull Ring and at Paul Ricard. It is the first time in the last 20 Grands Prix.
– Fernando Alonso has already completed 18,672 laps at the wheel of an F1 in a grand prix, surpassing Kimi Räikkönen’s record of 18,621.
– Guanyu Zhou dropped out again and has by far the worst dropout rate on the current grid (41.67% dropouts, 5/12). He is ahead of another driver who did not finish yesterday, Nicholas Latifi (11/51, 21.57%). The latter has retired in the last two races.
– Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, remains the only driver to have finished every race of the 2022 season, rising to 20 if we count the end of the 2021 season. His dropout rate since the start of his career is the highest low of all drivers with more than 40 races behind them (9%).
– Charles Leclerc still has the worst conversion rate of poles into wins of active drivers, counting only those who have achieved more than one pole. Of the 16, only 4 ended in victories (25%), with eight top 4 finishes, three retirements and one race in which he could not start.
– Valtteri Bottas has a similar record (20 poles and 6 wins, 30%). Historically, among those who have achieved more than five pole positions, René Arnoux takes the cake: he only converted two of his 18 pole positions into wins, and retired in more than half of the rest.
– Leclerc has recorded the last three retirements of a driver leading a Grand Prix.
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