List of Formula One race records

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This is a list of race records in the FIA World Championships, since 1950.

This page is accurate as of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.

Race records edit

Description Record Details Ref.
Most retirements (number) 25   1951 Indianapolis 500 (out of 33 starters – 75.8%)
Most retirements (percentage) 85.7%   1996 Monaco Grand Prix (18 out of 21 starters) [1]
Fewest drivers not classified 0   1961 Dutch Grand Prix (15 starters)
  2005 United States Grand Prix (6 starters)[a]
  2005 Italian Grand Prix (20 starters)
  2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters)
  2015 Japanese Grand Prix (20 starters)[b]
  2016 Chinese Grand Prix (22 starters)
  2016 Japanese Grand Prix (22 starters)
  2018 Chinese Grand Prix (20 starters)[c]
  2019 Austrian Grand Prix (20 starters)
  2021 French Grand Prix (20 starters)
  2021 Belgian Grand Prix (20 starters)[d]
  2021 Turkish Grand Prix (20 starters)
  2022 Hungarian Grand Prix (20 starters)[e]
  2023 Miami Grand Prix (20 starters)
  2023 Spanish Grand Prix (20 starters)
  2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (20 starters)[f]
  2024 Bahrain Grand Prix (20 starters)
Fewest finishers (actual) 3   1996 Monaco Grand Prix (21 starters. Seven cars were classified, only three crossed the finish line) [2]
Fewest finishers (classified) 4   1966 Monaco Grand Prix (16 starters) [3]
Most finishers 24   2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters) [4]
Most pit stops 89   2023 Dutch Grand Prix [5]
Fewest pit stops 0   1961 Dutch Grand Prix
  2021 Belgian Grand Prix
[6]
Most overtakes for the lead 41   1965 Italian Grand Prix [7]
Most overtakes in a dry race 161   2016 Chinese Grand Prix [8]
Most overtakes in a wet race 186   2023 Dutch Grand Prix [9]
Most overtakes in a single lap 63   2023 Dutch Grand Prix (lap 3) [9]
Fewest overtakes in a race 0   2003 Monaco Grand Prix
  2005 United States Grand Prix
  2009 European Grand Prix
  2021 Monaco Grand Prix[g]
  2021 Belgian Grand Prix
[7]
Most starters 34   1953 German Grand Prix [12]
Fewest starters 6   2005 United States Grand Prix (20 cars took warmup lap, but 14 cars pulled out before the start)
Smallest winning margin 0.01 s (timed to 2 decimal places)[h]   1971 Italian Grand Prix (  Peter Gethin from   Ronnie Peterson)
also closest 1st–3rd (0.09 s); 1st–4th (0.18 s); 1st–5th (0.61 s)
[13]
0.011 s (timed to 3 decimal places)   2002 United States Grand Prix (  Rubens Barrichello from   Michael Schumacher)
Largest winning margin (laps) 2 laps   1969 Spanish Grand Prix (  Jackie Stewart from   Bruce McLaren)
  1995 Australian Grand Prix (  Damon Hill from   Olivier Panis)
[14]
Largest winning margin (time) 5 min 12.75 s   1958 Portuguese Grand Prix (  Stirling Moss from   Mike Hawthorn)
Lowest average race speed (winner) 53.583 km/h (33.295 mph)   2022 Japanese Grand Prix (  Max Verstappen) (Race stopped twice. Firstly, due to rain and   Carlos Sainz Jr.'s crash. Secondly, as three-hour time limit reached, after which the race was not restarted) [15]
Lowest average race speed (winner) without a red flag 98.701 km/h (61.330 mph)   1950 Monaco Grand Prix (  Juan Manuel Fangio) [16]
Highest average race speed (winner) 247.586 km/h (153.843 mph)   2003 Italian Grand Prix (  Michael Schumacher) [17]
Highest average fastest lap (race) 257.321 km/h (159.892 mph)   2004 Italian Grand Prix (  Rubens Barrichello) [18]
Highest average lap speed (qualifying) 264.362 km/h (164.267 mph)   2020 Italian Grand Prix (  Lewis Hamilton) [19]
Highest top speed (race) 372.499 km/h (231.46 mph)[i]   2016 Mexican Grand Prix (  Valtteri Bottas) [20]
Highest top speed (overall) 378 km/h (234.878 mph)[j]   2016 European Grand Prix (  Valtteri Bottas) [21]
Shortest lap time (qualifying) 53.377 s   2020 Sakhir Grand Prix (  Valtteri Bottas) [22]
Shortest race (laps, duration, distance) 1 lap,
3 min 27.071 s
6.880 km (4.275 mi)
  2021 Belgian Grand Prix (Race red-flagged due to heavy rain) [23]
Shortest race without a red flag (duration) 1 h 13 min 41.143 s[k]   2023 Italian Grand Prix [24]
Fewest laps without a red flag 12   1971 German Grand Prix [25]
Longest race (duration) 4 h 4 min 39.540 s   2011 Canadian Grand Prix (Race stopped for 2 hours due to heavy rain) [26]
Longest race without a red flag (duration) 3 h 57 min 38.050 s   1951 Indianapolis 500 [27]
Longest race (laps, distance) 200 laps,
804.672 km (500 mi)
  1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 Indianapolis 500 [28]
Longest non-Indianapolis 500 race (distance) 77 laps,
601.832 km (373.961 mi)
  1951 French Grand Prix
Most times safety car deployed
in single race
6 times   2011 Canadian Grand Prix [29]
Most red flags in qualifying 5   2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (Incidents of   Alexander Albon,   Carlos Sainz Jr.,   Kevin Magnussen,   Valtteri Bottas, and   Lando Norris) [30]
Most red flags in the race 3   2023 Australian Grand Prix (Incidents of   Alexander Albon,   Kevin Magnussen,   Logan Sargeant,   Nyck de Vries,   Esteban Ocon, and   Pierre Gasly) [31]
Closest result in a qualifying session 0.000 s between P1 and P3   1997 European Grand Prix (  Jacques Villeneuve,   Michael Schumacher, and   Heinz-Harald Frentzen all set identical qualifying lap times) [32]
Most pit stops by a driver in a single race 7   Alain Prost (  1993 European Grand Prix)
  Lance Stroll,   Liam Lawson, and   George Russell (  2023 Dutch Grand Prix)
Most pit stops by a winning driver in a single race 6[l]   Jenson Button (  2011 Canadian Grand Prix)
  Max Verstappen (  2023 Dutch Grand Prix)
[33][34]
Most (driving) penalties in one race 5   Esteban Ocon (  2023 Austrian Grand Prix) [35]
Most grid-place (engine) penalties for one race 70   Jenson Button (  2015 Mexican Grand Prix) [36]
Youngest average age of podium finishers 23 years, 256 days   2019 Brazilian Grand Prix (  Max Verstappen,   Pierre Gasly,   Carlos Sainz Jr.) [37]
Oldest average age of podium finishers 46 years, 263 days   1950 Swiss Grand Prix (  Giuseppe Farina,   Luigi Fagioli,   Louis Rosier)
Most races in a season 22 2021, 2022, 2023 [38][39][40]
Fewest races in a season 7 1950, 1955 [41]
Season starting earliest in the year 1 January 1965 (South Africa), 1968 (South Africa)
Season starting latest in the year 5 July 2020 (Austria. Start of season delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Season ending earliest in the year 2 September 1956 (Italy)
Season ending latest in the year 29 December 1962 (South Africa)
Coldest race (air temperature) 5 °C   1978 Canadian Grand Prix [42]
Hottest race (air temperature) 42.5 °C   2005 Bahrain Grand Prix [43]
Highest Grand Prix attendance (race weekend) 520,000   1995 Australian Grand Prix [44]
Highest Grand Prix attendance (race) 250,000   2000 United States Grand Prix [45]
Lowest Grand Prix attendance (race weekend and race) 0   2020 Austrian Grand Prix
  2020 Styrian Grand Prix
  2020 Hungarian Grand Prix
  2020 British Grand Prix
  70th Anniversary Grand Prix
  2020 Spanish Grand Prix
  2020 Belgian Grand Prix
  2020 Italian Grand Prix
  2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
  2020 Turkish Grand Prix
  2020 Bahrain Grand Prix
  2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
  2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
  2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
  2021 Spanish Grand Prix
  2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
(Grands Prix held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 20 cars started the warm-up lap before the start, but 14 cars pulled to pit lane during the start and did not participate in the race as part of a Michelin withdrawal.
  2. ^ All cars finished the race apart from Felipe Nasr, who was still classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  3. ^ All cars finished the race apart from Brendon Hartley, who was still classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  4. ^ The result was declared based on the order after one lap behind the safety car due to heavy rain.
  5. ^ All cars finished the race apart from Valtteri Bottas, who was still classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  6. ^ All cars finished the race apart from Carlos Sainz Jr., who was still classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  7. ^ It is disputed if the number of overtakes at the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix is zero or one.[10][11]
  8. ^ Since 1982, all race timings have been done to the nearest 0.001 seconds, but previously many races, including the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, were not. As a result it is impossible to know whether the finish was closer than that of the 2002 United States Grand Prix.
  9. ^ Williams made the unverified claim of a top speed of 373.303 km/h (231.96 mph).
  10. ^ This is an unrecognised claim made by Williams.
  11. ^ The total race distance of 53 laps was shortened by two laps due to an aborted start procedure.
  12. ^ Including one penalty for Jenson Button.

References edit

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External links edit

  • Formula One Overtaking Database